7 Letter M Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

Start here: three letter M crafts that always work

Coffee filter monsterAny colors, as many eyes as they likePaper plate monkeyBrown paint, tan face, smileLetter M mouseEars and a tail on the letter

7 letter M crafts for preschool, with pictures

1. 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.

2. Coffee filter monster

The child tie-dyes a coffee filter any colours, then adds as many googly eyes, pipe cleaner arms and paper teeth as they like.

You need: 1 round coffee filter, washable markers, water spray bottle, googly eyes, 2 pipe cleaners, white paper, tape and glue

How to make it

1. Your child scribbles all over the coffee filter with the markers.
2. Spray it with water so the colours bleed together. Leave it to dry flat.
3. Tape 1 pipe cleaner behind the filter on each side, sticking out as arms.
4. Glue different size googly eyes in the upper half.
5. Cut small white triangles and glue them in a row below the eyes, points down, as teeth.

3. Paper plate monkey

The child paints a paper plate brown and glues on a tan face, round ears and a smile.

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

How to make it

1. Your child paints the plate brown. Let it dry.
2. You cut a large tan oval. Glue it across the lower half of the plate as the muzzle.
3. Cut 2 brown circles and 2 small tan circles. Glue a small tan circle on each brown circle, then glue them at the sides of the plate as ears.
4. Glue the 2 googly eyes above the muzzle.
5. Draw 2 nostril dots and a wide smile on the muzzle with the marker.

4. Handprint monkey

The child prints a brown hand as the monkey's body and adds a face, tail and a vine to hang from.

You need: white paper, green paper, brown poster paint, black marker, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a long green strip and 2 small leaves. Glue the strip across the top of the paper as a vine, with the leaves on it.
2. Paint your child's hand brown and press it below the vine with the fingers pointing up so the fingertips touch the vine.
3. When the paint is dry, draw 2 dot eyes and a smile on the palm with the marker.
4. Draw a curly tail from the bottom of the palm.

5. Scribble mug

The child draws on a plain white mug with oil-based or porcelain markers and an adult bakes it to set.

You need: 1 plain white ceramic mug, porcelain markers, oven

How to make it

1. Wash and dry the mug.
2. Your child scribbles on the outside with the markers, making loops, zigzags and dots.
3. Let the marker dry.
4. You bake the mug in the oven following the marker's instructions to set the colour.

6. Cotton swab dot menorah

The child dots blue paint with cotton swabs along a menorah outline and adds yellow dotted flames on top of each candle.

You need: white paper, pencil, cotton swabs, blue poster paint, yellow poster paint

How to make it

1. You draw a menorah in light pencil: a flat base, a centre stem and a bar holding 9 upright candles, the middle one taller.
2. Your child dips a cotton swab in blue paint and fills the base, stem, bar and candles with rows of dots.
3. Dot a bigger yellow dot on top of each candle as a flame.

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7. Paper plate menorah

The child paints half a paper plate, glues nine paper candles along the straight edge and adds a flame to each.

You need: half of a white paper plate, dark blue poster paint, light blue paper, yellow paper, glue

How to make it

1. You cut the plate in half. Your child paints one half dark blue. Let it dry.
2. Place it with the straight edge at the top.
3. Cut 9 light blue strips. Glue them in a row along the straight edge, standing up as candles, with the middle one a little taller.
4. Cut 9 small yellow flames and glue one at the top of each candle.

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Monsters, mice and menorahs with a 3 year old

The coffee filter monster is the one with no wrong answer. Washable markers, a spray of water, and then a pile of googly eyes, pipe cleaner bits and paper teeth. A three does it alone and picks how many eyes.

For the letter M mouse, cut a gray M, two round ears and a strip for the tail. The child glues ears on the two tops, the tail off one leg, and dots a pink nose. Say m, m, mouse with the lips pressed together as the whiskers go on.

The scribble mug is the gift: oil-based paint markers on a plain white mug, then you bake it to set, so the drawing part is the child's and the oven part is yours. The handprint monkey makes a card with a vine drawn to hang from.

For the menorahs, count the candles out loud, nine in a row. The cotton swab dot menorah is dotting only, so a three can do it. The paper plate menorah needs the candles cut first.

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