Looking for letter D crafts and activities?
I have 15 engaging activities that will help your child learn about the letter D! These activities are perfect to use in the classroom, or you can do them right at home!
Grab my FREE Letter collage book at the end of this article! It’s a must-try activity.
Let’s get started with some letter D crafts.
#1: Dinosaur Letter Collage
This letter D craft is TOO cute and fun to make. This is a fun letter D activity for toddlers and preschoolers.
Making the letter collages helps them connect an object with a letter, which also helps build beginning sound skills!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- tissue paper
- cardstock paper
- glue
- googly eye
B. Set-up
Make a bubble letter d on a piece of white cardstock paper with a marker.
Have your little one start scrunching up pieces of green tissue paper!
C. Activity
Put glue ALL over the letter d. They will be filling up the entire letter with scrunched tissue paper.
Start placing the scrunched-up tissue paper balls onto the letter.
Create spikes out of orange cardstock paper and glue them on the curve of the d.
Lastly, make a head shape using green cardstock paper and add a googly eye to finish your letter craft.
#2: Do-A-Dot Letter Search
Who doesn’t love mess-free art?! This letter D craft is a great way for kids to practice building the letter D.
This printable is a perfect way to let you know if your little one can differentiate letters!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- FREE Do-A-Dot Letter Printables
- Do-A-Dot markers
B. Set-up
Print off the pages and get the paint markers ready!
C. Activity
Your little ones with use the paint markers to place a dot on only the letter D. See if they can find all the letter D’s on their own. To extend the learning, have them count how many letter D’s they found on the sheets.
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#3: Dot Sticker Letter Sort
This letter D craft and activity is a great way to work on those tricky letters of the alphabet.
The letters d, b, p, and q are tricky to differentiate for little ones. This activity is a fun, hands-on way to practice these tough letters.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- easel paper
- dot stickers
- Sharpie
B. Set-up
On a piece of easel paper, write the letters b,d,q, and p. Create 4 different sections by drawing a giant plus sign on the easel paper. You can put it on the wall, or you can do it on the floor. Then, use a Sharpie to write the letters on dot stickers!
C. Activity
Have the kids peel off the stickers and place them in the correct box, as you see above! You can practice upper and lower case letters or just focus on one group.
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#4: Find and Cover
A great manipulative to use for hands-on learning activities are counting cubes! This letter D activity is simple to set up!
One of the ways I love to use them is by doing a Find and Cover activity! This is an activity that focuses on one letter at a time. It also focuses on both the upper and lower case letter.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- Find and Cover printable
- counting cubes
Click HERE for your Find had Cover Letter Printables.
B. Set-up
Print off the letter D and any other letter you want to work on with your little one.
C. Activity
Have your child identify the letter. Then, have them tell you which one is upper case and which one is lower case. Explain to them what a key means. Show them that they are to look at the key to see what color represents the upper and lower case letters.
They should place that colored counting cube on the correct letters!
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#5: Play-Doh Letter Building
Whenever I pull out the Play-Doh, the kids play with it for at least a half-hour. You know, that’s kind of a big deal, right? Most of the time it’s longer than that, but at least a half-hour!
This letter D craft and activity is an engaging way for kids to work on building the letter D.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- My Letter Play-Doh mats
- Play-doh
- dry erase folders
Click HERE to grab your Letter Play-Doh Mats! (Upper and Lower case letter included)
B. Set-up
Print off the letters that you want to work on! Then, place them inside a dry-erase folder for your little ones to build on. This way, it won’t get the sheet dirty, and you can save and redo it repeatedly.
C. Activity
Your little ones should roll and create the letters using Play-Doh. You can have them match the colors that are on the sheet, or you can use whatever color you’d like. They should try to create the letter by following the lines!
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#6: Salt Painting
This letter D craft is TOO much fun! Salt painting is such a fun process for the kids.
