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ABOUT

This Monster Shape Art set is designed to help kids

learn about different shapes will participating in a

creative process art activity. The goals is for kids to use

a variety of materials to create their own unique

shape monsters.

Table of CONTENTS

Materials 4

Directions 5

Extension Activities 7

Shape Set with Title and Borders 10

Simple Shape Set 18

Sorting Cards 26

Class Book Cover 28

MATERIALS

Before gathering materials for your monster shape art

activity decide how you will use the creations. Will you

be hanging them on display, adding them to a class

book, using them as puppets? If you’re making a class

book you’ll want to use materials that are flat so that

your book will go together easily. If you’re creating

puppets or a display then you can include items that

give a more 3D look to your students’ creations.

Possible Materials to Use with this Process Art Project

Possible ways to color the shape monsters:

Dot Markers

Markers

Paint

Possible items to decorate the shape monsters:

Colored paper cut into different shapes and sizes

Colored strips of paper folded accordion style

Dot stickers

Eye stickers

Chenille stems

Cotton balls

Black foam circles and/or black sequinsGoogly eyes

DIRECTIONS

Shape Set with Title and Borders

This set works well if you are going to make a class

book, if you have toddlers who are not yet cutting, or

if you want to display students’ work with their names

visible.

We recommend giving kids a choice of monsters, so

you’ll want to print out multiple copies of each shape

for kids to choose from. Along with the shapes set out

any materials kids may use for decorating their

monsters. Don’t forget to include glue and/or tape.

If you’d like you can break up the activity and let kids

color at one center or on one day and then follow up

with decorating materials at a different time.

Introduce the activity by talking about features kids

could add to their own monsters (eyes, feet, arms,

horns, mouths, etc). Encourage them to be creative.

DIRECTIONS

Simple Shape Set

This set works well if you have kids who are able to cut

and you want to make puppets or a bulletin board

display.

We find it best for kids to color or paint the shapes and

then cut them out. Then we use materials to decorate

them.

Tip

Whichever set you choose to use be sure to leave

these out as a free choice and give kids the

opportunity to make more than one monster. We find

that creativity increases as kids have time to try

different designs and make different features with the

same materials.

Extension ACTIVITIES

Making these Shape Monsters is just the beginning. Incorporate additional learning goals by using the students’ creations in some of these fun ways.

Math Ideas

Shape Monster Sorting-Place large sorting circles (hula

hoops, yarn, or something similar) on the floor. Add

one of the shape sorting cards to each circle. Have

kids sit in a circle around the area with their monsters.

Then have them add their monsters to the correct

circle. Discuss the characteristics of each shape.

Count how many monsters are in each set. Compare

the amounts.

Shape Monster Graphing-Place the shape sorting

cards in a straight line along the left or bottom side of

a large open space on the carpet. Great a real graph

with the shape monsters. Discuss the data.

Shape Monster I Spy-Place all Shape Monsters in an

open space on the floor or hang them on a display

board. Play I Spy by having kids give clues to help

friends guess the monster they are looking at.

Encourage them to use describing words by telling the

color, shape, number of legs/ears/eyes, etc.

Extension ACTIVITIES

Literacy Ideas

Shape Monster Alliteration-Work together to come up

with monster names based on the beginning sound of

a monster’s shape (Rudy Rectangle, Telly Triangle,

etc). Encourage kids to be silly with it!

Modeled Monster Whole Group Writing-Create a

giant shape monster on chart paper and display next

to your shared writing area. Using the monster as a

prompt guide the class in creating a shared story

about your monster.

Modeled Monster Small Group Writing-Extend the

previous activity by having 3-4 kids bring their Shape

Monsters to small group literacy time. Use those

monsters as the characters in a shared small group

story. Allow kids to practice acting out their stories and

then have a class show. Combine all stories into a

class book.

Monster Puppets-Add craft sticks to the cut out

monsters and make puppets. Add them to the

dramatic play area for kids to use. (This is a great way

to use extra puppets made by kids during free choice

time.

Extension ACTIVITIES

Literacy Ideas (continued)

Read My Very Silly Monster Book of Shapes by Tim

Read

Additional Uses

Shape Monster Display Board-Hang one monster

made by each child on a class bulletin board. This is

an easy way to refer back to them for learning and

discussing shapes over and over again.

Shape Monster Class Book-Combine the students’

shape monsters into a class book. Use the printable

book cover provided in this set. If you’d like, have

each child dictate a sentence about their monster

and include it in the book next to their shape monster

page. Read the book aloud to the class. Then add it

to the library center for kids to enjoy over and over

again.

_____________________’s

TRIANGLE MONSTER

_____________________’s

TRIANGLE MONSTER

_____________________’s

SQUARE MONSTER

_____________________’s

RECTANGLE MONSTER

_____________________’s

HEXAGON MONSTER

_____________________’s

TRAPEZOID MONSTER

_____________________’s

CIRCLE MONSTER

_____________________’s

OVAL MONSTER

TRIA

NGLE

MONSTERS

SQUARE

MONSTERS

HEXAGON

MONSTERS

RECTANGLE

MONSTERS

OVAL

MONSTERS

TRAPEZOID

MONSTERS

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MONSTERS

CIR

CLE

MONSTERS

BY

_____________________’s

CLASS