Adriana Olabi

Adriana Olabi
ABOUT THE BOOK:
This book contains arts and crafts for each letter of the alphabet; easy, fun and creativity-boosting.
While learning the letters through these projects, the children gain awareness of the phonics,
develop fine motor skills and language.
The children experience different materials and textures.
The project suggested for each letter can be done according to the child’s ability and wish.
After finishing a project collect all the bits of left patterned paper for collages or other future projects.

Have fun!
CONTENT

Materials . . . . . . 3 Ii - insects . . . . .12 Rr - raven . . . . . . . 21

Aa - alligator . . . . . 4 Jj - jaguar . . . . . .13 Ss - spiders . . . . . 22

Bb - bats . . . . . . . . . .5 Kk - kimonos . . .14 Tt - trees ... . . . . . . 23

Cc - cars . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ll - lamps . . . . .15 Uu - umbrella . . 24

Dd - dresses . . . . . 7 Mm - mice . . . . .16 Vv - vases . . . . . . 25

Ee - elephant . . . . 8 Nn - name . . . . . .17 Ww - whale . . . . 26

Ff - flowers . . . . . .9 Oo - ocean . . . . .18 Xx - x collage . . . 27

Gg - gecko . . . . .10 Pp - penguin . . .19 Yy - yellow . . . . . . 28

Hh - hen . . . . . . .11 Qq - quilt . . . . . . . 20 Zz - zebra . . . . . . 29

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Materia
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O l d ma g
Pom
p om

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s
Scissors
Sequins

s
k s
Toothpic

ye
y e
Googl Cra
ft
Paint
fo a
m
d
Shre d d e
p ap er Twigs
Stickers
Pat te r
ned pa
per
p er
t pa s
o il e u b e
T t
ue
Gl
rs
a rke
b l es M
Peb
Self
hardening
Buttons clay

Tape ons
R ib b
Paper
cups
Colored paper
St y
r
of o

Baby Pipe cleaners Ca

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am

food jars st
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3
s
Aa
alligator 1 Trace an alligator on 2 Paste the alligator on
your patterned paper cardstock and decorate
and cut it out. with some grass and
plants. Tear or cut paper
for water and sand.

4
Bb bats

1 Trace and cut bats of

different sizes from the
patterned paper.

3
Cut silver stars
and glue them.

2
From old magazines cut
trees and a moon. Paste
them on cardstock.
5
Cc
cars
1
Cut out the
cars from
the patterned
paper and
a big letter c
from black
cardstock.

2
On yellow
piece of
cardstock
draw a map
and glue
some road
signs.

3
Paste the
cars on the
letter c in two
directions
and then
paste the
letter c on
the yellow
cardstock.
6
Dd
dresses
1 Have some doll cutouts.
Design and cut out dresses
from patterned paper. Mix
and match as you like.

2
Use sequins,
ribbons, lace,
shiny tape etc to
decorate them.

3
Cut some
bags from old
magazines for
each doll.
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Ee
elephant
1 Cut an elephant’s 2 Cut a slit in the body and
body and ears (in one one between the ears
piece together) from and fit them together.
red cardstock. Cover The body, trunk and the
the body with the ears should be at the
patterned paper. same level to stand up.

3 Decorate your elephant.

8
Ff
flowers 1 With a thin marker, 2 Stick them together on
draw some sunflowers pipe cleaners.
on the patterned paper
and cut them out. From 3 To make the flowers
green colored paper cut stand and wobble, push
leaves. the pipe cleaners in
self hardening clay and
leave it to dry for a day
or two.

9
Gg
gecko
1 Draw or trace a gecko
on patterned paper and
cut it out.

2 Paste it on cardstock and

stick two googly eyes.

3
Put your gecko on the
grass or on pebbles.
10
Hh
hen
1
Draw a hen
on cardstock.
2
Cut small pieces of patterned
paper and paste them on the
hen’s body.

3
From colored
paper cut the
chicks, the egg
shells and some
grass.

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Ii
insects 1 Draw a few insects on 2 Tape the toothpicks on
colored paper and cut the backside.
them out.

3 Decorate a green Styrofoam board with grass and

shredded paper and push the toothpicks into the board.
Here is your cute diorama.

