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“V” is for “Vine” Preschool Craft Idea

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Supplies Needed:

  • Colored Craft Paper
  • Letter “V” Cutout
  • Elmer’s Glue
  • Green Colored Pom Poms
  • Green Pipe Cleaners
  • Markers

Set Up:

We stared by gluing our letter “V” to our green paper.  Then we added big swirls of glue to our letter “V”, we used blue sparkle glue, but when it didn’t dry clear so I would suggest using white glue.  After that we bent our pipe cleaners into vine like forms and added them to our page, occasionally adding another big glob of glue to help hold it down.  We finished by adding our green pom poms (leaves).  I did glue dots on my paper for where I wanted my leaves, my son enjoyed just adding handfuls.

We finished by talking about different kinds of plants and what they are used for.  Trees offer shade and wood, some plants offer food, flowers are pretty to look at and smell nice etc.

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Toddler Letters – “U” is for “Underwater” Craft

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Finding easy crafts and activities to teach about letter U can be challenging, but in the name of simplicity this one is a total win… the most difficult part is tracking down stickers for either Under ground or Under water (I found mine at Dollar Tree) from there slapping down a “U” and drawing some waves or grass over the top is quick and painless and my son really enjoyed adding his stickers to make his under water scene.

Supplies Needed:

  • Colored Craft Paper
  • Letter “U” Cutout
  • Fish Stickers (I got mine at the dollar store)
  • Glue
  • Markers

Set Up:

We started by gluing our letter “U” to our blue paper and drawing waves above the letter, then we added stickers to our under water U.  Short and sweet, but my son loves stickers so he was more than happy with it.

When we finished we talked about different kinds of things that live in the water.

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Toddler Letters – “T” is for “Thunder Storm”

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Supplies Needed:

  • Black Craft Paper
  • Yellow Craft Paper
  • Letter “T” Cutout
  • Black Paint (I used washable finger paint)
  • Cotton Balls
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Markers

Set Up:

We started by taking a cotton ball and dipping it into our black paint, then we twisted the cotton ball across our letter “T” in an attempt to make dark swirling thunder clouds.  While we waited for our “T” to dry I cut our yellow paper into zigzags (Lightning Bolts) and we glued them to our paper.  Once our T’s were dry we ended up having to press them between a few hard books to flatten them out, then we glued them to our black paper to finish.

After our craft we talked about different kinds of weather, rain, snow, thunder/lightening, fog, sun etc.

 

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Preschool Letter Craft – “S” is for “Sky”

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Supplies Needed:

  • Colored Craft Paper
  • Letter “S” Cutout
  • Elmer’s Glue
  • Cotton Balls
  • Marker

Set Up:

We started by taking our cotton balls and ripping them up into small fluffy shreds, then we covered our letter “S” with Elmer’s Glue.  Once our “S” was covered with glue we pressed our fluffy cotton ball shreds onto the “S” until it was covered, then we took our hands and pressed up the areas that were coming off the “S” so it had a more defined shape. We let it dry and glued it to our craft paper.

I waited until a properly cloudy day for this craft so that we could go outside when we finished and look up at the clouds.  I had hoped to show my son how fun it could be to look for shapes in the clouds but turns out he’s not quite ready for that.  In the end we just talked about different kinds of things we can find in the sky.  (Sun, moon, stars, airplanes, bird etc.)

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Toddler Letters – “R” is for “Rainbow”

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Supplies Needed:

  • Colored Craft Paper
  • Letter “R” Cutout
  • Paint (I used watercolors)
  • Paint Brush
  • Glue
  • Markers

Set Up:

We took our letter “R” cutout and proceeded to paint it with our watercolors.  As much as I encouraged my son to experiment with colors like blue and red he couldn’t help himself but to go for the black and brown paint.  Ha.  So his rainbow ended up being… not very rainbow like, but he had a blast painting it.  We let them dry then pressed them between two books for a little bit so they would lay flat before gluing them down.

When we finished we talked about different colors and where we can find them (ie apples can be red, green or yellow, grapes can be red and green, watermelon is red/white/green)

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