Letter of the week
I love the crafts Allie does for letters. We have done many of them at our house. We also try to come up with some different ones, too. Here is our favorite for the letter E.
You will need an empty egg carton (we used 18 count carton), scissors, glue, paper, and a marker.
Have your little one cut the carton into strips.
While they are cutting you can draw an upper case E on the sheet of paper.
Have your child glue egg carton strips onto the lines of the letter.
Poof, you have a beautiful upper case E.
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For the past few weeks the most popular searches bringing traffic to my site have been “Letter of the Week” and ” Valentine’s Craft” so today I thought I would try to satisfy both and make a Valentine’s Day Letter of the Week. This L is super easy to make and fast too. You can make it easier with paint , or more complex by having your child draw pictures of the people they love instead of using photos. The goal is to have fun with the letter so tailor it to your child and their favorite materials.
- Before gathering your materials, sit down with your child and ask them who they love. Find photos or have your child draw pictures of these people.
- Gather your materials. You will need some cardboard, tissue paper, tape, family photos, heart punch , red paper, glue and scissors.
- Start by cutting the cardboard into a L .
- I used gift wrap tissue paper to cover the L but this was only per my son’s specific request. You can paint, color with crayons, glitter… whatever your child is into . Keeping crafts fun means keeping your kids learning and playing with letters!
- If you are using tissue paper tape it on – another big treat for my son, using the tape!
- While my son taped I trimmed the family photos.
- Next add glue for the photos.
- Pop them on. Let dry.
Books We Love
Valentine’s Day
If You’ll Be My Valentine 
I Lost My Kisses
I had every intention of making this a lowercase q craft. The stars were simply not aligned, I turned 3 pieces of paper into scrap trying to make a lowercase q , cursed myself for not having a printer then made it an uppercase Q before my son lost all interest and ran back to the football game! Luckily the paper cutter was the big treat ( He has been begging to use it for months) and kept him at the table with me , because I think this is a darn cute letter craft!
- Gather your materials. You will need some white paper, some multicolored paper for the quilt pieces , another sheet of construction paper ( if you want to display it), a dark marker, glue and scissors. We used a paper cutter but I am not suggesting you do that, I do suggest you let your child use tools when they are ready for them, and he was ready and very careful.
- Start by writing an uppercase Q on the white paper. Feel free to do this as a lowercase craft just don’t ask me to write the letter, I am incapable. You want to use the white paper so that when you cut the q out you can follow the outline from the underside even if the paper pieces are glued over it.
- Cut the colored/patterned paper into strips , this will make cutting them into squares easier for your child whether they are using scissors or a paper cutter.
- Cut.
- He was very excited and he cut a lot , I was impressed with how careful he was.
- Add glue to the Q
- Add the quilt squares to the glue.
- Let dry.
- Cut the Q out.
- Glue to a second sheet of construction paper.
Alphabet Books
Bruno Munari’s ABC
Alphabestiary: Animal Poems from A to Z
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Letter of the week theme posts continue with letter E. The goal of theme posts are to provide all your choices in one spot, not as a guide to do them all. Pick and choose what will appeal to your child the most and remember to have fun playing with these letters. If you are doing a letter other than E this week check out our Letter of The Week section to find even more letters to create and learn.
{Letter Ee Crafts}
Earth e - Egg E - Elephant E - Envelope E
{Crafts Starting With E}
Earth Muffins – Earth Tambourine - Coffee Filter Earth - Playdough Earth – Puffy Paint Earth – Recycled Earth – Eggs - Elephant - Eye
{Alphabet Activities}
Keep your letter of the week in context by exploring whole alphabet activities.
We have many to choose from for various abilities and learning styles.
Our Letter of the Week Themes continue with letter D. As I have mentioned before don’t completely forget about the other letters when you are doing letter of the week, just give this letter a little extra attention. Letters like most things are best taught in context to create a real deep connection . Choose a few fun crafts with the letter focus but don’t try to tackle the whole list , there should be time for lots of other opened ended art, and activities not related to the letter of the week.
{Letter D Crafts}
{Crafts and Activities Starting with D}
Dinosaurs - Dinosaur Egg- Dirt – Dog Collar - Dragonfly – Drum – Ducks
{Alphabet Books }
All Aboard!: A Traveling Alphabet 
Learn The Alphabet : with Northwest Coast Native Art by Native Northwest was an amazing gas station find. Yes I said gas station. I ran in for some diet coke and came out with an alphabet book ! This book is amazing, bright beautiful and even though I bought it for my daughter since it’s bright colors and sturdy pages are perfect for a baby, my almost 4 year old son adores it. What I love is when he reads it to her . The Native art is gorgeous and if you are unfamiliar with North West coast art you are in for a treat.
