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Letter P Arts and Crafts

Easy Putty
Here is a recipe for putty that the kids really enjoy. This putty is stretchy, rubbery and bounces like a ball and it picks up newspaper comics. Just like the store bought stuff!

1 Tbs. liquid starch
Food coloring
2 Tbs. white glue
Plastic Easter Egg or Zip lock baggie
Mix white glue and food coloring together in a small bowl. Pour liquid starch into a second small bowl. Slowly pour the glue mixture on top of the liquid starch. Allow the concoction to stand for 5 minutes or until the glue absorbs the liquid starch.

Remove putty from bowl and knead (At first this mixture may look as if its a mistake, but it isn’t. The more you knead the putty, the better the consistency will be) Store the putty in a plastic Easter Egg or baggie. This makes enough for one child.

P is for puzzle
You can use this on a Christmas card, old greeting card or even photo. Remove the front of the card (the picture part) and attach a magnetic sheet to the back. You can laminate the front of the card if you want but it isn’t required. Cut the card in six to eight squares depending on the size of your card.

Place the card on your refrigerator and the kids can mix up all the pieces and then put them back in order to make the picture again.

Dried Peas on “P”
Materials:
1 “P” cut out of black paper, labeled
Dried green peas
Glue
Directions: Have children glue dried green peas to “P”.

Pumpkin prints
Take small pumpkins, cut them in half and remove the seeds. Dip the pumpkins in orange paint and make prints.Can also use potatoes cut in half, and designs carved out of the inside.

Popcorn
Lay out a white bed sheet and place a popcorn popper in the middle of the sheet with the top off (make sure children stay off the sheet as the popper is running) Watch as the popcorn shoots out of the popper and onto the sheet.

Painting
Paint with fingers, feet, brushes, etc.

Pinwheels
Mark an X from corner to corner on a square piece of paper. Cut on the lines almost to the center. Help children attach every other corner piece to the center. Fasten a pin through the center of the pinwheel into the eraser of an unsharpened pencil.

P’s Peas
Use dried peas for creating an interesting collage – look at dried peas, split peas, black-eyed peas, etc.

Purple and Pink
Provide paint in purples and pinks – talk about pale or pastel colors and provide them to paint with.

Letter P Project
Trace a big P and a little p on a piece of paper and make enough copies for all your children. Pop some popcorn and let the children glue popcorn to the letters. They can eat some and glue some.

Paper Plate Collage
Have the child print a P on a paper plate then look through magazines to find pictures that begin with P. Cut them out and glue them all around the P. This activity can be done with a “partner.”

 

Letter P Games and Activities

Have a pajama party!
Everyone wear pajamas,slippers,robes,etc. Have a laid-back day. Read lots of stories, lay around on sleeping bags and huge soft pillows. Eat letter P snacks: popcorn, pretzels, peanuts, popsicles, prunes, etc.

Patterns
Have Children observe various types of patterns, both visual and sound.

Pumpkin
Have children explore a pumpkin, outside and inside. Have them touch, smell, taste,and describe it.

Poison Awareness
Help children learn about dangers from household poisons.

P Explorations
Provide one of the following sets of objects for children to explore; paper, pens, people or pets. Have them describe the items.

Potato tasting
Prepare potatoes in various ways for children to taste. Then have each child vote for the positively perfect potato by placing a sticker in the appropriate column of a chart.

Platypus
Learn more about this unusual Australian marsupial that lives in the water, has a duck bill, webbed feet and fur.

Other animals that start with P
Porcupine, polar bear, parrots, panthers, penguins, panda bears, pachyderms (elephants/ rhinoceros), palomino (horses)

Pogo
Have a pogo stick available for outdoor play.

Pirates
Have a pageant or parade perhaps of Pirates!

Palindromes
For older children explore palindromes – a word that reads the same backwards as forwards, e.g. rotator, madam, etc…

Parachutes
Play with commercially available parachutes, create parachutes from plastic bags for dolls etc.

Play peekaboo

Peel a pear
See who can make the longest strip of skin – give the children a plastic knife.

Pentathlon
Set up a pentathlon event in the playground – children must complete the five activities.

P Sounds
Talk with older children about how “ph” makes a f sound as in photography or pharmacy.

Piano
Play the piano and let the children have a turn at the keys.

Peanut Number Game
Set out 10 plastic containers numbered from 1 to 10 and a basket of peanuts. Let the children take turns placing the appropriate number of peanuts into each container.

