7 Letter L Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

Start here: three letter L crafts that always work

Paper plate ladybugRed paint, black fingerprint dotsLeaf suncatcherNo glue, real leaves on contact paperLetter L leavesCover the letter in leaves, done

7 letter L preschool crafts, with pictures

1. 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.

2. Paper plate ladybug

The child paints a paper plate red, dots on black spots, and adds a black head, legs and googly eyes.

You need: 1 white paper plate, red and black poster paint, black paper, 2 googly eyes, glue

How to make it

1. Your child paints the plate red. Let it dry.
2. Paint one black line down the middle from top to bottom.
3. Dot black spots on each side of the line. Let it dry.
4. You cut a black half circle and glue it at the top edge as the head. Glue the 2 googly eyes on it.
5. Cut 6 black strips and glue 3 under the rim on each side as legs.

3. Leaf suncatcher

The child sticks torn tissue paper or real leaves onto sticky contact paper inside a leaf-shaped frame for the window.

You need: brown construction paper, clear contact paper, tissue paper, clear tape

How to make it

1. You cut a leaf shape with a short stem from brown paper, then cut out the middle to leave a frame about one finger wide.
2. Peel the contact paper backing and lay it sticky side up. Press the frame onto it.
3. Your child tears tissue paper and sticks the pieces inside the frame until it is mostly filled.
4. Trim the extra contact paper around the leaf and tape it in a window.

4. Paper plate leprechaun

The child makes a leprechaun face on a paper plate with an orange beard (paint, tissue or paper strips) and a green hat.

You need: 1 white paper plate, orange paper, green paper, black paper, yellow paper, 2 googly eyes, black marker, glue

How to make it

1. You cut orange strips. Your child glues them side by side around the bottom rim so they stick out past the edge as a beard.
2. Cut a green hat and glue it at the top of the plate.
3. Glue a black strip across the hat as a band and a yellow square in the middle as a buckle.
4. Glue the 2 googly eyes in the middle of the plate.
5. Draw a smile below the eyes with the marker.

5. Paper plate lion

The child paints a paper plate yellow and fringes, curls or glues paper strips around the rim for the mane.

You need: 1 white paper plate, yellow poster paint, orange paper, 2 googly eyes, black marker, glue

How to make it

1. Your child paints the plate yellow. Let it dry.
2. You cut short orange strips. Glue them all the way around the rim so they stick out past the edge as a mane.
3. Glue the 2 googly eyes in the middle of the plate.
4. Draw a triangle nose and a curved mouth below the eyes with the marker.

6. Coffee filter fall leaves

The child drips or sprays autumn colours onto coffee filters, which are then cut into leaf shapes for a garland or window.

You need: white coffee filters, red, orange and yellow liquid watercolour, dropper, brown twine, clear tape

How to make it

1. Your child drips watercolour onto each filter so the colours spread and blend. Leave them to dry.
2. You cut each filter into a leaf shape with a short stem.
3. Tape the leaves by their stems along the twine, spaced apart.
4. Hang it in a window.

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7. Footprint ladybug and bee

The child makes one red and one yellow footprint, then adds spots, stripes, wings and faces.

You need: white paper, red and yellow paint, black marker, 4 small googly eyes, glue

How to make it

1. Paint your child's foot red and press it on the left half.
2. Paint the other foot yellow and press it on the right half.
3. When dry, draw or let your child press a colored finger for about 5 spots on the red print and draw 3 stripes across the yellow one.
4. Glue 2 eyes on the heel end of each print, and draw 2 rounded wings on the sides of the yellow one.

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Leaves, ladybugs and lions: before you start

Paint the plates first thing. The paper plate ladybug, lion and leprechaun all start with a painted plate, so paint three at once and finish them over the next days. The black dots on the ladybug go on with a fingertip once the red is dry.

The leaf suncatcher is the no-glue craft. Tape contact paper sticky side up, hand over the leaves and torn tissue, and the child presses them down. Real leaves go brown in a week or two, tissue stays bright.

For the letter L leaves, draw a big L and cut a pile of small leaves, or punch them. The child covers the letter. Say l, l, leaf as each one goes on, and notice that the tongue touches behind the teeth.

The lion's mane is scissor practice: a four or five cuts fringe around the rim of the plate and curls it on a pencil. A three glues pre-cut strips. The coffee filter fall leaves become a garland across the window.

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