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Trim out simple rectangles from an old cardboard box. If you don’t have cardboard, use construction paper instead. The cardboard is just a bit sturdier for the open-close movement of the door.

Use clear tape to tape each door onto a sheet of paper along one of the longer sides. Draw more details to decorate the doors and their surroundings, such as a garden or house. Draw an upper or lowercase letter D behind each door for children to identify. For a fun surprise, add a silly image or sticker to accompany each hidden letter D.

Tip: Glue a button onto the door to make a cute handle!

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Using scissors, cut out the letter D from construction paper. Next, cut a large ear shape from either black or brown paper and glue it on to make a floppy ear.

Cut out and glue on some black spots, a tail, and a cute nose with black paper. Draw or glue on an eye and mouth. Give your creation even more character by adding a red tongue and a bone or a ball. Then, invite your child to think of a letter D name for their dog, like Doug or Daisy.

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Print out or draw an outline of the letter D onto a piece of white paper or cardstock. Squeeze a few different colors of paint onto a palette or a paper plate. Have kids dip a cotton swab into the paint and then fill in the outline of the D with dozens of different colored dots.

You can also draw dots with markers or use tiny dot stickers to fill in the letter D.

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Using a pair of scissors, cut out petal shapes from white paper. Trim a circle from yellow paper for the center of the daisy. Create a stem and leaves with green paper or a green marker.

Have your child arrange the petals and yellow circle to form the daisy and glue them onto the paper. Then, practice writing upper and lowercase D’s onto the petals and center circle.

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With a marker, divide a sheet of paper into 6 sections and label each section with a number between 1 and 6. Now have kids roll a dice. Work with them to count the number of dots on the dice and move the dice to the section labeled with the same number.

Take learning one step further and have children try writing a letter D for each dot that appeared on the dice when they rolled it.

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Gather a collection of different colored construction paper. Cut out a circle and long thicker line to create the shape of a lowercase d. Then trim another piece of paper or some felt or fabric scraps in a circular shape with wavy edges to mimic the icing of a donut.

Glue these pieces in place with liquid glue. Then, trim paper or fabric scraps of various colors into tiny bits and glue those onto the “icing” to form sprinkles!

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For this activity, you can use any store bought craft dough or make your own.

Use a pencil to lightly write an upper and lowercase letter D onto a piece of paper. Then, have your child roll the dough into long thin strips and shape them into the letters.

Tip: Use your playdough to create items that start with the letter D, like a donut, dinosaur, dolphin, or donkey.

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Pick two different colors of paint and squirt a bit of each onto a palette or a paper plate. Then, make several rows of the letter D, randomly switching between upper and lowercase Ds.

Using two clothespins and two cotton balls, pinch a cotton ball between the tips of a clothespin so it’s securely held in place. Your child will hold the clothespin while dipping the cotton ball into the paint. You’ll want one clothespin-cotton ball painting tool for each color of paint.

Ask your child to blot each lowercase D with one color of paint. Then, ask them to use the other color of paint to blot uppercase Ds. As a challenge, have your child move across the rows, switching between upper and lowercase Ds and paint colors as they go.

Tip: If you have them, use bingo daubers (another D word) to create the dots on the paper.

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Draw a simple duck shape onto yellow construction paper and cut it out. Cut another small piece to form the wing. Use an orange marker to create the beak and add a large googly eye (or draw it on). Glue your duck onto a white piece of paper and paint or draw blue waves around it to show it floating in the water.

Tip: If you need a simpler version of this craft idea, print out and color in our free duck coloring pages.

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Tape two pieces of construction paper onto a wall, making sure there are no obstacles blocking access to the papers and that children can reach both of them.

Write an uppercase D onto one piece of paper and a lowercase D onto the other. Then, walk around the house with sticky notes with either an uppercase or lowercase D written on them. Affix these letter D sticky notes low down, on items that start with the letter D, such as doors, the dining table, dishes, desks, the dryer, dad, and drapes.

Then, set your kids loose to dash through house, watching them duck down to find all the hidden letter Ds. They’ll need to run each letter D sticky note back to the pieces of construction paper, matching the D on their sticky note to the D on the paper hanging on the wall.

Tip: If you don’t have enough letter D objects to attach sticky notes to, you can attach the sticky notes to other items and keep kids focused on finding the letter Ds rather than seeking out letter D objects.