We are finally done with the alphabet!  Woo Hoo!  Here is our last project- we made a Z is for Zebra which we saw over at No Time for Flashcards.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper, letter Z, a zebra head, some black stripes, glue.

Glue some stripes onto the Z.

Add a head.

The completed Z for Zebra.

When we get back from our vacation we are going to get back into doing a lot more activities- we are going to go through the alphabet again and have more theme related activities.  Check back next week for some new activities.

We are almost done with the alphabet!!  I can’t believe it has taken us a year to get through 26 letters.  That whole moving thing really put us behind.  Anyhoo- this week we did the letter Y- and used an idea I saw over at No Time for Flashcards.  We made a Y for Yellow.

You’ll need paper, glue and as many yellow things as you can find.

Color the letter Y with crayons, markers and colored pencils.

Glue on lots of yellow things- we used pipe cleaner, pom poms, torn up paper, torn up tissue paper, feathers, and some yellow foam.

Cover up the Y and let the glue dry.

Our completed Y is for Yellow.

We are almost done with the alphabet!  We aren’t doing a lot of crafts as we are busy enjoying the little bit of summer that is left.  We are going on vacation in a couple of weeks and when we get back we’re going to get back into our routine of doing more crafts and learning activities.

Anyhoo- this week I showed Hailey 2 choices for the letter X over at No Time for Flashcards and she wanted to make the “X is for X-Ray” choice.  We did ours a little bit differently, but we got our idea from there.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper- black and white, scissors, crayons, glue and saran wrap.

Cut out two bones and a boarder.  If your child is a bit older you can have your child help with the cutting.  Since Hailey is almost 3 she is going to start doing a lot more cutting for our projects.

Color the black paper- we used white and silver.

Glue the bones on to look like an X.

Take a piece of saran wrap and lay it on the table, stretched out nice and flat.

Put the black paper face down on the saran wrap and then tape the extra to the back of the black paper.

Flip it over and glue on the boarder.

The finished X is for X-ray.

Finally!  We’re back with a new craft!!  Yay!!  We’ve been busy getting settled into our new house and enjoying summer. It will probably be a while before I get back to posting every day because we’ve been spending a lot of time playing outside and enjoying the nice weather.  So for now I’ll just post a little bit until we get back into doing more activities this fall.

Since I want to finish the alphabet before fall comes- we did this cute W craft that I found over at No Time for Flashcards.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper- green, pink and yellow, green marker and crayon, glue and watermelon seeds.  If you don’t have watermelon seeds you can just cut some small black ovals for the seeds.

Cut out 2 Ws.  Make the pink W a bit smaller than the green one.

Have your child color the green W with the green marker and crayon.

Glue the green W onto the yellow paper and then glue the pink W on top of the green one.

Add some seeds to the W.

The finished “W is for Watermelon.”