Terrific Letter T Crafts & Activities for Preschoolers

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Use a pair of scissors to cut out the letter T from orange construction paper. Then, cut out two small orange triangles and a long orange tail. Have your child assemble the tiger and glue the pieces down. Finally, work with your child to draw stripes onto the T using a black marker or crayon. Draw a nose, smile, and the inner part of the tiger’s ears and glue on googly eyes for a finishing touch!

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Begin by cutting out all the pieces of the train from construction paper. Cut out several rectangle shapes from colored construction paper to form the train cars. To make the front train engine, trim off a portion of the top of the rectangle and create angle cuts on the lower front portion.

Next, cut out a several wheels and small rectangles from the black construction paper to act as connectors for the train cars. Invite your child to help you assemble the trains and glue down all of the pieces except for the wheels. Then, write numbers on the train cars and ask your child to count out that number of wheels and glue them onto the corresponding train car!

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Cut out the letter T from brown construction paper. This will be the tree’s trunk and branches. Next, cut out a cloud shape from green construction paper and glue it to the top portion of the letter T, forming the canopy of the tree. Add texture (or leaves) by crumpling up small bits of green paper and gluing them to the top of the tree.

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Print or draw out a letter T outline. To make the truck, cut out two rectangles from construction paper to form the truck’s body. To make it more realistic, cut angles and indents into these rectangles. Then cut out two black circles for the wheels.

Next, cut out two smaller white circles and a white square to form the inner part of the wheels and a window for the truck. Work with your child to assemble the truck and glue it down on top of the letter T.

Tip: Add to the transportation fun with our free printable truck coloring pages.

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Draw or print out the outline of a letter T onto a piece of paper. Ask your child to pick out several paint colors and squirt a bit of each onto a paper plate or paint tray. Then, hand your child a toothbrush and invite them to use it to fill in their letter T outline with paint. The toothbrush will create lines and textures that are fun for kids to create!

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Create the tulip flower head by cutting a U shape from construction paper and then cutting triangles onto the top. Make some tulips larger than the others.

Next, trim long green stems from construction paper and have your child help assemble the tulip garden. Then, depending on their skill level, have your child practice writing uppercase and/or lowercase letter Ts onto the tulips. Alternatively, you can write the Ts and ask your child to identify which is which.

Tip: Keep the creativity going with our free printable flower coloring pages.

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Let’s make a turtle! Start by forming five small balls and one larger ball. Have your child flatten the large ball to create the turtle’s body. Using a ruler or butter knife, add indents onto the turtle’s body to make it look like a shell. Then, around the body, flatten the small balls to make a head and four legs for your turtle. Add a small tail and googly eyes to complete its look!

Tip: Pair this activity with a few turtle coloring pages.

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Draw or print out the outline of a letter T. Then, work with your child to cut out small triangles from construction paper and glue them down, filling in the letter T with the triangles. For a more simple approach, have your child fill in the letter T with triangle stickers.

Tip: Continue learning about shapes with the ABCmouse shape tracing worksheets.

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Cut out several pieces of masking tape or any other low tack tape (that won’t stick to surfaces too much). Write uppercase and lowercase letter Ts onto the tape pieces.

Stick them onto objects around the house that start with the letter T, such as a teapot, table, television, toys, and more. Then, challenge your child to go on a letter T hunt, searching for the letter T objects and letter T tape pieces. Help them remove any tape pieces that they can’t reach or that are on more delicate objects.

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Print out or draw the outline of a letter T onto a piece of white paper. Have your child select two-to-three colors of paint and add a bit of each to a paper plate or paint tray. Here comes the fun part–invite your child to fill in the letter T outline using only their thumbs! Be sure to have a sink or wet washcloth nearby to wash those thumbs off after.