3D Printing (PEN) Mats for Kids!

These 3D printing pen mats are story based and very SPRING! They are so cute when they are finished and the big sections make it easy for kids to go over the areas with their 3 D Pens. You can see it in action here:

Description

This Story based 3D printing mat kit includes all the features you need to set up a fun pen 3D mat printing area in your home or classroom to help your students work with their creativity and fine motor skills.

Objective: STEM, learning about 3D printing, colors, fine motor skills, and art.

This printable includes a zip file with the following content:

• 2 Printable Mats designed to work with 3D pens
  • The mat designs can be printed out numerous times for each child in your class.
• Specs of the product:
  • A pdf document to print out of the files or individual jpg images of the files to print out on 4×6 photocopy paper.

Printing Tips:

The mats work best printed on glossy photo paper because it is slick, and the 3D printer ink will come off the mats easily. Kids do well with the kids safe Junior 3D Pen that works with PCL filament as it does not get as hot as other pens. PCL also is low odor and pops off the glossy photo paper once it is dry.

This is a print activity:

All pages are designed to print as a 4X6 projects to save on PCL ink when the students use them. paper. There is a total of 2 pages. The items are designed for the students to easily be able to trace over them with their 3D printer pens and fill them in.

Classroom Based Game:

You can print out as many copies of this item as you like. If you are in a classroom you can let the students choose which style mat they want to try out. If you are making it a class activity and have the resources you could have each student test out a 3D printing pen on the mats.

If you only have one 3D printing pen you could have the mats set up in a 3D printing area in your classroom with a variety of filaments as an activities station.

Home Based Game:

If you are at home, you can use this activity for a game or for home school. You can set up the 3D pen printer station whenever you want to have your children work with their fine motor skills. Have them trace over the objects on the mats with the 3D printer pen.

Bonus activity:

Bonus activity! If your student has printed out the items from both mats then they have the main characters from the Is it a rock? book! You can read the book with your student and have them act it out with their printed pieces. The book is not included in this bundle.

Thanks for stopping by to check out today’s spring related activity! It has been quiet a spring montage of posts this week!

Brie

More Resources:

• Spring Flowers Printable Crafts for kids or teachers!
• Story Based 3D printing pen mats for kids!
• Decorative bunny journal
• Is it a rock? | easy reader book for kids learning phonics
• This dog… | Easy reader book for kids learning phonics
• Free Phonics Game for kids!