Fun & Easy Crafts for The Letter V

Are you teaching the letter V and searching for some easy crafts for the letter V?

I have some exciting ideas for you that your preschoolers will really enjoy. These alphabet paper-tearing crafts will keep your little learners engaged while building letter recognition, letter tracing, and fine motor skills.

Your kids will love tearing colorful paper into small pieces and gluing them onto a letter V bubble letter or an image that starts with V. This simple skill-rich craft is calming, strengthens little hands, and builds early literacy skills.

Let me show you some fun ways to use these crafts for the letter V in your classroom. You’ll see how flexible and easy these no-prep printables really are.

Why These Letter V Crafts Work So Well For Preschoolers

Paper-tearing activities are wonderful for little learners. When kids tear paper into pieces, they strengthen their hand muscles…the same muscles they’ll need for using scissors. Tearing paper is Step 1 of the Cutting Confidence Ladder—the foundation that prepares little hands for cutting.

When kids tear paper and glue it onto a letter V shape or a van, vest, or volcano image, they:

• Build hand muscles
• Practice bilateral coordination
• Work on eye-hand coordination
• Learn letter recognition
• Connect letters to beginning sounds

There’s a bonus, too… paper tearing is incredibly calming. Your wiggliest kids will often settle right in when they’re tearing and gluing.

Many Letter V Craft Template Options

These letter V craft templates offer lots of options, making it easy to find exactly what works for you and your kids.

Bubble Letter Page

Looking to focus on letter recognition? The letter V bubble letter page is ideal. It includes both uppercase and lowercase letters on the same page. Filling in the letter shapes with torn paper helps kids learn to recognize the shape of the letter V.

Letter V Images

Beyond the bubble letter page, the Letter V Craft set includes 3 image options so you can make a:

• V is for van craft
• V is for vest craft
• V is for volcano craft

Use these images to give your kids practice with the letter v sound

Multiple Options for Each Image

Each image comes with several template options, giving you choices for tracing practice or extra fine motor work.

The simplest option shows just the picture and a “V is for…” sentence.

Do your kids need letter formation practice? There are also templates with letter tracing and even word tracing opportunities.

My favorite is the option with the hole punch border. Kids absolutely love using a hole punch, and it’s such a powerful way to build hand strength.

Different Ways to Use the Letter V Craft Pages

Paper tearing is how I use these printables most often, but thesepages work in so many different ways. Switch things up to keep your kids interested.

Paper Tearing (My Favorite!)

Give kids scraps of construction paper or tissue paper in different colors. Show them how to tear the paper into small pieces and glue them onto the letter V images or bubble letters.

Tip: Pre-cut paper into strips to make tearing easier for younger kids. As they build strength, let them tear larger pieces on their own.

V is for Van Craft Idea: Use any bright color for the van—blue, red, yellow, or let kids choose their favorite! Kids can tear pieces to fill in the van shape. Add black paper for the wheels and windows. This craft works perfectly during transportation themes or when learning about community helpers and vehicles.

V is for Vest Craft Idea: Let kids choose any color or pattern for their vest! They can tear pieces to fill in the vest shape. This is a great opportunity to talk about clothing, getting dressed, and even community helpers who wear vests (construction workers, crossing guards). Perfect for clothing themes or community helper units.

V is for Volcano Craft Idea: This is such an exciting one! Use brown or gray paper for the volcano mountain. Add red, orange, and yellow paper for the lava erupting from the top! Kids love making the lava explode with torn paper strips flowing down the sides. This craft is perfect for science themes, earth science units, or when learning about mountains and natural wonders.

Snipping and Pasting

Working on scissor skills with your kids? 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—practicing that open-close scissor motion without worrying about cutting along a line. Great for kids just learning to use scissors.

Simple Coloring

Need something super quick? It doesn’t get any easier than using the printables as coloring pages. Kids can color the letter or image with crayons or markers. Straightforward and still builds letter recognition.

Painting

Ready for a little mess? Provide watercolors, tempera paint, or dot markers. Kids enjoy the sensory experience, and it strengthens their hands as they control the brush or dauber.

Volcano Eruption: For the volcano craft, use brown or gray paint for the mountain, then add bright red, orange, and yellow paint for the lava. Let the colors blend together for a realistic eruption effect!

Mixed Media

Let kids get creative by combining methods. Tear paper for the main image, then add details with crayons. Or color first, then add torn paper accents. This creative freedom makes the activity feel more special. use circle stickers wheels for the van, or add red and orange tissue paper for flowing lava on the volcano.

Hole Punch Page Options

If you use the craft page that has a border with circles, kids can trace the lines and then punch holes around the edge. Hole punching builds the same muscles kids need for scissor control and writing.

Kids can also use a Q-tip to dab paint on the border or add small dot stickers. Another great way to keep the activity fresh and engaging.

How to Use These Letter Crafts

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

• Letter of the Week Activities – Use one image each day, or let kids pick their favorite image for your letter V focus.
• Literacy Centers – Print several copies and add them to your alphabet center. Kids can work alone or with a partner.
• Small Group Instruction – Use letter V crafts during small group time for focused practice. You can help kids who need extra support while they build fine motor skills.
• Morning Work – Keep a stack ready for early arrivers or fast finishers.
• Take-Home Practice – Send pages home for families to work on together. They’re simple enough for home but meaningful for learning.
• ABC Book Projects – Collect completed pages throughout the year and bind them into a class-made alphabet book. Kids love seeing their work all together.
• Thematic Units – Use these simple crafts to support your thematic units and lessons troughout the year.
  • V is for van craft – Use during transportation themes or when learning about community helpers and vehicles.
  • V is for vest craft – Use during clothing themes or community helper units (construction workers, crossing guards).
  • V is for volcano craft – Use during science themes, earth science units, or when learning about mountains and natural wonders.

Why Teachers Love These Crafts for The Letter V

Here’s why teachers keep coming back to these letter V crafts:

• Multiple image options – A bubble letter plus van, vest, and volcano images give you and your kids choices.
• Different page formats – Simple pages for beginners, tracing pages for writing practice, and hole punch options for extra fine motor work.
• Black-and-white printable – Saves you ink and money.
• Clear, simple images – Kids can easily identify and work with the images.
• Starting dots on letters – Guides kids toward proper letter formation from the start.
• Versatile for themes – These crafts work year-round for different themes and units.
• Exciting volcano – The volcano craft with erupting lava is always a kid favorite that makes learning fun!

These crafts for the letter V 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 choose which image to make and add their own creative touches.

Get Started Making Letter V Crafts With Your Kids

Ready to start making these simple crafts for the letter V? Grab the Letter V Craft Set in my shop or on TPT and get started this week.

Do you want crafts for the entire alphabet? The Letter V set is part of my A–Z Alphabet Tear Art Bundle with 26 complete letter sets. You can save time and money when you purchase the bundle.

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