Graph Pizza Toppings
Make a graph with a list of pizza toppings on the left side and blank spaces for tallying on the right. Conduct a survey of the children to find out which toppings they like. Have each child write his/her name on a sticky note. Tell the children they can only vote for their favorite topping.

Name a topping from the list and ask the children who like that topping stick their name next to the topping. Do the same thing for all the toppings and until all children have put their sticky note on the graph. Then ask the children to decide which topping is the most popular and which is the least popular.

Sensory Table
Place popcorn kernels, popped popcorn and different size funnels and strainers.

Dramatic Play Center
Set up a movie theater with seats, screen and a popcorn cups. Let children take turns being the usher, the popcorn vendor, the ticket taker, etc. Watch a short movie (if possible videos of themselves).

 

Letter P Recipes and Snacks

Purple popsicles
Pour purple colored juice into Dixie cups,when almost set insert stick.Or make the juice purple by mixing red and blue juice. Talk about mixing colors to get other colors.

P Snacks
Peanut butter
popcorn
pasta
pineapple
pizza
potato pancakes
regular pancakes
cheese pretzels

Mashed potato and pumpkin
Mash together cooked potato and pumpkin with a little milk and butter for a yummy side dish.

Pizza!
Make pizzas for lunch or snack using an English style muffin split in two, tomato sauce, pineapple, diced ham and cheese. Cook under a grill until cheese is melted.

Popcorn Squares
36 servings
8 cups popped popcorn
1 cup peanuts
1 cup M & M’s
1 cup gumdrops
1 cup butter
1 (16-ounce) package marshmallows
Combine popcorn, peanuts and candies in bowl; mix well. Heat butter and marshmallows in saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until blended. Pour over popcorn mixture, tossing to coat. Spread in 9×13 inch dish. Chill for several hours. Cut into squares.

Party Popcorn
20 to 25 servings
1/4 cup margarine
1 (10-ounce) package marshmallows
1/2 cup peanut butter
10 cups popped popcorn
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup chopped pecans
Melt margarine in saucepan. Add marshmallows and peanut butter. Cook until smooth, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Combine with popcorn, sunflower seeds and pecans in large bowl: mix well. Shape into balls; place in paper liners.

Sugar-and-Spice Apple Corn
16 servings
4 quarts warm unsalted popped popcorn
1 cup unsalted walnuts
1/2 cup chopped dried apples
1/2 cup melted margarine
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 Tsp apple pie spice
Combine popcorn, walnuts and dried apples in bowl; mix well. Combine margarine, brown sugar and pie spice in saucepan; mix well. Cook until bubbly, stirring constantly. Pour over popcorn mixture, tossing to coat. Serve warm or at room temperature. Store in airtight container.

 

Letter P Songs, Poems and Finger Plays

The P Song
(Sung to: B-I-N-G-O)
I know a word that starts with P,
And pizza is its name.
P-I-Z-Z-A P-I-Z-Z-A P-I-Z-Z-A
And pizza is its name.
Other words to spell:
P-U-P-P-Y
P-E-N-N-Y
P-A-P-E-R
P-A-I-N-T

I Like Pizza
(Sung to: Skip To My Lou)
I like pizza, yes, I do.
I like pizza, yes, I do.
I like pizza, yes, I do.
And my tummy likes it, too.

Peter Piper
(A Tongue Twister)
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

The Pig
(Tune: Camp town Races)
The pig rolls in the mud all day.
Oink-oink, oink-oink.
That is what he likes to say,
Oink-oink-oink-oink-oink.
Curly tail that grows,
Pudgy little nose.
Mud is where he likes to be,
And it really shows.

A Peanut Sat on a Railroad Track
Tune: Pop! Goes The Weasel
A peanut sat on a railroad track,
Its heart was all aflutter.
A train came chugging down the track-
Toot! Toot! Peanut Butter!

I Wish I Were A Pepperoni Pizza
(Tune: The Oscar Meyer Theme Song)
Oh, I wish I were a pepperoni pizza,
That is what I’d truly like to be.
For if I were a pepperoni pizza,
Everyone would be in love with me!

Peanut Butter

(Tune: Frere Jacques)
Peanut butter, peanut butter,
Good for you, fun to chew.
Spread it on a sandwich,
Spread it on a cracker.
Good for you, fun to chew!

 

 

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