These Color Chip Word Slides are easy to make and better yet….FREE!

You can get these color chips at any paint store or big box store (Lowe’s, Menard’s, etc.) Grab as many as you like.  If you are doing this for a classroom; you can ask an associate of the store and sometimes they will give you a load of them; still wrapped in the plastic!

I just picked out a square paint chip that would be in the same color category as the multi-color chips and I was set.

I cut a thin strip from the multi-color chip for my letters. Then cut a 1- inch square from the single color paint chip. Added a slit above and below the 1-inch square (just a tad longer on each side of the square) to slide in the letter strip.  I used an exact-o knife to cut out the square and make my slits.

I started off using a regular fine point permanent marker and it just wasn’t big enough, so I went to a chisel point permanent marker for my letters and the words.  You will notice that I didn’t use the last color square on the letter strip. This was to give the children an area to hold and be able to move the letter strip.