Letter Y Crafts & Activities for Preschoolers
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Liven up letter learning with imaginative crafts and activities all about the letter Y!
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Make learning the sound and shape of the letter Y a fun adventure with engaging letter Y crafts and activities designed to help kids connect with this consonant that’s sometimes a vowel. Using basic craft supplies and a little help from an adult, children can dive into hands-on projects that bring the letter Y to life.
Some of these letter Y crafts and activities work best with a big letter Y shape. You can sketch one by hand or grab a free printable from our collection of letter Y worksheets.
1. Y is for Yuck Craft
Get in some yuks (as in laughter) while you create this Y is for Yuck face!
Required Materials
- white and pink paper
- scissors
- glue
- marker
How To
Have your child use a black marker to draw a large circle. Draw two squinting eyes and a big upside down smile. Then, color in the frown with a black marker. Next, cut out the tongue for your yuck face by trimming a long rectangle with curved ends from a sheet of pink construction paper. Glue the tongue in place and have your child try writing Y is for Yuck on the page.
2. Y for Yak Craft
Who knew if could be this easy to transform the letter Y into a yak?!
Required Materials
- googly eyes
- yellow and brown paper
- black marker
- glue
- scissors
How To
Cut out the letter Y from a piece of brown construction paper. Next, cut two horn shapes and a large circular muzzle from yellow construction paper. Have your child arrange the yak’s horns and muzzle onto the letter Y and glue them down. Then, let them draw a nose and a smile onto the muzzle and glue down two goggly eyes to finish the yak!
3. Letter Y Pipe Cleaners Activity
Give pipe cleaners a few little yanks and twists to form them into an uppercase and lowercase letter Y!
Required Materials
- white paper
- pipe cleaners in different colors
How To
This is a fun activity for children to practice creating the shape of the letter Y using pipe cleaners. For a little added stability, use 3 to 4 pipe cleaners twisted together to create each letter Y. Have your child try creating both an uppercase and lowercase Y if they’re up for the challenge! The white paper helps show off the shape and color of the Ys they create, or you can try gluing the letter Ys down.
4. Y is for Yo Yo Craft
An uppercase letter Y makes a great place to hang a yo-yo!
Required Materials
- colored construction paper
- scissors
- glue
- yarn
- markers
How To
Have your child pick out a piece of construction paper of any color. Trace the shape of an uppercase letter Y onto the paper and cut it out. Then, draw a small circle onto another piece of construction paper and cut it out. Have your child decorate the center of the circle with a star or any design of their choice. Next, snip off a piece of yarn and tie one end of it around the letter Y and glue the other end to the circle, creating a yo-yo that hangs from the letter Y.
5. Letter Y Fingerprint Painting
Young children will love getting their fingers dirty in this hands-on letter Y activity.
Required Materials
- watercolors or fingerpaints
- white paper
- letter Y template
How To
Draw or print out the outline of the letter Y onto a sheet of white paper. Get your child’s watercolor paints and wet them lightly with water (a spray bottle works great for this or gently brush water over them). Next, have your child press their fingertip into the paint and then press it down in the letter Y outline. Repeat this process until the letter Y outline is completely filled with colorful fingerprints.
6. Y for Yarn Activity
Bits of yarn create a fun, texture-focused letter Y craft that also builds fine motor skills!
Required Materials
- letter Y template
- yarn in different colors
- glue
- scissors
How To
Draw or print out an outline of the letter Y onto a white piece of paper. Work with your child to cut pieces of yarn that are about the same width of the letter Y outline. Have your child fill the outline with strands of yarn and glue them down. Add in some math practice by counting the number of yarn pieces inside the Y!
7. Y for Yes Craft
This craft gets a big thumbs up for helping kids practice the sound of the letter Y.
Required Materials
- various colors of construction paper
- marker
- scissors
- glue
How To
Work with your child to trace the outline of the letter Y onto a piece of colored construction paper, cut it out, and glue it down to another piece of paper. Then, take a third color of construction paper and trace the outline of your child’s hand onto it and cut it out, making sure to cut in between the fingers. Next, fold down each finger individually to form the thumbs up sign for Yes. Glue down the thumbs up next to the letter Y!
8. Y for Yellow Craft
Help kids associated the letter Y with the color yellow (and the Y sounds) in this fun paper craft.
Required Materials
- letter Y template
- yellow paper
- glue
How To
Draw or print out the outline of a letter Y. Then, have your child rip up a piece of yellow construction paper into various sizes. Now for the tricky part – fill in the letter Y with all the bits of construction paper, trimming the edges that may hang too far over the outline of the letter. Then, glue them all down!
9. Y is for Yawn Craft
This letter Y looks ready for a nap!
Required Materials
- paper in two different colors
- white paper
- marker
- scissors
- glue
How To
For this letter craft, have your child pick a piece of colored construction paper and help you draw the outline of the letter Y onto it. Then cut it out. Next, use a
black marker to draw two closed eyes onto each of the arms of the Y. In the center draw a wide open mouth and color it in with black marker to create the look of a big letter Y yawn!
10. Y is for Yolk
Crack open some creativity with the unique letter Y paper craft!
Required Materials
- white, yellow, and red paper
- scissors
- glue
How To
First, draw and cut out a large egg shape from white construction paper. Then, cut the egg in half with a zig zag line to create the look of an egg breaking open. Next, cut out the shape of a capital letter Y from the yellow construction paper and glue it down to the red piece of paper. Glue the two halves of the egg around the letter Y, making it look as if it’s hatching from the egg. For an added touch, create the shape of an egg with the white and yellow paper.
More Letter Y Fun
Delight your child with more fun ways to explore the letter Y, including:
The ideas, pictures, and copy for this post were provided by Smitha Katti from smilingcolors.com
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