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7 Fun Crafts for the Letter I

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Here are seven fun crafts for the letter I!

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.

7 Fun Crafts for the Letter I

Foam Igloo Mosaic

letter I cut and paste igloo

Of course you could use paper for this, but to mix it up I cut out some square foam pieces for the boys, and they had fun gluing them to the igloo frame that I drew on their papers. To make it more challenging, older kids could draw the frame and cut out the squares. This would be a nice beginning craft for your toddler if you were right there to put down the glue.

Inchworm on Grass Printing

letter I inchworm craft

Could you have guessed what this was without the title? Did you figure out how we made the grass? I love this idea from Teach Preschool. We dipped plastic forks in tempera paint to make the grass printing.  When it was dry we glued on the construction paper inchworms. Over at Teach Preschool, they put the worm down first. I think that would be the better way to go. All three of my big kids (2,4,5) loved this one.

I is for Insect Collage

letter I insect collage Aren’t these great? Save your old sticker books! That’s where we got the bright insect photographs for this activity. I gave the kids a copy of a giant letter I. We found insects in our old sticker book, cut them out (okay, I cut them out), and the kids glued them. Then we cut around the I’s and glued them to construction paper for contrast.

Toilet Paper Tube Inchworm

letter I toilet paper tube inchwormFor each inchworm you will need two toilet paper tubes. My boys enjoyed coloring the tubes and watching me assemble their bugs. A cute craft — but one where Mom had to do most of the work because it required careful use of a stapler. You can find very clear instructions over at Homeschool Creations.

Indian Corn Button Craft

letter I Indian corn button craft

I saw a lot of Indian corn crafts, but we decided on this one. I don’t sew much (okay, I don’t sew at all), so I get my buttons from Michaels. These were from a decent sized box of all different shapes and sizes for around $5. I got the idea and pattern from All Kids Network.

Giant Ice Cream Cones

letter I cut and paste ice cream conesOf course you can’t do Letter “I” crafts without ice cream! I cut out the cones and circles for the kids. We really need a nice big circle punch. (And I really need to make them do some more of their own cutting.)  You can see that my Four really wanted to use all his paper circles and extended his paper so that he could. The best part for the kids was adding glue and putting on the sprinkles. And the hardest part for me was getting the kids to not pick off the sprinkles for a snack.

I is for Iguana

letter I cut and paste iguana

I gave my Two and Four the pieces for the “I”, and they glued them down to make the letter. Then I gave them all the other pieces to make the iguana. This kind of craft is great to reinforce the name of the letter and its sound. The idea is from SimplyHood.

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14 Comments

  1. Jessica

    May 8, 2020 at 11:17 pm

    Thanks for sharing!!!

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  2. preeti

    August 2, 2015 at 10:02 pm

    its lovely

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  4. Joan

    April 10, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    I posted your idea on my blog. Thank for the great! Joan

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  5. Kelly at Little Wonders' Days

    March 10, 2013 at 5:47 pm

    What fun crafts! I especially love the insect collage. Thanks for sharing at the After School Link Up.

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    • annageig

      March 10, 2013 at 7:10 pm

      Yes, that was the favorite at our house too. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Kelly!

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  6. annageig

    March 10, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    I hope you can use some of them! Thanks for stopping by.

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  7. Teacher Help For Parents

    March 10, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    Great ideas! I’m pinning this to Pinterest.

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  8. annageig

    March 9, 2013 at 7:52 am

    You’re welcome, Debbie! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂

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  9. Debbie @ http://kidsbibledebjackson.blogspot.com/

    March 9, 2013 at 7:15 am

    Thanks for sharing these great ideas at Teach Beside Me! Pinned it to use later!

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