Are you looking for easy-to-do alphabet crafts for your preschoolers that do more than just keep them busy? This A-to-Z guide combines all the best parts of learning, including printable letter crafts, practice sounding out letters, tracing activities, and simple facts just for kids that they can remember.
Each page is made for parents and teachers, specifically with kids in mind, and for those who want an easy and low-prep way to make learning all the letters of the alphabet fun.
At Cool Kid Facts, we wanted this series on learning the alphabet to feel different from others that we’ve seen. This is why each activity is made just for kids learning. They can color in letters, cut out the letters, paste different shapes to make animals, trace the letters, and even talk about real animals or objects that they would see in real life.
This means the kids will be highly engaged with the activities, will learn more vocabulary from doing these, and will give you, the parent or teacher, more reasons to keep visiting coolkidfacts.com after the lesson that you’ve done and come back for more crafts on more letters.
You can do this by doing a letter-of-the-week plan, building an entire education curriculum around them, or just using them as a quick option for rainy day activities. You can start with the letter of your child’s name, or a letter that they’re working on in school, and come back later for more letters from the rest of the alphabet.
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Start with the letter you want now, or browse all of them for the printable crafts below.
A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z
Why These Crafts Work for Preschoolers
Preschoolers learn best when they can use all of their senses. If they can see a letter, say a letter, touch a letter, and write a letter, that’s how they learn best.
That’s why all of these alphabet crafts are specifically designed for early childhood learning skills and put them all in one simple activity. Instead of just looking at a letter on a screen or a worksheet, every page helps the kids connect with the letter and relate it to an animal or object that they already know.
They can also hear the beginning of the sound, practice their motor skills by drawing the letters, and build their confidence to know the entire alphabet throughout this series.
Each of our printable letter crafts is specifically designed to help with:
- letter recognition
- matching uppercase and lowercase letters
- sounding out the letters
- developing motor skills by drawing the letters
- growing vocabulary by learning other words that start with letters
- basic listening and direction-following skills
All of these crafts are flexible in use. They can be used in formal education, in a classroom, around the kitchen table, or in homeschooling. They even make for great activities on rainy days at home.
How to Use This A-to-Z Alphabet Craft Series
We made this easy. You do not need a long, drawn-out plan to make this a meaningful learning activity. All you have to do is pick a letter, open the page, print the activity, and work through the simple lessons.
A recommended routine looks like this:
- Say the name of the letter together.
- Practice the sound that the letter makes.
- Use the guide and the crafts to make the printable activity.
- Trace the letter, both uppercase and lowercase.
- Read the facts section to the children.
- Explore more related content on the Cool Kid Facts page.
That last step might be the most important. If your child finishes a craft on the letter R for rabbits and wants to know more, you can continue onto the rabbit facts page. This will help turn one printable into a much longer, more meaningful learning session.
Browse Alphabet Crafts for Preschoolers, A to Z
Letter A Craft for Preschoolers
A is for alligator. This alligator-themed printable helps kids practice the uppercase letter A, lowercase a, and beginning sound. They also can make a fun alligator activity they can color, cut, paste, and proudly display around the house.
Letter B Craft for Preschoolers
B is for bee. Preschoolers will start to build letter recognition as they go through the entire alphabet. They will also work on early sound skills while making this easy-to-do bee craft activity. This also opens their curiosity to other simple insect facts.
Letter C Craft for Preschoolers
C is for cat. This easy letter craft gives kids a very familiar house pet to connect with while they trace, color, and sound out the letter C.
Letter D Craft for Preschoolers
D is for deer. This activity is a great way to practice tracing and writing the letter D, while also adding very simple animal learning that they can see in nature and in film.
Letter E Craft for Preschoolers
E is for elephant. Just like the letter E is big and bold, so are the ears and the trunk of an elephant. So this is one of the most favorite alphabet crafts for preschoolers.
