Here’s a simple DIY geoboard that you can make at home and use to create shapes, pictures, and abstract art.
Updated August 2024
Have your kids used geoboards before? Maybe during math time at school? Geoboards are typically flat boards with a grid of pegs on them; you can stretch rubber bands on the pegs to form shapes, angles, and patterns.
But geoboards aren’t just for math class! They can be used to create artistic shapes and designs, and even galaxies! The kids like geoboards because they are fun, the options are endless, and creating with them is a challenge.
But you don’t have to go buy a set of classroom geoboards to use them at home! Here’s a simple way to make your own.
How to Make Your Own Geoboard
MATERIALS
- Corkboard or foam core*
- Pushpins
- Rubber bands in assorted colors and sizes
*If you use foam core, you’ll want to use a double layer or set it on top of a rug or piece of cardboard as you work because the pushpins will likely poke all the way through.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Gather your materials
Set your board on a flat working surface, pour your pushpins into a small bowl to keep them from rolling away, and get out a handful of rubber bands.
If you’d like, you can also cover your board with a piece of black paper, like we did. - Push your pins in
Press your pushpins all over the corkboard or foam core.
- Add rubber bands
Connect two or more pushpins with rubber bands to create lines and shapes.
- Keep going!
You can continue to add pushpins and rubber bands to creating any design you like, including pictures or words.
How easy is that?! You can leave your geoboard as is, or take everything off to start fresh the next time you make geoboard art.
More Geoboard Art Ideas for Kids
- How to Make DIY Space Geoboards for Kids
- Geoboard Art and Design for Kids
- Geoboard Activities for Kids
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