Letter J Crafts

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Today I’m sharing five fun letter J crafts for preschoolers.

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.

J is for Jewels

I printed a letter J and gave my boys each a pile of colorful jewels from the craft store. I put down the globs of glue for my Two.

Jupiter Marble Painting

I printed a giant circle on a piece of paper and put it in a box. We poured red, yellow, brown, white, and orange paint (the colors of Jupiter) into the box. Then we tossed in a marble for rolling around. The idea is that this will create a fun marbled effect.

Personally, I thought this was a pretty cool idea, but my boys weren’t so impressed. My Four decided to use the marble to paint by pushing it around with his hand, resulting in more of a finger painting. The result was not a cool marbled look, but a big brown splotch. Totally fine, of course, but not exactly Jupiter-esque.

My Two began the above picture but lost interest after about two seconds. “I want to paint with cars!” Since I wasn’t ready to start that project this morning, he had a full meltdown.

Maybe you’ll have better success with this one. 😉

Jar Painting

We painted with glass jelly jars. The boys rolled the jars at first – and were unsatisfied with the effect. They switched to printing with the mouth of the jar. I would recommend using a plastic jar. The jar got kind of slippery when it was covered in paint. We had a close call or two.

J is for Jellyfish

Did you know I did an entire Letter of the Week craft series at Crystal and Company? This was our letter J craft. Get the free printable pattern.

Paper Plate Jellyfish

I cut a paper plate in half, and my Four decorated it with Do-a-Dot markers. Then we added a line of double stick tape to the back of the plate, and he attached varying lengths of yarn. Of course, googly eyes complement any craft. 😉

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