Shape Wheel: Spin a Random Shape

Shape wheel with 16 shapes, from circle to cylinder. Spin a shape for a maths lesson, a shape hunt or a drawing game in class.

Maths lessons
Shape hunts
Drawing

On this wheel

Circle
Square
Triangle
Rectangle
Oval
Star
Heart
Diamond
Pentagon
Hexagon
Octagon
Crescent

Why use a shape wheel

Sixteen flat and solid shapes are on the wheel. Spin one, name its sides and corners, then hunt for it around the room.

Teach flat and solid shapes
Spin a shape and ask how many sides, corners or faces it has.
Find the shape around the room
Kids spin and race to find something with that shape.
Draw a picture from one shape
Students spin and turn the shape into a drawing.

This wheel wears the Big Spin Theory theme: a science lab: graph paper, beakers and an atom for a hub. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the shape wheel

Click the wheel to spin it.
Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
Click “Hide & Respin” to take the winner out and spin again, so nothing is picked twice.
Click “Create your own shape picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 16 entries on the shape wheel

Circle
Square
Triangle
Rectangle
Oval
Star
Heart
Diamond
Pentagon
Hexagon
Octagon
Crescent
Cube
Sphere
Cone
Cylinder

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I keep only flat shapes?

Yes. Click “Create your own shape picker” and remove the solid shapes for younger classes.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own shape picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.