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Letter Bugs Busy Bag

Teaching children about letters can be lot of fun when you get a hands-on activity involved with it. Create these adorable letter bugs using lids for a fun Alphabet activity for kids.

A fun activity for homeschool preschool or Tot School too!

Letter Bugs Busy Bag Idea for Kids with Lids and ABC Printable

Here’s a buggy way to have fun with letters! It’s easy to create letter bugs from reused lids and printed letters.  Grab your reused lids and let’s get started!  

We reused our lids from our squeezable pouches with fruits & veggies which can be found in a variety of brands.

How to Create Letter Bugs for Kids

We used pipe cleaners to attach for the antennae added some eyes to a few of our bugs.

Letter Activity for Kids Using Lids

Then we created letter bug cards and it’s time to have some fun!  {Print yours HERE}

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Encourage your child to place the lids onto the lines of the letters. Discuss how letters have straight lines, curved lines and slanted lines.

It’s a great way to learn letter recognition and to build prewriting skills!

We love activities with reusable pouch lids!  If you don’t have the squeezable pouch lids you can also use regular reused lids or any smaller object!  

Deborah at Teach Preschool shares some fun ideas for DIY Bugs on a Sticky Table .  

You can even get MORE creative an decorate your bugs into bees, ladybugs, butterfly and grasshoppers with this post from LalyMom!

Be sure to check out our other busy bag ideas for preschoolers and toddlers.

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Here’s an idea for Caterpillar Math using these same lids!

How are you teaching the letters of the alphabet to your Toddlers & Preschoolers? 

Here are some additional activities that your child may enjoy too!

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Letter Bugs Busy Bag

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Alphabet Activity for Kids using Recycled Lids and Printable

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, Bugs, Busy Bag, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Preschool, Toddler

About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    June 27, 2013 at 11:11 am

    Where did you find lids like that?

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  2. Megan Sheakoski says

    June 27, 2013 at 11:22 am

    I totally LOVE this!!!! Do you all like Mashables too? 😉 Love that you included the cards! So awesome!

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  3. AJones says

    June 27, 2013 at 11:24 am

    Copyright question for you – can we repin to Pinterest?

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  4. Kim @ The Educators' Spin On It says

    June 27, 2013 at 11:27 am

    They come on the tops of the squeezable veggie and fruit packages in the US from a variety of brands like Plum, Happy Baby, Sprout, Gerber Organics, Earth's Best & Ella's Kitchen Organic Foods. Regular lids will work too though.

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  5. Kim @ The Educators' Spin On It says

    June 27, 2013 at 11:29 am

    You can pin any image to Pinterest from our site! Here's our pin that we made with this post this morning! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!! http://pinterest.com/pin/79798224620207871/ OR http://pinterest.com/pin/161637074099166569/

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  6. Kim @ The Educators' Spin On It says

    June 27, 2013 at 11:30 am

    Thanks Megan! My daughter loved them when she was younger and we'd just held onto them to do all sorts of activities. 8 Activities with Lids was our first one we shared with these lids! https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/2012/04/8-activities-for-kids-with-lids.html

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  7. Laura Lynn says

    June 28, 2013 at 10:37 am

    Oh, pouch cap bugs are our favorite lately! What a fun way to use them! Here are the ones we made, we've been using them as finger puppets! http://lalymom.blogspot.com/2013/05/bug-buddies-pouch-cap-finger-puppets.html

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  8. Deb Chitwood says

    June 29, 2013 at 8:33 am

    I've really enjoyed your bug activities this week … and what a cute idea for a busy bag! Thanks so much for sharing your free printables! I featured your Letter Bug Cards as the Free Printable of the Day at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow (and on Pinterest).

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  9. Work it Mommy says

    July 3, 2013 at 12:17 am

    I reuse pouch twist tops in my classroom too! Why throw away something that can be used in a new and fun way?! (I actually just posted a blog entry about how I use them! 🙂
    Whitney @ work-it-mommy.blogspot.com

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  10. Shecki Grtlyblesd says

    August 19, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    We collect pouch lids, too. 🙂 I love the antennae idea.

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