Saturday, May 7, 2011

Crafting Through the Alphabet: The Letter A

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The Letter A
Sherri Osborn
From Sherri Osborn, your Guide to Family Crafts
Learn or teach the alphabet using these fun ideas. Find fun games, crafts, stories, and other educational activities all related to the letter A.
Featured A Projects
Apple Magnet
Follow these directions and enjoy making a magnet craft that looks like an apple, complete with a worm!


Printable Letter A
Fun pages for you to print and color! Print out both the upper and lower case letter. Make your own alphabet coloring book.

A Is For...
Click underlined words for related projects!

More A Activities and Resources
More Letter A Fun
  • Animal Act Game - Call out the name of an animal and have players act like that animal.
  • Apple Print - Cut an apple in half and make prints by dipping the apple in paint and pressing on paper.
  • A Collage Picture - Print out or draw a letter A. Paint glue inside the A and cover it with aluminum foil. Can you think of other things that start with an A that you can add to your picture.
  • Make a Letter A beaded safety pin.


Quick Alphabet Crafts And Activity Ideas
These ideas can be used for all alphabet letters!
  • Have a bowl of alphabet cereal for breakfast, or how about some letter-shaped pancakes.
  • Make letters out of homemade clay.
  • Do an alphabet crayon rubbing using letters cut out of sandpaper.
  • Cut out felt letters to use is any of the shared crafts just for a little variety.
  • Gather a few kids together and see how many letter shapes they can make with their whole bodies.
  • Lunch time? Have alphabet soup and Jello Jigglers cut into alphabet shapes.
  • Fingerpaint your letters... Instead of finder paint, why not try using pudding or shaving cream?
  • Go for a walk and look for things that start with whatever letter you are studying.
  • See how long of a sentence you can make using as many words that start with the letter as possible.
  • Decorate your sidewalk with the alphabet by using sidewalk chalk!
  • Snack Time? Why not make alphabet shaped sugar cookies!
  • Practice the alphabet in a sandbox. Use a stick to write letters. No sandbox? Fill a dishpan with sand.
  • See how many letters you can form by using a chenille stem.


More Alphabet Resources
Check out the links below to make more alphabet crafts.


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