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DIY Montessori Color Box #3

Tutorial caja de color Montessori - DIY Color box

The color box # 3 is a Sensory material that can be made at home with very cheap materials, I am very happy how the tablets have turned out, although they don’t have that nice feel that the wood gives they serve their function perfectly and are quite resilient.

Will you give this DIY Montessori Color Box a try? Here we go!

Materials:

  •      Printable color tablets. I‘ve used the free printable from “Montessori Album”.
  •      White EVA foam (1 A3 sheet or 2 A4 sheets)
  •      Ruler
  •      Exacto knife
  •      Scissors
  •      Shears (if you don’t have you can use scissors)
  •      Glue
  •      Box with 9 compartments to keep the tablets


Steps:

1. We print the printable (pun intended) and we laminate. Once laminated we cut each row of tablets with the shears or scissors.

Tutorial caja de color Montessori - DIY Color box

2. We cut with cutter and ruler EVA foam strips that will be the edge of the tablets. The strips must have a width of 1 cm and a length equal to that of the row of tablets. As we have 9 rows (9 colors) and we have to put 4 strips in each, we will need a total of 36 strips of EVA foam.

Tutorial caja de color Montessori - DIY Color box

3. We stick the EVA foam strips on the white stripes of the colored rows (front and back).

Tutorial caja de color Montessori - DIY Color box

4. Now we just have to cut with scissors the colored tablets …

Tutorial caja de color Montessori - DIY Color box

5. And ready, we put them in their box and keep them ordered and prepared to work with them.

Tutorial caja de color Montessori - DIY Color box

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Cristina Tebar - Montessori en Casa

Cristina Tebar - Montessori en Casa

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Cristina is a mom devoted to raising her two kids in a nurturing environment, using principles from respectful parenting, Montessori, multiple intelligences, mindfulness... She shares her experiences at her bilingual blog www.montessoriencasa.es
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Comments

  1. Deedee says

    April 18, 2015 at 2:02 pm

    What kind of glue did you use to get the foam to stick to the laminate? I used pva glue and it kept sliding off.

    Reply
    • Cristina Tebar - Montessori en Casa says

      April 19, 2015 at 8:14 pm

      Hi Deedee,
      I used “Glossy Accents”, it’s a glue commonly used for scrapbooking 🙂

      Reply
      • Deedee says

        April 19, 2015 at 8:16 pm

        Thank you for your reply! Did you have to let them dry for a long period of time before use?

        Reply
        • Cristina Tebar - Montessori en Casa says

          April 20, 2015 at 10:43 pm

          I think I let them dry at least overnight.

          Reply
  2. Adriana Flores Gutiérrez says

    June 27, 2015 at 4:17 pm

    muchas gracias, muy útil para mis alumnos

    from Perú

    Reply
    • Cristina Tebar - Montessori en Casa says

      July 12, 2015 at 7:08 pm

      Me alegro de que te haya resultado útil, Adriana! 🙂

      Reply

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