15 Fun Letter P Crafts & Activities (2023)
Looking for some letter P crafts and activities?
I have 15 engaging activities that will help your child learn about the letter P! These activities are perfect to use in the classroom, or you can do them right at home! These play-based learning strategies will have your kids hooked on each activity!
Giving your student or child the opportunity to learn one letter at a time will help them remember each letter. By doing these fun activities, your child will create memories of each letter!
Let’s dive into my exciting activities to learn the letter P!
Activity #1: Letter Collages
Letter crafts are a great way to practice letter recognition! Focusing on one specific letter and creating something special will help them recognize and remember the letter.
For the letter P, we made a parrot! This is such a fun craft for the kids to make! The love using feathers for crafting.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- construction paper
- craft feathers
- glue
- scissors
- pencil
- googly eye
B. Set-up
Create a bubble letter P out of construction paper and cut it out. To create the center, poke a hole in the paper and cut it out!
C. Activity
Have the kids pick out what color feathers they want to use for the parrot. Then, have them glue the letter P down to a white piece of paper.
They should glue the feathers onto the side of the letter P!
Lastly, create a beak out of yellow construction paper and add a googly eye!
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Activity #2: Do-A-Dot Letter Search
Who doesn’t love mess-free art?! Do-A-Dot paint markers pretty mess-free as long as your little one doesn’t wipe them all over their hand, wishful thinking, right?!
This printable is a perfect way to let you know if your little one can differentiate upper and lower case letters!Â
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- A-Z Letter Do-A-Dot Sheets
- Do-A-Dot markers
A-Z Letter Do-A-Dot Printable
B. Set-up
Print off the pages and get the paint markers ready!
C. Activity
Your little ones with use the paint markers to place specific colored dots on the upper case letter and lower case letters! This is a wonderful way to also work on color-coding skills!
If you don’t have do-a-dot markers, you can use crayons to do this activity as well!
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Activity #3: Tape Resist Art
I love how tape resist art turns out! It’s so cool to see the outline of the object when you are done!
Your kids will be amazed to see their letters jump out at them after they are done painting. This is a wonderful way to include both upper and lower case letters into art for kids.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- colored masking tape
- watercolors
- paintbrush
- art tray
- cardstock paper
B. Set-up
Create an upper and lower case letter P on the piece of cardstock paper with the masking tape! Also, grab some water for the watercolors.
C. Activity
Paint around both of the letters. When they are done, they can pull off the tape gently! They can see the outline of the letters! They will love seeing what they created!
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Activity #4: Find and Cover
A great manipulative to use for hands-on learning activities is counting cubes! There are so many ways these can be used.
One of the ways I love to use them is by doing a Find and Cover activity! This is an activity that focuses on one letter at a time. It also focuses on both the upper and lower case letter.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- Find and Cover printable
- counting cubes
Click HERE for your Find had Cover Letter Printables.
B. Set-up
Print off the letter P and any other letter you want to work on with your little one.
C. Activity
Have your child identify the letter. Then, have them tell you which one is upper case and which one is lower case. Explain to them what a key means. Show them that they are to look at the key to see what color represents the upper and lower case letters.
They should place that colored counting cube on the correct letters!
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Activity #5: Play-Doh Letter Building
Whenever I pull out the Play-Doh, the kids play for it for at least a half-hour. You know, that’s kind of a big deal, right? Most of the time, it’s longer than that, but at least a half-hour!
Since Play-Doh is so engaging for kids, it makes for a wonderful learning activity!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- My Letter Play-Doh mats
- Play-doh
- dry erase folders
Click HERE to grab your Letter Play-Doh Mats! (Upper and Lower case letter included)
B. Set-up
Print off the letters that you want to work on! Then, place them inside a dry-erase folder for your little ones to build on. This way, it won’t get the sheet dirty, and you can save and redo it repeatedly.
C. Activity
Your little ones should roll and create the letters using Play-Doh. You can have them match the colors that are on the sheet, or you can use whatever color you’d like. They should try to create the letter by following the lines!
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Activity #6: Salt Painting
Have you ever tried salt painting? It always turns out SO pretty!
