7 Letter A Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

Start here: three letter A crafts that always work

Apple stampingHalf an apple, one plate of paintFingerprint apple treeFingerprints, then count the applesTorn paper acornTearing paper, a three can do it alone

7 letter A crafts for preschoolers, with pictures

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. Apple stamping

The child dips a halved apple in paint and presses it onto paper to make apple prints.

You need: white paper, 1 apple, red, green and yellow paint, brown marker, paper plates for paint

How to make it

1. You cut the apple in half across the middle and pat it dry.
2. Pour a little red paint on a plate. Your child dips the apple half and presses it on the paper.
3. Stamp 2 red, 2 green and 1 yellow print, spaced apart so they do not touch.
4. Let the paint dry, then draw a short brown stem on top of each print.

4. Fingerprint apple tree

The child dots red fingerprints onto a tree drawing and counts the apples.

You need: brown paper, green paper, red poster paint, white paper, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a brown trunk and a green cloud-shaped treetop.
2. Your child glues the trunk at the bottom middle of the white sheet, then the treetop above it, overlapping the top of the trunk.
3. Dip a fingertip in red paint and dot apples on the treetop.

5. Pom pom apple tree

The child glues or presses red pom poms onto a tree, or stamps with them.

You need: brown paper, green paper, red pom poms, white paper, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a brown trunk and a green cloud-shaped treetop.
2. Your child glues the trunk at the bottom middle of the sheet and the treetop above it, overlapping the top of the trunk.
3. Glue red pom poms on the treetop as apples.

6. Torn paper acorn

The child tears brown paper or scrunches tissue and glues it onto an acorn outline, darker for the cap.

You need: white paper, light brown construction paper, dark brown construction paper, glue, black marker

How to make it

1. Your child tears light brown paper into small pieces.
2. Glue the light pieces inside the nut part.
3. Tear dark brown pieces and glue them inside the cap.

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7. Apple name craft

The child writes or receives one letter of their name per circle and glues them in order on a paper apple.

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

How to make it

1. You cut a large red apple, a small brown stem, a green leaf and one yellow circle for each letter of the name.
2. Your child glues the apple in the middle of the white paper, the stem at the top and the leaf beside it.
3. Glue the circles in a row from left to right across the middle of the apple.
4. Write one big capital letter on each circle. Your child can trace or copy you.

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Letter a crafts for toddlers: the 4 a young three can do

Four of these a young three can do almost alone: Apple stamping, Fingerprint apple tree, Pom pom apple tree, Torn paper acorn. No exact cutting, no small pieces, and the glue stick does the rest. For the others, you cut and they glue.

Doing letter A crafts with a 3 year old

Start with the sound, not the shape. Say a, a, apple as the apple half goes into the paint, and again for each print. The short a sound sticks because the hand is doing something at the same time.

Apple stamping, the fingerprint apple tree, the pom pom apple tree and the torn paper acorn are all things a three can do alone once the paint is out. The letter A alligator and the letter A apple need cut paper pieces, so cut those first and let the child place them.

Draw the big A yourself with a thick marker, or cut it from green paper. Then the alligator teeth and scales are small triangles the child glues along the edge. Count the teeth as they go on.

The apple name craft doubles as a name lesson: write one letter per circle and let the child glue them in order. Hang it on the bedroom door. The apple prints make good wrapping paper once dry.

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