Here are 24 letter “R” crafts that will help kids recognize and remember this very important letter of the alphabet.
Kids will enjoy learning about how the letter looks, how it sounds, and the various words that begin with it!
13 Uppercase Letter “R” Crafts
1. “R is for Rose” Craft
Photo credit: The Kindergarten Connection
Difficulty Level: Toddler
This rose craft from The Kindergarten Connection doesn’t have any thorns and can be easily made with paper plates, glitter, yarn, scissors, tissue paper, cardstock, and glue. This makes for a real easy and fun craft for Valentine’s Day, too!
2. “R is for Rainbow” Craft
Photo credit: No Time for Flash Cards
Difficulty Level: Toddler
This is one of the easiest letter “R” crafts for toddlers your kiddos can do. No Time for Flash Cards uses colored construction paper, glue, a black marker, and scissors to show kids how to make a colorful rainbow craft.
3. “R is for Rain” Craft
Photo credit: My Mommy Style
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
What comes before the rainbow? The rain! Kids can easily make this rain craft even when it’s sunny from My Mommy Style with cardstock, construction paper, yarn, glue, and cotton balls.
4. “R is for Rainbow and Rain” Craft
Photo credit: Crystal & Co.
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
How about combining both the rain and a rainbow into one craft? Crystal & Co. teaches kids how to make this rain and rainbow craft with Fruit Loops, a blue marker, glue, cotton balls, and their free template.
5. “R is for Rocket” Craft
Photo credit: From ABCs to ACTs
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
Kids can travel to the stars with this easy-to-do rocket craft by From ABCs to ACTs. All they need is colored construction paper, glue, and scissors.
6. “R is for Rabbit” Craft
Photo credit: The Simple Parent
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
The little ones will hop right into making this craft. Grab construction paper or cardstock, a black marker, googly eyes, scissors, glue, a black marker, and The Simple Parent’s free template, and kids can get started on making this neat rabbit craft.
7. “R is for Rhino” Craft
Photo credit: A Dab of Glue will Do
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
Fun fact: a rhino’s horns are made of the same stuff our fingernails are made of! Get kids to make this rhino craft from A Dab of Glue will Do with just crayons, scissors, and glue.
They even include a printable template that you can access by entering your email address!
8. “R is for Raccoon” Craft
Photo credit: My Teaching Station
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
Kids will enjoy making these masked critters with My Teaching Station’s raccoon craft. All they’ll need is colored paper, glue, and scissors – that’s it!
Also, the blog does have letter templates available, but keep in mind that they come at a cost.
9. “R is for Rooster” Craft
Photo credit: Home with Hollie
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
Time to rise and shine when the rooster crows, kids! Home with Hollie shows kids how to make this rooster craft by using a googly eye, construction paper, glue, and scissors. She also includes various other rooster learning activities. How convenient!
10. “R is for Road” Craft
Photo credit: Kids Activities
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
The road to success begins now, kids! Here’s an easy-to-do letter “R” craft that only requires a few materials. With just construction paper, scissors, and glue, Kids Activities shows kids how to make this road craft.
11. “R is for Rock” Craft
Photo credit: Fantastic Fun and Learning
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
Here’s one of the simplest letter “R” crafts for preschoolers that literally rocks! Fantastic Fun and Learning lets kids gather up rocks and pebbles for this letter “R” craft. Kids will also need glue and paper for this activity.
12. “R is for Ribbons” and “r is for Red Rice” Crafts
Photo credit: Learning 4 Kids
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
Here’s a two-for-one deal, kids! Learning 4 Kids has an upper and lowercase letter “R” craft for kids. To make the ribbon craft, kids will need glue, ribbons, and the “R is for ribbons” upper and lowercase templates.
For the next craft, kids can use red rice and the upper/lowercase printables templates. The best part? They even provide a tutorial on how to color the rice!
13. Origami Uppercase Letter “R”
Difficulty Level: Kindergartener or older
With just a piece of paper, kids can easily make this origami “R” courtesy of Origami Humpy. Origami has the added benefit of enhancing a child’s motor skills. Of course, a grown-up should still help them out with the more precise folds.
6 Lowercase Letter “r” Crafts
14. “r is for Rainbow” Craft
Photo credit: The Kindergarten Connection
Difficulty Level: Toddler
Let kids create one or more of these colorful and simple rainbow crafts thanks to this tutorial from The Kindergarten Connection. For this craft, kids will need colored construction paper, cardstock, scissors, and glue.
15. “r is for Rabbit” Craft
Photo credit: All About Learning Press
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
This cute little rabbit craft from All About Learning Press is really simple. All kids need is cardstock, a googly eye, glue, scissors, a pencil, and the free letter “r” and rabbit templates. It’s that simple!
16. “r is for Rooster” Craft
Photo credit: Totally Tots
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
How about another lowercase “r” craft for the kiddos? This rooster craft can easily be made thanks to the tutorial from Totally Tots. All kids need is craft foam, glue, scissors, a pencil, and a googly eye.
17. “r is for Rain” Craft
Photo credit: CBC
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
A nice and cold rain shower is always great, especially after a hot day! Kids can easily make this cool rain craft from CBC easily craft foam, construction paper, scissors, beads, and glue.
18. “r is for Rocket” Craft
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
Anna’s video shows an easy-to-do rocket craft using a lowercase letter “r” as the base. Kids can easily make this using scissors, colored paper, glue, and a marker (to draw the required shapes).
19. Origami Lowercase Letter “r”
Difficulty Level: Kindergartener or older
In this tutorial, Anish shows kids how to make a lowercase letter “r” out of a small piece of paper. Now, the folds here might be too difficult for the kiddos, so a grown-up should help teach kids how to do it.
5 Other Letter “R” Crafts
20. Newspaper Racoon Craft
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
Racoons are cute little masked animals that love urban areas. I Heart Crafty Things reuses a newspaper to make these black and grey animals. Aside from a newspaper, kids will need scissors, glue, googly eyes, a pencil, cardstock, and a black pom-pom.
21. Colorful Rainy Rainbow Craft
Difficulty Level: Preschooler
No rain or rainbows lately? Then why not make your own colorful rainbow, kids? My Style of Making has got you covered. With cardstock, scissors, glue, tape, a pencil, and string, kids will be making their own rainy rainbow craft in no time!
22. Ready to Launch Rocket Craft
Difficulty Level: Kindergartener
3…2…1… liftoff! Kids will love making and playing with this letter “R” craft! Lemon Art and Craft’s video shows kids how they can make an actual launching rocket out of a paper cup, rubber bands, scissors, colored paper, and glue.
23. Recycled Robot Craft
Difficulty Level: Kindergartener
Here’s a craft that can double as a science experiment from Nesquik Global. With a cereal box, scissors, round head fasteners, glue, bottle caps, and empty toilet paper rolls, kids can make a simple robot of their own.
24. Origami Paper Rose Craft
Difficulty Level: Kindergartener
Let your kids practice their motor skills with this paper rose craft from SWATart. They’ll also need a pencil and scissors to make these intricate paper roses.
Rewarding Letter “R” Crafts
Kids will learn a new letter and various words with these 24 letter “R” crafts as well as have fun and enhance their fine motor skills along the way!
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If your kids enjoyed these letter “R” crafts, then they’ll enjoy making crafts out of tissue paper, too!