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If you're looking for Letter of the Week crafts, check out The Measured Mom! In this post we share 12 crafts for preschool -- all featuring the letter L.

I shared this post years ago, when my children were young. I love looking back at the fun things we did to fill our days as I taught my kids the alphabet! I highly recommend doing sensory, art, and fine motor activities with your preschooler simply because it’s fun. These activities also provide opportunities to develop oral language and other early literacy skills. However, please note that research tells us that direct instruction in letters and sounds is the most efficient way to teach and learn the alphabet. Find our full alphabet curriculum here.

11 Crafts for Preschool: The Letter L

1- Hand & Footprint Lobster

hand and footprint lobster

This was my favorite, and the kids’ too. They loved stepping into the red paint and making a footprint. Then they carefully made two handprints for the lobster claws. The next day they took out their black markers and decorated. This idea was from Crafty-Crafted.

2- L is for Ladder

L is for ladder craft

Sometimes the best letter craft is short and sweet. The kids glued a giant letter L to paper and drew a ladder. The basic idea is from No Time for Flashcards (check her site for a different way to do the project).

3- Sticky Lamb

sticky lamb craft

My 15-month old is big enough to start doing very basic crafts. I loved this idea from B-Inspired Mama. I just taped some sticky contact paper onto the window, drew a lamb with a Sharpie, and gave my Five the bag of cotton balls. She gave them to her little brother one by one.

4-  Lemon Print “L”

lemon print "L" 

I bought a few lemons, cut them in half, and gave the kids white paper. They loved printing with lemons.  The next day we cut the papers into giant letter L’s.

5- Ladybugs Climbing an “L”

cut and paste ladybugs climbing an "L"

I used my circle cutter (love that thing!) to prepare a stack of red circles for the kids. After gluing down green rectangles to make an L, they glued down the circles and decorated them to resemble ladybugs.  It was tempting to just display my Five’s project in this post, but you should see that the kids don’t always “get into” each project. They might be tired, disinterested, or just having a bad day. My Four really enjoyed it, but then near the end he decided to start scribbling out his ladybugs. I keep reminding myself that the crafts should not be about the finished product but about the kids enjoying the process and learning along the way.

6- Fuzzy Lamb

cut and paste fuzzy lamb

As for creativity, this craft didn’t allow much room for it, but the kids love cotton balls. They used up almost a whole bag among the three of them. I got the idea and pattern from Making Learning Fun.

7 – Lego Prints

lego prints

The kids dipped legos into paint and made prints on paper. The legos were very easy to clean up — I just rinsed off the washable paint and set them out to dry.

8- Lion Face Pasta Craft

lion face pasta craft

Okay, could you have guessed what this was without the title? My husband couldn’t tell it was a lion. I guess it does kind of look like a bear with a mane. Oh, well — the kids enjoyed it! We got the directions from Kiboomu Kids Crafts.

9- Laundry on a Line
cut and paste laundry on a line

I was surprised by how much all the kids had fun with this one. Perhaps because they were dreaming of the day when it will finally be warm enough to hang out our clothes? It’s been a loooong winter and a dreary spring! The idea is from Preschool Crafts for Kids.

10-Handprint Lion

handprint lion

We made the handprints on the first day and set them out to dry. When we returned to the craft the next day, my Five didn’t want to finish. “The strips are too long. It’s not pretty. It won’t look like a lion.” This did not deter my boys, however, and they had fun adding manes to their handprints… although I’m not quite sure what my Two was doing. Putting the strips in a circle was a little hard for him. For me to step in would have been to do it for him, so he did it his own way. Sometimes that produces the cutest effect. 🙂 The idea is from Sweet and Lovely Crafts.

11 – Painted Lollipop

not messy painted lollipop

If you’re looking for a very neat way to do a painting project, this one’s for you. I set out the poster board ovals, squirted on some paint, and covered them with plastic wrap. The kids enjoyed squishing around the paint. For more about this craft, visit The Happy Teapot.

 

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21 Comments

  2. Becky

    I love your website and all its resources- thank you for making them available for free so I can teach my girls at home. My girls loved the laundry on the line activity- I’m not at all artistic, so I used paper doll clothes coloring sheets- easy peasy!

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  3. Heather

    So thrilled to have stumbled on your website! I love seeing that my two and four year old can work on similar projects with varying degrees of detail. So excited to peruse through your site!

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  4. Shannon

    Love your ideas! I’m teaching a co-op group tomorrow and I think we are going to try painting with legos. I love how you show how different ages complete the task.

    Seriously I can’t believe it took me this long to find your site. I look forward to learning a lot from you!

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    • annageig

      I’m a little late in my reply, Michele – sorry about that! I just wanted to give you a BIG thanks for sharing anything on my blog with other teachers – the more my blog readership grows, the more I can offer!

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