| Preschoolers can make temporary letters. Take a | | | | 20. people (two people lying down can easily |
| photo of these if you can. They can also make | | | | make an O or a T) |
| permanent letters which can be glued on to card. | | | | 21. beans, lentils, barley, rice, pasta or a mix of all |
| If the medium is heavier than paper use craft | | | | of them (rice on its own looks great on black) |
| glue. | | | | 22. craft sticks |
| Here are 40 different ways children can make | | | | 23. blocks (wooden and plastic) |
| alphabet letters. | | | | 24. bark chips |
| 1. shaping play dough | | | | 25. scrap colored paper collage (pastels on black |
| 2. a long piece of string or rope (use one piece | | | | or bright colors on white) |
| long enough to make the whole letter - some | | | | 26. colored thin paper or cardboard curls (cut into |
| letters like capital A will need another short piece) | | | | thin strips. Students can wrap the strips around a |
| 3. small pieces of wool (use the wool in clumps) | | | | pencil to make curly shapes) |
| 4. small foam pieces | | | | 27. shaping clay |
| 5. potato and other vegetable prints (try a | | | | 28. pebbles on sand (sand pit or zen garden) |
| quarter of a pumpkin for a c) | | | | 29. small or large seeds |
| 6. painting (finger/brush/roller/spray gun) | | | | 30. cotton buds (use them whole or stretch them |
| 7. colored match sticks | | | | out) |
| 8. popcorn (needs lots of craft glue) | | | | 31. buttons |
| 9. cereal (fruit loops, rice bubbles) | | | | 32. small pieces of material scraps glued on to |
| 10. shaving cream or christmas snow on glass | | | | card or whole pieces of clothing shaped on the |
| 11. chalk on a black board or on concrete | | | | grass (sheets and blankets are fun to - you can |
| 12. thin sticks (break them up into small pieces) | | | | photograph someone sleeping on a letter s) |
| 13. cellophane pieces between two pieces of | | | | 33. wet sand dribble (fill a small bucket with wet |
| contact paper (tape one piece of upside-down | | | | sand - it needs to be sloppy wet - use handfuls |
| contact paper to the work table, add the | | | | of the sand to dribble the shape) |
| cellophane pieces and then seal with the other | | | | 34. fruit |
| piece of contact. Make simple letters like T with | | | | 35. plastic animals |
| this medium) | | | | 36. photos |
| 14. flour on a cutting board (use the flour after to | | | | 37. wrapping paper pieces collage |
| make play dough) | | | | 38. crepe paper (these can be flat pieces or |
| 15. glitter or confetti | | | | scrunched up for a 3D effect) |
| 16. leaves or small pieces of leafy branch (pine | | | | 39. pipe cleaners |
| trees are good for this) | | | | 40. newspaper pieces collage |
| 17. fresh or pressed flowers | | | | A whole "preschool alphabet craft" alphabet made |
| 18. colored chalk on black paper | | | | out of different mediums makes a fantastic |
| 19. magazine pieces collage | | | | classroom display. |