Amazing Letter A Crafts and Activities for Preschoolers
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Getting familiar with all the letters of the alphabet is an important step in your child’s literacy journey. Add some variety to your child’s learning to keep lessons enjoyable and more effective. Here are 10 letter A crafts and activities that you can do with your children to help them learn all about the letter A.
Play-based learning strategies are a great way to get kids engaged with learning about the letter A while having fun.
Whether you’re a parent looking for educational projects to try at home with your child or a teacher wanting hands-on learning ideas for the classroom, these letter A crafts and activities provide a great opportunity for children to actively learn about the letter A.
1. Letter Collages
Adding arts and crafts to learning is a wonderful way to draw children into new topics and concepts, and letter collages are just one way to do this.
For the letter A, try apple printing, which involves stamping colors onto letter A cutouts with apple halves. You could also try decorating the letter A cutouts with apple stickers.
You can find a letter A template here, along with other letter A printables.
A. Materials you need
- cardstock paper
- apples
- washable paint (red, yellow, and green)
- art tray
- knife
B. Set-up
Depending on your child’s age, adults will need to cut an apple in half. To make the prints show up the best, try to keep the cut sides of the apple smooth and flat.
Then, print off a letter A template and copy it onto a piece of white cardstock paper or heavier paper. If you’d like, cut out the letter A from the paper.
C. Activity
Have your child use a paint brush to paint the apples with the washable paint. They can also dip the apple in the paint, but there will be A LOT of paint that gets onto the apple, so we recommend using a paintbrush.
Then, have your child gently press their painted apple halves on to the letter A, lifting them off to see what marks the apples left behind.
As you work on this craft, discuss the differences in how the upper and lowercase letter As look, drawing your child’s attention to the lines or curves of the letters.
2. Alphabet Apple Tree Matching
This letter A activity provides another great way to learn the difference between upper and lowercase letter As.
In this activity, children use dot stickers to create colorful pretend apples on trees made from cardstock paper.
A. Materials you need
- cardstock paper
- toilet paper rolls
- dot stickers
B. Set-up
To create the top of the trees, make two big “clouds” on a piece of green cardstock. Write an uppercase letter A on one tree and a lowercase letter a on the other.
Then, cut two small slits in the toilet paper roll at the top. Place the cardstock paper upright inside the slits.
Finally, write upper and lowercase letter As on red, yellow, and green dot stickers. Invite your child to help you if they’re able to.
C. Activity
Children will peel off the dot stickers (great for fine motor skills) and place them on the correct tree.
To add some more learning to this activity, have your children count the amount of apples on each tree.
3. Letter A Search and Match
Get kids moving while they learn with search-and-match activities!
In this fun learning activity, children will race to find and add as many letter As as they can to either the uppercase A or lowercase a sheet.
A. Materials you need
- colored paper
- sticky notes
- markers
B. Set-up
Draw an upper and lowercase letter A on colored paper, and tape them up onto a wall that has plenty of space around it.
Then, write upper and lowercase letter As on sticky notes and hide them around your house or classroom.
C. Activity
Have your children search for the letter A sticky notes. When they find one, have them place it on the matching letter they see on the paper.
Once all of the letter A sticky notes are found, hide them again and repeat the fun!
4. Alphabet Salt Painting
Salt painting is one of those art activities that never gets old.
Kids will love watching the watercolor paint flow over letter As created with glue and salt.
A. Materials you need
- cardstock
- pencil
- glue
- salt
- watercolors
- paintbrush
- art tray
B. Set-up
On your piece of cardstock paper, draw the letter A with a pencil. Then, outline the letter in glue.
Place your piece of cardstock paper on an art tray, and shake salt over it until all of the glue is covered in salt. Let dry. Carefully shake off any excess salt.
C. Activity
Children will use watercolor paints to transform their letter As from white to multicolor. They can dip their paintbrush in water, choose a color to paint with, and touch their paintbrush to part of the salt and glue to add color to it.
As kids touch their paintbrush to the salt and glue, they’ll see the colors flow through the salt. They can use one color or many colors to brighten up their letter As.
Tip: Wash off the brush in between colors if children don’t want their colors to mix too much.
5. Secret Letters
This surprise letter A activity is likely to be a hit with kids.
Children will enjoy watching letter As magically appear on their paper as they paint in this creative exercise.
A. Materials you need
- white cardstock paper
- watercolors
- paintbrush
- white crayon
- art tray
B. Set-up
On a white piece of cardstock, use a white crayon to write the letter A in various spots. You can do uppercase and lowercase letters or just focus on one. Creating thicker lines with the white crayon will help the letters stand out when paint is applied to them.
