Children will have fun learning the letter G with our adorable Grover inspired letter G craft. This easy and engaging project brings Sesame Street to life as children create their very own Grover in the shape of the letter G. It's perfect for teaching early literacy in a fun and creative way while also building fine motor skills.
Recreate Grover's characteristic fluffy blue fur, oblong eyes and big pink nose with our free printable Grover letter G template and some basic craft items. This is a great activity to incorporate into your letter of the week learning for letter G either at home or in the classroom.
LEARN THE LETTER G WITH GROVER FROM SESAME STREET
Sesame Street has been dedicated to fostering early literacy skills including letter knowledge since 1969. The show uses Muppet characters such as Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Elmo and Cookie Monster alongside songs and interactive storytelling to make learning the alphabet fun for children.
One of the most memorable characters from Sesame Street is Grover thanks to his silly child like voice and his adorable personality as he tries hard to help in any way he can. Grover has his own video where he teaches children about all the great words that start with the letter G like Grover, good and grow.
- Letter G template
- Dark blue tissue paper sheets
- White cardstock
- Coloured cardstock
- Scissors
- Glue
If you don't have coloured cardstock you can always use plain white cardstock for the backing page or coloured paper. We chose red as it was a good contrast to Grover's navy blue, however you can use any colour you like. If you're doing this craft with a large group of children you could use a different colour backing paper for each child.
If you don't have blue tissue paper you can swap it out for blue pom poms, or paint the letter G with blue paint using a fork to make a streaky fur effect. Fuzzy pom poms will create a 3 dimensional letter G, whereas the paint will make a flat letter G. All options are great ways for children to work on their fine motor skills and hand strengthening as they tear, scrunch, spread, squeeze or glue the items down.
HOW TO MAKE A LETTER G GROVER
If you're doing this craft in the classroom with a large group of students, or with younger children who may not have well developed scissor skills, you may want to pre-cut out the template pieces for them.
1. Print off template. I highly recommend printing the template onto white cardstock as it will make the face pieces sturdier and easier to glue on.
3. Cut out the template pieces. Younger children may need help with this step depending on how well developed their scissor skills are. If you're doing this craft as a classroom activity you may want to cut out all the templates beforehand to save time.
4. Scrunch the tissue paper up into balls and glue onto G template to give a furry texture. The easiest way to glue them on is to squeeze a drop of glue onto the template and then press the scrunched ball firmly into the glue. Set aside to dry once the entire letter G is covered with tissue paper.
5. Glue the letter G onto the backing sheet of cardstock. We chose to use red as it's a nice contrast to the dark blue. If you use a paper backing sheet instead of cardstock there's a chance that the paper may ripple as it dries.
6. Glue Grover's nose onto his mouth. Overlap the nose so that is covers about half of his mouth {see photo below}. Set aside to dry.
7. Glue Grover's eyes onto the letter G. Glue the eyes to the top of the G, slightly spaced apart and with pupils facing inward {see photo below}
8. Glue the nose and mouth onto the letter G. Space them as shown in the picture below.
This letter G Grover craft is not only a great letter G craft for letter recognition and formation, it also has the added bonus of 3D texture thanks to the scrunched tissue paper {or pom poms if you use those}. This will give children great tactile sensory feedback as they run their fingers along the letter G.
DOWNLOAD GROVER INSPIRED
LETTER G TEMPLATE
Click the download template button below to download the letter G Grover template. This will take you to the PDF that can be downloaded to your device and printed. The PDF is a single A4 page, however you can print as many copies as you need.
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