{"id":17172,"date":"2015-01-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=17172"},"modified":"2025-01-11T19:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T00:15:24","slug":"plank-board-snowflake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/plank-board-snowflake\/","title":{"rendered":"Plank Board Snowflake Building Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been doing a lot of exploring with just play and simple <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004P5PD9O\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B004P5PD9O&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=ANBHEJ3T6FW6UH5G\">plank boards<\/a> It has been a fun way to do some hands on out of the box learning. For post of this we made some plank board snowflakes! It was fun to see how creative they can be. Plus this is an easy activity to set up as well. <\/p>\n<p>Each of them made something that was uniquely theirs. That all snowflakes are different.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2015\/plankboardsnowflakes.jpg\" alt=\"Plank Board Snowflake - a fun way to work on snowflake with kids. - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Plank Board Snowflake is a great addition to the <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/snow-winter-activities-printables\/\">winter activities<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n<h2>Plank Board Snowflake <\/h2>\n<p>We talked about how snowflakes are always the same on both sides. This meant that to her no matter what we made it had to look the same. It had to have symmetry.  We made our first snowflake that fell from the sky. <\/p>\n<p>This was also a continuation of our reading the book: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snow-Sunburst-Books-Uri-Shulevitz\/dp\/0374468621?&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=4b9923de4f20bcd32f7b719a0b0de00d&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\">Snow (Sunburst Books)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snow-Sunburst-Books-Uri-Shulevitz\/dp\/0374468621?&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=4b9923de4f20bcd32f7b719a0b0de00d&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/snow-uri-shulevitzjpg-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"Snow: (Caldecott Honor Book) (Sunburst Books)\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-73743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/snow-uri-shulevitzjpg-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/snow-uri-shulevitzjpg-1024x931.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/snow-uri-shulevitzjpg-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/snow-uri-shulevitzjpg-640x582.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/snow-uri-shulevitzjpg.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also looked at some pictures of snowflakes that we got recently to see what we could see about them that was fun.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2015\/plankboardsnowflakes3.jpg\" alt=\"Plank Board Snowflake - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What you need for the Plank Board Snowflake activity:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/KEVA-Structures-200-Plank-Set\/dp\/B004P5PD9O?&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=04a879206dcb98396e626a83d4d92ea7&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\">Structures 200 Plank Set<\/a>\n<li>also some of the ingredients from the <a href=\"http:\/\/3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/snowflake-sensory-bin-fine-motor-fun\/\">Snowflake Sensory Bin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2015\/plankboardsnowflakes1.jpg\" alt=\"Plank Board Snowflake - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Building Plank Board Snowflakes<\/h2>\n<p>For the first challenge she took a snowflake from the <a href=\"http:\/\/3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/snowflake-sensory-bin-fine-motor-fun\/\">Snowflake Sensory Bin<\/a>. She wanted to make one just like it. We pulled out some boards and worked on this project together. She picked out how it should look and I followed her lead in the project.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2015\/plankboardsnowflakes2.jpg\" alt=\"Plank Board Snowflake - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>My challenge to her was to make her own snowflake that was all her and see what she would create. She enjoyed this and took the challenge. We started her layout and had fun and loved every minute of it. <\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2015\/plankboardsnowflakes4.jpg\" alt=\"Plank Board Snowflake - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After she had finisher her own snowflake she wanted to decorate it. She picked out pieces she needed to store out from the <a href=\"http:\/\/3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/snowflake-sensory-bin-fine-motor-fun\/\">Snowflake Sensory Bin<\/a> to help wit her decorating. She made an ABC pattern on the long parts of the snowflake.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2015\/plankboardsnowflakes5.jpg\" alt=\"Plank Board Snowflake - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This was a totally fun activity for her and me! I love that we created something fun and learned at the same time. Here is a look at our two snowflakes!<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2015\/plankboardsnowflakes6.jpg\" alt=\"Plank Board Snowflake - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Check out these other fun snowflake activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/snowflake-sensory-bin-fine-motor-fun\/\">Snowflake Sensory Bin: Fine Motor Fun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/model-magic-snowflakes-no-two-alike\/\">Model Magic Snowflakes \u2013 No Two Alike<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/q-tip-snowflakes\/\">Q-Tip Snowflakes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out all the fun <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/snow-winter-activities-printables\/\">Winter &#038; Snow Activities &#038; Printables <\/a> on 3 Dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/snow-winter-activities-printables\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/12-2024\/winter-snow-printables-activities-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Winter &#038; Snow Activities &#038; Printables - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cassie &#8211; 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been doing a lot of exploring with just play and simple plank boards It has been a fun way to do some hands on out of the box learning. 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