Tip: Cardstock is a must for this activity, as thicker paper is needed to prevent the paper ripping.
C. Activity
Your child will use watercolor paints to paint on the cardstock. As they paint, they will see letter As magically appear as they add watercolors over the letters you drew.
As your children paint, work with them to identify the colors they’re choosing and challenge them to count the number of letter As they find.
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6. Ripped Letter Craft
This ripped paper craft for the letter A is such a fun activity! It’s a great fine motor activity that can help make learning the letter A memorable.
In this craft, children will create letter As with small pieces of ripped-up construction paper.
A. Materials you need
- white cardstock paper
- red, green, and brown construction paper
- glue stick
B. Set-up
Create an upper- and lowercase letter A on cardstock paper. You can make it a bubble- or block-letter A or just a regular letter.
C. Activity
Your child will rip construction paper into small pieces and paste them over the letter As that you drew. The goal is to try to cover the entire letter!
If you’d like, add a stem, leaf, and a few small paper black seeds in the center of the As to mimic the look of an apple.
7. Letter A Sprinkle Sweep
Here’s another letter A activity that will get your kids engaged in learning!
Try this fun sprinkle and sweep activity as another hands-on way to learn the shape of the letter A while also working on fine motor skills.
B. Set-up
On a piece of cardstock paper, write a big bubble- or block-letter A. Place a tray underneath the paper to help contain the sprinkles coming in the next step.
C. Activity
Dump some sprinkles onto the tray, and challenge your child to use a paintbrush to “sweep” the sprinkles inside the letter A you drew. The goal is to have the letter A filled up as much as possible with the sprinkles.
8. Letter Scavenger Hunt
Here’s another letter A activity that will get kids up and moving!
This activity can be adapted for your children’s age and skill level.
A. Materials you need
- painter’s tape
- hula hoop
- letter A objects
B. Set-up
Use painter’s tape to make the letter A on the floor. Then, place a hula hoop around the letter.
Tip: Older children can also try creating the letter A with painter’s tape.
C. Activity
Ask children to go around the house or classroom looking for objects that start with the letter A. If you have younger children, place the objects in spots they can reach and more easily find.
Go over each of the items that they find, naming the object, and highlighting the letter A sound that it starts with it. Then work on counting the number of objects they found.
9. Alligator Letter Craft
This letter A craft adds some silliness to learning the shape of the letter A.
It also works on cutting and pasting skills as children cut out and glue paper pieces on to a letter A that takes on the shape of an alligator.
A. Materials you need
- colored paper
- pencil
- glue stick
- scissors
- googly eyes
B. Set-up
Using a pencil or marker, draw a large uppercase letter A onto a piece of paper or cardstock. If your child is too young to use safety scissors, cut small squares out of green construction paper.
C. Activity
For children ready to use scissors, have them cut squares out of green construction paper and paste them on top of the letter A that you created. Keep an eye on young children who are still learning to safely use scissors.
Then, you can either draw small triangle shapes (teeth) on to a piece of white paper and cut them out or children can try this step themselves, depending on their skill level.
Children will paste these small triangles on the inside part of the letter A to be the teeth for the alligator.
Finally, glue googly eyes towards the top of the letter A to finish making your alligator letter A craft.
10. Cotton Swab Letter A Tracing
Our last letter A activity is a great fine motor activity that focuses on children creating the letter A.
Children will use cotton swabs and paint to make the shape of the letter A themselves, tracing over letters written in colored markers.
A. Materials you need
- cardstock paper
- cotton swabs
- markers
- washable paint
B. Set-up
Use colored markers to write the letter A all over a piece of cardstock paper.
You can choose to make upper- and lowercase letter As or you can choose to focus on just one depending on your child’s skill level.
C. Activity
Children will dip a cotton swab into washable paint and trace the letters that you created. The goal is to try to stay on the lines of the letters as much as possible.
If possible, have several colors of paint available to your child so they can practice identifying colors as they work. You can also ask your child to try matching their paint color to the color of the marker that was used to create the letter A they’re painting over.
More Letter A Fun
Delight your child with more fun ways to explore the letter A, including:
Final Thoughts
Individual letter activities are a fantastic way for children to work on grasping letter recognition for each letter of the alphabet. These activities can help your child learn the letter A in a fun and exciting way, which keeps young learners more engaged.
The ideas, pictures, and copy for this post were provided by Deena from abcdeelearning.com
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