Cardboard Geometric Building Shapes - Unplugged Project

Since this weeks Unplugged Project theme was geometric, and I was ready to have my family room back, I took our cardboard submarine, and turned it from this (which was outside in the picture, but spent most of it's time inside in the family room)...



...to this...


...to this...


Please note the squares, and rectangles (geometric shapes, to be sure). The squares are 5 inches on each side, the large rectangles are 5'' x 10'', the small rectangles are 2.5'' x 5'', the arches are 5 inches across the bottom, and 2.5 inches at their highest point. And, no that small pile of shapes did not use up all the cardboard. I still have about half to go, more than enough to add some triangles, trapezoids, and any other polyhedrons that might strike our fancy.

The slots in the sides, are so children can slip them together to build houses...


...walls...


...or maybe army forts.


But, the best part of this project is that when the children are done building, and playing with their geometric creations, it all comes back apart for easy storage. And, I have my family room, or in this case, my kitchen table, back again.

It's great to be a homeschooler.