Letter C is the time when you can really start creating with little ones if you are following through with a kind of letter of the week format. They are now beginning to expect that their time with you results in an amazing creation that they have somehow personalized into their very own. Followed up by a story or some sort of learning time that highlights this new thing they have made with their own hands.
We can't disappoint them now! We have created this fabulous Letter C Craft Packet to cover four letter C crafts that will come in so handy for students of later aged preschool through the 1st grade.
Let's begin with our Crab Craft:
This little guy utilizes either a stamp pad or fingers dabbed in paint for his legs. The only trick will be ensuring that the paint from student fingers only ends up on our specially made beach image, and not anywhere else. (A box of handy wipes after paint use does the trick!)
I have such a fun story to recommend for this Crab Craft creation. It is Bill Peet's Kermit the Hermit. It is a longer story, and will be best for students who are age 5 and older, but the imagery is engaging and the little blue crab gains our empathy early on. If you have younger kiddos, I'd recommend Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab.
Next, let's look at our Cow Craft:
This sleepy-eyed fellow is a perfect follow up to any of Doreen Cronin's Click Clack Stories. One of our favorites is Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type. The version of this read aloud that I found for you here, would work excellent for classroom viewing:
If you would prefer a Duck Craft as a follow-up to this fun story, I would also recommend our Letter D craft packet, which has a fabulous duck craft included!
All of our craft packets include both a black and white version and a color version for easy printing of your preference.
We couldn't let the Letter C go by without creating a craft that included our favorite character, our very own Glimmercat. But to those who aren't familiar with her, this craft can be simply a fun cartoon cat, white with gray spots. This one turns out best if students use a slightly thicker paper: a light card-stock would be best!
As you have noticed, we like to recommend great children's stories for read-alouds with our crafts, and also included in our Letter C craft packet is our recommended Book List for these crafts.
And last but not least, let's look at our Caterpillar Craft:
Every Letter C Craft packet should have a good quality caterpillar craft included because caterpillars are so fun to learn about and discover. My students have always loved making patterns with their pom-poms as they glue them onto their spaces, and cutting out the Caterpillar eyes and feet gives them some delightful hand-eye coordination to work on.
Check out one of the above suggested books for Caterpillars (Waiting for Wings and Ten Little Caterpillars) for some great follow-up read alouds.
Be sure to check out our Letter C Craft Packet in our store! Happy Crafting!