Kids love watching the paint flow throughout the salt. It’s a relaxing way to paint, and the kids will love trying a new way to create art.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- cardboard
- pencil
- glue
- salt
- watercolors
- paintbrush
- art tray
B. Set-up
On your piece of cardboard, draw the letter P with a pencil. Then, outline the letter in glue. Make sure to place the cardboard on an art tray for the next part! Shake a whole bunch of salt all over the glue, then dump the access in the trash.
*You have to let the glue dry before you start painting, or else it will be REALLY messy!*
C. Activity
Have your little ones use watercolor paints to paint the salt! It looks terrific, too, when you mix different colors throughout the letter.
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Activity #7: 3 Little Pigs Craft
This is one of my most favorite crafts that we have ever done. I think it’s so fun to watch the kids create the houses for each of the three little pigs!
It’s a wonderful STEM activity for kids! This is a must-try activity for the letter P.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- cardboard
- acrylic paint
- cardstock paper
- craft sticks
- popsicle sticks
- buttons
- marker
- hot glue
- glue stick
- shredded paper
- box cutter
- googly eyes
- scissors
B. Set-up
Cut out three house shapes on cardboard using a box cutter! Paint the bottom part of the house white and the top brown using acrylic paint!
To create the pigs, paint popsicle sticks pink, use pink buttons for a nose, add googly eyes and draw on a smile :).
C. Activity
Have the kids create the three houses for each of the little pigs! We created the bricks out of red cardstock paper and used a glue stick to stick them on.
The kids wanted to use craft sticks for the house built of sticks, those needed to be hot glued on (which adults will need to do).
Lastly, we used shredded paper for the last house! You can just use regular glue for that.
This is a great activity if you also have a nursery rhyme-themed week at school!Â
Activity #8: Beginning Sounds
Talking about animals or objects that start with the letter will help bring the letter to life for your little one.
These beginning letter worksheets are a perfect way to show your little one some fun things that start with the letter P!
How to do this activity:
A. Materials you need
- Beginning Sound Letter Sheets
- crayons
Click HERE to grab your Beginning Sound Letter Sheets.
2. Set-up
Print off the worksheet and grab your crayons!
3. Activity
Go through each of the objects or animals inside the letter P. Say each thing’s name and make each object’s beginning sound before saying the whole word. This will help your little one understand the starting sound of each picture they see.
They will color each thing that starts with the letter P!
I have beginning sound sheets for each letter of the alphabet! Create a booklet to go over each of the sounds that the letters make. This will make for a great resource to use repeatedly.
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Activity #9: Geoboard Letters
Do you remember using these boards as kids? I remember loving when my teacher pulled them out so we could play and create with them!
Work on creating letters with the geoboard! This is not only a wonderful way to work on letter-building skills, but it’s a great fine motor activity for kids!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- geoboard letter printable
- rubberbands
- geoboards
Click HERE to grab your Geoboard Lower Case Letter Printable.
B. Set-up
Use my geoboard letter worksheets to help your little ones build the letters! Print off the letter P and any other letter you want to work on.
C. Activity
Your little one will use the rubber bands to build the letter P. Younger ones can use the worksheets to help guide them on building the letter. Older children can be challenged by trying to do it on their own!
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Activity #10: Peacock Craft
Paper plate crafts are some of my favorite crafts! They are so simple to do and the kids just love them!
This paper plate craft has the kids using sponges to paint. Using sponges is a fun and new way for the kids to explore painting, the prints come out so cool!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
B. Set-up
Dump paint (blue, purple, and green) in a paint tray and also cut a sponge up into several sections.
Also, create the peacock’s face by drawing its head on cardstock paper. Use a gluestick to stick it onto the paper plate. Then, make a triangle beak and add some googly eyes!
C. Activity
Have the kids use the cut-up sponges to dab on the “feathers” of the peacock on the paper plate!
They can create different colored prints all around the background of the peacock.
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Activity #11: Pasta Pineapple Craft
Pasta-painted activities have quickly become one of my favorite art activities to do with the kids.
The process is fun for them, it’s easy, and it always turns out so stinking cute. These pineapples are a perfect craft for the letter P.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- cardboard
- acrylic paint
- plastic bag
- paintbrush
- googly eyes
- marker
- FREE template
- wheel pasta
- bow tie pasta
- parchment paper
- art tray
- glue
Click HERE for your FREE Summer Images
B. Set-up
Dump some wheel pasta in a plastic bag. Also, dump some yellow acrylic paint in the bag, shake it up, and dump it out on parchment paper on an art tray.
Repeat this process with green paint and the bow tie pasta.
C. Activity
Use the FREE pineapple template or draw a pineapple shape on cardboard. Paint the bottom of the pineapple yellow and the stem green.
Glue on googly eyes and draw a mouth with a marker. Squirt glue onto the yellow parts and start adding on-the-wheel pasta. Then, add on the green bow tie pasta noodles!
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Activity #12: Pizza Counting Craft
Pizza is one of our favorite foods over here, so I knew I had to add a pizza craft in for the letter P.
This is also a wonderful way to practice counting and number recognition skills. I love it when you can hit several different learning skills in one activity.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- cardboard
- acrylic paint
- circle paintbrush
- marker
- pizza box (optional)
- box cutter
B. Set-up
Create a circle shape by tracing a large bowl on cardboard. Cut the circle shape out using a box cutter! Then, create 8 even slices of pizza, then cut each of them out using the box cutter!
Paint each slice of pizza yellow using acrylic paint (it dries faster). We left some room at the top of each piece and painted those brown for the pizza crust!
C. Activity
Write numbers on each slice of pizza using a marker. Then, have the kids use a circle paintbrush to create the pepperoni for each slice. They should look at the number, say it and then dip their paintbrush in red paint to create that amount of pepperoni.
This is also a wonderful way to introduce fractions if you have an older one who wants to play along too!
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Activity #13: LEGO Letters
Got a kiddo who loves to use building with blocks? This activity will be right up their alley!
LEGO’s are an open-ended toy that I absolutely love using for learning activities. The possibilities are endless when it comes to using them!
Building letters is just one way that they can be used! This is a wonderful hands-on learning activity that helps kids understand how each letter shape is formed!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- LEGO Letter Building Mats
- LEGO’s
Click HERE for your LEGO Letter Mats
B. Set-up
Print off the sheets and grab your LEGO’s.
C. Activity
Your child will use the blocks to create the letter P. You can have them use little or DUPLO blocks for this activity. This activity asks them to identify each letter is they create and how many blocks it took for them to create the letter.
If you decide to do more letters than just P, they can see the letters’ differences!
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Activity #14: Popsicle Stick Letter Building
Building letters with popsicle sticks work on SO many different learning skills.
This specific activity works on letter recognition, counting skills, STEM skills, and pre-writing skills! It’s perfect for school centers or just for home learning!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- popsicle stick letter cards
- popsicle sticks
- pencil
Click HERE for your Popsicle Stick Letter Cards
B. Set-up
Print off the letter cards and grab the popsicle sticks!
C. Activity
Your kids will use the cards to help them know how to create each letter! Count how many popsicle sticks it takes to create the letters.
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Activity #15: Color Coding Letters
Want to try a beginner color-coding activity that’s perfect for preschoolers? I love that it works on several skills with just 1 easy setup as well!Â
This activity works on color recognition, color matching, number recognition, and letter building! Wow, that’s pretty amazing if you ask me.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- cardboard
- plastic bottle caps
- Sharpie
- dot stickers
- pom poms
- kid-friendly tweezers
B. Set-up
Inside the bottle caps, place a dot sticker with the numbers 1-3 written on them. Older children can have more numbers and colors!
Create the letter P on the cardboard with the bottle caps in a mixed-up order. Write what each number signifies on the side; you can use a pom too for younger ones. Older kiddos can work on color sight word recognition.
C. Activity
Have your child use the key to place the correct colored pom in each bottle cap to create the letter P! This works on letter building, color recognition, and number recognition!
Want to add in some fine motor skills? Have them use tweezers to pick up and place the poms inside the caps!Â
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Final Thoughts and Conclusion
Individual letter activities are a fantastic way for kids to really grasp letter recognition of each letter of the alphabet! Doing some of these activities will help your little ones remember each letter of the alphabet.
To go along with these activities, I suggest reviewing the alphabet letters once a day for at least 5 minutes. That’s it! 5 minutes is all it takes if you consistently go over the information with them; you’re going to see how they can pick up the information if repeated daily.
Do you have a favorite activity that you do in your classroom or at home with your kids for the letter P? Our community would love to hear about it! We all benefit from sharing our teaching strategies and activities. Leave a comment below to let us know about some ways you like to teach the letter.
Happy Learning!