Letter F Craft for Preschoolers
F is for frog. Kids can practice sounding out the letter F, work on their motor skills by drawing the letter F, and learn a few fun frog facts while completing this lesson.
Letter G Craft for Preschoolers
G is for giraffe. This craft will give kids a very fun and easy-to-recognize animal to learn the letter G by. This will help them learn how to draw the letter, sound the letter, and work on associating animals with that letter.
Letter H Craft for Preschoolers
H is for hippo. This activity will help preschoolers work on sounding out the letter H and creating a very easy-to-do animal craft around the letter H that they will want to show off.
Letter I Craft for Preschoolers
I is for impala. This activity will introduce kids to impalas while also helping them identify and write the letter I.
Letter J Craft for Preschoolers
J is for jellyfish. This ocean-themed craft will add the same movement that jellyfish have, and the fun of letter learning, to helping the kids practice writing and saying the letter J.
Letter K Craft for Preschoolers
K is for koala. Just like koalas are very soft and friendly and easy to remember, this printable activity will help K feel less tricky and become something that all the children will remember.
Letter L Craft for Preschoolers
L is for lion. Preschoolers will practice writing and sounding out the letter L while creating a lion-themed craft and learning very simple animal facts.
Letter M Craft for Preschoolers
M is for monkey. Just like monkeys are playful and silly, this printable activity will be very memorable and perfect for practicing sounding out the letter M and writing it for all the young learners.
Letter N Craft for Preschoolers
N is for nose. Everyone has one, so we can learn what letter it starts with. This also gives a fun activity for parents and teachers to even “steal” someone’s nose.
Letter O Craft for Preschoolers
O is for owl. This activity helps kids connect the letter O with a very familiar and cute bird while practicing tracing the letter, coloring the letter, and even making sounds of both the letter O and the sounds that owls make.
Letter P Craft for Preschoolers
P is for penguin. This is a very useful preschool activity because penguins are very easy to recognize and a very cute creature to talk about. This is a perfect activity for continuing learning all the letters of the alphabet and learning about more animals.
Letter Q Craft for Preschoolers
Q is for quokka. The letter Q can feel very tough, and so can the words that are spelled with it. So this activity keeps the lesson very simple and gives students a very clear animal connection so they’ll remember it next time they feel stuck.
Letter R Craft for Preschoolers
R is for rabbit. This printable activity craft will help kids hear the sound of the letter R, practice tracing the letter, and give them an easy-to-do rabbit activity that works well at home or at school.
Letter S Craft for Preschoolers
S is for seal. This activity is perfect for practicing the letter S while giving preschoolers a cute seal animal that they can color, cut, and remember forever.
Letter T Craft for Preschoolers
T is for toucan. This brightly colored and large, colorful bird will make learning the letter T much more exciting and gives educators a chance to start introducing birds to their lessons.
Letter U Craft for Preschoolers
U is for unicorn. The letter U doesn’t always have many choices when trying to describe it. That’s why this mythical creature, and also the national animal of Scotland, makes a perfect choice for an activity on how to learn about the letter U.
Letter V Craft for Preschoolers
V is for volcano. This activity will make the letter V very memorable and has printable activities and simple connections from these explosive parts of nature.
Letter W Craft for Preschoolers
W is for whale. This printable activity is great for underwater and ocean units and gives kids a strong and easy-to-hear beginning sound for the letter W.
Letter X Craft for Preschoolers
X is for x-ray. X is one of the hardest letters to teach to preschoolers. This page is designed to keep the lesson very simple, easy, and fun.
Letter Y Craft for Preschoolers
Y is for yak. This printable activity matches the letter Y to a cute animal and helps children practice sounding, writing, and reading the letter Y in a memorable way.
Letter Z Craft for Preschoolers
Z is for zebra. This familiar animal with bold stripes will make a bold way to remember the letter Z and finish out the A-to-Z alphabet craft series.
