Letter O is for Owl and Octopus Craft

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To help Cakey and Doodles learn the letter O we made Letter O is for Owl and Octopus 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 O is for Owl and Octopus 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 O Owl Octopus via Dropbox. In this file you will find a large capital O, a lowercase o, and 1 page with a triangle for the owl head, 1 page with beak and feet pieces, and 1 page with eyes.

While the girls were working on their letter “O” crafts, I read Sam and the Firefly! from our Tot School Letter O Books list.

Here’s how we did our Letter O is for Owl and Octopus Craft:

Capital O Owl

Supplies needed:

• Large capital letter O from page 2 of the Letter O Owl Octopus file
• Construction paper
• Pages 4-6 print out in the Letter O Owl Octopus file
• Googly eyes (optional)
• Glue

Directions:

1. Print the large capital O on white, grey, black, or brown construction paper.
2. Cut out the capital O.
3. Print out page 4 on white, grey, black, or brown construction paper and cut out the head piece.
4. Print out page 5 on yellow or orange construction paper and cut out the beak and feet pieces.
5. Print out page 6 on white construction paper (if using for the eyes) and cut out the eyes.
6. With your help, have your child glue the O to a sheet of construction paper.
7. Glue the head piece to the letter O.
8. Glue the beak to the bottom of the head piece and the feet to the bottom of the letter O.
9. Attach googly eyes or eyes to the head of the Letter O Owl.

Lowercase o octopus

Supplies needed:

• Large lower case letter o from page 3 of the Letter O Owl Octopus file
• Page 6 print out in the Letter O Owl Octopus file
• Googly eyes (optional)
• Construction paper
• Yarn
• Glue

Directions:

1. Print the large lower case o on any color construction paper.
2. Cut out the lowercase o.
3. Print out page 6 on white construction paper and cut out the eyes.
4. With your help, have your child glue the o to a sheet of construction paper.
5. Cut 8 pieces of yarn 3-4 inches in length.
6. Glue the yarn around the Letter o octopus.
7. Attach googly eyes or eyes to the Letter o octopus.

Cakey’s first Letter O is for Owl and Octopus Craft 2014

Cakey’s second Letter O is for Owl and Octopus Craft 2016/2017

Doodles’s first Letter O is for Owl and Octopus Craft 2016/2017

Download the Letter O Owl Octopus 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 Arts & Crafts page where I will be linking all our art and crafts projects. And if you are looking for more homeschool activities, make sure you check out my Homeschool page which contains links to our sensory bins, math & science, and book lists.

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

Have a blessed day!

Brandi

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