This fun My Phone craft combines creativity with early number learning and an important real-life skill.
Children can colour and decorate their own phone, then wear it around their neck using string or wool. The phone displays the numbers 1–10, giving teachers an engaging visual tool for practicing number recognition and sequencing.
Practice Numbers 1–10
Teachers can use the phone to practice:
• Number recognition 1–10
• Counting and number sequencing
• Identifying numbers out of order
• Asking children to point to a specific number
• Simple number games such as “Can you find number 7?”
Learning a Parent’s Phone Number
The phone can also be used as a role-play and safety-learning activity to help children become familiar with an important piece of information: their parent’s or caregiver’s phone number.
Teachers can work with parents or caregivers to ensure the correct number is being practiced. Children can then pretend to dial the number on their paper phone while saying the numbers aloud.
For example:
“My number is 0–8–1–…”
This provides a playful way for children to practice remembering and saying a phone number while also reinforcing their numbers 1–10.
A Fun Learning Prop
The finished phone can be worn around the child’s neck and used for pretend play, number activities, ESL lessons, role play and classroom games.
Teacher tip: Parent/caregiver phone numbers are personal information, so it is best for teachers to work with families when deciding which number a child should learn and to avoid displaying real phone numbers publicly in the classroom.
A simple craft with a surprisingly useful purpose!

Credits & Copyright
© 2026 Sonyja Murphy. All rights reserved.
This educational resource was created by Sonyja Murphy.
Illustrations in this resource were created with the assistance of AI (ChatGPT by OpenAI) and have been edited and arranged as part of this original educational work.