Free Printable Letter A Craft - Cut and Paste Alligator

This free printable alligator craft is a fun way for little kids to practice their fine motor skills and handwriting. It's perfect as a letter A craft or as part of a science lesson and can be used at home or in the classroom. I hope you enjoy this free alligator letter a craft template!

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This free printable alligator cut and paste craft is a no-prep way for children to practice fine motor skills, handwriting, hand-eye coordination, and gluing skills.

What will my child Learn from this letter A craft?

Children learn best by physically doing things, not just completing virtual activities on a screen. This free printable letter A craft is here to help!

Here are a few of the benefits of this alligator cut and paste craft:

Letter recognition. Your little learner will have a memorable activity to associate with learning the letter A.

Handwriting practice. Your child or student has the opportunity to trace the word "alligator" and free write the word.

Fine motor skills. Your kiddo will have the chance to practice cutting, gluing, and coloring. These improve hand-eye coordination, finger strength, and manual dexterity.

Phonemic Awareness. This letter A craft associates the letter A with the word “alligator." Alligator starts with a short a, which is more common than a long a sound, and helps your child learn what sound a is likely to make in a word.

Following directions and listening. This activity teaches a step-by-step process. Being able to listen and follow directions is an important life skill.

In addition to the cut and paste alligator craft, each page also has space to trace the word "alligator." The craft is available in two versions - color as well as black and white.

​Materials needed for an easy alligator craft

To make this letter A craft, you will need:

• Your free printable (look for the row of purple arrows pointing at the download button)
• Printer access and paper or card stock
• Blunt tipped scissors
• Glue stick
• Preschool pencil or something else to write and trace with
• Colored pencils or crayons, if you're using the coloring page version

My daughter likes to trace and write the word on her cut and paste worksheets before coloring or cutting out the pieces. It's easiest for little learners to write on the page while it's still intact.

Coloring the alligator is easiest before cutting out the pieces.

Next, cut out the pieces.

Glue the pieces together to make an alligator. Two legs are glued from behind on either side of the body. The head is glued to the front/top of the body, and the tail is glued from behind.

That's it! This is a super easy, no-prep craft that your kids will be enjoying just minutes from now. Glue your completed acorn to a large craft stick to quickly and easily make an alligator puppet

​Cut and paste alligator craft template PDF file download area

This alligator craft printable is licensed for personal use and classroom use. This includes use with library activities, therapy clients, etc.

This printable is not licensed for commercial use. You re not licensed to sell or redistribute (even for free) the print outs or files to other adults for use with their children/students. Please refer friends and colleagues to this post so they can download their own copy.

However you decide to use your DIY alligator craft, I hope you and your little learners enjoy! Make sure to check out the posts below for more letter A themed learning activities: