Place Value House Craftivity
Make place value concrete and memorable with this engaging craftivity your students will love making!
The Place Value House Craftivity combines hands-on craft with meaningful maths — the best of both worlds! Students build their own place value house, sorting digits into the correct places (hundreds, tens, and ones) as they construct it. The finished product is a colourful, tactile tool they can refer back to, and it makes a beautiful maths display too.
Why teachers love it:
- Craft meets maths — students love making something while learning something
- Supports place value understanding — physically building the house reinforces the concept of place value positions
- Makes a great display — finished craftivities look wonderful on a maths wall or bulletin board
- Differentiated easily — use with two-digit or three-digit numbers to suit your class
Perfect for:
- Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4 place value units
- Hands-on maths activities and maths rotations
- Whole-class place value introduction lessons
- Small-group and guided maths instruction
- Interactive maths bulletin board displays
What's included:
A printable Place Value House Craftivity template with instructions, ready for students to cut, construct, and use as a hands-on place value tool and display.
Build place value understanding from the ground up — one house at a time!
Teaching place value?
Our place value teaching guide has ten strategies and hands-on activities to use alongside this resource.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
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FAQS
Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.
It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
