You can also go super simple and still really fun, like this tracing activity. You can use clear objects around the house or buy some new items. Hannah hadn’t used the light table in a while, so I kept it simple so she could really explore. You can try things that require a little bit of prep but are super cool, like this making faces activity. There are tons of ways to play with your light table. It’s also just really pretty! Endless Fun with Your DIY Light Table: The tissue paper diffuses the light to make it easier on little eyes. My storage bin happened to have a gap at the handle so I just snaked the plug out the handle, plugged it in and we were ready to go! Then I taped white tissue paper to the inside of the lid. I filled it with a few strings of white holiday lights. There are lots of ways to make your own DIY light table, and about a zillion things to do with it.Ĭheck out these other light box ideas, too!įor ours, I used a translucent under-the-bed storage bin. We actually made this for the first time about 4 years ago, and it definitely needed a little refreshing! We made our very own DIY light table, and it really couldn’t be easier. This is one of my very favorite things we have ever done – and my kids love it too!
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Learn how to make a DIY light table with Rachel! If you like this, get lots more by signing up to get B-Inspired Weekly right in your inbox. The kids had a blast! (I’ll share about that soon.) I’ll have to get some of those transparent file folders when we go back to school shopping to make some of these. We actually just did our first light box activity a couple weeks ago. She loves to dabble in all things creative and crafty, but particularly enjoys making homemade toys and quiet books for her kids. You can read more about how her blog came to be here. She began her blog “ And Next Comes L” in March 2013 after some mom friends encouraged her to share her creative ideas. Married to her high school sweetheart, Dyan is a stay at home mom to two boys, J and K, who also teaches piano part time out of her home. They also pair up nicely with our homemade alphabet beads for the kids light box. In the meantime, the boys have been thoroughly enjoying these inexpensive manipulatives. I think I’ll do some numbers, some stars, and perhaps some fun silhouettes like animals or something in the future. I still have four more large file folder pieces that I can use to create more manipulatives. Of course, J started to use the shapes and letters together to practice some alphabet sequencing. With my wonderful Cameo, I cut out some uppercase letters, which are, of course, my boys’ favorites! I think they look so cool on the light box. The shapes can be layered to explore color mixing. I did a circle, square, heart, triangle, and rectangle for each color for a total of 25 shapes. Colorful Shapes for the Kids Light BoxĪs I mentioned, I cut out shapes. However, I could cut out all sorts of awesome manipulatives with my Cameo if I wanted. Why I didn’t try it in the first place is beyond me! Regardless, if you don’t have a digital cutting tool, this project is still doable using your trusty scissors. So I ran the file folders through my Silhouette Cameo, which worked amazing. I figured that there had to be a better way to go about doing this. It was tedious work, tracing the shapes, and cutting them by hand. I started cutting out shapes using scissors. Regardless, I ended up making a lot of manipulatives from the file folders pictured below.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t a red one, which was a little disappointing, as I was hoping to use primary colored shapes to reinforce and explore color mixing principles. The package contained one color of each: orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. It all started with a package of five file folders from my local dollar store. Homemade Manipulative for the Kids Light Box How perfect! Of course, I had to go one step further and do more than just shapes… Then I saw these homemade manipulatives from Stillparenting made from transparent file folders. As a result, I am constantly looking for new, inexpensive manipulatives to use for kids light box and light table play. The boys love to play on the light box that we have. Make Your Own Manipulatives for the Kids Light Box! This post was contributed by Dyan of And Next Comes L.
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