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Make a DIY Writing Practice Board

Lorna Doone Brewer — Tue, 17 May 2011 21:30:04 +0000

Learning to write craft project

So, my amazing three year old recently learned how to write her name. I wanted to continue to encourage her to learn her letters, so we came up with this fun craft to practice them. We use erasable markers so that she can practice her letters over and over again.

Make a craft that encourages kids to learn to write:

Poster board (you could do a smaller version with cardstock)
Markers
Pencil
Ruler or yard stick
Scissors
Contact paper

What you need to make this reusable writing poster.

Measure out your lines. We did larger ones at the top for learning the letters and smaller ones at the bottom to practice them.

Trace your lines to look like the paper you used in elementary school.

We used green on the top (for “go” or “start”), a yellow dashed line in the middle (for “caution”), and a red line at the bottom for “stop.” I also wrote the alphabet, numbers, and basic shapes in the middle so Dot could use them as examples when learning to write.

Lay the poster out on your contact paper, cutting two pieces and then affixing one to the back and one to the front.

I left about 1 1/2" around the edges to make sure I had enough and then trimmed it down.

Look what a great job my super-brilliant girl did! (She wrote the one on the right, which is probably obvious.)

I didn't want to waste the back, so I colored it like a picture frame, and she can doodle on that erasable surface, too.

What I Learned the Hard Way: I got dry erase markers for this, and they don’t come off quite as well as I was hoping. Using washable ones and wiping it off with water might be a better way to go.

Printable Bubble Letters

Wendy Piersall — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:42:26 +0000

We’ve got some really cool printable letters across the Woo! Jr. Network – the bunny letters and the flower letters are particularly popular. But there are a lot of uses for just plain old ordinary bubble letters, like for craft patterns, quilting, banners, lettering, scrapbooking… oh, I could sit here and think of more uses, but you probably can think of more than I can.

Here’s an entire bubble letter printable alphabet A to Z, including a smaller set on one page. Also, because so many people asked for them, here’s a new set of lowercase bubble letters, and bubble numbers and special characters too!

Bubble Letters Set	Letter A	Letter B	Letter C
Letter D	Letter E	Letter F	Letter G
Letter H	Letter I	Letter J	Letter K
Letter L	Letter M	Letter N	Letter O
Letter P	Letter Q	Letter R	Letter S
Letter T	Letter U	Letter V	Letter W
Letter X	Letter Y	Letter Z

Bubble Numbers and Characters

Wendy Piersall — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:39:18 +0000

People luv our bubble letters – I’ve gotten several requests to add lowercase bubble letters, and now more requests for bubble numbers and punctuation characters. Your wish is my command!

Related Pages: More Bubble Letters, Printable Classroom Templates, Learning ABC’s Worksheets

Check out all of the amazing printables from the Woo! Jr. Kids Activities Network!

Lowercase Bubble Letters

Wendy Piersall — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:54:32 +0000

One of my very first posts on CraftJr. was a set of printable bubble letters – and ever since then I’ve been getting requests for a set of printable lowercase bubble letters. Yeah, it only took me a year to get around to it. Because that’s how I roll!!! And now my life is complete – because I also just added bubble numbers and punctuation, too!

We’d love to know how you are using our bubble letters, please leave a comment to share your letter projects and ideas with our other readers!

Related Pages: Printable Crafts, Learning ABCs Worksheets, All Craft Jr. Printable Letter Sets

Check out more bubble letters from other Woo! Jr. Network sites, too!

Christmas Bubble Letters

Wendy Piersall — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:22:18 +0000

This week I wanted to push and get another set of bubble letters done. I love the classic Christmas calligraphy letters I put up last week, but thought it would be good to add a more fun and funky Christmas bubble letter set to the site. I’d love to make a felt bunting with these letters to hang in my fireplace room, but that’s probably a little ambitious for my plate this year!

Christmas Bubble Letter Set

More Christmas Printables

Christmas math worksheets

Christmas coloring pages (plus Christmas animal coloring pages)

Gift box templates

Christmas word puzzles

Printable Christmas Lettering

Wendy Piersall — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:45:02 +0000

Every season, I love to add to our printable letters category. Since Christmas is right around the corner (yay!), the need for beautiful Christmas lettering is here. I saw these beautiful wooden Christmas blocks over the weekend that were the inspiration for choosing this font, and I’m thinking I might just have to make some of them myself!

But these Christmas letters could be used for just about anything – Christmas cards, stencils, signs, embroidery initials… you name it. And I even went the extra mile on this set and included lowercase letters in addition to a captial letters set. Kind of a pain, but worth it for Christmas projects!

Christmas Alphabet Letters

More Christmas Printables

You might also like these printable gift box templates, Christmas coloring pages, Christmas pinwheels or all of our Christmas crafts for kids!

Circus Bubble Letters to Print

Wendy Piersall — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:25:28 +0000

Circus-style bubble letters to print and use as letter templates, banner lettering, or circus crafts. I’m also hoping someone throws a circus birthday party and sends me pictures of something cool they did with these letters!

You might also like our flaming letters, flower letters, or plain bubble letters, too!

Be sure to check out all of our bubble letters from the Woo! Jr. Kids Activities Network.

Flaming Text Printable Lettering and Free Font

Wendy Piersall — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:40:32 +0000

Printable letters are our most popular content, so we try to get new sets of cool letters up as often as possible. This is an awesome set of flaming text that would be great to use for t-shirts, car and pinewood derby models, or model rocket ships.

Download the Flaming Text font here.

Or turn these printable letters into fun printable crafts with these great Avery ink jet products:

Flaming Letter Set	Flaming Letter A	Flaming Letter B	Flaming Letter C
Flaming Letter D	Flaming Letter E	Flaming Letter F	Flaming Letter G
Flaming Letter H	Flaming Letter I	Flaming Letter J	Flaming Letter K
Flaming Letter L	Flaming Letter M	Flaming Letter N	Flaming Letter O
Flaming Letter P	Flaming Letter Q	Flaming Letter R	Flaming Letter S
Flaming Letter T	Flaming Letter U	Flaming Letter V	Flaming Letter W
Flaming Letter X	Flaming Letter Y	Flaming Letter Z

Be sure to check out the many sets of printable letters from all Woo! Jr. Network sites!