If you see that your toddler appears to be interested in letters and books, buy him toys consisting of letters, such as magnetic letters or
foam letters for the bathtub.
Then, I looked and saw our daughter splashing happily
amidst foam letters and animals in the bathtub.
I have
large foam letter stamps that I like to use on projects like this, but stencils would work perfectly, too.
Play a matching game with magnetic or
foam letters.
Search for Letters in the Pool — Grab your kiddie pool and
foam letters and set up this super fun letter hunt for your child.
These foam letters are big yet don't weigh much and they are colorful.
Bath toys — My daughter loves
the foam letters that are made for the tub.
Wooden blocks with just one letter on them are ideal, but magnetic or
foam letters will work, too.
Using magnetic or
foam letters, place the first letters (uppercase) for each of the names in a bowl or basket.
This activity uses a homemade alphabet chart and magnetic or
foam letters to provide practice in matching letters.
When I first saw the completed pic I would not have thought it was made from a pickle jar and
foam letters!
While the paint was still wet, I sprinkled Diamond Dust all over
the foam letters.
Then painted
each foam letter with a thick layer of DecoArt chalky finish paint in the color Escape.
To make
the foam letters, I used my Silhouette CAMEO to cut an X out of paper to use as a template to trace on to the foam cube.