Tactile Letters

I can't believe tomorrow school is back in session. It has been a great Christmas break. I was able to relax, watch Gilmore Girls, and spend time with family and friends. Over break I went into my classroom only ONCE!!! Yahoo! I did one project over break for my classroom and I can't wait to start using them tomorrow.My colleague found these letters at Hobby Lobby and wanted one for every week. I thought it was a great idea and thought it would be fun to add different textures that match the theme. Here are the first 4 letters I made.

 M for Monsters

I bought Paper Mache Letters from Hobby Lobby and painted it with lime green acrylic paint. Then I gorilla glued (gel) the large wiggle eyes on. Then I hot glued neon pom poms on the front and back. I did not put pom poms on the sides because I wanted the shape of the letter to stay intact.

 R for Rockets/Space

I sprayed paint the letter R with a glossy black. I put to much on, so I dabbed off the excess with a paper towel which it gave it some dimension. Then I sprayed glitter spray paint. Once the painted dried I add the glitter star stickers to the front and back.

 W for Water

First, I painted the edges with blue acrylic paint. Then I used the traced the letter on this scrapbook paper. Once I cut it out, I used spray adhesive to stick the scrapbook paper on the front and back.

O for Ocean

My wonderful friend made this one for me. She used spray adhesive then sprinkled sand on top. She did this 2 times. After the second layer of sand was on, she then sprayed a top coat of the spray adhesive to help the sand stay on the letter and not fall off.

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