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Use a pencil to trace the shape of uppercase and lowercase letter Gs onto a sheet of heavier paper, cardboard, or card stock.

Then, invite your child to trace over the letters with sticks of glitter glue, using the colors of their choice. Extend learning by asking your child to write a few more upper and lowercase letter Gs to trace with glue.

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Create a glorious garden at home in just a few simple steps. Have your child pick out a few colors of paint to create their garden, making sure green is included for the stems and as a way to practice making the letter G sound while painting.

Work with your child to create flower stems with their paintbrush. Then, add flowers to your garden by lightly dipping a pencil eraser into the paint and gently stamping dots onto the paper above the stems. Let your child get creative with their flowers, growing a garden with paint and their imagination.

Tip: If you’d like to explore coloring mixing with your child, try stirring together yellow and green paint to create light green or mixing white paint into another color to create a lighter hue.

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Draw several squares onto various colors of paper. Add a grid inside each square and a bow on top to mimic the appearance of a gift. Then, write an upper or lowercase G into one of the squares in the grid of each gift box. Cut out the gift boxes, gluing one of each color onto another sheet of paper.

Give your child the remaining “gifts,” asking them to match the gifts to those on the paper. You can have your child match uppercase Gs with uppercase Gs or complete a set by matching an uppercase G with a lowercase G. They’ll also need to pay attention to the gift’s color to make sure they have a match. After your child matches up the gifts, challenge them to fill in the remaining grid spaces with the same letter G they see on the gift.

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Begin by cutting a plain paper plate in half to create the goose’s body. Then, assist your child in gluing feathers onto it. Next, trim a long neck and face from the construction paper, as well as a beak and webbed feet. Assemble and glue the goose’s beak, neck, body, and feet onto another sheet of paper and add the googly eye.

Tip: If you’d like, you can simply draw the neck, face, feet, and beak onto the sheet of paper after gluing down the goose body.

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Print out our letter G template (found in our letter G worksheets) and challenge your child to fill it in with something green. Choose from gobs of green playdough, green gum drops, or green stickers, beads, or fabric scraps. This activity not only reinforces the letter G shape and sound, it also provides practice with color recognition and fine motor skills.

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Squeeze purple paint onto a paper plate. Pinch a clean cotton ball in between the tip of a clothespin, creating a tool to make nice-sized grapes. Dip the cotton ball into the paint and press it onto the paper, carefully lifting it off to reveal a “grape.” Repeat this process to form a bunch of grapes. Then use a paintbrush to paint a green stalk on top!

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Create adorable ghosts with just a few snips in this G-inspired craft. These simple ghost shapes invite young children to practice their cutting skills while working with the letter G sound. Encourage your child to create any ghost shape they’d like, whether it’s a smooth and wavy shape or a wonky and jaunty shape. Then, use a black marker to create eyes and a mouth.

Tip: Get more inspiration from our ghoulish ghost coloring pages!

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Trace the outline of a pair of glasses onto card stock or a thin piece of cardboard (two circles joined in the center with a bridge). Ask your child for their input on the shape and size of the frames. Cut out the glasses, leaving extra paper on the outer edges to adhere the craft sticks.

Then, trim out the inside of the circles to form an opening for your child’s eyes. If they’d like to add colors or stickers to the frames, now is the time to do it. Finally, glue the craft sticks onto the extra paper on the edge of the glasses. Let it dry overnight before letting your child try on their one-of-a-kind glasses.

Tip: Keep this activity even easier by shaping glasses from pipe cleaners twisted together.

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Draw or print out the outline of a letter G. Ask your child to help you cut strips of green construction paper (use a child-safe scissors). Then, trim fringe into each strip of green paper, creating a grass-like appearance. Fill in the letter G outline with the strips of green fringe and glue them down. Trim off any excess green paper.

Tip: Need to keep it easier? Ask your child to use green crayons or markers to fill in the letter G with grass.

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Draw the outline of several gingerbread men onto brown paper bags (use a cookie cutter as a guide if you have one). Use a scissors to cut them out and ask your child to draw in their faces and any other decorations they’d like to add. Incorporate some math by counting the number of gingerbread men you created together.

Tip: Add on to this activity with these free gingerbread coloring pages.