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Heide's Best ABC Book Ever
by Heide Kaminski
This ABC book project can be done over a period of weeks. Some letter pages
require more time than others, so sometimes you may want to do two pages at a
time. Always be sure to keep pages separated until glue and/or paint is dry!
Ask parents to provide a thick three-ring binder for their child. Adjust your
help to the individual child's abilities. On the top of each page print the
capital and lowercase letter, at the bottom, print the name of the word/s
portrayed. If the children can print letters, spell words out for them and let
them print themselves.
A a -apple Draw a red circle with a brown stem and a green outline of a leaf
attached to the stem. Tear red and green construction paper into small pieces.
Provide the children with glue and paper pieces and have them fill in the
correct colors.
B b - blue ball Draw a blue circle, and fill in with different shades of blue
paper pieces.
C c - chocolate chip cookie Draw a yellow circle, fill in with yellow paper
bits. Then glue on REAL chocolate chip morsels. (Provide enough to eat, too) If
you are not quite that daring, black paper circles or small self-stick textured
dots will do.
D d -duck Draw the outline of a duck and provide the children with glue and lots
of feathers. Cheap feather dusters make a great resource for inexpensive craft
feathers!
E e - earring Draw an ear, let the children color it. Provide colorful small
beads with big holes, a piece of string about 5 inches long. Wrap scotch-tape
around one end for easy threading or dip one end into glue and let dry for a
couple of hours. Let the children choose five beads to string up. Help them to
tie it into a small circle, cut off the excess string, and tape to the ear.
F f - five fingers with fingernail polish Trace each child's hands onto the
paper, add fingernail features. Let the children paint those fingernails with
real nail polish. Make sure you have plenty, because they are going to want to
paint their real fingernails, too!
G g - green grapes Draw a stem with lots of small branches. Provide the children
with with green, round stickers to stick to the branches.
H h - hair Have the children bring their hair brushes, and have them brush their
hair. Pull the hair out of the brushes. Tape it to the paper with a sheet of
clear contact paper. Offer you own hair to little boys with short hair or ask
dog owners to bring in some dog-hair!
I i - ice cream draw and color your favorite ice cream flavors!
J j - jar with jelly beans Draw the outline of a jar. Provide colorful round
stickers to represent the jelly beans. Fill the jar!
K k - Kool-aid Draw a Kool-aid pitcher as shown on Kool-aid packages. Have small
containers for glitter (or small salt and pepper shakers) filled with different
flavors of
Kool-aid powder. Let the children "paint" their pitchers with glue, then
sprinkle Kool-aid onto the glue. This is LOTS of fun! Make sure you let the
children smell and taste the Kool-aid. What is also neat is that the pale
powders will turn bright when contacting the glue.
L l - lips with lipstick Paint the children's lips with lipstick and let them
plaster plenty of kisses onto the paper (put onto tissue paper, this project
makes great wrapping paper!)
M m - Mickey Mouse Draw a large circle. Add large black construction paper
circles for ears, and small ones for eyes and nose. Toothpicks make the
whiskers!
N n - newspaper Tear newspaper into bits and let the children paste it on paper
as they please.
O o - Cheerios Draw a large O, glue Cheerios along the outline. Make sure you
provide enough to eat as well!
P p - purple and pink painted polka dots Provide purple and pink paint, and show
the children how to dot them onto the paper.
Q q - queen Draw a circle, add facial features. Provide the children with yellow
paper cut into a crown shape. Let them glue that on the top of the face. Cover
the crown with glue and sprinkle gold glitter on.
R r - red and round Provide the children with plenty of red circles in various
sizes to arrange on the paper however they wish.
S s - sunflower seeds Draw a circle with petals around it. Let the children
paint the petals yellow. Then "paint" the circle with glue and stick sunflower
seeds onto it.
Provide enough to eat. Or use black dots to represent the seeds.
T t - totally terrific toilet paper Kids love it! Provide glue and toilet paper
with pretty print. Tear and glue away!
U u - USA Outline a flag shape. let the children color it. Provide star stickers
to stick on.
V v - vegetables Provide magazines with lots of vegetable pictures. Grocery
store flyers are great for this. Let the children cut and paste vegetable
pictures. Be sure to
discuss the importance of eating fruits and veggies!
W w - whale Draw the outline of a whale. Let the children paint it gray. Provide
blue paint for water spouting out of the top.
X x x-ray Bring a real x-ray to show. Draw a black frame with a stick person
inside. Provide toothpicks, whole and in pieces, to glue onto the stick person.
Y y - yellow yarn Provide the children with yellow yarn and scissors. They can
cut the yarn into pieces and glue them onto the paper.
Z z - zig-zag Buy self-stick rickrack at a fabric store. Let the children cut it
into pieces and peel off the backing. Arrange on the paper creatively.
Remember, if the child wants to add a creative touch of their own, let them! The
outcome of the finished product is not as important as the fun of doing it! When
pages are done, punch in holes and put into three ring binders to take home.
About the author:
Heidi Kaminski is a forty-ish mother of a 17-year-old stepdaughter, a
14-year and a 12-year-old daughter, and a 3-year-old son. She has worked in
preschool since 1986 and has experience with mentally handicapped children, as
well. Her hobbies are writing, reading and children in general. She has
published a book for children in her native country, Germany.
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