Art Activities Letter A

apple prints glue hole punched apples or Alphabits

cereal on Aa paint a clip clothespin green to make an

alligator; glue on small wiggly eyes and a red tongue

TLC’s Getting Started apple TM 41

Letter B glue buttons on Bb butterflies made with a folded piece of

paper & bio-color dots in center, then fold & re-open paper

TLC’s January-June boat TM 31 bead jewelry make ball ornaments “bounce” balloons in black, blue and

brown paint and make prints butterflies made from coffee filters

colored with marker and sprayed with water

Letter C create calico cats make color collages TLC’s Getting Started caterpillar TM 9 glue on cotton balls on Cc

Letter D glue hole punched dots on Dd make doggy ears make door hangers TLC’s ABC Animals duck

TM 13

paint by rolling a corn cob in yellow paint

make dazzling Dd’s with glitter on Dd make Harry, the Dirty Dog by placing

black thumbprints on a dog cutout

Letter E glue eggshells on Ee "paint" using egg yolks with food

coloring (dries glossy) TLC’s ABC Animals elephant

TM 17 tint crushed eggshells with food coloring

and use pieces to make a picture

Letter F glue goldfish crackers on Ff feather art TLC’s January-June flower

TM 41 make flower pot frames glue on cutouts of fish; have students add

eyes and mouth make Rainbow Fish using coffee filters

or handprints; add sequins

Letter G

glue green or gold glitter on Gg make ghosts by putting a blob of white

Letter H glue fun foam hearts on Hh TLC’s Getting Started house TM 25

paint on black construction paper and folding it in half; draw on eyes and mouth after it dries

TLC’s ABC Animals goldfish TM 25

make Green Grouches in Garbage Cans

make hats using large coffee filters make Dr. Jean’s “Humpty Dumpty”

finger puppets create heart ornaments make horrible hairy monsters make houses and write address above the

door

Letter I glue inch long pieces of paper on Ii TLC’s September-December ice-cream

cone TM 7 paint with ice cubes (put food coloring

into water before freezing, cover with tin foil and add toothpicks into each "cube" for a handle to hold on to when painting)

make insect ladybug prints by dipping potato in red paint; add spots with pinky fingerprints-dipped in black paint.

Letter J make junk collages combine red and yellow paint while

finger-painting to make orange jack-o-lanterns

make jazzy jewelry make jazzy Jj TLC’s January-June jellyfish TM 47

Letter K glue Kix cereal on Kk make key rubbings TLC’s Getting Started

kite TM 33 make wallpaper kites with

small pieces of fabric glued to yarn tails

Letter L glue lemonheads on Ll TLC’s Getting Started lollipops TM 5

Letter M make a macaroni necklace glue M&Ms on Mm TLC’s January-

June mitten TM 1 create masks make your own

medals marble paint

Letter N glue noodles on Nn make a nuudle creation TLC’s ABC Animals newt

TM 51 make and decorate neckties make a crayon-resist

night sky by painting black tempera over crayon-drawn stars and moon

Letter O glue small O’s (cheerios/fruit-loops) on

Oo

Letter P TLC’s Getting Started penguin TM 29 make picture frames

make Oo paper chains

make Oo necklaces with fruit loops-create patterns with different colors

make an octopus by gluing 8 strips of paper (tentacles) to a circle; use reinforcements or glue on cheerios for “suckers”

TLC’s September-December owl TM 27 make ornaments

make person puzzles glue pink and purple pompoms or pipe

cleaners on Pp make a pink pig

Letter Q cut the ends from Q-tips and glue on Qq TLC’s ABC Animals quail TM 63 paint with Q-tip make a quilt square

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Letter R glue ribbon or rice on Rr TLC’s January-June rabbit

TM 37 glue “rainbow ribbons” on Rr

Letter S make spider hats glue stickers, skittles, or seashells on Ss make sun-catchers

Letter T make top hats TLC’s Getting Started turtle TM 13 glue colored toothpicks or Trix cereal on

TLC’s Getting Started rainbow squares TM 1

make star ornaments decorate/make silly socks

Tt make trinket &/or treasure boxes make a teeny-tiny picture

Letter U make upside down umbrellas or paper

plate umbrellas with a pipe cleaner handle

TLC’s ABC Animals umbrella bird TM 77

Letter V glue pieces of velvet on Vv make v a vase containing violets and

vines make vegetable prints TLC’s ABC Animals

vulture TM 81

Letter W glue "wheels" (cheerios) on Ww create window boxes TLC’s ABC Animals walrus

TM 85

Letter X make an X-ray skeleton, using pasta or

Q-tips for the bones TLC’s ABC Animals fox TM 89 paint X-ray hands using bio-color paint

make a wagon by gluing 2 wooden or paper wheels on a red rectangle and adding a handle

Letter Y glue yellow yarn on Yy make a yak by gluing lengths of

brown/gray yarn on a yak shape TLC’s ABC Animals yellow jacket TM

93

Letter Z make zoo masks from zoo plates TLC’s ABC Animals zebra

TM 97 glue zippers on Zz use rick-rack to make zigzags make a zebra by marble painting black

over a white zebra cutout