Hi everyone! I'm excited to be a part of the Kunin Group Felt Project Blog Party! I recently received a large box of awesome felt and other goodies from the very creative Laura Kelly, and immediately began thinking about what I could make for my math centers. When it comes to math facts, my students do well with doubles facts, but sometimes forget that they can relate them to the doubles + 1 facts. So I made some doubles ladybugs to help my students practice the relationship between doubles and doubles + 1 addition fats.
I thought I'd share with you the steps I took to make the ladybugs! The felt I used was 9" x 12" Craft Cuts Kunin Eco-fi Classicfelt™. You could also use cut by the yard Kunin Eco-fiPlus™ Premiumfelt.
*Disclosure: Some of these products were samples provided to me to try. Opinions and the choice to use are 100% my own! This post contains product links.*
After researching the easiest and most time saving methods for cutting felt, these were the steps I followed. I first drew the ladybugs patterns onto paper, and then placed them underneath freezer paper, tracing them onto the freezer paper. You can find the patterns for the ladybug here!
I thought I'd share with you the steps I took to make the ladybugs! The felt I used was 9" x 12" Craft Cuts Kunin Eco-fi Classicfelt™. You could also use cut by the yard Kunin Eco-fiPlus™ Premiumfelt.
*Disclosure: Some of these products were samples provided to me to try. Opinions and the choice to use are 100% my own! This post contains product links.*
After researching the easiest and most time saving methods for cutting felt, these were the steps I followed. I first drew the ladybugs patterns onto paper, and then placed them underneath freezer paper, tracing them onto the freezer paper. You can find the patterns for the ladybug here!
Ladybug Patterns
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Freezer Paper Over Pattern
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Pattern Traced onto Freezer Paper
From there, I ironed the patterns onto the felt (shiny side touching the felt). This made it much easier to cut out the pieces, and I didn't have to fool around with trying to draw on the felt. The best part about this was that the freezer paper peeled right off, and I could iron it on to another piece to make more ladybugs!
Iron Freezer Paper onto Felt
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Cut Felt Using Pattern
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Peel off Freezer Paper
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Once I had the main ladybug pieces cut out, I spent some time after school one day with our school's well loved Ellison Prestige Pro Die Cut Machine. I used our number die cuts, and while it didn't always fully cut through the felt for the whole number (due to the well loved condition), I only needed to go back and do a few snips to remove the numbers from the felt. I also used the "lowercase i" die cut to get the dot from the i for the ladybug dots! Such a time saver!
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After cutting out a plus and equal sign, I also made a felt board with a piece of cardboard from the backing of a pack of paper. I used spray adhesive to glue the white felt onto the board. Then, my center was complete!
Materials Needed for the Doubles Ladybug Center
1. Have all felt pieces ready for students: ladybug body, wings, white dots for eyes and +1, black dots to go with the number sentence, numbers, plus and equal sign, and felt board.
2. Print out the "Doubles and Doubles + 1" recording sheet (Click here to get the sheet!)
3, Have one or two dice in the center, depending on the range of facts you want to be practiced.
How to Play (Can be individual or partner play)
1. Have students place the ladybug body, wings, and eyes onto the board.
2. Students roll the die or dice. The number they roll is the number they show in doubles facts. Ex.
rolling a 3 would become 3+3. If they roll two dice, students add the numbers on the dice together
to find the number they double.
3. After rolling, students place that number of black dots on each ladybug wing. They also complete the number sentence with felt numbers, and record it on the recording sheet. Students may count the dots on the ladybug to help them complete the number sentence.
4. Students then add a white dot to one of the wings and change one addend in the number sentence, and then solve for the new addend. Record the doubles + 1 number sentence.
5. Clear numbers and dots from board, roll the die/dice again and complete the same steps.
1. Have all felt pieces ready for students: ladybug body, wings, white dots for eyes and +1, black dots to go with the number sentence, numbers, plus and equal sign, and felt board.
2. Print out the "Doubles and Doubles + 1" recording sheet (Click here to get the sheet!)
3, Have one or two dice in the center, depending on the range of facts you want to be practiced.
How to Play (Can be individual or partner play)
1. Have students place the ladybug body, wings, and eyes onto the board.
2. Students roll the die or dice. The number they roll is the number they show in doubles facts. Ex.
rolling a 3 would become 3+3. If they roll two dice, students add the numbers on the dice together
to find the number they double.
3. After rolling, students place that number of black dots on each ladybug wing. They also complete the number sentence with felt numbers, and record it on the recording sheet. Students may count the dots on the ladybug to help them complete the number sentence.
4. Students then add a white dot to one of the wings and change one addend in the number sentence, and then solve for the new addend. Record the doubles + 1 number sentence.
5. Clear numbers and dots from board, roll the die/dice again and complete the same steps.
White dot added for doubles + 1
You can now find an expanded color line of Kunin Eco-fi Classicfelt™; Eco-fiPlus™ Premiumfelt and ShaggiChic non-wovens fabrics in cut by the yard at your local Walmart. Please inquire as to what is available in your area.
You also have a chance of winning the Ellison All Star Die Cut Machine and Kunin Felt Craft Stash by participating in the rafflecopter! This is such an amazing prize! Can you imagine how much time the die cut machine would save you?!
You also have a chance of winning the Ellison All Star Die Cut Machine and Kunin Felt Craft Stash by participating in the rafflecopter! This is such an amazing prize! Can you imagine how much time the die cut machine would save you?!
Be sure to check out all of the other amazing #classroomswithfelt pojects from some of my blogging friends! These posts have inspired me to get my craft on!
