Use this cookie craft to help your kids learn about the letter C! Cookie crafts will fit right into a Food theme and help make your life one day easier. It can also be used as a stick puppet when you sing “Who Took the Cookie”. Or use it as a prop when you read “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie“
Skills
Types of skills can include math, science, fine motor, dramatic play, social and emotional. Here is how this horse applies these skills:
Math
Add in math concepts by having your child count how many chocolate chips are on their cookie. You can also have them identify any colors or shapes they use when decorating the cookie.
Science
Try explaining the process of making a cookie to your children. Mixing dough with liquid and make it super hot might spark their attention.
Fine Motor Skills
Chidren will definitely use their pincer grasp when decorating their cookies. Additionally, those with more skills can also use scissors to improve their cutting skills.
Dramatic Play and Social/Emotional
Try pretending to eat the cookies and ask your students how they taste. Also ask the students how they feel when they get a cookie.
Boundaries
Make sure you supervise your child when using scissors and other sharp items. Keep your eyes out on paint just to make sure nobody starts tasting it.
Materials
You will use brown and white construction paper, scissors, glue, pencils with eraser tips, markers, and sponge tip markers.
Steps
Do These Steps Before Working With the Children:
Firstly, find yourself a Letter C template. Print out the template with the white construction paper and cut it out. If you have a cutting machine like a Cricut, feel free to automate the printing and cutting process!
Next, use the brown construction paper to cut out a circle roughly the same size as your letter C template.
Do These Steps With the Children:
Have the children decorate the letter C with the sponge tip markers.
Glue the letter C onto the brown circle.
Now, have the children dip the pencil eraser tip into some black paint, then stamp it into the brown paper to create the chocolate chips.
And you’re done! Let the craft dry and don’t forget to use it during class.
Modifications
You can use pencil eraser tips to dip into black paint to make the chocolate chips. Or you can use black markers.
Be creative and use different items to decorate the letter C. Make it 3D with some tissue paper or shredded paper for sprinkles.
Om Nom Nom!
This letter craft for kids will motivate your children to create and decorate a cookie in their own unique way. Make sure to om nom nom along with them!