ABC's Book

I made one of these for Aidan 

Just a little book for him to draw and color in. The idea is if they are old enough to draw pictures of things that start with the letter that is on the page. Like my Bug, Ball or Bee on the "B" page. If they aren't old enough, like Aidan, I draw stuff and then he can doodle.

I just took 15 pieces of paper (enough for the alpabet and a couple extra drawing pages) and I was just going to fold them in half and staple in the middle to make it a book, but my stapler and staples are wussy. So instead I had to punch holes in the paper 2-3 sheets at a time.

Just make sure you are consistent on where you are punching the holes. (example coming up)

Don't bother noticing how evenly spaced mine are and all that. ☺

Then I used ribbon to tie it all together...yarn or something would work too.

Then go through and write a capital letter and lower case letter (notice my holes! See, you gotta pay attention to where you are punching those holes!)

FYI: I used cheap construction paper and then tried to write the letters with a marker and as you can see, it bled through the paper, so I switched to a crayon.

Making a card

One of Aidan's cousins had a birthday coming up so we made her a card!

Aidan particularly enjoyed gluing the sequins on.

He's loving watercoloring and unfortunately his favorite color is black. ☺

Letters C, H, A, R, and F

Slowly making our way through the letters, but not in any particular order...

Sometimes Aidan helps out a lot other than coloring, other times I get stuck finishing the project. ☺

Keep in mind their attention span limits....sometimes Aidan can make it through 2 projects, and sometimes it takes 2 days to finish one.

After we finish with one letter we hang it on the fridge or somewhere in the kitchen where Aidan can see it for awhile and then I've been hanging them on the wall in his bedroom. Someday I'd like to hang a wire or rope of some sort and hang them up clothesline style.

Lisa over at The Brighter Side has some good ideas too some of which we've used.