Crayon Box Name Craft
Learning crafts are one of my FAVORITE elements to add to the kindergarten classroom and this crayon box name craft is no exception! This craft is perfect for the beginning of the year.
Benefits of Crafts in Kindergarten
Crafts are such a helpful part of the curriculum all year long. However, there are many reasons why crafts are such a great addition to your lesson plans for the beginning of the year.
Fine Motor Practice: Young students need lots and lots of practice with fine-motor skills during the school year and crafts are great for practicing those skills! Your students work on strengthening those tiny muscles when they cut out the Crayon Box Craft Templates to create their crayon box name, use their glue stick (correctly, not covering their entire project and desk in glue ?), and manipulate the pieces to put them all together.
Community-Building Display: Name crafts look great displayed on a back-to-school bulletin board! Seeing their names on display will help students feel more ownership over the classroom.
Engaging Skill Practice: Learning crafts are a great way to help your students practice listening to and following step-by-step directions, spatial awareness skills, and fine motor skills, all WHILE learning important concepts and facts!
How to Create a Crayon Box Name Craft
In kindergarten, we work a lot on learning our names. This crayon box name craft makes for a really fun learning opportunity at the beginning of the school year, and is a lot of fun to make!
Step One: Prep Crayon Name Template
To make the craft, each student will need a crayon box craft template and enough crayons to spell out their name. If you just want your students to work on recognizing and ordering the letters in their name, you can give them crayon pieces with the letters of the name already on them.
Step Two: Attach to Crayon Box
Next, have them arrange the crayons so they fit inside the crayon box. Make sure to show them how to apply the glue to the bottom of the crayon only so the letters still show. If you want your students to practice writing the letters in their name, they can write each letter after they glue the crayons down.
Step Three: Count Letters and Write Name
After they complete their name, have them count how many letters are in their name and write it on a red circle. Then they can glue the circle onto their crayon box. You can also write or have your students write their name on their crayon box as well.
Step Four: Display
These crayon box crafts make the cutest bulletin board display at the start of the year (or any time of the year really!). Glue them onto a 9″x12″ piece of construction paper and staple them onto the board.
Printable Crayon Box Name Craft
Would you like to use this craft in your classroom? Just click below to find it in my shop so your students can practice their names with a hands-on and engaging activity.
Crayon Box Name Craft
More Back to School Activities
You can find even more Back to School activities to keep your students learning and engaged in my Back to School Activity Bundle. It includes the crayon box name craft as well as morning work practice, first week of kindergarten printables, low-prep centers, and much more!
Back to School Activity Bundle
Save This Crayon Box Name Craft
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