![SHAPES](https://www.butterflokids.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/phototastic-19_10_2017_c1e41271-08ab-4584-9a19-4f70a7e35eb4-1024x773.jpg)
Most kids like anything that is bright and shiny, colours included.
After reading a blog post over at Peekaboo, Make and do, about using cut out shapes to create pictures and patterns, I decided to use up my fluorescent cardboard paper to make my own version of this activity. The fluorescent paper (which almost glows in the dark) costs just 99 cents a packet.
![FLUORESCENT PAPER](https://www.butterflokids.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/phototastic-19_10_2017_3139770b-ff0d-4091-8d48-63110c1321b8-1024x775.jpg)
I downloaded a template of basic shapes from HERE and printed them onto the fluorescent (glow) cardboard paper.
![SHAPES](https://www.butterflokids.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/phototastic-19_10_2017_2770fc0d-0fdc-46f8-ae50-fe5cf3159f0b-1024x773.jpg)
I laminated the paper before cutting out the shapes.
![FLUORESCENT SHAPES](https://www.butterflokids.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/phototastic-19_10_2017_17ed3f35-c9af-44cb-b5d8-9bb7e7e4fd00-1024x775.jpg)
Get your kids to create as many pictures and patterns as possible. If you use the template that I used, the shapes can then be doubled up as flashcards.
N.B. If you laminate them, you can draw on the shapes using whiteboard pens.
Here are some I made earlier. Lol!
![ICE CREAM SHAPE](https://www.butterflokids.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/phototastic-19_10_2017_ea54ab31-31b6-4a8d-b9e9-b7cccfb8b098-775x1024.jpg)
![HAPPY CLOWN SHAPE](https://www.butterflokids.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/phototastic-19_10_2017_24167391-be72-456a-955a-57e962edb308-773x1024.jpg)
![SAD CLOWN SHAPE](https://www.butterflokids.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/phototastic-19_10_2017_b1a8a27c-03d7-44d7-98e9-a860698a96f9-774x1024.jpg)
![SPACE ROCKET SHAPE](https://www.butterflokids.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/phototastic-19_10_2017_fea26451-9615-42dc-94fd-197e140bb4cd-586x1024.jpg)
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![FLASHCARDS THE SHAPES](https://www.butterflokids.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/flashcards-shapes-839x1024.jpg)
Idea for this post from HERE
Have fun!