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Letter U crafts

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We've got five fun letter U 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.

Cupcake Liner Umbrellas

We've got five fun letter U crafts!

Family Crafts gave us the inspiration for this fun umbrella craft. We decided to use blue puffy paint for the raindrops, which was a little tricky. You might be surprised that my Two did the neater project on the left; my Four did the one on the right.

But that’s because I was holding my Two’s hand while he squeezed the puffy paint, and my Four did it all on his own. So be forewarned. You might just decide to go with blue crayons!

U is for Underground

We've got five fun letter U crafts!

I put together the background, with the U hanging underground, but my Four did all the rest. We talked about underground animals as he worked. He is a very independent worker and did wanted very little help or ideas. This isn’t as pretty as some crafts, but it gets the prize for creativity!

U is for Underwater

We've got five fun letter U crafts!

When I saw this underwater ocean craft at Mom’s Tot School, I knew it was just the thing for my Two. He doesn’t draw yet (beyond lines and circles), so putting underwater stickers in the ocean was perfect for him. It was a fun activity to do together, as I helped him name all the creatures he placed in the water.

 U is for Underwater (#2)

We've got five fun letter U crafts!

Here’s another underwater craft. My kids and I did this over a year ago as part of a letter of the week craft series at Crystal and Comp. Hop on over there to see how we did it!

Tissue Paper Umbrellas

We've got five fun letter U crafts!

It’s been so dreary here I haven’t had a nice day for you to see the sun shine through our umbrellas! But these really do sparkle on a beautiful day.

Our tissue paper umbrellas were very simple to make – I just cut out an umbrella outline on black construction paper and set it down on the sticky side of some contact paper. My boys filled the insides with tissue paper squares. Then they added the umbrella handle and I placed another piece of contact paper, sticky side down, on the project. After I trimmed around the edges we had some pretty projects for our window.

For a picture tutorial on this sort of project, you can see the butterflies we made at Crystal and Company.

 

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    October 22, 2014 at 9:30 am

    Hi! I just want to say thank you soooooo much! I love everything that you’ve shared on this site and am in awe at your creativity, passion, and absolutely adorable academic ideas/projects. You are amazing and I am so grateful! Thank you 🙂

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    • Anna Geiger

      October 23, 2014 at 5:42 pm

      Thank you so much, Carrie – your comment made my day. 🙂 I’m grateful too – for you and others who come here to find things to use with your kids and students. So glad you’re finding things here!

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