Kids love watching the paint flow throughout the salt. It’s a relaxing way to paint, and the kids will love trying a new way to create art.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- cardboard
- pencil
- glue
- salt
- watercolors
- paintbrush
- art tray
B. Set-up
On your piece of cardboard, draw the letter A with a pencil. Then, outline the letter in glue. Make sure to place the cardboard on an art tray for the next part! Shake a whole bunch of salt all over the glue, then dump the access in the trash.
*You have to let the glue dry before you start painting, or else it will be REALLY messy!*
C. Activity
Have your little ones use watercolor paints to paint the salt! It looks terrific, too, when you mix different colors throughout the letter.
#7: Secret Letters
Kids love the element of surprise! Who doesn’t? I still do!
This letter D craft is engaging for kids because they can’t see the letters on the paper, so when they paint over the piece of paper, they will see letters magically pop up!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
B. Set-up
On a white piece of cardstock, use a white crayon to write the letter D all over the paper. You can do upper and lower case or just focus on one.
C. Activity
Your kiddo will use watercolors to paint all over the paper. They will see the letters start to pop up! If you mixed upper and lower case letters, make sure to ask them which kind they found.
When you are all done, ask them how many they found! Also, you can talk about the colors that they used for color recognition.
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#8: Beginning Sounds
Talking about animals or objects that start with the letter D will help bring the letter to life for your little one.
These beginning letter worksheets are a perfect way to show your little one some fun things that start with the letter D!
How to do this activity:
A. Materials you need
2. Set-up
Print off the worksheet and grab your crayons!
3. Activity
Go through each of the objects or animals that are inside the letter D. Say the name of each thing and make each object’s beginning sound before saying the whole word. This will help your little one understand the starting sound of each picture they see.
They will color each thing that starts with the letter D!
I have beginning sound sheets for each letter of the alphabet! Create a booklet to go over each of the sounds that the letters make. This will make for a great resource to use repeatedly.
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#9: Dinosaur Print Painting
This letter D craft is a must try for kids who love dinosaurs!
My kids have always been into dinosaurs! Since D is for dinosaurs, I figured this would be a wonderful way to have some stuff while learning about the letter.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- Free Letter D Printable
- washable paint
- white cardstock paper
- toy dinosaurs
- art tray
Click HERE to Grab your FREE Letter D- Dino Painting Printable
B. Set-up
Print out the letter D sheet. Tape the printable on the art tray. Then dump some paint out that you want to use.
C. Activity
Have the kids dip the dinosaurs’ feet into the paint. Then, they will make prints all around the letter D! You can also work on the sound the letter D makes with this activity.
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#10: Letter D Scavenger Hunt
Do your kids like to sit and learn all the time, or do you think they would love to move and learn?
I was a physical education teacher for 10 years, so I know in most cases,kids love movement and want to be active while they learnand not just sit!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- painter’s tape
- hula hoop
- letter D objects
B. Set-up
With painter’s tape, make the letter D on the floor. Then, place a hula hoop over that letter!
C. Activity
Have your little ones go around the house and find objects that start with the letter D. If you have a younger one, place the objects out around the house so it’ll be easier for them to find. If you have an older one, challenge them to search for these objects and figure out which things would start with the letter D.
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#11: Donut Collage
This letter D craft is adorable and easy!
Letter collages are a great way to practice letter recognition! Focusing on one specific letter and creating something special will help them recognize and remember the letter.
There are a lot of different options for the letter D. Some other options are to create a D for dinosaur duck, or dog!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
B. Set-up
On a brown piece of construction paper, create a bubble letter D. Then, make another D using pink cardstock paper and cut it down to be smaller, so it looks like frosting.
C. Activity
Have the kids glue down the frosting to the brown paper! Then, have them glue on pipe cleaners to frosting! Make the sound the letter D makes and have them repeat it. You can also have them try to come up with other words that make the same beginning sound as a donut!
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#12: Letter Sprinkle Sweep
When are sprinkles not a good idea? This letter D craft and activity is a great way to work on fine motor skills.
