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July 18, 2014 by Jenae - 20 Comments
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Feed the Alphabet Monster

Feed the Alphabet Monster



   

I love being able to repurpose things that would otherwise end up in the trash. And if you have children in your house, chances are the two items needed for this activity are plentiful:  bottle caps (from milk and other drinks) and a baby wipes container! I shared this bottle cap sorting activity a few years ago and recently found a stash of bottle caps leftover as I was cleaning out a closet. I decided to make this Feed the Alphabet Monster activity to help Little Brother practice identifying lowercase letters.

The title of the post was inspired by Toddler Approved’s Feed the LEGO Monsters post. :)

 

Here’s what you’ll need:  a plastic baby wipes container, bottle caps, and 1″ stickers.       

 

IMG_9176     IMG_9178  These 1″ labels are perfect for the tops of bottle caps! Just peel and stick!
IMG_9180  1. Write letters (either capital or lowercase) on the stickers.
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    IMG_9462 2. Have your child place “feed” the caps to the monster one at a time while saying each letter.
  IMG_9471       IMG_9468         IMG_9478 I love that this activity can be easily packaged and stored in the wipes container!
    Check out more ways to recycle and browse our Alphabet Activities Pinterest Board:  
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  1. JP says

    July 18, 2014 at 9:25 pm

    I love this! You can even do sight words for the more advanced child,

    Reply
    • Jenae says

      July 18, 2014 at 10:05 pm

      Great idea!

      Reply
  2. Christina Martinez says

    July 21, 2014 at 2:11 am

    This is such a cute idea. I would like to use this idea in my art class at a preschool I teach. I could use it for color recognition with the little ones!

    Reply
    • Jenae says

      July 21, 2014 at 1:46 pm

      Another great idea!

      Reply
  3. Chris Kunze says

    July 24, 2014 at 12:45 pm

    Super cute idea! My 16yo is making it for a 4H project Child & Development area, with a few changes.

    She needs to figure out a secure way to attach the eyes–the judges would definitely flag that has a choking hazard.

    She’s using the metal lids from juice cans and 2″ labels to do uppercase letters on one side and lower case on the other. The kids don’t fit through the hole (of course) so she’s going to enlarge the opening.

    She’s got duct tape and adhesive foam to decorate the entire wipes container. If she’s proud of her final project, I’ll try to share a picture!

    Reply
    • Teresa says

      July 24, 2015 at 6:38 pm

      Use clear contact paper for eyes

      Reply
  4. Iva says

    July 28, 2014 at 12:47 pm

    I love your site and ideas. I have a similar site that helps mommies as well under Precious Years Blogger @ website listed

    Reply
  5. K says

    August 6, 2014 at 11:27 pm

    Fun! And we go through SO much milk in our house, it’ll be easy to get a hold of enough caps.

    For kids that aren’t necessarily that advanced yet, you could play this game I came up with a couple weeks ago, also using a wipes container and letters: http://mypinnedlife.blogspot.com/2014/07/repurposed-wipes-container-turned.html

    Reply
  6. Grace Houle says

    October 4, 2014 at 9:18 pm

    love, love , love, can’t wait to try this!

    Reply
  7. Marie says

    November 25, 2014 at 3:58 am

    What a good idea!
    I”m going to create the same for my preschool class in France!
    Thanks ;-)

    Reply
  8. Carrie Wible says

    March 19, 2015 at 12:27 pm

    This is genius!

    Reply
    • Jenae says

      March 19, 2015 at 8:57 pm

      Thanks so much, Carrie! :)

      Reply
  9. Stéphanie says

    June 4, 2015 at 4:46 am

    This is a genius idea!! thanks for sharing. I love all of your ideas!

    Reply
    • Jenae says

      June 4, 2015 at 2:01 pm

      Thank you, Stéphanie! I appreciate you taking the time to leave such an encouraging comment! :)

      Reply
  10. Jenny says

    June 26, 2015 at 4:26 pm

    I love this! This is recycling to create

    Reply
  11. Nancy says

    February 21, 2016 at 8:18 pm

    Love this idea, I can’t wait to start using this idea with my home childcare business!

    Reply
    • Jenae says

      February 22, 2016 at 9:14 am

      So glad you like it! Thanks Nancy!

      Reply
  12. Jessica says

    June 16, 2016 at 1:34 pm

    So cute! I am going to do upper case letters on the other side of the cap! that way they can practice upper and lower case letters! :) thanks for the fun idea!

    Reply
  13. Robbin says

    August 9, 2018 at 12:45 am

    This is an awesome idea, I am going use this in my preschool class, the lil ones will love it…

    Reply
  14. Kristi says

    September 11, 2018 at 6:56 pm

    Thank you for the idea! I’m using this idea for a busy bag exchange I am organizing for our homeschool support group!

    Reply

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