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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.