Alphabet Crafts - Letter M (including an adorable paper bag monkey puppet)

My four year old and I are still "crafting our way through the alphabet".   Yesterday we hit our halfway point, and we had some fun with the letter M.  We made a cute paper bag monkey puppet, and we did a little letter M printing practice.

To make a paper bag monkey puppet:

1)  Print out the template I designed onto card stock.  (Or draw one yourself. 😊) You can download a pdf version of my monkey puppet template here... OR you can get it as part of my NEW book download here.

2)  Color the pieces of the monkey, and cut them out.  Then, use glue to add two googly eyes.

3)  Use glue or tape to put all the pieces in place.  Make sure to put the top half of the mouth above the fold and the bottom half below the fold.  This will allow you to make the monkey "talk".

Cute, right?  After our craft, we did a little printing practice. If you want to practice printing the letter M with your little one, you can right-click on the picture below, save it to your computer, and print it.

And you if you are looking for more "letter M" crafts and activities, why not try decorating a letter M with crayons and stickers?

Or you could transfer a "letter M" into an adorable mouse. All you need is some paper, crayons, glue and googly eyes.

Fun, right? Next up, the letter "N"!

♥
Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)

Find more alphabet crafts here.

Alphabet Crafts - Letter L

My four year old and I are still "crafting our way through the alphabet".  Yesterday, we had some fun with the letter L.  We made a fun paper plate lion mask, and we did a little letter L printing practice.

Seriously... doesn't he make an adorable lion?

To make your own lion mask:

1)  Cut a circle from the centre of a paper plate.
2)  Cut strips of yellow and orange construction paper.  (Mine were about 10cm long.)
3)  Glue the strips to the outside of the paper plate, and allow to dry.

After our craft, we did a little printing practice. If you want to practice printing the letter L with your little one, you can right-click on the picture below, save it to your computer, and print it.

And if you are looking for more Letter L activities, you could make this adorable "L is for Ladybug" craft. Draw an L, color it black, glue on a black circle head, glue on a red circle cut in half, glue on googly eyes, and add a few details with black marker.

You could also decorate a letter L with crayons and stickers.

Fun, right?  Next up, the letter "M"!

♥
Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)

Alphabet Crafts - Letter K

My four year old and I are continuing our "crafting our way through the alphabet" adventure. Last week, we had some fun with the letter K. We made a paper bag Kite, and we did a little letter K printing practice.

To make a paper bag kite:

1)  Use a hole punch to make four holes in the corners of the open end of the bag.  Use reinforcements to make the bag a little stronger around the holes.

2)  Cut two equal lengths of string, and tie each one through the holes (on the same side of the bag).  Then, attach the two loops with a longer piece of string.  Attach the loose end to a popsicle stick.

3)  Decorate the paper bag with crayons.

4)  Use tape to attach strips of tissue paper to the closed end of the paper bag.  The tissue paper really "flies" in the wind.

After our craft, we did a little printing practice. If you want to practice printing the letter K with your little one, you can right-click on the picture below, save it to your computer, and print it.

And if you are looking for more letter K crafts, check out this adorable "King" craft made from a letter K. Start with a letter K, add a paper crown decorated with jewel stickers, and then glue on a mustache, googly eyes, and a button nose.

And this fun "K is for key" craft is a great way to work on fine motor skills. Draw a key shape on a piece of paper, rip up tin foil, and glue the tin foil to the key.

Or, for something really simple, just decorate a letter K with crayons and stickers.

Fun, right? Next up... the letter "L"!

♥
Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)

Find more alphabet crafts here.

Alphabet Crafts - Letter J

This morning, my four year old and I continued "crafting our way through the alphabet", and we had some fun with the letter J. We made a Jet, and we did a little letter J printing practice.

To make the paper "jet", follow the tutorial here.  {I have also included a free printable template.}

It's a fun craft because the plane makes "loops" when it flies.

After our craft, we did a little printing practice. If you want to practice printing the letter J with your little one, you can right-click on the picture below, save it to your computer, and print it.

We even had some jam on toast for a snack while he was practicing his "J"s.

And if you are looking for a few more letter J crafts, why not try this simple "Letter J Jellyfish"? Start with a letter J, glue on a jellyfish, and finish by gluing on eyes and tissue paper tentacles.

