Letter D Unit
All the activities in this unit have one thing in common, they are about items that start with the letter D. This is by no means a comprehensive list of activities. It's just some of the things I have tried with K myself which she has enjoyed. I have attached a few printables I created and used for this unit. Feel free to print them!
This post is curriculum based but it can be done by SAHMs and working parents alike. All activities here take 5 minutes or less to carry out from start to end. They also involve very little preparatory work. Give them a try and let me know what you think 😉
Materials:
- Cardboard
- Self Rising Flour
- Food Colouring
- Salt
- Paint brushes
How to:
- Cut donuts out of cardboard
- Mix 1 tablespoon of flour with 1 teaspoon of salt, a drop of colouring and enough water to make a paste (
- Let the child paint and decorate their donuts
- Pop the decorated donuts into the oven at 120°C for about 10 mins or till the paint sets and is dry.
Pro tips:
- This activity is taste safe and a great starter painting activity for the young ones. N (13 months) joined K for this activity.
- Use a muffin tin for the puffy paint instead of the conventional paint palettes. They hold more and you can do all the mixing right in it, reducing the wash up.
- Add confetti sprinkles if you want to jazz this activity up a little
Materials needed:
- Egg Carton
- 2 strips of paper
- Paint
- Stapler
- Tape
How to:
- Let child paint the egg carton however they wish then let dry
- staple the two strips of paper to wrap round where the hat should sit and staple the egg carton on
- Stick a tape over the stapled area to keep any sharp ends from pricking the kids.
Pro tips:
- It works better to make the strips overlap where you are going to staple the egg carton to. I taped the area before stapling to give it extra hold so that even with rough handling, the paper did not rip.
- You can get the child to paint the paper strips too if you like, or write the word DINOSAUR on it.
Materials:
- Cardboard
- Paint
- string/ribbon
How to:
- Cut the cardboard into the shape of a duck feet using the template provided in the print out section
- Let child paint the feet and let dry
- Punch holes and tie ribbon or string to attach to child
- Have a stomping party!
Pro tips:
- Get the child to step onto the feet and mark where the holes should be so that your punching would be more accurate
- When tying the string, make sure it secures down in the front and the back as well as loops between the toes, kind of like a sandal in order for walking to be feasible without the feet falling loose.
Materials needed:
- 3 Ice cream sticks
- 2 Googly eyes
- Glue
- Blue Tack
- Paint
How to:
- Stick the ice cream sticks onto a tray using blue tack
- Let the child paint the sticks and let dry
- Use the glue to stick the sticks in a criss cross fashion to make the wings then stick onto the third ice cream stick to make a dragonfly
- Stick on googly eyes
Pro tips:
- Easy enough for really young kids to join in.
- Use hot glue for better sticking! I wouldn't use white craft glue for this because it really doesn't stick fast enough.. Unless you are able to hold the sticks in place somehow while it dries.
- Dog House Match Printout
- Black marker
- Double sided tape (optional)
How to:
- Cut out the dogs
- Use the black marker to write capital letters on the dog house and the matching small letters on the dogs
- You can put double sided tape on the dogs
- Get child to stick the dogs matching the capital letters with the small letters
Pro tips:
- You can leave out the double sided tape if you want to reuse this activity
- You can laminate both the dogs and the dog house sheet and use dry erase markers after laminating so that you can change the letters
- You can also change this into a number match activity by drawing bones in the dog house and then write numbers on the dogs and get the child to match after counting the number of bones.
- Bake some donuts with your child to practice measuring and life skills like pouring, scooping and stirring.
D is for Daddy
- Have them draw daddy! For younger kids, draw the outline of a face for the child and have them fill in the details. It was a fun activity with a funny outcome for us. K's portrait of her daddy is now pinned up at work on his cubicle wall!
D is for Dolphin and friends
- Get some sea creature figurines and do a water play activity with the kids! Drop a drop of blue/green colouring into the water to make it blue/green like the ocean.
D is for Dance
- Have a dance party! Turn on the music and dance! Stick the letters that make the word DANCE on the floor and have the child dance from one letter to the next as you shout it out over the music.
