DIY Hangul Blocks

Happy Wednesday! It’s been a little bit crazy over here, trying to get into the virtual-learning groove, but now that we are in week three everything is going much more smoothly. I hope you are all doing well adjusting to this new (and unique) school year!

Now that things have settled down a bit, I wanted to share another DIY project for teaching your child ํ•œ๊ธ€ (Hangul).

DIY Hangul Blocks Materials

What you need:
๐Ÿ”น Chalkboard Blocks
๐Ÿ”น Chalk Markers (2 or more colors)

What you do:
๐Ÿ”ธ Write Vowels in One Color
๐Ÿ”ธ Write Consonants in Second Color

Write Vowels in One Color and Consonants in the Second Color

I found these cute chalkboard blocks at our local Michaels Arts and Crafts Store on clearance, but you could easily use plain wooden blocks and paint them with matte paint in any color you’d like – I really liked the chalkboard for these for that back-to-school look.

Chalk markers are great for this project, because you can easily wipe them clean if you make a mistake or want to reuse the blocks for other lessons. Feel free to use paint markers if you want something more permanent.

I used pink to write the vowels and white to write consonants, using a total of 16 blocks so I could include double consonants. I had some extra blank sides, which I filled with more frequently used consonants and vowels. In less than five minutes, they were dry and we were able to get to word-building practice!

Word-building Practice with Hangul Blocks

My preschooler had a lot of fun making these with me and using them to build simple words! How will you design your own Hangul Blocks?

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DIY Perler Hangul Set

Create your own Korean alphabet set with Perler beads
DIY Perler Hangul Set

Are your kids creative? Are you looking for a Korean alphabet set? Make your own colorful set together with Perler beads! If you’ve never used Perler beads before, they are plastic beads that you can fuse together with an iron to create all sorts of fun things! An adult will definitely have to do the ironing, but the kids have fun creating the letters.

What you need:
๐Ÿ”น Perler Beads
๐Ÿ”น Heat-safe Paper
๐Ÿ”น Perler Pegboard
๐Ÿ”น Iron

Play:
๐Ÿ”ธ Pick up beads
๐Ÿ”ธ Sort by color
๐Ÿ”ธ Name each color
๐Ÿ”ธ Build shapes or make pictures

Make:
๐Ÿ”น Build letters on pegboard
๐Ÿ”น Cover in heat-safe paper
๐Ÿ”น Iron for a few seconds to fuse (both sides)
๐Ÿ”น Let cool before handling

Language Booster:
Practice naming colors and shapes in your target languages, while building and creating fun trinkets! Teach your child the Korean alphabet and the letter sounds as you create them together. When you are done, you have a complete set of alphabet toys to use in future activities – we turned ours into magnets for our fridge!

Our kids are big fans of Perler beads! They love to create their favorite Pokemon and video game characters, so they are very familiar with the process. Before making our Hangul set, we played with the beads and created fun designs. The kids were able to exercise their creativity while also squeezing in some language education!