St Aidens -Alphabet Arts & Crafts


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Alphabet Stamps
Let the children use alphabet stamps or sponges to create an
art project.

Alphabet Matching
In our Alphabet download section you will find an assortment
of puzzles, all relating to identifying and matching the
alphabet. Print onto card, cut out and have fun!

Alphabet Collage
Have the children cut out letters from magazines and glue
them onto a piece of paper.

Alphabet Collage
Pick one letter. Make that letter out of construction paper.
Have the children cut that letter out of magazines and glue
them to the letter.

Glue Letters
Place glue on a piece of paper in the shape of the desired
letter. Have the children place glitter, coloured rice or
koolaid on the glue.

Contact Paper Art
You will need a picture of a letter. A reverse image is needed
if the letter can be backwards, such as the letter "E". Place
the image on the table and place a piece of contact
paper, sticky side up over the image. Supply the children
with scraps of construction paper to tissue paper. (Pieces of a
plastic lei were used for the photo of this project) Children use
the scraps to create the image on the contact paper.

Letter Art
Place masking tape on a piece of finger painting paper to
create the letter of your choice. Allow the child to paint the
picture. After the paint had dried remove the tape.

Cotton Letters
Place glue on a piece of paper in shape of the desired letter.
Have the children place cotton balls on the paper.

Letter Hands
Paint the child's hands. Have the children make a shape of a
letter with their hands.

Letter Rubbings
Cut letter shapes from paper doilies or sandpaper. Tape these
letters to the table. Have the children place a piece of thin
white paper over the letters and rub a crayon over the letter.

Shaving Cream Letters
Add a drop of food colouring to a baseball sized pile of
shaving cream. Mix this with a paint brush. Have the children
be very careful, and use smocks because the food colouring
will stain their clothing and hands. Have the children paint
the shaving cream on a white piece of paper. The children
can finish by making a few letters or their name in the cream.
Variation, add glue to this mixture to create a puffy paint
look.

Alphabet Poem with Clip Art
Alphabet Poem (Mother Goose) PDF

Alphabet Paper Chain PDF Download

Letter Shaped Potato Prints
Cut a large Potato in half. You will need a letter shaped
cookie cutter that will fit on the Potato half. Press the cookie
cutter into the flat side of the Potato. Then, using a knife, cut
the Potato around the outside of the cookie cutter, leaving a
letter shaped Potato stamp. Supply the children with the
Potato stamps, different coloured paints, and paper. Have
the children dip the potatoes in the paint and press them
firmly onto the paper. If the potatoes are not cut evenly the
shapes will not appear clearly.

Letter Necklaces
Supply the children with letter shaped beads and yarn. You
child also have the children cut out letter shapes from
construction paper. Then, have them use a hole punch to
make a hole, so they can thread them onto a piece of yarn.

Alphabet Picture Dictionaries
My girls & I had great fun. I used the reverse side of paper
that would otherwise have gone to waste (I have tons of it
after printing in my own business). I boung a book for each
girl, and the cousins and friends who visited. I added a
hardvocer top and bottom which the girls decorated in
letters cut out of magazines. This is called their "Alphabet
Picture Book". Each 2nd page was labelled "A", "B" and so on.
The girls were given a task of cutting out pictures from
magazines beginning with that letter and gluing it into the
appropriate page. They had enormous fun, made an
enormous mess but the end result was great!

Alphabet Word Dictionary
I did a similar thing with the alphabet, making the same sort
of scrapbook type of book, but instead of looking for pictures
beginning with that letter, they searched for words and
letters matching to the letter in their book. Again they
decorated their pages with glitter glue, stars and sequins and
the end result was fantastic. I found that a few pages at a
time was more than they could handle so it was a "fun" time
project that they did when they needed a break from
regular "stuff"...

Rainbow Words
To practice spelling words, I have each child choose one
crayon. The students work in groups of three. Each student is
given a worksheet, and he or she writes the first word on the
worksheet. Each student does this at the same time. They
then pass only the paper to the right and trace the word
with their crayon. They use the same colour crayon they
initially selected. They then pass the sheet one more time and
trace the word. When each student receives his or her paper
back, he or she writes the second word down and the
process is repeated. Each child will receive his/her paper
back with the spelling words traced 3 times...Rainbow words."

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