P Is for Porcupine

This lowercase letter P craft may seem a little prickly, but don’t be fooled! Underneath all those fancy quills, this pretty porcupine has a soft spot for you and your preschooler. Pass around the paper and pencils, because this craft is practically perfect!

Here’s What You’ll Need

• 2 sheets of printer paper
• Card stock (we used yellow, brown, dark brown, and tan)
• P Is for Porcupine Craft templates
• 1 googly eye
• Glue stick, pencil, marker, and scissors

Instructions for Assembling Your Lowercase P Craft

1. Print the P Is for Porcupine Craft templates.
2. Cut out the templates and trace the letter P and the porcupine’s spines, face, nose, snout, and feet onto card stock.
3. Cut out the letter P and the porcupine body parts.
4. Glue the letter P onto a piece of card stock (we used yellow, but you can use any color you like).
5. Tuck the spines under the curve of the letter P and glue in place.
6. Glue the snout onto the face.
7. Tuck the face under the top left side of the letter P and glue in place.
8. Tuck the feet under the bottom edge of the letter P and glue in place.
9. Glue the face in the center of the letter P.
10. Glue the nose to the tip of the porcupine’s snout.
11. Affix a googly eye to the porcupine’s face.
12. Use a marker to draw the porcupine’s mouth.

Learning with Your Letter P Craft

As you and your child assemble your P Is for Porcupine Craft, practice saying /p/–/p/–porcupine together. You can find more tips for working on pre-reading skills with your preschooler in this handy download.

We would LOVE to see how your lowercase P craft turns out! Please share your photos with us on our Facebook page, or tag your Instagram photos with the hashtag #allaboutABCcrafts!

Want More ABC Crafts?

Free Lowercase ABC Letter Crafts

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Free Uppercase ABC Letter Crafts

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Photos by: Rachel Neumann