Or create a jungle craft by drawing a palm tree on piece of paper and having your little one fill it with jungle stickers.

And it doesn't get much cuter than this "jack-in-the-box" craft. Glue a square to a sheet of paper, and attach a rectangle with a fastener that will allow the top of the box to open and close. Then, glue on a picture of the child and decorate the box with stickers. 

And how adorable is this jellyfish puppet??? Make a jellyfish attached to a popsicle stick, cut a slit in a paper plate, and let the jellyfish go for a swim!

Fun, right? Next up... the letter "K"! 

♥
Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)

Find more alphabet crafts here.

Alphabet Crafts - Letter G

This morning, my four year old and I had some fun with the letter G.  We made a guitar craft, and we did a little letter G printing practice.

My music loving boy loves this adorable craft made from recycled materials.

To make a tissue box guitar:

1)  Gather your supplies.  You'll need an empty tissue box, a strip of cardboard (from an old box), six buttons, six elastics, glue, a marker, and duct tape.

2)  Have the child draw strings on the neck of the guitar/strip of cardboard.  Then, have the child use white glue to decorate the top of the strip with buttons.

3)  Have the child wrap six elastics (of various sizes) around the tissue box.

4)  Attach the neck of the guitar to the tissue box with duct tape.

Cute, right?

After our craft, we did a little printing practice. If you want to practice printing the letter G with your little one, you can right-click on the picture below, save it to your computer, and print it.

We ended our crafting session with a little snack... because "G" is for goldfish, and all that crafting and printing can build up an appetite!

And if you are looking for more letter G crafts, why not try decorating a letter G with crayons and goldfish?

This adorable letter "G" gumball machine is sweet too! The "gumballs" are stickers.

And this handprint goldfish couldn't be cuter. Trace the child's hand to make the fish, and use white glue to add a googly eye and Cheerios air bubbles.

Next up, the letter "H".

♥
Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)

Find more alphabet crafts here.

Alphabet Crafts - Letter F

Earlier this week, my four year old and I had some fun with the letter F.  We made a "feelings" Face craft, and we did a little letter F printing practice.

This craft is really fun because it is double-sided -- one side is a happy face, and one side is a sad face.

To make the craft:

1)  Have the child draw a happy face on one paper plate, and a sad face on another paper plate.  (We used googly eyes and a button nose, but this is optional.)
2)  Tape a craft stick to the back of one of the plates.
3)  Use a stapler to attach the two plates together.

That's it! Cute, right?

After our craft, we did a little printing practice. If you want to practice printing the letter F with your little one, you can right-click on the picture below, save it to your computer, and print it.

 

And if you are looking for more letter F crafts...

You could make this adorable letter F fox.

You could also make this funny frog face with a noisemaker tongue.

Or you could decorate a letter F for fall with some crunched up pieces of tissue paper and glue.

Fun, right? Next up... the letter "G"! :-)


♥
Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)

Find more alphabet crafts here.

Alphabet Crafts - Letter E

Yesterday my four year old and I had some fun with the letter E. We made an Elephant mask, and we did a little letter E printing practice.

To make the elephant mask (per the photo below):

1)  Get the pieces ready for painting.  Draw two elephant ears on a piece of white paper, cut a strip from white card stock, and cut two eye-holes in a paper plate.

2)  Have the child paint all the pieces grey, and allow them to dry completely.  (I didn't have grey paint, so I mixed black and white... which my four year old thought was really fun.)

3)  Have the child cut out the ears and fold the trunk like an accordion.  Add a pink "snout" to the end of the trunk, and tape or glue the trunk in place.

4)  Tape or glue the ears in place, and add a craft stick to the back (to allow the child to hold the mask).

That's it! Cute, right?

After our craft, we did a little printing practice. If you want to practice printing the letter E with your little one, you can right-click on the picture below, save it to your computer, and print it.

If you are looking for other letter E crafts, you might want to try decorating an "E" with eyeballs.

Turning an "E" into an elephant is fun too.

Or you can make this adorable "egg" craft. Rip up a paper bag and glue the pieces onto a sheet of paper to make a nest. Then add a couple of eggs. If you cut one of the eggs in half, you can add a picture of your child hatching out of the egg. 

Fun, right? Next up... the letter "F"! :-)

♥
Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)

Find more alphabet crafts here.