Letter I is for Iguana and Insect Craft

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To help Cakey and Doodles learn the letter I we made Letter I is for Iguana and Insect Craft. I really like these kinds of crafts because they help both girls not only learn the letter and something that starts with that letter but the craft allows them to work on learning to use glue neatly. Neatly being the key word. While Cakey is able to use glue by herself she is not always very neat and Doodles is still learning.

The first time Cakey and I did these crafts was in 2014. We are now on our second time going through them (Doodles is on her first time). You can see in the photos at the end a comparison of Cakey’s first time and her second and also Doodles first time. I am hoping to add additional photos when we do our Letter I is for Iguana and Insect Craft again next year.

The first time we made this craft I free handed the additional pieces and cut them out from scrap construction paper. This time I created the images and printed them out. You can find the printables for free here Letter I Iguana Insect via Dropbox. In this file you will find a large capital I, a lowercase i, and 1 page with a head and tail for the iguana, a page with a tongue and two sets eyes, and a page with the head and legs for the insect.

While the girls were working on their letter “I” crafts, I read from Insects our Tot School Letter I Books list.

Here’s how we did our Letter I is for Iguana and Insect Craft:

Capital I Iguana

Supplies needed:

Large capital letter I from page 2 of the Letter I Iguana Insect file
Construction paper
Pages 4 & 5 print out in the Letter I Iguana Insect file
Glue
Googly eyes (optional)

Directions:

Print the large capital I on green construction paper.
Cut out the capital I.
Print out page 4 on green construction paper and cut out the head and tail.
Print out page 5 on white construction paper and cut out the tongue and eyes (if using).
With your help, have your child glue the I to a sheet of construction paper.
Glue the head, tail, and tongue pieces to the Letter I.
Glue on cut out eyes or googly eyes.

Lowercase i insect

Supplies needed:

Large lower case letter i from page 3 of the Letter I Iguana Insect file
Construction paper
Pages 5 & 6 print out in the Letter I Iguana Insect file
Googly eyes (optional)
Glue

Directions:

Print the large lower case i on any color construction paper.
Cut out the lowercase i.
Print out page 6 on the same color construction paper and cut out the head and legs.
Print out page 5 on white construction paper and cut out eyes (if using).
With your help, have your child glue the i to a sheet of construction paper.
Glue the head and leg pieces to the letter i.
Glue on cut out eyes or googly eyes.

Cakey’s first Letter I is for Iguana and Insect Craft 2014

Cakey’s second Letter I is for Iguana and Insect Craft 2016/2017

Doodles’s first Letter I is for Iguana and Insect Craft 2016/2017

Download the Letter I Iguana Insect file here via Dropbox. As always I ask that you respect my terms of use for these files. You can read my full terms of use here or in the PDF download.

Be sure to stop by my Homeschool Totschool Preschool Crafts page where I will be linking all our crafts and sensory bins. And if you are looking for books to go along with each letter, make sure you check out my Homeschool Totschool Preschool page where I link all our book lists.

Have you and your kids ever made a Letter I is for craft? What animal, food, or plant did you make for the letter I?

Have a blessed day!

Brandi

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