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Home » Fun and Easy Kids Crafts » Mixed Media » Kids Castle Craft for Practicing Shapes and Drawing Lines

Kids Castle Craft for Practicing Shapes and Drawing Lines

By Krissy of B-Inspired Mama 14 Comments

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We’ve been going to the library more regularly lately, and every time I read a new book to the kids my mind goes crazy with art and craft projects we could do inspired by the book.  But we actually rarely get to the projects.

So I was really excited at the opportunity to be involved in Poppins Book Nook, a monthly book club with book-based activities from our favorite kid-friendly bloggers.  On the last Monday of each month, I will be sharing a fun book inspired activity based on a monthly theme.

March’s theme is Royalty, Kings, Queens, and Castles.  So we checked out a couple books on castles and made a colorful kids castle craft full of shapes and lines!

A Fun Shapes and Lines Kids Castle Craft!

Book Inspired Shape Castle Craft for The Poppins Book Nook at B-InspiredMama.com

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A Colorful Shapes Castle Craft for Kids

Inspired by:

  • Stephen Biesty’s Cross-Sections Castle
  • King Jack and the Dragon

Kids Castle Craft Research for The Poppins Book Nook at B-InspiredMama.com

Supplies:

  • large white paper
  • colorful cardstock or construction paper, cut into various sizes and basic shapes
  • glue sticks
  • black permanent marker

Steps:

1. Check out the castles in Stephen Biesty’s Cross-Sections Castle book.  Have the kids point out the different shapes that make up the castle.  Help the kids notice the line details in the bricks, stones, windows, etc. 

Kids Castle Craft Research for The Poppins Book Nook at B-InspiredMama.com

2. Have the kids create a castle by gluing down the paper shapes with the glue stick. Talk about the different basic shapes while they do so.

Adding Details to the Castle Craft for Poppins Book Nook at B-InspiredMama.com

3. Have the kids use the black permanent marker to add line details to the shape castle. Talk about line, how they can be draw in different ways (i.e. straight, curvy, wiggly, zigzag), and how they can be used to make details on the castle.

Book Based Kids Castle Craft for Poppins Book Nook at B-InspiredMama.com

4. While the kids are working, read King Jack and the Dragon to them.

The kids loved playing “I SPY” for shapes in the Cross-Sections Castle book.  And Sawyer really got into adding silly details to his castle craft, like the cannonball shooting through the air!

More Fun Kids Crafts and Activities:

  • Felt Shape Flowers Activity
  • Making Homemade Cards for Firefighters
  • Learning Letters and Shapes with Stickers
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Filed Under: Fun and Easy Kids Crafts, Mixed Media Tagged With: Castles, Children's Books, Collage, Lines, Poppins Book Nook, Shapes

About Krissy of B-Inspired Mama

Former M.Ed Art Teacher. Current Blogger & Social Media Influencer. Always Crazy & Creative Mama of 3.

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  1. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    April 2, 2013 at 11:23 AM

    Fantastic Activity I just adore the little drawings in the windows. It’s great that you looked at non-fiction books as well.

    Thank you for linking up to Tuesday Tots and letting you know that I’m featuring this over on Rainy Day Mum this week.

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    • Krissy @ B-InspiredMama says

      April 3, 2013 at 8:32 PM

      Thanks, Cerys! My son is really into non-fiction lately. It was lots of fun!

      Reply
  2. Jodie @ Growing Book by Book says

    March 25, 2013 at 7:01 PM

    Love the creativity!

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    • Krissy @ B-InspiredMama says

      March 26, 2013 at 8:33 PM

      Thanks, Jodie. They did such a great job!

      Reply
  3. Eddie - The Usual Mayhem says

    March 25, 2013 at 1:01 PM

    What an absolutely wonderful castle! I love it!

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    • Krissy @ B-InspiredMama says

      March 26, 2013 at 8:34 PM

      Thanks!!

      Reply
  4. Jill says

    March 25, 2013 at 10:46 AM

    What a fantastic hands on learning lesson to bring shapes to life! The castles turned out wonderful!

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    • Krissy @ B-InspiredMama says

      March 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM

      They were very proud of them.

      Reply
  5. Play Create Explore says

    March 25, 2013 at 10:18 AM

    That castle is so cool! What a neat idea! We did King Jack and the Dragon too 🙂

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    • Krissy @ B-InspiredMama says

      March 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM

      That book is so sweet!

      Reply
  6. Ashley says

    March 25, 2013 at 9:58 AM

    What a great way to practice making pictures with shapes, and I love the crazy castles they came up with!

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    • Krissy @ B-InspiredMama says

      March 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM

      Thanks, Ashley!

      Reply

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