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String Letters Craft – A Fun Alphabet Game for Kids

String Letters Craft - a fun alphabet game for kids with yarn and glue

Take string art to a whole new level by creating this adorable string letters craft with kids. Create a keepsake for your child’s bedroom or a fun alphabet game with these fun and easy to make string letters. Perfect craft idea for summer fun with kids.

Here’s how to make your own String Letters. 

Fun and Easy String Letters - an alphabet craft and game for kids

**This learning game was originally published in our book 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids ** 

String Letters Craft & Alphabet Game

Memorizing the shapes of letters will quickly help your child learn to identify the alphabet. Players create fun, hands-on letters using glue and string. Once ready, they make the perfect material to hang in alphabetical order for even more letter practice.

Focus Skill: identifying alphabetical order

Materials for String Letters

  • Yarn
  • Scissors
  • Wax paper or aluminum foil
  • Glue
  • Water
  • Container
  • Sturdy rope
  • 26 clothespins

Directions to Make String Letters

1. Cut yarn into pieces of various lengths.

2. Lay out wax paper on a smooth surface for letters to dry on.

String Letters Craft and Alphabet Game for Kids

3. Mix glue with a little bit of water. Then have children dip yarn pieces into glue container. Shape wet yarn into letter formations on the wax paper.

** Be sure to allow glue to drip off string before placing on flat surface.

Making String Letters with Glue and Yarn with Kids for ABC Game

4. Allow yarn to dry before playing the game.

Making String Letters with Kids for Alphabet Game
How to Make String Letters for Alphabet Game with Kids

5. String a long and sturdy rope up in the room and attach clothespins onto it.

Directions to Play String Letters Game

1. Players work together to place letters in alphabetic order by attaching them to the rope with the clothespins.

2. As they place the letters, encourage them to name the letters they are attaching to the rope.

String Letters Craft - A fun alphabet game for kids

String Letter Game Ideas 

  • Use letters to create a child’s name on the rope.
  • Use letters to create sight words.
  • Create a timed challenge to see how fast they can put letters up in alphabetical order.
  • Go on a scavenger  hunt to find the string letters hidden throughout the house.

Planning Tips for making String Letters with Kids 

This game needs to be created over the course of a few days to allow for drying. Consider starting with the letters in a child’s name or a specific grouping of letter formations, like E, L, T, I, H.

This string letters activity is one of the 100 Ideas that are featured in our book 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids available online at all major bookstores.  Perfect for summer activities with your child as you prep for Preschool or Kindergarten or avoid summer slide with your child getting ready for 1st grade.  Each game has several variations to it as well to maximize your time and effort spent on making the games.

100 Fun and Easy learning Games for Kids

Where will you hang your adorable string letters?

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Filed Under: Arts, Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: Alphabet

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. Amy says

    July 30, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    I tried this last night, and my letter, while cute, totally stuck to the wax paper when it finally dried, which took well over 12 hours. Clearly, it works when done correctly, so where do you think I could have gone wrong? Maybe the glue needs to be watered down?

    • Kim Vij says

      July 30, 2019 at 7:55 pm

      Yes you will want to water the glue down slightly to make this work properly, also it doesn’t need to have too much glue on the strings to make work. Be sure to let most of it drip off before setting down to create your letter, which will also help with drying times. You could also try aluminum foil as another surface that’s non sticky. Hope these tips help you make your string letters.

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