Fun & Easy Crafts for the Letter A

Are you teaching the letter A and looking for some easy letter A crafts for your preschoolers?

These alphabet paper-tearing crafts go beyond a basic coloring page. They keep kids engaged while practicing letter recognition skills, letter tracing, and building fine motor skills.

For this letter craft, kids tear colorful paper into small pieces and glue them onto a letter A or an image that starts with the letter A. The skill-rich craft activity is calming, builds hand strength, and sneaks in lots of learning.

Let me share some ideas for using simple letter A crafts in your classroom—and show you how versatile and easy these printable no-prep craft pages can be.

Why These Letter A Crafts Work So Well For Preschoolers

If you haven’t tried paper tearing activities with your kids, you’re missing out.
Tearing paper builds the hand strength kids need before they’re ready for scissors. It’s actually Step 1 of the Cutting Confidence Ladder—the warm-up that prepares little hands for cutting.

When kids tear paper and glue it onto a letter A shape or an apple, avocado, or ax image, they’re:

• Building hand muscles
• Practicing bilateral coordination
• Learning letter recognition
• Connecting letters to beginning sounds

And here’s the bonus: it’s incredibly calming. Some of your wiggliest kids will zone right in when they’re tearing and gluing.

Many Craft Template Options

I love versatility, so I love all the ways you can use these simple craft templates for letter A practice. You will surely find something that is perfect for the needs of your kids.

Bubble Letter Page

If you want to focus solely on letter recognition, you will love using the letter A bubble letter page. It includes an uppercase and lowercase letter on the same page. Filling in the shape of the letters with torn paper will help your kids learn to recognize the letter A.

Letter A Images

In addition to the bubble letter page, the Letter A Craft set includes 3 different image options that kids will recognize and enjoy… an apple, an avocado, and an ax. When you use the images, it will help kids learn the letter sound.

Multiple Options for Each Image

There are many options for each image, so you can give your kids tracing practice or extra fine motor practice.

The simplest image option has a picture and an “A is for….” sentence.

Want to work on letter formation? There are template options that provide opportunities for letter tracing practice.

My favorite template is the one with a hole punch border. Kids LOVE using a hole punch, and hole punch activities provide an amazing and motivating way to build hand strength.

Different Ways to Use the Letter A Craft Pages

While paper tearing is my favorite, you can use different methods with the craft pages to keep things fresh.

Paper Tearing (My Favorite!)

Give kids strips of construction paper or tissue paper in different colors. They tear the strips into small pieces and glue them onto the letter A images or bubble letters.

Tip: Pre-cut paper into strips to make tearing easier for beginners. As kids get stronger, let them tear larger pieces.

Snipping and Pasting

Ready to add scissor practice?

Cut paper into thin strips (about 1 inch wide). Kids make single snips to cut the strips into small pieces, then glue them onto the image.

This is Step 2 of the Cutting Confidence Ladder—learning that open-close scissor motion without the pressure of cutting along a line. Perfect for kids just starting with scissors.

Simple Coloring

Sometimes you just need something quick. Kids color the letter or image with crayons or markers. It’s straightforward and still reinforces letter recognition.

Painting

This one gets a bit messier…but it’s fun. Use watercolors, tempera paint, or dot markers. Kids love the sensory experience, and it builds hand strength as they control the brush or dauber.

Mixed Media

Let kids combine methods. Tear paper for the main image, then add details with crayons. Or color first, then add torn paper accents. Giving kids this creative freedom makes the activity feel special.

Hole Punch Page Options

If your craft page has a border with circles, kids can trace the lines and then punch holes around the edge. Hole punching is one of those underrated fine motor activities—it works the same muscles kids need for scissor control and writing.

In addition to hole-punching, kids can use a Q-tip to add a dot of paint on the border or add small dot stickers. Again…it’s a fun way to keep things fresh.

How to Use These Letter Crafts

These activities fit into so many parts of your routine. Here are some ways teachers use them:

• Letter of the Week Activities – Use one image per day, or let kids choose their favorite image for your focus on the letter A.
• Literacy Centers – Print a few copies and add them to your alphabet center. Kids can work independently or with a partner.
• Small Group Instruction – Use letter A crafts during small group time for targeted practice. You can support kids who need extra help while they work on fine motor skills.
• Morning Work – Keep a stack ready for kids who arrive early or finish other work quickly.
• Take-Home Practice – Send pages home for families to do together. Simple enough for home, meaningful enough to reinforce learning.
• ABC Book Projects – Save completed pages throughout the year and bind them together to create a class-made alphabet book. Kids love having a keepsake that shows their work.
• Thematic Units – Use the A is for apple crafts during your apple unit, or use avocado and apple during a healthy eating theme.

Why Teachers Love These Letter A Crafts for Preschoolers

Here are some reasons why teachers love these crafts for the letter A.

• Multiple image options – A bubble letter option plus the apple, avocado, and ax image options give you or your kids a choice.
• Different page formats – There are simple pages for beginners, tracing pages for writing practice, and even an option for fun hole punching.
• Black-and-white printable – You save ink and money.
• Clear, simple images – Kids can easily identify and fill in or color the images
• Starting dots on letters – Helps kids learn proper letter formation from the start.

These letter A crafts also hit all three elements of the Skill-Rich Craft Formula.

• 🖐🏻 Hands are doing meaningful work through tearing and gluing.
• 🧠 Brains are engaged with letter recognition and beginning sounds.
• ♥️ Kids care because they can choose which image to make and add their own creative touches.

Get Started Making Letter A Crafts With Your Kids

Are you ready to start making these easy letter A crafts with your kids? Grab the Letter A Craft Set in my shop or on TPT and get started this week.

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