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5 Letter X Crafts

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Check out this post for 5 fun letter X crafts!

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.

5 Letter X Crafts

Handprint X-Ray Fish

handprint X-ray fish letter X

These x-ray fish are my favorite. After letting our black handprints dry overnight, the kids added fish bones and a googly eye. For this and many more handprint alphabet crafts, visit Red Ted Art.

Q-Tip X-Ray

Q-tip X-ray letter X

This is a popular children’s craft which would look a little better with plain white Q-tips. But since they’ve started telling us not to put Q-tips into our kids’ ears, I wasn’t going to go out and buy a box. The blue ones in our craft drawer worked just fine. This idea is from Inspired Montessori.

X is for Xylophone (foam craft)

Xylophone foam craft letter X

Here’s a fun way to use craft foam, but construction paper works fine too. I saw a similar idea at Rockabye Butterfly. 

paper bone letter X

I saw this idea over at No Time for Flashcards. My Three did this one – but if you provide more guidance it’s a great craft for toddlers. Check this link to see how.

X is for Xylophone (paper craft)

xylophone paper craft letter X

A cute idea we saw on Pinterest – my Three liked assembling the xylophone. We used round office stickers for the mallets. The idea is from The Princess and the Tot.

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5 Comments

  1. Carrie

    June 14, 2013 at 9:21 am

    Oh, what fun crafts!! Thank you for sharing on Sharing Saturday!!

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  2. Carla

    May 29, 2013 at 1:55 pm

    That x-ray fish is adorable! I really like the q-tip bones too! Thanks for linking this up at Teach Me Tuesday at Preschool Powol Packets!

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    • annageig

      May 31, 2013 at 10:48 am

      Thanks so much for the visit!

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  3. Kristen B

    May 29, 2013 at 11:36 am

    X is my toddler’s favorite letter. He loves pointing it out everywhere he sees it. These would be fun for him to do. Pinned to our Artsy Play Wednesday group board.

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    • annageig

      May 31, 2013 at 10:48 am

      That’s fun that he can point to X wherever he goes 🙂 it’s neat to see what our kids latch onto.

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