This post is curriculum based but it can be done by SAHMs and working parents alike. All activities here take 5 minutes or less to carry out from start to end. They also involve very little preparatory work. Give them a try and let me know what you think 😉
1. Puffy Paint Donuts
Materials:
- Cardboard
- Self Rising Flour
- Food Colouring
- Salt
- Paint brushes
How to:
- Cut donuts out of cardboard
- Mix 1 tablespoon of flour with 1 teaspoon of salt, a drop of colouring and enough water to make a paste (
- Let the child paint and decorate their donuts
- Pop the decorated donuts into the oven at 120°C for about 10 mins or till the paint sets and is dry.
Pro tips:
- This activity is taste safe and a great starter painting activity for the young ones. N (13 months) joined K for this activity.
- Use a muffin tin for the puffy paint instead of the conventional paint palettes. They hold more and you can do all the mixing right in it, reducing the wash up.
- Add confetti sprinkles if you want to jazz this activity up a little
2. Dinosaur Hat
Materials needed:
- Egg Carton
- 2 strips of paper
- Paint
- Stapler
- Tape
How to:
- Let child paint the egg carton however they wish then let dry
- staple the two strips of paper to wrap round where the hat should sit and staple the egg carton on
- Stick a tape over the stapled area to keep any sharp ends from pricking the kids.
Pro tips:
- It works better to make the strips overlap where you are going to staple the egg carton to. I taped the area before stapling to give it extra hold so that even with rough handling, the paper did not rip.
- You can get the child to paint the paper strips too if you like, or write the word DINOSAUR on it.
3. Duck Feet
Materials:
- Cardboard
- Paint
- string/ribbon
How to:
- Cut the cardboard into the shape of a duck feet using the template provided in the print out section
- Let child paint the feet and let dry
- Punch holes and tie ribbon or string to attach to child
- Have a stomping party!
Pro tips:
- Get the child to step onto the feet and mark where the holes should be so that your punching would be more accurate
- When tying the string, make sure it secures down in the front and the back as well as loops between the toes, kind of like a sandal in order for walking to be feasible without the feet falling loose.
4. Dragonfly
Materials needed:
- 3 Ice cream sticks
- 2 Googly eyes
- Glue
- Blue Tack
- Paint
How to:
- Stick the ice cream sticks onto a tray using blue tack
- Let the child paint the sticks and let dry
- Use the glue to stick the sticks in a criss cross fashion to make the wings then stick onto the third ice cream stick to make a dragonfly
- Stick on googly eyes
Pro tips:
- Easy enough for really young kids to join in.
- Use hot glue for better sticking! I wouldn't use white craft glue for this because it really doesn't stick fast enough.. Unless you are able to hold the sticks in place somehow while it dries.
5. Dog House Match
Materials needed:- Dog House Match Printout
- Black marker
- Double sided tape (optional)
How to:
- Cut out the dogs
- Use the black marker to write capital letters on the dog house and the matching small letters on the dogs
- You can put double sided tape on the dogs
- Get child to stick the dogs matching the capital letters with the small letters
Pro tips:
- You can leave out the double sided tape if you want to reuse this activity
- You can laminate both the dogs and the dog house sheet and use dry erase markers after laminating so that you can change the letters
- You can also change this into a number match activity by drawing bones in the dog house and then write numbers on the dogs and get the child to match after counting the number of bones.
Other Suggestions:
D is for Donuts- Bake some donuts with your child to practice measuring and life skills like pouring, scooping and stirring.
D is for Daddy
- Have them draw daddy! For younger kids, draw the outline of a face for the child and have them fill in the details. It was a fun activity with a funny outcome for us. K's portrait of her daddy is now pinned up at work on his cubicle wall!
D is for Dolphin and friends
- Get some sea creature figurines and do a water play activity with the kids! Drop a drop of blue/green colouring into the water to make it blue/green like the ocean.
D is for Dance
- Have a dance party! Turn on the music and dance! Stick the letters that make the word DANCE on the floor and have the child dance from one letter to the next as you shout it out over the music.
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