Preschool Crafts

4 Name Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

4 name crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture and simple steps. Easy ideas for ages 3 to 5 using paper, paint and glue.

Kindergarten Prep Team
Oct 11, 2026

A child's name is the first word they read, and the first they write, and the letter order is the lesson. Here are four name crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture, the supplies, and the steps: spelling the name on hearts, a turkey, or an apple.

These follow the calendar. The apple name craft is in September, the turkey feathers in November, and the coconut tree whenever the alphabet book comes out. A three-year-old matches letters to a card you wrote. A five-year-old writes them and notices when one is missing.

Start here: three name crafts that always work

Name coconut tree, an easy name craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5Name coconut treeTear and glue, letters climb the trunkApple name craft, an easy name craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5Apple name craftOne circle per letter, short names firstHeart name craft, an easy name craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5Heart name craftHearts in a row, good for February

4 name crafts for preschoolers, with pictures

Heart name craft, an easy name craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5

1. Heart name craft

The child glues paper hearts in a row, one letter of their name on each, in the right order.

Cut and glue

You need: coloured paper, 1 long strip of white paper, black marker, glue stick

How to make it
  1. You cut one paper heart for each letter of the name, in different colours.
  2. Write one big letter on each heart with the marker.
  3. Lay the strip flat. Your child glues the hearts along it from left to right in name order.
Turkey name craft, an easy name craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5

2. Turkey name craft

The child puts one letter of their name on each feather and glues them in order.

Cut and glue

You need: coloured paper, brown paper, orange paper, red paper, black marker, glue, white paper

How to make it
  1. You cut one feather for each letter of the name, a big and a small brown circle, an orange triangle and a red teardrop.
  2. Your child glues the feathers in a fan, pointing up and out.
  3. Glue the big brown circle over the feather bottoms, then the small circle on top as the head.
  4. Glue on the orange beak and red wattle. Draw 2 dot eyes.
  5. Write one letter near each feather tip, in name order.
Name coconut tree, an easy name craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5

3. Name coconut tree

The child tears brown paper for a trunk and green for leaves, then glues the letters of their own name up the tree.

Tear and glue

You need: brown paper, green paper, small colored paper squares, black marker, white paper, glue stick

How to make it
  1. Your child tears brown paper into pieces and glues them in a slightly curved column up the middle of the sheet as the trunk.
  2. Tear long green leaves and glue them at the top, drooping down.
  3. Glue a small colored square on the trunk for each letter of your child's name, one below the other.
  4. Write one capital letter of the name on each square, from top to bottom.
Apple name craft, an easy name craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5

4. 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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Name crafts with a 3 year old: letters in order

Write the name on a strip of paper first, in capitals, and tape it above the work. Write one letter per circle, heart or feather yourself for a three. Let a four or five copy them.

A three can tear the coconut tree paper, glue each piece and match letters to the strip. Cutting hearts and feathers is an adult job, so cut them the night before.

Say each letter name as it goes on, and the first one louder. Then run a finger under the finished name and read it together.

Hang the finished name on the bedroom door at child height, where they walk past it. Long names look good on the coconut tree, since the letters climb.

What you need for name crafts

Most of these use the same handful of supplies: black marker, glue stick, brown paper, white paper, coloured paper, red paper, green paper, long strip of white paper. Everything else is named on the craft it belongs to.

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