Letter A

• apple prints

• glue hole punched apples or Alphabits cereal on Aa

• apple core tear art

• painted stuffed apple

• paint a clip clothespin green to make an alligator; glue on small wiggly eyes and a red tongue

Letter B

• glue buttons on Bb

• "bounce" balloons in black, blue and brown paint and make prints

• butterflies made from coffee filters colored with marker and sprayed with water

Letter C

• glue on cotton balls on Cc

• paint by rolling a corn cob in yellow paint

• calico cats

Letter D

• glue hole punched dots on Dd

• make “Harry, the Dirty Dog” by placing black thumbprints on a dog cutout

Letter E

• glue eggshells on Ee

• "paint" using egg yolks with food coloring (dries glossy)

• tint crushed eggshells with food coloring and use pieces to make a picture

Letter F

• glue goldfish crackers on Ff

• glue on cutouts of fish; have students add eyes and mouth

• make “Rainbow Fish” using coffee filters or handprints; add sequins

Letter G

• glue green or gold glitter on Gg

• make ghosts by putting a “blob” of white paint on black construction paper and folding it in half; draw on eyes and mouth after it dries

• make Green Grouches in Garbage Cans

Letter H

• glue fun foam hearts on Hh

• make horrible hairy monsters

• make houses and write address above the door

• glue pink tissue paper between 2 red heart outlines to make a suncatcher

Letter I

• glue inch long pieces of paper on Ii

• paint with ice cubes (put food coloring into water before freezing, cover with tin foil and add toothpicks into each "cube" for a handle to hold on to when painting)

• sponge paint crumpled green paper with brown and green; cut out in iguana shape

Letter J

• paint letter Jj with glue and sprinkle Jello on it

• make “junk” collages

• combine red and yellow paint while fingerpainting to make orange jack-o-lanterns

Letter K

• glue Kix cereal on Kk

• make key rubbings

• make wallpaper kites with small pieces of fabric glued to yarn tails

Letter L

• glue lemonheads on letter Ll

• draw lines using rulers

• make lambs by gluing on cottonballs or pieces of yarn

Letter M

• glue M&Ms on letter Mm

• marble paint

• paint monkeys by adding crushed shredded wheat to brown paint

Letter N

• glue torn newspaper noodles on Nn

• make and decorate neckties

• make a crayon-resist night sky by painting black tempera over crayon-drawn stars and moon

Letter O

• glue small O’s (cheerios) on Oo

• make an octopus by gluing 8 strips of paper (tentacles) to a circle; use reinforcements or glue on cheerios for “suckers”

Letter P

• glue pink and purple pompoms or pipecleaners on Pp

• make a pink pig

• handprint penguin

Letter Q

• cut the ends from Q-tips and glue on Qq

• paint with Q-tips

• make a quilt square

Letter R

• glue ribbon or rice on Rr

• make a raccoon paper bag puppet (www.enchantedlearning.com)

Letter S

• glue stickers, skittles, or seashells on Ss or use stamps to cover the letters

• decorate silly socks

Letter T

• glue colored toothpicks or Trix cereal on Tt

• make a teeny-tiny picture

Letter U

• make upside down umbrellas or paper plate umbrellas with a pipe cleaner handle

Letter V

• glue pieces of velvet on Vv

• make v a vase containing violets and vines

• make vegetable prints

Letter W

• glue "wheels" (cheerios) on Ww

• make a wagon by gluing 2 wooden or paper wheels on a red rectangle and adding a handle

Letter X

• glue “Dem Bones” candy on Xx

• make an X-ray skeleton, using pasta or Q-tips for the bones

Letter Y

• glue yellow yarn on Yy

• make a yak by gluing lengths of brown/gray yarn on a yak shap

Letter Z

• use rick-rack to make zigzags

• make a zebra by marble painting black over a white zebra cutout