When you mention that sprinkles are involved in a learning activity, I promise your kids are going to come bounding in ready to see what’s going on.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
B. Set-up
On a piece of cardstock paper, write a big bubble letter D. Place a tray underneath the paper to help with the mess.
C. Activity
Dump a bunch of cookie sprinkles onto the tray. Ask your little one to use the paintbrush to “sweep” the sprinkles into the letter. They will use as many sprinkles as they need to to try to fill in as much of the letter as they can!
This is an excellent activity to work on fine motor skills and letter recognition, and pre-writing skills!
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#13: LEGO Letters
Got a kiddo who loves to use building with blocks? This activity will be right up their alley!
LEGOs are an open-ended toy that I absolutely love using for learning activities. The possibilities are endless when it comes to using them!
Building letters is just one way that they can be used! This is a wonderful hands-on learning activity that helps kids understand how each letter shape is formed!
How to do this activity:
A. Materials you need
B. Set-up
Print off the sheets and grab your LEGO’s
C. Activity
Your child will use the blocks that you have to create the letter D. You can have them use little or DUPLO blocks for this activity. This activity asks them to identify what each letter is they create and how many blocks it took for them to create the letter. If you decide to do more letters than just D, they can see the letters’ differences!
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#14: Popsicle Stick Letter Building
Building letters with popsicle sticks work on SO many different learning skills.
This specific activity works on letter recognition, counting skills, STEM skills, and pre-writing skills! It’s perfect for school centers or just for home learning!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- CLICK HERE FOR My popsicle stick letter cards
- popsicle sticks
- pencil
B. Set-up
Print off the letter cards and grab the popsicle sticks!
C. Activity
Your kids will use the cards to help them know how to create each letter! Count how many popsicle sticks it takes to create the letters.
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#15: Color Coding Letters
Want to try a beginner color-coding activity that’s perfect for preschoolers? I love that it works on several skills with just 1 easy set up as well!
This activity works on color recognition, color matching, number recognition, and letter building! Wow, that’s pretty amazing if you ask me.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- cardboard
- plastic bottle caps
- Sharpie
- dot stickers
- pom poms
- kid-friendly tweezers
B. Set-up
Inside the bottle caps, place a dot sticker with the numbers 1-3 written on them. Older children can have more numbers and colors!
Create the letter D on the cardboard with the bottle caps in a mixed-up order. Write what each number signifies on the side, you can use a pom too for younger ones. Older kiddos can work on color sight word recognition.
C. Activity
Have your child use the key to place the correct colored pom in each bottle cap to create the letter D! This works on letter building, color recognition, and number recognition!
Want to add in some fine motor skills? Have them use tweezers to pick up and place the poms inside the caps!
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#16: Dinosaur Sensory
I’m sure most of you have played hide and seek with your little ones. They love it don’t they? It seems all children love searching and finding things!
Kinetic sand is one of my all-time favorite sensory fillers.It works perfectly in this dinosaur dig activity!
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- kinetic sand
- Letter D printables
- toy dinosaurs
- sensory bin
- plastic eggs
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B. Set-up
In a sensory bin, add kinetic sand and dinosaurs! Print off the letter mats and the eggs. Cut out the amount of upper and lower case D’s that you want to place inside the eggs. Fill the eggs up and place them inside the bin.
C. Activity
Have the kids break open the eggs and place them on the correct upper or lower case letter mats. Have them identify the to you if it’s and upper or lower case d!After they are done, they can play with the kinetic sand, dinosaurs, and plastic eggs!It’s a great sensory activity.
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#17: Letter Collage Book
Grab my FREE letter collage book to make the letters of the alphabet come to life!
Doing these collages is fun and easy, and the kids will start to remember the letters of the alphabet and the letter sounds that each letter makes.
How to do this activity
A. Materials you need
- 2″ binder
- cardstock paper
- supplies for each letter (varies for each letter)
Click HERE to get your FREE Letter Collage Book
B. Set-up
Print off the pages you want to do. I suggest trying one a day.
