Alphabet Letter Art Activities: A–Z

Explore the alphabet with hands-on letter art projects for preschool and kindergarten. These activities combine letter recognition, beginning sounds, painting, collage, and creative crafts.

Letter Art Activities

Letter A

  • Apple Prints: Make prints using apples dipped in paint.
  • Apple Letter Collage: Glue hole-punched paper apples or Alphabits cereal onto the letters Aa.
  • Apple Core Tear Art: Create apple cores using torn paper.
  • Stuffed Apple: Paint two paper apples, stuff them, and staple them together.
  • Alligator Clothespin: Paint a clip clothespin green to make an alligator. Glue on small wiggly eyes and a red tongue.

Letter B

  • Button Collage: Glue buttons onto the letters Bb.
  • Balloon Painting: Bounce balloons dipped in black, blue, and brown paint onto paper to make prints.
  • Coffee Filter Butterflies: Color coffee filters with markers and spray them with water to create colorful butterfly wings.

Letter C

  • Cotton Ball Collage: Glue cotton balls onto the letters Cc.
  • Corn Cob Painting: Roll a corn cob dipped in yellow paint across paper to make prints.
  • Calico Cats: Create colorful calico cat artwork.

Letter D

  • Dot Collage: Glue hole-punched paper dots onto the letters Dd.
  • Harry the Dirty Dog: After reading Harry the Dirty Dog, create a dog cutout and add black thumbprints to make it look dirty.

Letter E

  • Eggshell Collage: Glue crushed eggshells onto the letters Ee.
  • Egg Yolk Painting: Paint with egg yolks mixed with food coloring. The paint dries with a glossy finish.
  • Eggshell Mosaic: Tint crushed eggshells with food coloring and use the pieces to create pictures.

Letter F

  • Fish Letter Collage: Glue Goldfish crackers onto the letters Ff.
  • Paper Fish: Glue fish cutouts onto paper and have students add eyes and mouths.
  • Rainbow Fish: Create colorful fish using coffee filters or handprints. Add sequins to represent shiny scales.

Letter G

  • Glitter Letters: Glue green or gold glitter onto the letters Gg.
  • Ghost Prints: Place a blob of white paint on black construction paper, fold the paper in half, and press. After it dries, draw eyes and a mouth to create a ghost.
  • Green Grouches: Make Green Grouches in Garbage Cans.

Letter H

  • Heart Collage: Glue foam hearts onto the letters Hh.
  • Hairy Monsters: Create horrible, hairy monster artwork.
  • House Craft: Make paper houses and write an address above each door.
  • Heart Suncatchers: Glue pink tissue paper between two red heart outlines to create a suncatcher.

Letter I

  • Inch-Long Paper Collage: Glue one-inch strips of paper onto the letters Ii.
  • Ice Cube Painting: Add food coloring to water and freeze it in ice cube trays. Insert handles before freezing so students can paint with the colored ice.
  • Iguana Art: Sponge-paint crumpled green paper with brown and green paint, then cut it into the shape of an iguana.

Letter J

  • Jell-O Letters: Paint the letters Jj with glue and sprinkle powdered Jell-O over them.
  • Junk Collage: Create collages using assorted recycled craft materials.
  • Jack-o’-Lantern Fingerpainting: Mix red and yellow fingerpaint to create orange pumpkins or jack-o’-lanterns.

Letter K

  • Kix Collage: Glue Kix cereal onto the letters Kk.
  • Key Rubbings: Place keys beneath paper and use crayons to create rubbings.
  • Kite Craft: Make kites using wallpaper scraps and decorate their yarn tails with small pieces of fabric.

Letter L

  • Lemonhead Letters: Glue Lemonhead candies onto the letters Ll.
  • Line Drawing: Use rulers to draw straight lines.
  • Lamb Craft: Create lambs using cotton balls or pieces of yarn for wool.

Letter M

  • M&M Collage: Glue M&M candies onto the letters Mm.
  • Marble Painting: Roll paint-covered marbles across paper to create designs.
  • Monkey Painting: Add crushed shredded wheat to brown paint to give monkey artwork a textured appearance.

Letter N

  • Newspaper Collage: Glue torn newspaper strips or “noodles” onto the letters Nn.
  • Necktie Craft: Make and decorate paper neckties.
  • Night Sky Crayon Resist: Draw stars and a moon with crayons, then paint over them with black tempera paint to create a nighttime scene.

Letter O

  • Cheerio Letters: Glue Cheerios onto the letters Oo.
  • Octopus Craft: Glue eight paper strips onto a paper circle to create tentacles. Add reinforcement stickers or Cheerios to represent the suckers.

Letter P

  • Pom-Pom Letters: Glue pink and purple pom-poms or pipe cleaners onto the letters Pp.
  • Pink Pig: Create a pink paper pig.
  • Handprint Penguin: Make a penguin using a handprint.

Letter Q

  • Q-Tip Letters: Cut the cotton ends from Q-tips and glue them onto the letters Qq.
  • Q-Tip Painting: Use cotton swabs to paint pictures and designs.
  • Quilt Square: Create and decorate a paper quilt square.

Letter R

  • Ribbon or Rice Collage: Glue ribbon or rice onto the letters Rr.
  • Raccoon Puppet: Make a raccoon paper bag puppet.

Original craft resource: Enchanted Learning

Letter S

  • Sticker and Seashell Collage: Decorate the letters Ss with stickers, Skittles, seashells, or stamps.
  • Silly Socks: Decorate paper sock cutouts with colorful and silly designs.

Letter T

  • Toothpick or Trix Collage: Glue colored toothpicks or Trix cereal onto the letters Tt.
  • Teeny-Tiny Picture: Have students create miniature drawings.

Letter U

  • Upside-Down Umbrellas: Create upside-down umbrella pictures or crafts.
  • Paper Plate Umbrellas: Make umbrellas from paper plates and add pipe cleaner handles.

Letter V

  • Velvet Collage: Glue pieces of velvet onto the letters Vv.
  • Vase of Violets: Turn the letter V into a vase filled with violets and vines.
  • Vegetable Prints: Dip cut vegetables in paint and use them to make prints.

Letter W

  • Wheel Collage: Glue Cheerios onto the letters Ww to represent wheels.
  • Wagon Craft: Glue two wooden or paper wheels onto a red rectangle and add a handle to create a wagon.

Letter X

  • X-Ray Letters: Glue bone-shaped candies onto the letters Xx.
  • X-Ray Skeleton: Create a skeleton using pasta or cotton swabs to represent bones.

Letter Y

  • Yarn Collage: Glue yellow yarn onto the letters Yy.
  • Yak Craft: Glue lengths of brown or gray yarn onto a yak-shaped paper cutout to create its shaggy coat.

Letter Z

  • Zigzag Art: Use rickrack trim to create zigzag patterns.
  • Zebra Marble Painting: Place a white zebra cutout in a tray and roll a paint-covered marble across it to create black stripes.

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