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I am always looking for new ways to make learning the letters of the alphabet fun and exciting. Don’t get me wrong, there are already so many fun ways to learn the alphabet. However, I like to have lots of options and thought that adding letter crafts would be such a fun way to celebrate learning each letter of the alphabet!
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Do your students love crafts? Anytime I mention that we are going to make a craft, my students get so excited to see what they get to make. They always have so much pride when they complete a craft and I knew this would be the perfect addition to teaching the alphabet. There is so much for students to gain from letter crafts. Now, I wonder why I wasn’t doing these crafts sooner!
There are so many skills that crafting in the classroom can help practice and build. Some teachers may view crafting as time-consuming or not the best use of time, but when you break down all of the benefits it may make you change your mind.
These alphabet letter crafts include all of these benefits and more! Students also get to practice phonics, letter identification, tracing, and handwriting.
When I started to add these crafts to my classroom, the connection students made with understanding words that begin with the letter they learned was amazing. Students would remember for weeks and months later the crafts that they made to go along with the uppercase and lowercase letters. I also noticed how they would be able to understand even more words that began with the letter because of the connection from the craft. That is how much of an impact these letter crafts have.
You may be wondering exactly what are letter crafts. They are alphabet crafts where students get to take a letter and turn them it into a person, place, or thing that has the same beginning sound as the letter. The craft that students make almost disguises the letter. The letter becomes part of the craft.
For example, the letter “W” is for worm. The uppercase letter “W” is used for the body of the worm. Another example is the lowercase letter “h” being a horse. The “h” is used for the horse’s body.
As you can see the letter is kind of disguised, but when you really look closely you can see the letter in the craft!
I have made 26 uppercase crafts for the letters A-Z.
Each craft comes with a sample picture for you to display to your class. This shows the completed craft and will allow students to see exactly how they need to assemble the craft. This is great for practicing problem-solving and following directions.
OPTION 1: Copied onto colored paper.
OPTION 2: Copied onto white paper and students color the craft.
There are 2 options that you can choose for each craft. You can print the crafts onto colored paper or you can print the crafts onto white paper and have your students color the craft. You can see the 2 different options above.
Just like the uppercase letter crafts, I have also made 26 lowercase crafts for the letters a-z. They also have 2 different options with printing onto colored paper or white paper.
OPTION 1: Copied onto colored paper.
OPTION 2: Copied onto white paper and students color the craft.
I like to work on these alphabet crafts as a whole group at the beginning where I provide lots of modeling and guidance. You can continue to do these crafts as a whole group or eventually use them for independent work, as a center activity, or as a small group activity.
Would you like to try one of these letter crafts for FREE? You can grab a free download of my uppercase letter B craft by clicking HERE or on the picture below.
I have also included one more option that you can add to each letter craft.
You can display the craft by placing it onto a piece of colored paper. Then, you add the name of the craft and the letter. What is great about doing this is that the craft has a sturdy place to be and students get to practice tracing the letter.
You can add the letter craft to a bulletin display, have students take them home after completing the craft, or you can put all of the crafts together into a book. The books turn out to be such a great keepsake!
All you need to do is hole punch the side of the page and tie ribbons or use small metal rings to hold them together. I have included a title page if you plan to make a book with these letter crafts.
Do you think your students would enjoy these crafts? You can add even more hands-on fun to your week while teaching or reviewing the alphabet with these Alphabet Crafts. I have these alphabet crafts broken up into 3 different bundles for you to choose what works best for your class.
You can grab all 52 uppercase and lowercase crafts here:
I also have just the 26 uppercase letter crafts here:
Or you can grab only the 26 lowercase letter crafts here:
Did you know that making alphabet crafts digitally is just as much fun as making them with paper! I have created interactive digital alphabet crafts for all the uppercase and lowercase letters.
These interactive activities are part of my digital alphabet activities where students learn about each letter of the alphabet with 24 personalized activities per letter. You can read more about the digital alphabet activities HERE or you can grab them at my TPT Store or at my Website Shop.
Be sure to save these Letter Crafts to your favorite Pinterest board so that you can come back anytime for hands-on and engaging activities that you can add to your classroom or home!
In case you missed it, you can grab a FREE letter b craft below.
Along with these letter crafts, I love including interactive letter books while teaching the alphabet. You can read all about them and grab a FREE interactive letter book here.
These alphabet books will have students dive deep into learning about each letter of the alphabet while eager to see what activity they get to complete next!
