12 Fun Name Activities and Crafts for Preschoolers

As the end of summer is coming up quickly, a new group of toddlers and preschoolers will be heading off to school in the Fall. What better way to get ready for the school year or start the school year than with fun name activities and crafts to help little ones learn how to spell their name and recognize the order of the letters in their names.

Name recognition crafts and activities are the perfect hands-on way to learn how to spell names in a fun and exciting way. There are tons of fun and unique name crafts and activity ideas below, and all make great ways for kids to learn and practice.

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Materials Needed for Name Crafts & Activities

Below are tons of different ideas for name crafts to help children learn how to spell their names. For most of these crafts, you will need basic craft materials like paper, scissors, and a glue stick. For some of them (but not all of them), you may need to pick up one or two specialty items or print out a free template. Some of the most common craft materials needed for these projects include:

• Printable templates
• Scissors
• Glue Stick
• Glue bottle
• Pen
• Construction paper
• Markers
• Crayons
• Misc textured materials
• Play-Doh/Clay

Scroll down to check out our list of 12 crafts to help children learn their names.

Name Activities For Kids

1. Name Recognition Pencil Craft

This fun pencil craft uses different colored construction paper shapes and paper strips to create a fun back-to-school pencil craft that helps children learn the order the names go in their names. If you prep the pieces for children, it makes the perfect gluing activity for both toddlers and preschoolers. Head over to this fun name recognition pencil craft for directions.

2. Ice Cream Cone Name Craft

This super fun ice cream cone craft from In the Playroom makes the cutest name craft for kids. Using their free template and construction paper, create a fun ice cream cone craft where the letters in your child’s names make up different scoops of ice cream. Head over for the free template and directions.

3. Acorn Fall Name Craft

This fun fall themed name craft is perfect for back to school. Just print out the free template from Simple Everyday Mom to make this fun craft. Create an adorable oak tree craft with acorns that spell out your child’s name. Makes the perfect craft for both learning names and the order of letters in your child’s name as well as learning about fall.

4. Name Practice Apple Craft

This fun apple name craft is another great one for back to school/fall themes. It uses construction paper and the free template from Simple Everyday Mom to make fun red and green apple paper crafts. The seeds in the apple are the perfect way to talk about the inside and parts of an apple while spelling and working on children’s names.

5. Name Recognition School Bus Craft

This fun name recognition school bus craft uses construction paper, scissors, and a glue stick to create a fun school bus craft that is perfect for learning names and back to school. Just follow the directions here to create this school bus craft with windows that spell your child’s name.

6. Sunshine Name Craft

This fun sun themed name craft uses the free template found at This Tiny Blue House to make a fun sunshine craft that is perfect for learning children’s names. This one is great because it has tons of space for longer names as well as shorter ones. Children can create a fun sun craft and practice writing and spelling their names on the rays after it is complete. Makes the perfect name craft for preschool, toddlers, kindergarten, and more.

7. Snow Globe Name Craft

This super cute snow globe name craft makes the perfect winter name practice craft. It uses the free template from This Tiny Blue House and paper to create a fun snow globe craft that includes a photo of your child and their name. This one makes a great bulletin board or keepsake craft once complete, and is the perfect opportunity to help your child learn how to spell their name.

8. Rocketship Name Craft

The simplicity of this rocketship name craft makes it the easiest and perfect name craft for toddlers, preschoolers, and more. It also makes a great shape practice craft as it uses both a triangle and squares to make a rocket that spells out your child’s name. Head over to Bethannaverill.com for all the directions to make this out of this world name recognition craft.

9. Lift the Flap Name Practice Craft

This name craft makes the perfect letter and sound craft as well. It is the perfect literacy craft for toddlers and preschoolers as it is easy to make/set up and uses simple materials found around the home or classroom. Using a piece of construction paper, cut flaps for the different letters of your child’s name, have them practice writing or write their name for them, and work on the sounds and beginning sounds of each letter in their name. Head over to makeandtakes.com for all the directions for this super educational craft.

10. Hands-on Clay Name Practice

This fun craft uses clay (or you can use Play-Doh) to practice your child’s name. It is a hands-on way to learn, and kids will love the feeling of rolling the clay out into letters to create their name. Just print out their name on a piece of paper and give them clay. Let them go to town spelling their name in this fun sensory name practice activity. Head over to playlearninspire for more directions.

11. Textured Name Craft

This fun, textured name craft from Intheplayroom uses double-sided tape and all sorts of fun miscellaneous materials to create a fun and tactile name craft. Kids will love choosing their materials to make their name, and the project is super hands-on. Spell your child’s name with double sided tape and use items such as glitter, popsicle sticks, ribbons, construction paper pieces, pom poms, and more to decorate it.

12. Name Recognition Snowman Craft

This fun winter themed name craft from Mamaofminis uses construction paper circles, and a marker or crayon to create a fun snowman craft that is perfect for learning the letters and order of letters in children’s names. Just cut out circles, add the letters in your child’s name, and have them practice gluing them in order.

Above are some of our favorite crafts for learning names in toddlers and preschoolers. The letters in kids’ names are always the perfect way to start learning letters and literacy skills. Do one of the above crafts or multiple ones, as children learn best in multiple ways. For more name practice ideas, check out this simple list below:

• Tracing name with dry erase markers
• Tracing name with different colors of pens/pencils/crayons/markers
• Ripping paper and gluing it on top of written letters in your child’s name.
• Repeating and memorizing the order of the letters in the car, at home, or at various times of day.
• Labeling items with your child’s name.
• Picking their name out of a short list of names.
• Coloring in bubble letters of your child’s name.
• Writing in chalk letters.
• Spelling your child’s name with Play-Doh letters.
• Using resin or magnetic letters to put the letters of their name together and in order.
• Using a finger to write letters in a pile of shaving cream.
• Use a salt sensory bin to practice writing your child’s name.
• Making name bracelets with beads.

If you have additional ways to practice learning how to write children’s names, be sure to share them in the comments below!