Teach Beside Me

Educate Creatively- Hands-on teaching ideas

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Podcast
  • Teaching Ideas
    • Art
    • History
    • Homeschooling
    • Language Arts
    • Math
    • Preschool
    • Science
  • Shop
    • Checkout
    • Cart
    • My Account
    • Membership

alphabet craft Education Language Arts Learning Games Reading Spelling Toys

Ribbon Spool Speller Toy

  • Share
  • Tweet

This post may contain affiliate links.

I have lots of ribbon. I love collecting it when I see it on sale at the craft store so I can do different projects with it. Now I have an idea to use all of the leftover ribbon spools when you finish the ribbon off!  You can make a ribbon spool speller toy to help kids learn to spell some new words.

Ribbon Spool Spelling Toy

How to Make a Ribbon Spool Speller Toy:

Making a ribbon spool speller is not hard at all!  You need a few empty ribbon spools, a pencil and some paint if you want it a different color. You also will need some pencil toppers. We used 5 spools originally, but I found it was easier for my kids to spell words with four letters.

empty ribbon spools craft

We started by making just the right blue.  😉  Then we painted the inside of the ribbon spools. You can also paint two ends so the outside is also colored.painted ribbon spool speller

 

Once the paint is dry, you can use a parker or pen to write letters around the inside of the spool. Use a variety of letters so there are lots of options for spelling words. If you use a wider ribbon spool it is easier to write the letters. Mine were all skinny ones and it was a little difficult to squeeze my pen in there and write letters.

homemade spelling toy

Put a pen through the center of all of the spools. You need something to secure the ends of the pencils. You can use pencil toppers or bigger eraser toppers. They need to be big enough to keep the spools on. We had some from Christmas hanging around that we used.

Ribbon Spool Speller

Now you just spin the spool speller to find the letters to spell different words! This would be great to use with their spelling lists to practice spelling!

Spelling toy

Rainbow Icosahedron Ball
Rhyming Words Dominoes


Leave a Comment

« Rhyming Words Dominoes
Rainbow Icosahedron Ball »

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Hi! I'm Karyn.
I am a former teacher turned homeschool mom of four kids. I LOVE teaching! I believe learning should be enjoyable and engaging. My goal is to ease the burdens of educators by offering memorable learning activities.
Questions? Contact me here: karyn@teachbesideme.com
Learn More >>>

Math Art + Drawing Games

Math Art + Drawing Games

Science Art + Drawing Games

Science Art + Drawing Games

Copyright © 2023 · Designed by Monique B Designs

Copyright © 2023 · Divine Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in · Privacy