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Letter of the Week Craft: Jack is for Jack-O-Lantern

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It’s Letter of the Week craft time again! And yes, we’re a little out of order this week but we’ll get back in order next week, I promise. This one just had to happen because Halloween is right around the corner! So J is for Jack-O-Lantern!

Celebrate Halloween with this Letter of the Week craft! Read some Halloween books and then make this letter J letter of the week craft! J is for Jack-o-Lantern!

Letter of the Week Craft: Jack is for Jack-O-Lantern

This letter of the week project involves some paint so be prepared! Grab an old t-shirt to protect clothes and let the kids have fun! A little paint is always fun! And if you’re looking for books to go along with this letter of the week, check out some of our favorites at the bottom of the post! I’ve also included affiliate links in case you need to buy any supplies or books to add to your collection!

Celebrate Halloween with this Letter of the Week craft! Read some Halloween books and then make this letter J letter of the week craft! J is for Jack-o-Lantern!

What You Need:

  • Purple and orange construction paper
  • Green and yellow puffy paint (you can also use washable paint or green and yellow construction paper instead of paint)
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Marker

Celebrate Halloween with this Letter of the Week craft! Read some Halloween books and then make this letter J letter of the week craft! J is for Jack-o-Lantern!

What You Do:

  1. Draw a block letter J onto the orange paper. You can also find one online and print it out on your orange paper.
  2. Cut out the J and glue it onto the purple paper.
  3. Using yellow puffy paint, paint on eyes, a nose, and a mouth. If you would rather use construction paper, cut out seven yellow triangles to glue on for the eyes, nose, and mouth.
  4. With green puffy paint, paint on a stem on the top of your J. You can also skip the paint and cut a rectangle out of green construction to glue on.
  5. Let dry.

Celebrate Halloween with this Letter of the Week craft! Read some Halloween books and then make this letter J letter of the week craft! J is for Jack-o-Lantern!

This letter of the week craft is a fun way to explore the letter J and Halloween! Some of our favorite Jack-O-Lantern books to read are The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin by Sonali Fry, It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff, and Five Little Pumpkins! This is also a fun activity to combine with carving your own pumpkin!

 

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About Mariah

Mariah is the mom of 2 and a former educator (preschool - 4th grade & special education) with a degree in human development. As a busy mom living in with a multi-generational family under one roof (with 4 dogs!), life is sometimes chaotic! She aims to share easy ideas that we can all use in our lives! Read more about Mariah!

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My name is Mariah & I'm the mom of two. I'm a former educator (preschool - 4th grade & special education) with a degree in human development. I'm also a baseball mom & dance mom. We're a multi-generational family living under one roof (with two dogs!) With our busy lives, I aim to share easy ideas that we can all use in our lives!

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