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Simple Letter G Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

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Check out this fun and simple crafts for toddlers and preschoolers - all featuring the letter G.

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.

Simple Letter G Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

As we do our letter projects, I try to include a mixture of crafts and process art. This letter G collection is heavy on the craft side… with not a whole lot of room for creativity. However, I’m trying to achieve a balance with the rest of our alphabet crafts, and I also find that there’s something calming and peaceful about simple crafting. My kids all enjoyed making these.

G is for Giraffe

Check out this fun and simple crafts for toddlers and preschoolers - all featuring the letter G.

I just love my Four’s G is for Giraffe craft, and he was so proud of it! I printed a block letter G on yellow construction paper and cut it out. I also drew and cut out the head. Then my Four got to work finding orange buttons in our button stash (tip: buy a set of craft buttons if you don’t sew. Not too expensive and oh-so-useful!).

I showed him how to draw a nose and mouth. He was able to do this on his own and add horns and legs.  Love those legs! This would be an easy toddler craft as long as you help apply the glue. We found that tacky glue worked better than school glue for this project.

Sticker Gumball Craft

Check out this fun and simple crafts for toddlers and preschoolers - all featuring the letter G.

This craft was perfect for my Two. I printed this gumball machine and gave him a set of round office stickers. He was able to pull off the stickers himself and fill the machine with gumballs. Your toddler may need you to hand him the stickers. Get the gumball machine printable for free at Pre-K pages.

Garbage Truck Craft

Check out this fun and simple crafts for toddlers and preschoolers - all featuring the letter G.

I fell in love with this craft the minute I saw it on Pinterest. I printed some garbage truck clip art, and my Four stuck garbage all around it. This was perfect for him, as he is our resident packrat and knows just where to find scraps and little bits of garbage. This would be an excellent toddler craft, too — especially because we didn’t need glue. Want to know how we made the garbage stick? Go read about this brilliant garbage truck craft at Craftulate.

Multi-Media Giraffe Craft

Check out this fun and simple crafts for toddlers and preschoolers - all featuring the letter G.

I saw a piece of wall art like this at Etsy, and we improvised to make our own with paper, buttons, and spare ribbon from the craft drawer. I prepared the pieces, and my Seven did all the work of putting it together. Obviously this is more suited to toddlers and preschoolers, but she was home and wanted to give it a try. 😉

Grape Prints

Check out this fun and simple crafts for toddlers and preschoolers - all featuring the letter G.

My Four and Five each dipped milk cap lids into purple paint and created these bunches of grapes.  Super simple!

G is for Garden

Check out this fun and simple crafts for toddlers and preschoolers - all featuring the letter G.

I printed a letter G on blue cardstock. My Two and Four loved creating flower gardens on their letter G’s using some inexpensive stickers. You can see our flower garden inspiration over at Teaching Little Ones at Home.

G is for Goat

Check out this fun and simple crafts for toddlers and preschoolers - all featuring the letter G.

My three oldest kids created these goats over a year ago when I did a Letter of the Week craft series at Crystal and Company. My mom created the original design, and I prepared the pieces and patterns. Get the free pattern at Crystal and Company.

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7 Comments

  1. Shinell Gittens

    December 20, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    love all the crafts and they are suitable for the 2 2/12 .

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    • Anna Geiger

      December 20, 2015 at 4:18 pm

      I hope you get a chance to try some!

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  2. Erica

    December 9, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    very cute letter g

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  3. Georgina @ Craftulate

    June 18, 2014 at 8:44 am

    I love how your garbage truck came out! The giraffe is super cute too. 🙂

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    • Anna Geiger

      June 22, 2014 at 10:17 pm

      Thank you, Georgina!

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