Monday, June 08, 2015

Traffic Light Suncatcher & Light Table Play

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The theme for this month's Light & Reflections series is transportation. We've played with cars on the light table before, which was a lot of fun, but I wanted to think outside of the box a little. So, inspired by traffic lights, I set up this color matching light table activity. As a bonus, the finished product turned into a lovely suncatcher craft for kids.

Transportation themed color matching activity for the light table from And Next Comes L

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Traffic Light Inspired Light Table Activity & Suncatcher Craft for Kids

For this light table activity and craft, we used:

On the non-sticky side of the contact paper, I drew three circles (one in red, one in yellow, and one in green) using the permanent markers. Since I am terrible at free-handing circles, I used a large yogurt container to trace the circles. Then I taped the contact paper, sticky side up, onto the light table and set out the translucent counters.

The idea is simple: just place the translucent counters into the corresponding circles by matching the colors. The counters will stick to the sticky side of the contact paper.

Color matching light table activity for kids inspired by traffic lights from And Next Comes L

Transportation themed color matching activity for the light table from And Next Comes L

Traffic light inspired color matching light table activity for kids from And Next Comes L

Once the boys felt that they had placed enough counters onto the contact paper, I removed it from the light table and hanged it on our window. And just like that, we ended up with a pretty traffic light suncatcher craft.

Traffic light suncatcher craft for kids from And Next Comes L

Other Ideas You'll Love


Airplane Color Sorting on the Light Table from Still Playing School

Busy City on the Light Table from Frog in a Pocket

Window Race Track from Happily Ever Mom

Transportation themed light table activity for kids & a traffic light suncatcher craft from And Next Comes L