26 Alphabet and Letter Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

Start here: three alphabet and letter crafts crafts that always work

Letter S snakeA letter, spots and a tongue, the easiest startLetter D dinosaurThe one every preschool class makesLetter C caterpillarCircles along a C, a three can glue them

26 alphabet letter crafts for preschoolers, A to Z

1. Letter A alligator

The child glues a big green A on paper, then adds paper teeth, eyes, and bumpy scales so it becomes an alligator.

You need: green construction paper, dark green paper, white paper, 2 large googly eyes, light blue paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a big capital A from green paper. Your child glues it onto the light blue sheet.
2. Cut small white triangles and glue them on the inside edge of each leg below the crossbar, pointing into the gap.
3. Cut dark green triangles and glue them along the outer edge of the left leg as scales.
4. Stick the 2 eyes on the left leg.

2. Letter A apple

The child turns a small letter a into an apple by adding red paper, a stem and a leaf.

You need: red construction paper, brown paper, green paper, white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. Your child glues it upright on the white sheet.
2. Cut a short brown rectangle and glue it on top of the round part as a stem.
3. Cut a green leaf and glue it next to the stem on the right.

3. Letter B butterfly

The child glues a cut-out B to paper and adds a body and antennae along its straight side so the two bumps become wings to decorate.

You need: purple construction paper, black construction paper, 1 black pipe cleaner, dot stickers, light blue paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital B from purple paper. Your child glues it on the light blue sheet.
2. Cut a long black strip and glue it down the straight left side as the body.
3. Glue the pipe cleaner, bent into a V, at the top of the strip as antennae.
4. Your child sticks dots on the B.

4. Letter C caterpillar

The child glues paper circles along a big letter C and adds a face and antennae to make a curled caterpillar.

You need: green construction paper, 1 red paper circle, yellow paper circles, 2 small googly eyes, black paper and marker, white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital C from green paper. Your child glues it on the white sheet.
2. Glue the red circle on the top end as the head.
3. Your child glues yellow circles in a row along the curve, touching, down to the bottom end.
4. Stick 2 eyes on the red circle and draw a smile. Glue 2 short black strips behind the head as antennae.

5. Letter D dinosaur

The child glues a cut-out D down and adds triangle spikes, a head, legs and a tail so the curve becomes a dinosaur's back.

You need: green construction paper, orange construction paper, 1 googly eye, black crayon, 1 sheet of white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital D from green paper. Your child glues it upright on the white sheet.
2. Cut orange triangles. Your child glues them along the curved side, pointing outward, as spikes.
3. Glue 2 short green rectangles at the bottom of the D as legs.
4. Glue the googly eye near the top of the straight side and draw a small smile under it with the crayon.

6. Letter E elephant

The child glues a grey E to paper and adds a big ear, a curling trunk and an eye to turn it into an elephant.

You need: grey construction paper, pink construction paper, 1 large googly eye, 1 sheet of light green paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital E from grey paper and glue it upright on the green sheet.
2. Cut a big rounded grey ear with a smaller pink shape inside. Your child glues it on the upper part of the E, overlapping the straight side.
3. Cut a long grey strip, curl its end, and glue it on the tip of the top bar as a trunk.
4. Stick the large eye on the top bar beside the ear.

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7. Letter F frog

The child glues a green F to paper and adds bulging eyes, a red tongue and long back legs to make a frog.

You need: green paper, white paper, red paper, 2 googly eyes, 1 sheet of light blue paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large green capital F. Your child glues it upright on the light blue sheet.
2. Glue 2 white circles on top of the top bar and a googly eye on each.
3. Glue a long red strip with a curled end on the tip of the top bar as a tongue.
4. Fold 2 green strips like an accordion and glue them at the bottom of the stem as back legs, one going each way.

8. Letter G giraffe

The child glues a yellow G to paper, adds a head, ears and horns on top and covers it in brown spots.

You need: yellow construction paper, brown construction paper, 1 sheet of light blue paper, 2 googly eyes, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a big capital G from yellow paper. Your child glues it upright on the light blue sheet.
2. Your child tears small pieces of brown paper and glues them all over the G as spots.
3. Glue 2 short brown strips on the top edge of the G as horns.
4. Cut 2 small yellow ears. Glue one on each side of the horns.
5. Glue the 2 googly eyes on the top curve of the G under the horns.

9. Letter H house

The child glues an H to paper, adds a triangle roof on top and fills the gaps with a door and windows.

You need: red construction paper, brown paper, yellow paper, blue paper, 1 sheet of white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital H from red paper. Your child glues it upright on the white sheet.
2. Cut a wide brown triangle and glue it across the top of the H as a roof, covering the tops of both posts.
3. Cut 2 yellow squares and glue one on each post above the crossbar as windows.
4. Cut a blue rectangle and glue it under the crossbar as a door.

