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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Large Number Cards

I thought this would be something I would just buy, orginally. I mean it's just $10. Then I found out that to do the activities with them you need 2 sets of large number cards and 3 sets of small number cards and then decimal cards! That's $50 +shipping without the decimal cards. Didn't take me long to change my mind, LOL. Here are my large number cards and instructions on how to make them!

If you don't want to cut them from wood, make them from foam, cardboard or cardstock :)
(9) 2" x 2.5"
(9) 4" x 2.5"
(9) 6" x 2.5"
(9) 8" x 2.5"
Then you need 3 sharpies in red, blue and green. Write the numbers 1-9 in green on the pieces that are 2". Use a blue sharpie and write the numbers 10-90 (10, 20, 30, etc.) on the 4" pieces. Use the red sharpie and write the numbers 100-900 on the 6" pieces. Then use the green again and write the numbers 1000-9000 on the 8" pieces.

**Remember to space your numbers nicely on the spaces. You should have 1 number for every 2 inches of the board. That way when you stack them ontop of each other you are fully covering the 0's underneath.



Hope this helps you! I'll be finishing up my small number cards soon too!

4 comments:

Sheri said...

What a great idea for a blog! Great info on here as well...

Thanks for sharing with us!

Tami said...

Thank you! I love to make homemade stuff too. Your blog helped me understand what these are to be used for. Thanks again

Senora K said...

Thanks, I am going to be making these this week for my girls and also to use in our Spanish Kids Club!

Renee Griffith said...

Thank you very much. Fantastic!