Decorative alphabet letter A

Fold and cut alphabet letter A with shadow

Welcome to the first letter of the alphabet that you are going to work with.
In this project you are going to cut, fold and add shadow to alphabet letter A.

Letter A which is one-fourth of the a (8 1/2" x 11") copy paper and the has 5' x 6 inches grid. It might be sound complicated but if you like to scroll down and look at each steps with corresponding pictures, you might like to try it. I am sure you can make it.

This is an ideal craft activity for kids. Teach them how to decorate their own room using the letters of the alphabet. Build their names, motto or just any phrase they like.

Things You'll Need

You can use any recycled paper as you wish. Be creative.
For this model or project, I am using the following materials:

recycled copy papers (8 1/2" x 11")
recycled avon magazine
  • any recycled papers or magazine
  • scissor
  • glue
  • pencil (optional)
  • ruler

Paper preparation

Procedure

Grid, Fold preparation and cutting

Adding Shadow to Letter A

Decorations

Important!

The Most Important Thing

Use the same paper size for all the alphabets or word your would like to build and use the same number of grids. For instance, use 5 x 6 grids for all the letters of your kids name. Hey, you can do what you want!

The Decorative Alphabet set

Recycled paper crafts: decorative alphabet letters

----- under constructions. --------- more alphabets will be posted soon.
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