12
Jj
jaguar 1 Cut out a frame and a 2 Use double sided tape
jaguar from patterned to stick the jaguar on
paper. a twig and the twig on
the paper.

13
Kk
1 Cut two cardstock dolls.

2 From the patterned paper

cut the kimonos and paste
them on the doll cutouts.

kimonos 3 Make a sash called “obi”.

14
Ll
lamps
1 Use small baby food
jars and paper cups.
Decorate the cups with
the patterned paper and
fix them on the jars.

2 Fill the jars with some shredded

paper or colored sand.

3 If the cup is too big add a few bits

of double sided tape on the margin
of the jar’s lid.
15
Mm
mice 1 We use toilet paper 2 From black paper,
tubes for these cute cut two circles for ears,
mice. Wrap half of whiskers and a tail.
the tube in patterned
paper and draw two 3 Cut two slits in the paper
eyes and a nose. tubes and fix the ears.

16
Nn
name

1 Trace the letters of 2 Laminate the name and 3 Make one more set of
the child’s name on hang it with a ribbon. the individual letters,
patterned paper and cut laminate, and give them
them out. Paste them to the child to practice
on cardstock. The child the spelling of his name.
learns the spelling of his
name and the letters’
formation.

17
Oo
ocean

1 Trace a big letter o

on blue cardstock.

2 Draw or trace some sea

creatures on patterned
paper, cut them out and 3 Draw an island in the
paste them on the big middle and paste 4 Cut and paste waves
letter o. shredded paper on it. from dark blue paper.
18
Pp
penguin
1 Cut out a penguin’s body
from patterned paper.

2 Add white paper for

the face and front body,
googly eyes and beak
and feet from orange
paper.

3 On blue paper make some snow with a 4 When dry paste the penguin on the blue
cotton bud dipped in white paint. paper and decorate with white lace.
19
Qq
quilt
1
Draw a quilt
pattern on
cardstock.

2
Cut squares
or rectangles
from patterned
paper and
paste on the
quilt.

3
Glue a border
and add some
fringes.

20
Rr
raven 1 Cover a paper cup with 2 Cut wings and a head and
patterned paper. glue them on the cup.

3 Cut feet, eyes and a beak from yellow paper and paste
them. The kids will have a nice stand up raven.

21
Ss
spiders
1 Provide different sizes of
black pompoms.

2 Cut small black circles

from black paper and
glue 8 black legs. Glue
the pompoms on top of
3 Paste the spiders on
patterned paper.
the circles. Scary hairy spiders!

22
Tt
trees 1 Cut two round or oval 2 On top, paste the light
shapes from the leaves brown cutout trunks of
patterned paper. the trees.

3 Cut out flowers and

paste them on the trees.

23
Uu
umbrella 1 Cut or tear some clouds
from tissue paper and
2 Trace and cut an
umbrella from cardstock.
paste them on the Decorate it with
petterned paper. patterned paper.

24
Vv
vases
2 Use prints from old
magazines to cut some
flowers.

1 Cut vases of different 3 Paste them all on

shapes from the cardstock.
patterned paper.

25
Ww
whale
1 Use the patterned paper
to make an ocean.

2 Draw and cut out a

whale from colored
paper and paste it on
the ocean.

3 Make a sailing boat from

bits of scrap paper and
glue it.

26
Xx
x collage
1 Collect as many letter x
as you can find from
old magazines, stickers,
printouts, etc.
2 Paste one on each of
the squares of your
patterned paper.

27
Yy
yellow 1 On blue paper draw a 2 Cut bits of yellow
shape of a submarine. patterned paper and
glue them on the
submarine.

3 Add a few yellow fishes

and some waves.
28
Zz
zebra

1 On red paper
draw a zebra’s
head and neck.
Paste patterned
paper on it.

2 Use the other

patterned paper for
ears and muzzle.
Cut the eyes from
foam and the hair
and nostrils from
black paper.

3 Make some tree

leaves from green
paper.
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 Alphabet Crafts
Ato Z
This book contains arts and crafts for each letter of the alphabet; easy, fun and creativity-
boosting. While learning the letters through these projects, the children gain awareness
of the phonics, develop fine motor skills and language. The children experience different
materials and textures. The project suggested for each letter can be done according to the
child’s ability and wish. After finishing a project collect all the bits of left patterned paper for
collages or other future projects.