Why We Chose Animal Alphabet Crafts First
At Cool Kid Facts, when we can pick animals, we want to, because animals are one of the best ways to keep the curiosity and attention of kids. Most preschoolers naturally like learning about things they’ve already seen or recognize. This is why the alphabet craft series is built around animals wherever possible.
Animal alphabet crafts do much more than just help kids remember letters. They also help them turn things they’ve seen in nature into facts, vocabulary, and motor skills.
A kid who starts making a craft about penguins might want to keep learning more about penguins with more facts, or other animals in the animal kingdom. A child who wants to learn about giraffes might click onto a page learning more about giraffes, other mammals, or other zoo animals.
What You Will Find on Each Letter Page
Each letter page in this alphabet craft series is designed to be very easy to use and easy to incorporate into lesson plans. As each new page is added, it should include the following:
- a printable template for use
- a black-and-white version for coloring
- a colored version when available
- uppercase and lowercase letter practice
- a tracing section
- a simple cut-and-paste activity
- practice sounding out words
- a short and impactful fact section
- links to other Cool Kid Facts pages
- easy navigation to other letters of the alphabet
Best Ways for Parents and Teachers to Use These Printables
For parents teaching lessons at home, we recommend keeping the lessons as short and repeatable as possible. Preschool learners do best with one focused activity at a time versus a long session. We recommend picking the letter you need, printing the page out, talking through the lesson with your kid, doing the craft, and then finishing with the fact.
For those using these pages in a classroom setting, like teachers, these can work well for:
- letter-of-the-week lessons
- morning work
- take-home work
- small group practice
- early finisher activities
- school bulletin board displays
- crafts to take home
Teachers can also revisit the same letter more than once. There are multiple activities within each lesson, so each day can focus on a different part of it, like the first day focusing on the craft, the second day focusing on tracing, and the third day focused on reading and sounding out the letters.
Keep Exploring on Cool Kid Facts
These alphabet learning crafts are just one of many ways to learn on this site. After your child finishes a printable, you can keep the momentum going by exploring other topics on our site.
A few recommended topics are:
Start With One Letter, Then Build the Habit
Alphabet learning is best when it feels steady and simple. We do not recommend doing the entire alphabet in one sitting. Start with the letter your child is learning now, or one that they want to learn. Enjoy the activity, talk about the sounds, and come back for the next one when you’re ready.
That’s the goal of this section. We want to give parents and teachers an easy and simple place to find all the printable alphabet crafts they’ll need, and ones that will feel fun for the kids and useful for the grown-ups, so everyone feels like they learned something and had fun while doing it.
Bookmark this page and come back as the school year goes along and use this as your A-to-Z guide for preschool letter learning.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are alphabet crafts for preschoolers?
Alphabet crafts for preschoolers are easy and simple activities that help children learn letters by seeing them, sounding them, drawing them, and creating art out of them.
Are these alphabet crafts printable?
Yes, each page in the series is designed to have a printable activity for parents or teachers that is easy to use at home or in school.
What age are these letter crafts best for?
These pages are best for preschoolers and pre-K learners, but many kindergartners and first graders will also enjoy them as a good way to review and practice.
Can I use these for letter-of-the-week learning?
Yes, this series was designed for letter-of-the-week routines because each page focuses on one letter at a time. It also has enough activities to get through an entire week with the crafts and learning elements.
Do the pages include tracing practice?
Yes, each alphabet letter activity page will include uppercase and lowercase tracing so kids can work on both tracing the letters and recognizing them while also working on their handwriting skills.
Are these pages only for parents?
No. These pages are made for parents, teachers, and anyone else helping children learn letters.
Why are so many of the letter crafts based on animals?
Animals are highly engaging and a natural fit for preschoolers, as they recognize them from nature, from film, or from pictures. This also makes it easy to continue a lesson to learn more about an animal, so you get more learning opportunities from just starting with letters.
Where should I start?
Start with the letter your child is working on this week. If you’re following the alphabet from beginning to end, then you can start with the letter A and work all the way to Z one step at a time.
