Now that it’s Winter, these Snowflake Pattern Block Mats will be a fun addition to your math center.
A reader asked me to make some of these and sent me some photos of snowflake designs she had made with pattern blocks. I took her designs and made them into printable pattern block mats. Since they were complex snowflakes, I also wanted to add some easier snowflake mats for the younger kids. I also added in the snowflake mat from the Christmas Pattern Block set.
Pattern Block Math Craftivity
You could use these mats to make designs with regular pattern blocks. You could also use them to make paper snowflakes to make a math craftivity. To do this, photocopy the blackline mats onto light blue paper. Copy a paper pattern block template onto white paper and cut out the pieces. Have children glue the white shapes onto the shapes on the blue paper, and you have math snowflakes!
Need Snowman pattern block mats? I have them on the Christmas Pattern Block Mats page.
If you like these, you’ll also want to check out my other Pattern Block Mats.
Download the Snowflake Pattern Block Mats
Click the images below to download & print each pattern block mat:
To download the mats, just click on each picture to get the PDF file, and then print. I have printing help here.
What are Pattern Blocks?
Many people ask me what are pattern blocks? These are a common learning material in classrooms, and are sold in educational supply catalogs. They are small blocks that are placed flat on the table to make a geometric design. They are not meant to be stacked. They are not tangrams. They come in a standard size and standard colors. To read more about them and where to buy them, visit my pattern blocks page.
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Thank you so much for all the incredible **free** things you make and share with us!! I have used several of your things and love everything you do. Thanks for helping me be a better teacher! 🙂
Thank you! These snowflake mats are great. 🙂
I am a Pre-K teacher’s aide. Your site has been wonderful for me. I have been teaching for over 30 years with children. I have an Associates Degree in Early Childhood. I have been doing Pre-K for 4 years. You have so many fabolus ideas. I love this site. I already recieve your emails.
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Thank you for the snowflake patterns. I came over the pattern blocks visiting my american sister i Denver. She is also a teacher. I was an excange student with her family a long time ago . So thank you <3
Trine
These pattern photos are fantastic! And, since we are doing winter now, the snowflakes are perfect for my lesson plans! Thank you for these!
Ideas for file folder games. I love the snow flake mat idea.
How cool! Thank you so much.
Super designs and I really like how it levels the activity from colored blocks to black and white patterns. Thank you very much.
Love this activity. Thank you.
The kids love do these. Thank you for making them.
The kids love doing these in their math center. Thank you for making such a great activity.
Love, love, love these! Thank you!
Thanks , your ideas are wonderful.
I am talking about winter and about shapes and your snowflakes are…. something different …..very nice.
(sorry my bad english , I am italian)
Again THANKS
Bye Teresa
Thank you for sharing! These are wonderful!
Thank you these are great!
Wow, these are great! You are so generous! Thank you for sharing, once again.
Heidi
Thanks, Heidi!
Thank you so much for sharing these! They will be a great addition to our winter centers. You are so talented.
Jamie
Play to Learn Preschool
We’re holding our annual Winter Wonderland Open House this weekend, so these might be the perfect addition to our festivities! Thanks for sharing all the awesome FREE materials!
Thanks for sharing, I’m always looking for ideas to use with my grandchildren. We have lots of snow now, so the snowflakes will go along with our stories.
These are great! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Thank you so much for these free printables! I just printed them and am getting a station set up right now for my 3-year-old daughter to wake up from her nap to! I have yet to introduce her to pattern blocks (something I, as a teacher, have had hidden away in the closet), but with the snowflakes being such a timely topic right now, this is a perfect time. Thanks!
wow- amazing! Thanks!
Thank you for these, we’ve been told to expect snow any day now. The children will love doing the snowflakes :o)
Thanks so much for again posting these engaging activities for our kiddos. It makes it so much easier to use materials that are already made. We really appreciate it.
Thank you! My kids will love this!
Thank you so much! These are just the thing to occupy my early finishers while others are completing their work.
Thank you so much for sharing these! I did your original animals with my son a few years ago. i came back to your website to reprint the bee and was thrilled to discover so many more pattern mats! My daughter is reusing the animal mats in color but I just printed the snowflake mats for my son in outline only…more challenging and very focusing for him.
I’m so grateful!
These are lovely. Thank you so much for allowing us the opportunity to use them in our classrooms.
Thank you so much! My students will be excited to see new mats in our classroom.
Thank you for creating and sharing your work! My students love putting the puzzles together with the help of the colored version and try to make it again with the outline as a challenge.
Thank you so much for this material as I am home schooling my pre-schooler. This is so helpful!
I have a light table and transparent pattern blocks in my classroom so I trace the pattern block designs onto a clear piece of lamination plastic with a sharpie marker and ruler. My students love to see the colorful designs all lit up!