7 Letter G Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

Start here: three letter G crafts that always work

Cotton ball ghostCotton balls and glue, a three aloneDecorate a gingerbread manNothing to cut, buttons and pom pomsFootprint ghostOne white footprint, heel at the top

7 letter G crafts for preschoolers, with pictures

1. 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.

2. Footprint ghost

The child's white footprint on black paper, heel at the top, becomes a ghost with drawn eyes and mouth.

You need: 1 sheet of black construction paper, white poster paint, paintbrush, black marker

How to make it

1. Brush white paint thickly over the bottom of your child's bare foot.
2. Press the foot in the middle of the black paper with the heel at the top. Lift it straight up.
3. Let the print dry.
4. Draw 2 dot eyes and a small oval mouth on the heel with the black marker.

3. Cotton ball ghost

The child glues cotton balls all over a ghost outline and adds black eyes and a mouth.

You need: white paper, cotton balls, black paper, 1 sheet of black paper, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a ghost shape from white paper. Glue it in the middle of the black sheet.
2. Your child glues cotton balls over it until it is covered.
3. Cut 2 small black ovals and 1 larger one. Glue the small ones on the cotton as eyes and the larger one below them as an open mouth.

4. Decorate a gingerbread man

The child dresses a brown paper gingerbread man with buttons, rickrack, pom poms and a drawn face.

You need: brown construction paper, 2 red buttons, 4 short pieces of white rickrack, 2 small pink pom poms, white crayon, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a gingerbread man from brown paper, with a round head, 2 arms and 2 legs.
2. Your child draws 2 eyes and a smile on the head with the white crayon.
3. Glue the 2 pink pom poms on the head as cheeks.
4. Glue the 2 red buttons one above the other on the tummy.
5. Glue a piece of rickrack across the end of each arm and leg.

5. Groundhog headband

The child colours a groundhog face and it is attached to a paper strip to wear as a headband.

You need: a round groundhog face drawn on white cardstock, brown crayon, pink crayon, 2 long green paper strips, glue stick

How to make it

1. Your child colours the face brown, and the nose and the insides of the ears pink.
2. You cut out the face.
3. Glue the 2 long green strips together end to end with a short overlap to make one band.
4. Glue the face over the join in the middle of the band.

6. Paper graduation cap

The child decorates a cardstock square that is fixed onto a paper band or bowl, then adds a yarn tassel.

You need: black cardstock, yellow yarn, 4 gold star stickers, tape, glue

How to make it

1. You tape a strip of black cardstock into a ring and stand it up.
2. Cut a black square wider than the ring. Glue it flat and level on top of the ring, with no gap.
3. Tape a yellow yarn tassel to the center of the square so it hangs over one edge.
4. Your child sticks a star near each corner of the square.

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7. Paper roll ghost family

The child paints tubes of different heights white and draws a face on each ghost.

You need: 3 cardboard tubes cut to different heights, white paint, black paint, paper plate for the paint

How to make it

1. Your child paints all the tubes white. Let them dry.
2. Stand them in a row.
3. Your child dips a fingertip in black paint and presses 2 dabs near the top of each tube as eyes.
4. Press a third dab and drag it into a longer oval as the mouth.

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Letter G crafts for 3 year olds

Two of these a young three can do almost alone: Cotton ball ghost, Decorate a gingerbread man. No exact cutting, no small pieces, and the glue stick does the rest. For the others, you cut and they glue.

Ghosts, giraffes and glue with a 3 year old

Cotton ball ghost and decorate a gingerbread man are the two to hand to a three year old with a glue stick and walk away. Draw the ghost outline on black or dark blue paper so the white shows, and keep the cotton balls in a bowl.

For the letter G giraffe, cut a yellow G and a small head. The child glues the head on the top of the letter and dots brown spots with a cotton swab or a fingertip. Say g, g, giraffe as each spot goes on.

The footprint ghost is a wash-the-foot-after craft. Put the paper on the floor, paint the sole with a brush, press, and lift. Heel at the top. Draw the eyes once it is dry.

The paper roll ghost family stands on the mantel in October, the groundhog headband goes to school for Groundhog Day, and the paper graduation cap is for the last day of preschool, tassel and all.

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