Letter Z Craft

5.20.2016

Introduce your toddler and/or preschooler to the letter Z by making a craft! Letter crafts are the best way to teach your child the ABCs!  Make this fun Letter Z craft with a few household materials as you turn the letter into a zebra!

Letter Z Craft
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A fun way to practice letter and sound recognition is by turning a letter of the alphabet into an animal or object that begins with that letter sound.  Our alphabet crafts are almost compete!

For this week's Creative Preschool Zoo Theme, we crafted the letter Z.  

Letter Z Craft



Enjoy making your own Z is for Zebra Alphabet Craft!  My 5 year old has really enjoyed creating our alphabet crafts.  I've noticed the visual of creating has helped her remember the letters better.

For instance, if she cannot remember a letter I'll say, "Remember E for Elmo or G for Gumball," and she says, "oh yeah!" and proceeds to write the correct letter.

Big Brother did the same thing when he was in preschool; you can see his alphabet crafts here!

Z IS FOR ZEBRA CRAFT


Supplies:


First, draw an outline of the letter z on white paper (or do a simple google search for the letter z outline).

Place the white paper in a baking pan.

Squeeze a few blobs of black paint on the whit paper.

Drop a few marbles around and encourage your child to tilt the pan around to make the marbles move.  Optional, but I speak from experience, you might want to use a lid or take this outside-- rolling marbles can get a little crazy!  Marble painting is such a fun way to create the zebra's stripes.

If you are crafting through the alphabet, too, you may realize that we also used this technique for our Letter R is for Rainbow craft.  SERIOUSLY, SO FUN!

MARBLE PAINTING LETTER Z CRAFT

When your child is done, let it dry,  

In the meantime you can prep the rest of the materials.

  • cut white semicircle for nose and two small black circles for nostrils
  • cut white triangle for ear
  • make fringe from black paper for zebra's hair

Encourage your child to do most of cutting to encourage those fine motor skills!

Z IS FOR ZEBRA CRAFT

Once the pain has dried, cut out your letter z.  Add the googly eye, nose, ears, and hair with glue.

Your Z is for Zebra craft is complete!  Read a few zoo books or take a trip to an actual zoo!

Letter Z Craft: Z IS FOR ZEBRA

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