We love doing crafts and process art at our house! We put together a big list of creative art projects for preschoolers for the letter B. Have fun!
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Letter B Art Projects for Preschoolers
We did our letter B projects during the final month of summer, so my incoming kindergartner and second grader joined in on the fun! If you’re doing a letter B exploration at home or in the classroom, I hope you’ll find a few projects here for your little ones to enjoy!
Balloon Painting
I blew up a few small balloons and set them on the table with some paper and washable glitter paint. This didn’t keep my kids’ attention as long as I thought it would, but it created some cool effects! See our inspiration for balloon painting at 3 Dinosaurs.
Printing with Toy Bugs
My Two dipped our plastic toy bugs into paint and stamped them on his paper. We saw this idea for bug painting at No Time for Flashcards.
Blast off with Balloons
When I saw this project, I knew we had to try it. The kids loved the final effect, but we had a fair amount of crying when doing this project. This is totally worth doing, but let me share a few tips so your experience is happier than ours: First, cutting tissue paper is a little tricky. Do this project on a day when your preschooler has a lot of patience! He can easily tear the paper for the clouds, but you might want to cut out the balloons. Also, we found it necessary to glue down the tissue paper with a glue stick before painting over with a glue solution.
B is for Bird
Here is one of those classic crafts that we just had to do. My Two is learning to sit and do simple crafts, and he loved this. I prepared all the pieces and applied the glue; he lay them down. If you have an older preschooler, I recommend giving him the B cut-out, feathers, googly eye, and some markers. He can draw the beak and feet himself.
Bouncy Ball Painting in a Box
Our grocery stores gives out tokens when go shopping, and we’ve accumulated a giant collection of bouncy balls. I saved a few, dropped them in a shoebox, and added some squirts of paint. My Two loved rolling them around to create this masterpiece.
Paper Plate Butterfly
Get a sturdy cardboard paper plate and raid your craft drawer so your young preschooler can create this striking butterfly. We found this simple butterfly craft at No Time for Flashcards. Also be sure to check out nine other easy butterfly crafts.
Paper Bus Craft
My Two has been obsessed with school buses (and any other vehicle) since he first began to talk. I knew we had to do this easy bus craft from I {Heart} Crafty Things. He was thrilled when I gave him the sticky pieces so that he could make his own bus craft. I gave him a marker to draw people in the windows. Obviously an older preschooler would do a more recognizable job ;). You could also give your child square pictures of family members to use as the windows!
B is for Body
Print a giant letter B (from my collection of free block letters) and have your child glue down pieces of body parts cut from magazines. Older preschoolers can find and cut the pieces themselves; my Seven helped me out and got these ready for her little brother. If you don’t have a lot of magazines, no problem! Get a printable letter B and pictures of body parts from A Teaching Mommy.
B is for Butterfly
Over a year ago, I did a letter of the week craft series at Crystal and Company. This was one of our favorites. I love how it works so well for different age levels. You’ll need contact paper, tissue paper, and construction paper to create these butterflies for your window. Learn more about it and get the free butterfly pattern.
Bubble Painting
This project wins the prize for most fun and “held their attention the longest.” Since I wasn’t sure about my Two’s ability to blow into a straw without inhaling some of the soapy solution, my older kids (four, five, and seven) did this when he was napping. All the kids ended up with some really lovely artwork! But more importantly, they had a great time experimenting and creating. Learn how to make your own bubble prints at Housing a Forest.
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