Make Your Own Braille Magnet Board

Braille Magnet Board

This post may contain affiliate links; please see our terms of use for details.

Here is a very easy idea for making a braille magnet board. I used a metal oil drip pan to create this board for my daughter Freya’s room. She’s using it to work on braille letters and numbers, and we have plans for some fun games as well.

Here’s what I did…

What You’ll Need:

How to Make Your Braille Magnet Board:

  1. Use the adhesive Velcro patches to attach your metal oil pan to the wall. The Velcro comes with two sides that are sticky, a set for the pan and a set for the wall. You can also easily move your board around the house by setting up Velcro patches in other rooms as well.
  2. Add magnets using the magnet tape to braille blocks, a braille number line or braille score card with buttons and place them on your board.
  3. We are also working on frog and butterfly life cycle models that Freya can place on her board. We also have plans to create a texture matching game by cutting some felt, cardboard, feathers, etc and adding the magnets. We’ll create two of each texture then have Freya find matches and place them side by side to play.

Very easy and inexpensive! What other uses can you find for a braille magnet board?

braille magnet board


Related Posts

Br'eye device with dominoes.

Braille and Literacy

Making Braille Fun: Introducing Handi Exceller’s Innovative Learning Tools for Blind Students

Handi Exceller was born from a simple idea: learning braille should be both fun and accessible. The company creates interactive and gamified ways to teach braille.

braille blocks, puzzles and buttons

Braille and Literacy, Toys, Visual Impairment

24 Braille Toys for Kids Who are Blind

Everything from alphabet blocks to raised line coloring pages and activity books to puzzles to card and board games... and so much more! And it's all in braille ready for...

5 Activities for Name-Writing

Braille and Literacy

5 Activities for Name-Writing

Learning to write your name is an important preschool skill. Make the task fun with one of these 5 activities for name-writing!