We’ve collected 30+ of the BEST alphabet activities so kids can engage in learning while still enjoying playtime! These printables and easy crafts make the perfect pastime for school, home, or daycare!
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Who says learning has to be boring?! These cute alphabet crafts and activities make learning ABC’s fun, and as easy as 1-2-3!
Kids will begin to recognize their letters in the toddler or preschool years. As parents, we want to build upon those skills, but we don’t want to put too much pressure on them. Using fun alphabet crafts and activities like the ones you’ll find here are terrific for encouraging recognition, repetition, and writing in low-key, hands-on ways.
You’ll find sensory activities, alphabet games, playdough mats, letter of the week crafts, and more to help your little ones learn their ABCs! You can use these activities beyond the preschool years, even older kids can advance beyond letter recognition to letter writing and beginning letter sounds. It’s a fantastic resource for kids of all ages and it’s so much fun!
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Alphabet Crafts & Activities
Scour this list to find a few fun letter crafts and activities that you think your kids will enjoy! There’s something for everyone here!
Printable Alphabet Scavenger Hunt
This free printable Alphabet Scavenger Hunt is a fun way to get kids engaged with reading and writing! Plus, you’ll find even more printable templates for practicing alphabet letters here.
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Handprint Alphabet
This fun alphabet craft doubles as a preschool-friendly learning activity, and makes an adorable alphabet book when you're all done! Just have an adult staple the pages together or have kids use a glue stick to put together their finished book.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Craft
This craft is inspired by the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! It's bright, colorful, and is such a fun craft for preschoolers. You'll need alphabet stickers and cupcake liners to make yours. It's SO adorable, you'll definitely want to hang it up for a while!
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Letter Critters
Little learners can use these super cute alphabet critters in games, while reading stories and practicing words, or while singing the alphabet song!
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Transportation Alphabet Playdough Mats
These transportation playdough mats are a great way to introduce letters to toddlers or preschoolers. Kindergarteners can use these for letter reinforcement and for learning their letter sounds (they have the entire alphabet available for you to use!) If playdough isn't your jam, you can also use other supplies to build letters like pipe cleaners or cotton balls!
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Alphabet Roads Letter Formation Printable
Learning through play is the best way for tots and preschoolers to memorize the letters of the alphabet! They'll learn so much about letter formation as they drive their toy cars over these neat alphabet roads.
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Printable Alphabet Match Game
Preschoolers love matching games, so why not combine the fun of a game with letter practice (which is so important at this age!)? Play it for a few minutes every day, and your kiddo will master the alphabet in no time.
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Alphabet Flash Cards
This resource includes three different sets of flashcards—uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and picture-word cards for each letter. They're perfect for home or school, and you can also put them in the car to practice when you're on the road.
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Printable Alphabet Coloring Page
Here's a simple activity that you can print and use right away! Coloring is one of my favorite ways to get young kids involved in learning, and it's a perfect opportunity for some quieter time.
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Letter Matching Seashell Sensory Bin
This is a great sensory activity for the summer months! Kids of all ages will have fantastic fun digging through the sand to search for uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Sensory Writing Tray
Writing can be intimidating for some early learners. Help young children get more comfortable with writing through pre-writing activities like this sensory writing tray. They can practice forming their letters in a fun and tactile way with no pressure, it's also a great activity for developing those little hand muscles!
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Rainbow Salt Sensory Tray
This is another excellent pre-writing activity where kids will reveal the colors of the rainbow as they write their letters in the salt. Using salt is a great alternative for your sensory tray for those who don't have access to sand!
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Letter of the Week Crafts
Letter crafts are terrifically creative ways to introduce letters, and can be used in your letter of the week activities at home, or in school! For instance, this letter A craft(for Apple!) is a classic!
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Alphabet Slime Recipe
Science and literacy meet in this alphabet slime activity! Use uppercase or lowercase letters (or both), and call out letters for the kids to find as they play. They'll have the best time!
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Printable Alphabet Templates
Kids can practice their cutting and gluing skills with these easy-to-make printable letter crafts. They're as simple as print, color, cut, and assemble!
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ABC Coloring Pages
These unique, fun-to-color ABC pages are terrific for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners. They can be assembled into a cute book when you're finished with all the letters, these make a great keepsake, too!
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A-Z Letter Find
These adorable printable activities help kids recognize their lowercase and uppercase letters. They simply color in the assigned letter, so you could really make an easy game out of them!
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Animal Alphabet Letter Crafts
These hands-on animal ABC crafts are terrific for teachers to use in the classroom, too. Invoke creativity in little ones by encouraging them to model their letters off of their favorite related animals or foods!
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Alphabet Cookies
Alphabet practice doesn't have to be limited to worksheets and coloring sheets. Get some practice in the kitchen by making some alphabet cookies with the kids using the easy step by step instructions here! A yummy treat while you're learning? Yes, please!
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Beginning Sound Pancakes
This is a really clever activity if you're working on beginner letter sounds. Each stack of pancakes has a picture that starts with the letter that you're focusing on. How cute!
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Ladybug Alphabet Match Activity
This letter-matching activity helps young learners match lowercase letter spots to the uppercase letters on the backs of the ladybugs. These ladybugs make great alphabet activities for Spring, too!
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Alphabet Bead Necklace Craft
Stringing beads is a terrific way for kids to strengthen fine motor skills needed for writing. Bonus: this alphabet necklace is a super cute way for kids to have their alphabet in hand whenever they want to practice their letters.
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DIY Alphabet & Number Gems
Make learning the alphabet fun with a simple game. You can use the individual pieces for letter recognition for early learners or word-building for older kids!
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Alphabet Sandbox Activity
Toddlers and preschoolers love sensory bins(OK, so do I!) Moms will definitely love this play-based learning technique, too! Gather your alphabet magnets (or foam or wood letters), a bag of play sand, and get to work digging out the letters.
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Alphabet Hunt
If you have one of these alphabet mats, this makes such a fun activity to do on a rainy day! Encourage your child to find things in the home that start with that letter of the alphabet. Practice the letter sounds when introducing each letter, then get to hunting! A great engaging (and time-killing!) activity for any time of year, really!
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Alphabet Rocks
Hands-on learners will appreciate these beautiful alphabet rocks. Write uppercase letters on one side, lowercase letters on the other, and turn them over to practice letter recognition.
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Booboo Letter Matching Activity
Is your kid obsessed with bandaids? If so, this booboo letter matching game is sure to put a smile on their face. The uppercase letters on the band-aids are matched to the lowercase "booboos" on the drawn figure.
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Alphabet Sticker Matching
What kid doesn't like playing with stickers? Put those alphabet stickers to good use with a letter matching game. This is a really smart way for kids to learn to recognize letters that are "written" differently.
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Fishing for Letters Craft
This fun alphabet fishing activity can double as both a creative project for kids and a game of letter recognition! Let little ones enjoy decorating their very own fishing bucket prior to your first game.
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