10. Letter I ice cream

The child turns a lowercase i into an ice cream: the stem becomes the cone and the dot a scoop with a cherry on top.

You need: light brown construction paper, pink construction paper, 1 small red pom pom, brown crayon, 1 sheet of white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a tall, narrow brown rectangle as the cone. Your child glues it upright on the lower part of the white sheet.
2. Your child draws criss-cross lines down the cone with the brown crayon.
3. Cut a pink circle a little wider than the cone. Glue it above the cone, leaving a thin white gap.
4. Glue the red pom pom on top of the pink circle.

11. Letter J jellyfish

The child covers a J with tissue squares, adds a pom pom bell with eyes on top and wavy paper tentacles.

You need: white paper, pink paper, pink tissue paper, pink pom poms, 2 googly eyes, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital J and a half circle from pink paper. Your child glues the J on the white sheet, and the half circle flat side down across the top of the J as the bell.
2. Your child glues pink tissue squares all over the J.
3. Glue pom poms along the curve of the bell and the 2 googly eyes in the middle of it.
4. Cut wavy strips from pink paper and glue them hanging from the bell on both sides of the J as tentacles.

12. Letter K kite

The child glues a K to paper and adds diamond paper kites with string tails flying from its arms.

You need: blue construction paper, red paper, white yarn, yellow paper, white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital K from blue paper and a red diamond. Your child glues the K on the white sheet.
2. Glue the red diamond on the tip of the upper right arm of the K.
3. Glue the white yarn from the bottom point of the diamond down along the arm as the kite tail.
4. Cut small yellow bows and glue them along the yarn.

13. Letter L leaves

The child fills a big letter L with small green or autumn-coloured paper leaves.

You need: brown construction paper, small paper leaves, white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital L from brown paper. Your child glues it on the white sheet.
2. Your child glues small leaves all over the L.
3. Point the leaves in different directions and let some overlap.

14. Letter M mouse

The child glues a grey M to paper and adds round ears, a pink nose, whiskers and a tail to make a mouse.

You need: grey construction paper, pink construction paper, 2 googly eyes, 1 small pink pom pom, grey yarn, white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital M from grey paper. Your child glues it on the white sheet.
2. Cut 2 grey circles and 2 smaller pink circles. Glue a pink circle on each grey one, then glue them on the top points of the M as ears.
3. Glue the 2 googly eyes and the pom pom nose in the middle of the M.
4. Glue a short piece of grey yarn at the bottom as a tail.

15. Letter N nest

The child glues a brown N to paper and tucks a paper nest with eggs or baby birds into the dip of the letter.

You need: brown paper, light brown paper, light blue paper, glue stick, white paper

How to make it

1. You cut a big capital N from brown paper, thin light brown strips and 3 blue eggs.
2. Your child glues the N on the white sheet.
3. Glue the strips in a messy criss-cross pile over the middle of the N.
4. Glue the 3 blue eggs on top of the pile.

16. Letter O owl

The child glues an O to paper and adds big round eyes, a beak, wings and feet to make an owl.

You need: brown paper, light brown paper, white paper, 2 large googly eyes, orange paper, glue stick, light blue paper

How to make it

1. You cut a big capital O from brown paper, 2 white circles, 2 light brown wings, an orange triangle and 2 small orange feet.
2. Your child glues the O on the blue sheet.
3. Glue the white circles side by side near the top, then an eye on each.
4. Glue the beak below the eyes, a wing on each side, and the feet at the bottom.

17. Letter Q queen

The child glues a big Q to paper, tops it with a crown and decorates it with stick-on gems and a face.

You need: purple paper, yellow paper, stick-on gems, 2 googly eyes, red marker, glue stick, 1 sheet of white paper

How to make it

1. You cut a big capital Q from purple paper and a yellow crown with 3 points.
2. Your child glues the Q upright on the white sheet, then the crown on the top edge.
3. Stick gems on the crown.
4. Glue the 2 eyes on the ring of the Q and draw a smile on the lower part with the red marker.

18. Letter R rainbow

The child glues strips or torn pieces of paper in rainbow order along a big letter R.

You need: white paper, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple paper, 2 cotton balls, glue stick, 1 sheet of light blue paper

How to make it

1. You cut a big capital R from white paper and 6 strips in rainbow colours.
2. Your child glues the R upright on the blue sheet.
3. Glue the strips across the R from top to bottom in rainbow order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. Leave the ends sticking out.
4. Glue a cotton ball at the bottom of each leg as a cloud.

