If you were thinking about trekking to the Himalayas to hang out with a yak, you can change your travel plans because our ABC Letter Craft brings this friendly beast right to your backyard! We’re sure you’ll give this letter Y craft two hooves up!
Here’s What You’ll Need
2 sheets of printer paper
Card stock (we used dark brown, white, green, tan, and blue)
Cut out the templates and trace the letter Y, horns, nose, nostrils, and grass onto card stock.
Cut out the letter Y and the yak pieces.
Attach the letter Y to a full sheet of card stock (we used blue, but you can use any color you like).
Tuck the horns under the edge of the letter Y and glue in place.
Using scissors, cut slits in the ends of the grass to make it look “grassier.”
Glue the grass to the bottom of the letter Y.
Attach the nostrils to the yak’s nose and glue the nose on top of the grass so that grass is sticking out on both sides of his mouth.
Affix two googly eyes to the letter Y.
Learning with Your Letter Y Craft
As you and your child assemble your Y Is for Yak Craft, practice saying /y/–/y/–yak 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 ABC Crafts turn 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 Uppercase ABC Letter Crafts
For crafts that start with uppercase letters A through Z, get the complete printable set of ABC Craft for Uppercase Letters.
Free Lowercase ABC Letter Crafts
For crafts that start with lowercase letters A through Z, get the complete printable set of ABC Craft for Lowercase Letters.
Sara,
We’re happy to hear that this craft results in something that is kept for a while. We didn’t want to create something that would be quickly tossed.
I appreciate all the ideas and crafts! I am just starting to take my preschool son through the alphabet in Letter a Week fashion and am looking for lots of ideas.
Lindy,
That is up to you! It can be helpful to go through it alphabetically, to reinforce alphabetical order and take advantage of the Alphabet Song. However, you can still sing the Alphabet Song no matter what order you do the crafts and there are many ways to work on alphabetical order.
If you haven’t seen it already, here is the link to the entire alphabet ABC Animal Crafts.
Susan Burklund
says:very nice learning site.
Florin
says:I love this activity!!!!
Sara Klasing
says:I love these letter crafts. We are using them along with the Pre-Reading program and it works great for our little one.
Ashley
says:Love doing these with my boys
Tanya
says:I can’t wait to try Y is for yak
Sara
says:This is a cute project I don’t quicklybthrow away! ;)
Sara
says:Quickly throw*
Robin E.
says: Customer ServiceSara,
We’re happy to hear that this craft results in something that is kept for a while. We didn’t want to create something that would be quickly tossed.
Natasha
says:Seems like a good way to do spelling.
Julie
says:Yes! Thank you!
Jaci Cathcart
says:Cute idea for my preschooler!
Tanesha
says:My kids love to do these letter crafts.
sue
says:Thank-you for all your wonderful ideas!
Kim
says:We love doing your letter crafts. My 4yo begs to do them each week.
Robin E.
says: Customer ServiceKim,
We love hearing that little ones are enjoying our crafts! It makes it all worth it!
Mary Esther
says:I appreciate all the ideas and crafts! I am just starting to take my preschool son through the alphabet in Letter a Week fashion and am looking for lots of ideas.
Robin E.
says: Customer ServiceMary,
You can access the entire alphabet of ABC Animal Crafts from this page. In addition, we have many other games and activities for learning letters that your child may enjoy here.
Kristen Walker
says:This looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for the idea!
Lindy
says:We haven’t started these crafts yet but I plan to. Should I go back and start in alphabetical order or can I dive in with this one?
Robin E.
says: Customer ServiceLindy,
That is up to you! It can be helpful to go through it alphabetically, to reinforce alphabetical order and take advantage of the Alphabet Song. However, you can still sing the Alphabet Song no matter what order you do the crafts and there are many ways to work on alphabetical order.
If you haven’t seen it already, here is the link to the entire alphabet ABC Animal Crafts.
Alison
says:What a cute idea to try and practice many skills at the same time. Thanks!
Julia
says:Thank you for all the craft ideas and free downloads!
Crystal
says:Love it!!
Lindsay
says:This looks perfect for my 5 year old. He loves making crafts.
Kim Seon
says:I love you ideas. Your organized learning programs are so easy for mom’s to use. Thank you!
Sally
says:Love these simple ideas
Jennifer
says:I love letter crafts when teaching the alphabet!
Penny
says:We have absolutely LOVED these alphabet crafts. Great for that tactile experience.
Robin E.
says: Customer ServicePenny,
We love that you have loved these! It’s great to hear that these crafts have been enjoyed.
Jamie
says:We are about to cover Y in the AAR pre-reading level. This is perfect!
Robin E.
says: Customer ServiceGreat timing, Jamie. We hope you enjoy this craft!
Heather
says:My little people are loving these letter crafts. Thanks!
Kris Kitaoka
says:I love this heads on activity!
Kris Kitaoka
says:Hands on
Robin E.
says: Customer ServiceKris,
We understood what you meant, but it’s kind of a funny typo considering this craft makes a yak’s head out of the letter Y. :D
Julie C
says:Too cute!
Daniele
says:Thank you for these wonderful blog posts! these are a great addition to what we are doing in our newly aquired AAR program.
Robin E.
says: Customer ServiceDaniele,
You can access the complete alphabet of ABC animal crafts from this page.
Ginger
says:Great way to learn letters.
Amanda B
says:We’ve been enjoying making all of these letters. They’re so cute!
Robin E.
says: Customer ServiceThank you for letting us know you have been enjoying these ABC animal crafts, Amanda! Only one left.