These free printable monster shape crafts let kids create eight silly monsters while practicing shape recognition.
Kids can learn to identify and name the shapes as they turn them into funny monsters with eyes, mouths, arms, and other silly details.
Coloring, cutting, and gluing the pieces also help kids develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination while getting creative.
These monster crafts are great for preschool and kindergarten, whether you’re learning shapes at home, practicing scissor skills, or looking for a fun hands-on activity.
There are both black-and-white and full-color versions, so kids can color their own monsters or use the ready-colored pieces.
Printable Monster Shape Crafts
There are eight different shape monsters to make.
Geometric shapes
- circle monster
- triangle monster
- square monster
- pentagon monster
- hexagon monster
- octagon monster
Other shapes
- star monster
- heart monster
Difficulty Level
These printable shape crafts are ideal for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and young elementary-aged kids.
Younger children can start with familiar shapes like circles, triangles, and squares. Older children can try less familiar shapes, including pentagons, hexagons, and octagons.
Some of the smaller monster pieces may be tricky for younger children to cut out, so they might need a little help.
How to Make the Shape Monsters
These cut-and-paste monster crafts are simple to put together.
Supplies Needed
- printed monster craft templates
- scissors
- glue stick
- crayons, markers, or colored pencils (for the black-and-white version)
Instructions
Each monster has its own set of pieces and a small colored picture showing what the finished craft looks like.
The monsters have all sorts of funny details, from extra eyes and sharp teeth to horns, arms, and silly expressions.
- Choose a monster.
Pick one of the eight shapes to make. - Color the pieces.
If you’re using the black-and-white version, color the monster and its parts. - Cut out the pieces.
Carefully cut around the shape and all the monster parts. - Arrange the monster.
Use the small colored picture as a guide, or get creative and arrange the pieces however you like. Kids can even mix and match pieces from different monsters. - Glue everything together.
Once you’re happy with how the monster looks, glue the pieces in place.
Fun Ways to Use These Shape Crafts
Here are a few ways to use these printable monster crafts with kids.
Shape recognition: Have kids name each monster’s shape and count its sides or corners, where applicable.
Shape sorting: After making several monsters, sort them by the number of sides or corners they have.
Homeschool art activity: Add some coloring, cutting, and creativity to your shape lessons.
Monster shape display: Hang the finished monsters up with their shape names to make a colorful shape display.
You don’t have to make all eight monsters at once. Choose one or two, or spread them out over several days as your child learns different shapes.
Download and Print
You can get these free printable monster shape crafts by using one of the forms below. The PDF will automatically be emailed to you.
The printable includes eight different monsters in two versions:
- Black-and-white templates: Kids can color the monster pieces before cutting them out.
- Full-color templates: The pieces are already colored and ready to cut and glue.
The black-and-white monster crafts are on pages 1–8, and the colored versions are on pages 9–16.
You only need to print the pages for the monsters you want to make. There’s no need to print both versions unless you’d like to use them.
More Monster Activities
If your kids enjoyed making these silly shape monsters, here are a couple more monster-themed printable activities they might like:
- practice counting with these monster connect the dots
- color your own monster bookmarks