We had so much fun with this week’s #PlayfulPreschool Castle theme! We used up some recyclables that we had laying around and practiced color sorting at the same time! This color sorting castle for preschoolers is a great way to work on fine-motor skills and color recognition at the same time!
Materials needed for the Color Sorting Castle for Preschoolers:
1 Box that can be opened from the bottom (can be turned over too)
4 Toilet paper rolls (or 2 paper towel rolls)
Card stock or construction paper in 4 colors of your choice
Washi tape or markers in colors to match the card stock
Hot glue
Hot glue gun
Pom poms or other colored items to sort (since these items will be smaller than a toilet paper roll, use care when using with small children who still mouth things.)
How to assemble the castle:
Start by cutting four holes in the top of the box. Size doesn’t really matter.
Line the outsides of the holes with the tape, one color for each hole.
Cover the toilet paper rolls with the colored paper. I used hot glue because I didn’t have any tape, but you could use tape or school glue instead.
Attach the toilet paper rolls to the corners of the box using the hot glue.
We created a drawbridge on the front just for fun.
If you cannot find a box that will open on the bottom, you can turn the castle over and shake out the items after you are done playing with it instead.
After the castle is assembled, it is ready for play!
I gave Shiloh a bunch of pom poms to sort.
She immediately got the idea that she should put the pom poms in the holes, but she wasn’t patient enough to really sort the colors today. The fact that she put herself down for a nap 10 minutes later told me why…
She also loved placing the pom poms on the drawbridge. She pretended they were people and they were talking to each other.
I love listening to her try to role play in her cute babbles!
This color sorting castle for preschoolers is great for practicing fine-motor skills and color recognition.
You can work on words such as: color names, soft, fuzzy, in, on, inside, through, hole, and castle.
My 1st grader wanted to use the castle for her Littlest Pet Shop toys when we were down, but I rescued it when she was finished. We’ll be practicing the colors again when my preschooler is less grouchy!
Check out the other great preschool castle ideas!!
Cerys says
April 22, 2015 at 4:51 amWhat a fun activity – I’m going to give this a go with my god-daughter as she will love this.
Kim says
April 22, 2015 at 12:08 pmI’m sure she’ll love it!
Amanda says
April 22, 2015 at 6:46 amSo much fun! We will have to make one when we have another empty box!
Kim says
April 22, 2015 at 12:07 pmHave fun!
Devany says
April 22, 2015 at 8:10 amThis is so creatively smart! I love it!!!
Kim says
April 22, 2015 at 12:07 pmThank you! Shiloh is really enjoying it!
Danielle says
April 22, 2015 at 10:28 amExcellent idea! I want to make one!
Kim says
April 22, 2015 at 12:07 pmWe were playing with it again today! It was so much fun!
Jodie @ Growing Book by Book says
April 23, 2015 at 8:54 amSo fun and clever. I need to keep this in mind for our storytime sessions. Our theme is color and movement.
Kim says
April 23, 2015 at 4:25 pmI’m sure your kids would love it!
Theresa says
April 23, 2015 at 11:41 amWhat a fun project! I think we have all the materials except for the Washi tape. I suppose we could use colored markers as a substitute. We will have to try this out.
Kim says
April 23, 2015 at 4:22 pmI think markers would work great!