I originally found this at Muffin Tin Mom website, and I think
it’s quite simple to make, using cheap stationeries, so I decided to give it a
try. I did it from scratch in about an hour or so, while the kids were taking
their afternoon nap. I already bought the materials beforehand for quite a
while now, but I never had the time to do it (or possibly, too lazy to think about
it. Hah!).
So, laying out the materials.
A large cardboard in any colour you prefer. I chose orange
to make it nice and bright.
A stack of paper. You can use normal A4 paper if you like
(or if you’re more cheapskate than me), or buy some nice cardstock like I did. You
can even cut up some boxes and then paste the alphabet card on it, to make a
sturdier card.
A strip of Velcro, scissors and coloured pens, if you’d like
to colour and decorate the cards. I didn’t have time to do any decorating as my
kids woke up just as I finished.
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| I forgot to take photos of my own stickers. Hmmph. |
2 sets of alphabet stickers. You can just print out 2 sets
of alphabet flashcards from the internet, or buy some, if you like. It would
save more time, as you won’t need to cut up the paper or paste stickers. Up to
you, really. My kids love stickers, so I decided to buy some.
Ok, let’s start!
This is the fast and easy way to cut up the paper. (I’m
racing against time here, remember?) Fold the paper in two and cut it up. Then
fold the long strip of paper into four and cut them up. One sheet of paper can
produce 8 little cards, just about the size of a flashcard. You don’t want it
to be too big, it’ll take up too much space on the cardboard.
As there are 26 alphabets, you’ll need 52 little cards in total.
(Did you have to count how many letters are there? Heh.)
Here’s the fun part – pasting the stickers on the cards. Go ahead,
it’ll bring out the child in you, I promise! And you’ll understand why kids
love stickers so much.
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| I have no idea why this picture came out vertical like this. Can someone tell me how to fix this? |
Before you start sticking the Velcro on the cards and on the
cardboard, I think it’s better to arrange the cards on the cardboard first,
just to be sure of the placing. Good thing I did, I couldn’t fit all the
letters on one surface, so I had to continue on the back. As you can see from
the Muffin Tin Mom, her cardboard is bigger so it could fit all the letters. Or
maybe my arrangement is a little off, I don’t know. It’s okay, we’re not trying
to be too precise, it’s an activity for kids anyway. Unless you or your kids
have OCD.
Then cut up the Velcro strip into small pieces. For people
who have never used Velcro before, (like yours truly) you might wonder why
there are two strips. One strip is the hairy one and the other is the rough
one. They only stick on each other i.e. if you try to stick the hairy piece
onto another hairy piece, it won’t stick. So you need to stick the rough ones
on the large cardboard and the hairy ones on the back of each little card.
Okay, go ahead and stick them all.
Like I said, I had to continue on the back.
Unlike the Muffin Tin Mom, I forgot to make the small open
box the put in the second set of cards. Oh well.
All done!
That wasn’t too hard, was it? ;)
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