C. Activity
Use your supplies to create each letter of the alphabet. I purposely chose simple things because toddlers and preschoolers will want to create each letter in an easy way!
Use supplies like stickers, paint, paper, glitter glue, markers, etc. Check out my video for inspiration!
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Final Thoughts and Conclusion
Letter D crafts and activities are a fantastic way for kids to really grasp the letter. Doing some of these activities will help your little ones remember each letter of the alphabet.
To go along with these activities, I suggest reviewing the alphabet letters once a day for at least 5 minutes. That’s it! 5 minutes is all it takes if you consistently go over the information with them; you’re going to see how they can pick up the information if repeated daily.
Do you have a favorite activity that you do in your classroom or at home with your kids for the letter D? Our community would love to hear about it! We all benefit from sharing our teaching strategies and activities. Leave a comment below to let us know about some ways you like to teach the letter D.
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Letter Collage: Creating a collage using the letter D and various materials like tissue paper, cardstock paper, glue, and googly eyes. This activity helps children connect objects with letters and develop beginning sound skills.
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Do-A-Dot Letter Search: Using Do-A-Dot markers to find and mark the letter D in printable letter search sheets. This activity helps children practice letter recognition.
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Dot Sticker Letter Sort: Sorting dot stickers with the letters b, d, p, and q onto sections marked on easel paper. This activity helps children differentiate between similar-looking letters.
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Find and Cover: Using counting cubes and printable Find and Cover sheets to identify and cover the letter D in different fonts (upper and lower case). This activity helps children practice letter identification and counting skills.
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Play-Doh Letter Building: Using Play-Doh and printable Letter Play-Doh mats to shape and build the letter D. This activity helps children practice letter formation and fine motor skills.
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Salt Painting: Drawing the letter D on cardboard, outlining it with glue, and sprinkling salt over it. Children then use watercolors to paint over the salt, creating a unique textured effect. This activity promotes creativity and fine motor skills.
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Secret Letters: Writing the letter D with a white crayon on white cardstock and using watercolors to reveal the hidden letter. This activity engages children's curiosity and promotes letter recognition.
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Beginning Sounds: Using worksheets with pictures of objects starting with the letter D to practice letter sounds and recognition. Children color the objects that begin with the letter D. This activity strengthens phonics skills.
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Dinosaur Print Painting: Using toy dinosaurs dipped in washable paint to create prints around the letter D. This activity combines art and letter recognition.
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Letter D Scavenger Hunt: Creating the letter D on the floor with painter's tape and having children find objects that start with the letter D in their surroundings. This activity promotes letter recognition and active learning.
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Donut Collage: Creating a donut-themed collage with cardstock paper, colored tissue paper, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes in the shape of the letter D. This activity encourages creativity and letter recognition.
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Letter Sprinkle Sweep: Using art trays, cardstock paper with a large letter D, and sprinkles to practice fine motor skills by sweeping the sprinkles into the letter. This activity enhances letter recognition and fine motor control.
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LEGO Letters: Using LEGO blocks to build the letter D according to provided LEGO Letter Building Mats. This activity promotes hands-on learning and letter formation.
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Popsicle Stick Letter Building: Using popsicle sticks and letter cards to build the letter D. This activity enhances letter recognition and fine motor skills.
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Color Coding Letters: Using plastic bottle caps, dot stickers, and pom poms to create the letter D, matching colors and numbers. This activity combines color recognition, number recognition, and letter formation.
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Dinosaur Sensory: Creating a dinosaur-themed sensory bin with kinetic sand, toy dinosaurs, plastic eggs, and letter D printables. Children dig and find eggs with upper and lower case D's, promoting sensory exploration and letter recognition.
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Letter Collage Book: Creating a letter collage book with cardstock paper and various supplies for each letter of the alphabet. This ongoing activity helps children remember the letters and their corresponding sounds.
These activities provide engaging ways for children to learn about the letter D through hands-on experiences, letter recognition, fine motor skills, and sensory exploration.
