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Shape Monster Sorting Fun

Here’s a fun shape monster sorting activity for preschoolers! It’s perfect for Halloween time, and can definitely be used all year long. 

Add this printable pack to your M is for Monster , Halloween, or shape-focused lessons. Kids can get a look at some shapes that they’ll be familiar with from real life. 

Since the monsters aren’t perfect renditions or each shape, they provide a good chance to work on their visual discrimination skills, as well. 

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How to Make a Monster Shape Craft - Instructions:

Step 1 - print shape monster template:, step 2 - colour the shapes:.

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STEP 3 - Cut out the shapes:

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STEP 4 - Attach the shape pieces:

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Now your mix and match monsters are all done and ready to go! 

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Lesson Plan: Shape Monsters Activity for at-Home Learning

Admin Lesson Plan: Shape Monsters Activity for at-Home Learning

This is the third lesson in a series of them about geometric shapes. These lesson plans are a great option to do with your child/children if they are currently learning at home due to recent World events. This activity is focused on making monsters out of shapes!

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Objective SWBAT assemble shapes in the shape of a monster, and record the number of each shape on the back of the Shape Monster.

1. Shape Monsters Objectives

Introducting the Activity to Your Child

This part of the activity should take about 10 minutes and has you making your own monster as an example for your child.

Being by discussing with your child what kinds of shapes you have learned: Circles, Triangles, Squares, and Rectangles.

Now tell your child how they are going to combine all of these shapes to create. Monsters!

Talk about how you will begin with a big shape. Once you pick what big shape you want to use, you will want to give their monster eyes--maybe two, but you could also do just one, three, or however many eyes you want!

Also, talk about giving their monster a nose in the shape of your choosing, or even skip using a nose!

Next, make sure to discuss how your monster will have a mouth and within its mouth will need something all monsters have: Teeth!

To create monster teeth you can take small triangles (those make pointy teeth).

Show your child how you take long and skinny rectangles to make the monster's arms and legs. YOu can have as many or as little arms and legs as you would like your monster to have!

Now write on the back of your monster how many of each shape you used.

You have now shown your child how you made your monster and it is your child's turn to create their own!

Independent Monster-Building

25 MINUTES Give your child 25-30 minutes to build their own monster out of shapes. Encourage them to be creative and choose whatever shapes they like to create their monster!

Concluding Steps

Take 5 minutes to review what kind of monster your child made and note down with them how many shapes they used in total to create their monster.

Shape Monster Examples

Below are examples of monsters they made at a variety of preschools!

Here are some monsters made at Kingman Bridges to Learning

There are the monsters they created at C.B. Watson Primary

Super Star Preschool designed some great shape monsters too!

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Free Printable Monster Shape Mats

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Your Halloween activities for preschoolers and kindergarten kids definitely need to include these monster shape mats ! They’re free, easy-to-prep, and can be used with a variety of materials.

Let the kids explore shape identification and characteristics using the monster play dough shape mats. But they’re not just for use with play dough! Grab the materials you have on-hand and let the kids practice making shapes of all sorts.

Your students will get the chance to practice both early math skills AND fine motor skills with the monster shapes printable. You might even need to keep them in your math center past Halloween because the kids enjoy them that much!

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Read below for tips for prepping the shape mats, as well as ideas for using them with your students. And be sure to get your own copy of the monster shapes at the very bottom of this post!

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Monster Shape Mats

I like using printables like these to shake things up and add a bit of whimsy to my plans. In addition to adding a bit of eye-catching flair for the kids, the monster shapes printable can be used in so many different ways to practice important skills.

How to Prep the Monster Play Dough Shape Mats

Start things off by gathering your materials. You really don’t need much to prep the monster shape mats. Here’s what we used (I may get commissions for purchases made through links in this post):

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And that’s about it this go around! Sometimes I prefer to laminate my shape mats. If that’s the case for you, make sure you have a sturdy laminator ready to go.