19. Letter S snake

The child decorates a green S with spots or stripes, then adds eyes and a forked red tongue.

You need: green paper, yellow dot marker, 2 googly eyes, red paper, white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital S from green paper.
2. Your child dots the S with the yellow dot marker.
3. Glue the S on the white sheet.
4. Glue 2 googly eyes on the top end of the S.
5. Cut a thin red tongue with a forked tip and glue it on the tip of the top end.

20. Letter T tree

The child glues a brown T to paper as a trunk and covers the top bar with green paper, torn tissue or fingerprint leaves.

You need: brown paper, green tissue paper, light blue paper, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital T from brown paper.
2. Your child glues it upright on the light blue sheet.
3. Scrunch the green tissue into small balls.
4. Glue the balls all along the top bar of the T as leaves. Leave the stem bare as the trunk.

21. Letter U umbrella

The child glues a U to paper, builds a tissue paper rainbow umbrella over one tip and adds a cotton cloud and raindrops.

You need: white paper, brown paper, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple tissue paper, white paper for the umbrella, cotton balls, blue paper, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital U from brown paper and a half circle from white paper. Your child glues the U upright on the sheet, then the half circle flat side down over the right tip of the U as the umbrella.
2. Your child glues tissue squares on the half circle in curved rows: red along the outside, then orange, yellow, green, blue and purple inside.
3. Glue cotton balls above the umbrella as a cloud.
4. Cut small raindrops from blue paper and glue them falling around the umbrella.

22. Letter V vase

The child covers a V with tissue squares as a vase and adds paper stems and flowers rising from it.

You need: white paper, blue and purple tissue paper, green paper, coloured paper, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital V from white paper. Your child glues it on the sheet with the point down and covers it with blue and purple tissue squares.
2. Cut thin green strips and small leaves. Glue the strips rising from inside the V as stems, with a leaf or two on each.
3. Cut flowers from coloured paper, a circle with a smaller circle on top, and glue one at the top of each stem.

23. Letter W watermelon

The child colours or collages a W green at the bottom and red above, then adds black seeds.

You need: red construction paper, green construction paper, black marker, white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital W from red paper. Your child glues it upright on the white sheet.
2. Your child tears green paper into small pieces.
3. Glue the green pieces along the bottom of the W, covering its two bottom points, as the rind.
4. Your child draws black seeds on the red upper part.

24. Letter X xylophone

The child glues coloured paper bars from long to short across a letter X to make a xylophone.

You need: black construction paper, 5 paper strips in different colors, white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital X from black paper. Your child glues it upright on the white sheet.
2. Cut 5 strips in 5 different lengths.
3. Your child glues the strips across the X as flat bars, one above the other with gaps, longest at the top and shortest at the bottom.

25. Letter Y yarn

The child squeezes glue over a big Y and presses on snipped pieces of yarn until it is covered.

You need: yellow construction paper, yarn, white paper, white glue

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital Y from yellow paper. Your child glues it upright on the white sheet.
2. Snip the yarn into short pieces.
3. Your child squeezes white glue over the letter.
4. Your child presses the yarn pieces onto the glue, covering both arms and the stem.

26. Letter Z zebra

The child glues black stripes across a white Z and adds a head, ears and mane to make a zebra.

You need: white construction paper, black construction paper, light green paper, 1 googly eye, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital Z from white paper. Your child glues it on the light green sheet.
2. Cut thin black strips, some short ones for the mane, and 2 small white triangles.
3. Your child glues the black strips across the Z as stripes.
4. Glue the 2 white triangles at the left end of the top bar as ears, with the short strips standing up beside them as a mane.
5. Glue the googly eye at the left end of the top bar.

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Doing one letter craft a week with a 3 year old

Cut the letter yourself, big, from card or colored paper. That is the one bit of prep. Then the child glues it down and adds the parts. For a three year old, cut the parts too and let them place and glue. A five year old can cut the teeth, eyes and legs.

Say the sound, not the letter name, as the craft goes on: a for alligator, d for dinosaur, o for owl. Trace the letter with a finger before it gets covered, then once more when it is done.

Do the letters in the order your child meets them at preschool, or start with the first letter of their name. The letter S snake, letter C caterpillar and letter O owl are the ones most three year olds manage with the least help.

Keep the finished letters in a folder or hang them in a row on a string. By the end of the year your child has an alphabet they made, and they will go back and name each animal.

More crafts for preschoolers

• Letter A crafts for preschoolers
• Zoo crafts for preschoolers
• Apple crafts for preschoolers
• Butterfly crafts for preschoolers
• Letter B crafts for preschoolers
• Caterpillar crafts for preschoolers
• Letter C crafts for preschoolers
• Dinosaur crafts for preschoolers
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