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The Letter E
Learn or teach the alphabet using these fun ideas. Find fun games, crafts, stories, and other educational activities all related to the letter E.


letter E alphabet activities
Hi, my name is Edward.
I am here to help you learn
about the letter E!
E is for Elephant, an Enormous animal!

Check out all my fun ideas below.




Special E Projects
Just for you!

Coloring - Collage Pages

Print Capital E and
Lower-Case e

Make An...

Elephant Puppet


How Many blue Letter E's can you find on this page?


E Is For...

  • elastic
  • election
  • elephant
  • elevator
  • exit
  • eyeballs


More E Activities and Resources

  • Elephant Walk - Using your arm as a trunk, walk around like an elephant.
  • Egg Heads - Cut egg shapes out of construction paper and make silly faces on them.
  • E Collage Picture - Print out or draw a letter E. Paint glue inside the E and cover it with eyeball pictures cut from magazines. Can you think of other things that start with an E that you can add to your picture.
  • Make a Letter E beaded safety pin.
  • E Dictionary Page for Kids - Find many words that begin with the letter E.
  • Elizabeth E Craft - Printable template to make this paper craft.


Quick Alphabet Crafts
And Activity Ideas

  • Have a bowl of Alphabits cereal for breakfast, or how about some letter-shaped pancakes.
  • Make letters out of homemade clay.
  • Do an alphabet crayon rubbing using letters cut out of sandpaper.
  • Cut out felt letters to use is any of the shared crafts just for a little variety.
  • Gather a few kids together and see how many letter shapes they can make with their whole bodies.
  • Lunch time? Have alphabet soup and Jello ligglers cut into alphabet shapes.
  • Fingerpaint your letters... Instead of finder paint, why not try using pudding or shaving cream?
  • Go for a walk and look for things that start with whatever letter you are studying.
  • See how long of a sentance you can make using as many words that start with the letter as possible.
  • Decorate your sidewalk with the alphabet by using sidewalk chalk!
  • Snack Time? Why not make alphabet shaped sugar cookies!
  • practice the alphabet in a sandbox. Use a stick to write letters. No sandbox? Fill a dishpan with sand.
  • See how many letters you can form by using a pipecleaner.


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