You’ll also want to grab the items you’d like to use with the monster shapes printable. I highly recommend seeing what you have on-hand first. No need to take a run to the craft store unless you really need to (unless you’re looking for a reason to go, of course!). Here are some possibilities:

  • Dry erase markers
  • Mini erasers

Then it’s time to get the monster shape mats ready. To do so, print out the mats you’d like to use. Then laminate the pages or place them in dry erase pockets. And that’s about it!

Ideas for Your Monster Shape Mats

As I already mentioned, you can use the monster playdough shape mats in a variety of ways. I’ll share the ways we tend to use them below. Keep in mind that you don’t have use them the same way we do! I’m sure you and your students can come up with even more ideas.

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Here are some ideas to get you started:

  • Pair the monster shape mats with play dough. Let the kids strengthen their hands and fingers as they manipulate the dough to make shapes on the mats.
  • Use manipulatives, loose parts, or craft materials to practice fine motor skills. Have your students use their fingers to place the manipulatives around the edges of each shape. You can even try doing this with kid-friendly tweezers!
  • Have your students use dry erase markers on the shapes. They can trace over the large shapes or the small shapes – whichever they prefer!
  • Make a monster-themed sensory writing tray to go along with the monster play dough shape mats. The kids can draw the shapes in the tray, using the mats as visual guides.
  • Add more math to the monster fun by having the kids count the sides for each shape. Or have the children count how many manipulatives go around each shape. Encourage the kids to compare and contrast the numbers they discover.

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Again, these are just some ideas to get you started. I love sitting back and watching how kids interact with the shape mats. They often come up with new and interesting ways to use printables like this. And I am all for that creativity!

Don’t forget to grab your own copy of the monster shape mats at the bottom of this post!

What Shapes Come with the Monster Shapes Printable?

The monster shape mats comes with a variety of full-page shape monsters. You’ll see the following shapes on their own pages, and each shape is labeled:

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There are also two “I can find shapes!” pages at the end of the printable. These pages have smaller versions of the above shapes. They’re great for learning how to draw shapes and are perfect for shape hunts around the classroom!

More Monster Activities for Kids

If the monster shape mats were a hit with your students, why not try some of these monster-themed ideas?

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Monster Preschool Lesson Plans

Let Preschool Teacher 101 make your life a whole lot easier with done-for-you teacher resources. These fully-developed monster lesson plans will make planning a breeze! The plans come with a weekly overview, detailed daily lesson plans, book suggestions, whole group lessons, small group activities, center ideas, and related printables. AND be sure to check out The Pack from Preschool Teacher 101 , a membership that saves early childhood educators a ton of time and money.

Click the image below to get your own monster lesson plans:

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Get the Monster Shape Mats

And now it’s time for you to grab your own copy of the monster play dough shape mats. They’re available to members of Fun-A-Day’s (free!) email community. If you’re a member, enter your email in the form below to have the download link sent to your inbox. If you’re not a member, join us by entering your information into the form. You’ll receive the monster shapes printable as a welcome gift.

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You’re very welcome, Laura! I hope you and the kids love the monster shapes. 🙂

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Monsters don't have to be scary - they can be funny, silly creatures! Paper crafts are some of our daughter's favorites and she had a blast making all these funny monsters for Halloween. She loved that some of them only had one eye or wiggly arms. We also worked in talking about the shape we were using as the monster's body - so these shape crafts for preschoolers are not just fun - they're also educational! We included simple shapes (circle, square, triangle) for the younger young crafters and harder shapes (oval, rectangle, octagon) for the slightly older kids.

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    Printables Here's a fun shape monster sorting activity for preschoolers! It's perfect for Halloween time, and can definitely be used all year long. Add this printable pack to your M is for Monster, Halloween, or shape-focused lessons. Kids can get a look at some shapes that they'll be familiar with from real life.

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    Make a monster-themed sensory writing tray to go along with the monster play dough shape mats. The kids can draw the shapes in the tray, using the mats as visual guides. Add more math to the monster fun by having the kids count the sides for each shape. Or have the children count how many manipulatives go around each shape.

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