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March 17, 2021
Painted Alphabet Art for Kids

Painted Alphabet Art for Kids

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Learning letters doesn’t have to mean that your child sits silently reading and writing the same thing over and over and over again. Nope. Developing early literacy skills can be fun, creative and even exciting. How?

Painted Alphabet Art for Kids - this is such a fun kids activity to reinforce alphabet letters with toddler, preschool, prek, and kindergarten age kids

Painted Alphabet Art for Kids

Your child is learning the letters. Taking the lessons up a notch or two and getting artsy with the alphabet can draw your child into the subject matter in a way that other methods may not. Okay, so no one is saying that this is a magic fix or an instant way for your child to suddenly learn everything there is to know about the alphabet. But, it is a creative way to help your child learn the content at hand.

This kids’ art activity uses water colors, paper and much more. Not only is it an imaginative way to learn about the alphabet, but it’s also a sensory experience too. So, how can your child use her senses and what will she learn through this activity?

Your child will learn and explore:

  • Letter recognition and identification
  • Color recognition
  • Fine motor skills – eye-hand coordination
  • Sensory exploration – sight, touch
  • Science – exploring how water mixes with paint

Arts and Crafts Materials

You’ll need:
  • Card stock paper
  • Scissors
  • A marker
  • Water color paints
  • A thin paintbrush
  • Craft felt
  • Clear-drying school glue
cut out a letter a

 

Pick a letter and draw it, bubble-style, onto a piece of the card stock. Your child may want to pick the first letter of her first name or simple start at “A.”
Cut the letter out.
place alpahbet letter on a piece of constructin paper

Place the letter on a second piece of card stock.

paint around the letter using watercolor paint

Paint around it. Your child can paint over it, while holding the letter down.

remove the alphabet letter and reveal the magic letter artwork

Remove the letter to reveal it’s negative image. Now she has a letter in the middle of her painting.

cut pieces of felt and fill in the letter to make an alphabet craft

 

Cut pieces of craft felt. Your child can use scraps that are left over from other projects, making this into a reuse and recycle activity.

Glue the felt onto the letter, creating a sensory/texture artwork.

alphabet preschool craft

 

Art Activity Extensions

Your child doesn’t have to stop at one letter. She can also draw several different letters, eventually putting the pieces of art together to make a word. As your child continues to make art letters, she can string them into sentences. Another option is to change up the sensory aspect of the activity. Instead of using craft felt, try glitter and glue, a tissue paper collage or colorful craft sand.

Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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