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This “sandpaper” letter set was made by Emily as a gift to her little sister — and Clara adores them!
I have seen similar sets in pricey catalogs. We used 2″ felt alphabet stickers ($2.80) and 3″ wooden disks ($0.24 each x 26) from the craft store. For a grand total of just $9.04!
Emily lighted sanded each wooden disk and then adhered the stickers — one for each letter of the alphabet. She loved making these, and I was impressed with how well the stickers adhere to the wood!
Not all of the letters are perfectly centered, but I think it adds to the “charm” of the set, and it’s cute evidence that it was made by a six year old!
The girls love to lay out the pieces in alphabetical order, practice spelling words, and Clara loves to trace the letters with her finger as she pretends to write. Emily found a drawstring pouch that came with a set of pillowcases to keep all of these fun “sandpaper” letters together.
These would make a fun addition for a preschool or kindergarten classroom — you could easily have each child make one or two letters, then combine them to make the set! Perhaps add the matching lower case letters to the opposite side?
Have fun!!
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January 12th, 2011 on 11:24 am
That’s a cute idea!
January 12th, 2011 on 11:26 am
Dear Valerie,
Thank goodness we don’t live in China, or this would be a very expensive project!
Love,
Mark
January 12th, 2011 on 11:30 am
Dear Valerie,
As of 2004… 106,230 characters (In the Chinese dictionary) * 0.24 = $25,495.20!
Love,
Mark
January 12th, 2011 on 11:47 am
I think it’s really a great homemade present. The set looks awesome!
January 12th, 2011 on 12:06 pm
This is a fabulous idea! Thank you! I’ve been wanting to get some sandpaper letters, but just couldn’t pay the price. I like your solution.
January 12th, 2011 on 12:10 pm
Another
Brilliant
Craft, Valerie!
January 12th, 2011 on 12:23 pm
What a cute idea. I think it would be fun to do with kindergartners as part of a class party at the end of the year and as a gift for their teacher.
January 12th, 2011 on 12:37 pm
Fantastic homemade version!
January 12th, 2011 on 1:05 pm
I’ve nearly done that several times
January 12th, 2011 on 1:07 pm
I like your version better than the store bought kind! We’re done with sandpaper letters but I’m tempted to make those for friends!
January 12th, 2011 on 1:08 pm
What a great idea! I really like how the kids can trace over the letters. Now I want to get the supplies and make a set for my 3 year old niece!
January 12th, 2011 on 4:16 pm
I love this idea. I wish I could easily get to a craft store. Ours is an hour and a half away, and there isn’t anything else we like to go to nearby, which means we never go. If I ever do, however, this project is on the top of my list.
January 12th, 2011 on 4:23 pm
a much easier way to make sandpaper letters than cutting out pieces of sandpaper!
January 12th, 2011 on 4:32 pm
What a great idea!
January 12th, 2011 on 5:07 pm
Fantastic! What a sweet gift! I love Mark’s comments!
January 12th, 2011 on 5:17 pm
oo what a super sweet gift and she did a great job making it! Looks like its well loved!
January 12th, 2011 on 8:39 pm
Awesome! Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
January 12th, 2011 on 8:48 pm
Thank you for the tip! We really just got started doing letters with our 3-year-old and I need all the help I can get!
January 12th, 2011 on 10:55 pm
these are great
January 13th, 2011 on 7:52 am
Love it! Texture and learning. Good stuff
January 13th, 2011 on 11:15 am
Valerie, you are so inspiring. I’ve been saving metal juice concentrate lids for months, intending to make a letter magnet fishing game, but just haven’t gotten around to it. Now I’m not sure if I’ll use the metal lids, or wooden rounds, or both!
And, if you’d like to see a project you inspired (without ever doing anything similar, as far as I know), check out my blog: http://bluefield5.blogspot.com/2011/01/woowee-was-that-cold-shower-this.html
Thanks to you, I’m looking at the world in a whole new way
February 27th, 2011 on 7:39 pm
Thanks for the picture and for the inspiration… although it seems I have a bit more work to do (as soon as I find the metal primer)!
http://bluefield5.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-she-going-to-do-with-all-those.html
January 14th, 2011 on 7:38 am
LOVE THESE!!!
January 14th, 2011 on 9:18 am
love this idea – perfect craft to do with the kids because they will be learning while they make it & a perfect addition to our “learning to read” homeschool stuff!
January 14th, 2011 on 4:29 pm
What a great idea. Wish I’d thought of this last year when I was cutting up sandpaper:-( Can you get bigger discs and smaller letters to do diagraphs and blends?
January 14th, 2011 on 4:47 pm
LOVE these! I just bought sandpaper from the dollar store to cut out letters, but I may just steal this idea and run with it…soooo much easier!
January 15th, 2011 on 1:37 pm
Those came out really cute, what a sweet gift for her sister.
April 11th, 2011 on 1:23 pm
very cool!
April 23rd, 2011 on 2:16 am
I made something similar and credited you for inspiration.
http://coffeeandtheirkisses.blogspot.com/2011/04/craft-alphabet-game.html
September 20th, 2011 on 7:52 pm
Hi,
I love this idea. May I please know where I can buy those discs. Thank You
September 20th, 2011 on 8:02 pm
Hi Nav,
You can find them at a craft store — these ones came from JoAnn. Hope this helps!
Valerie
September 20th, 2011 on 8:42 pm
Thanks a lot. I will run to JoAnn right away. Very close to our house:)