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All opinions are my own.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETeaching my daughter letters has been a bit of a challenge. It's just not something that interests her. So I have to get really creative these days to come up with projects that are so fun, she forgets she is learning! Luckily, I\u0026nbsp;got the opportunity to make this awesome project from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ValueSeekers\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDollar Tree Value Seekers Club\u003C\/a\u003E! After we made this adorable Monster box craft, I came up with a fun little game to practice letter recognition and letter sounds!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj7F_FYTjBrOC0f2gv9SHJ68lx2JbRaIIY2JAYCS8MDyqTBsQrxHlRIB1UmPfxeBnctEep3PbOYsxnSsFFl05uWKWLjYuu03F_mSvmVWmlTUKV5rxIG9z-qwDC_2wtmdtnlKBt-zQlXRng\/s1600\/finished.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Monster Alphabet Craft \u0026amp; Activity\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj7F_FYTjBrOC0f2gv9SHJ68lx2JbRaIIY2JAYCS8MDyqTBsQrxHlRIB1UmPfxeBnctEep3PbOYsxnSsFFl05uWKWLjYuu03F_mSvmVWmlTUKV5rxIG9z-qwDC_2wtmdtnlKBt-zQlXRng\/s1600\/finished.jpg\" title=\"Monster Alphabet Craft \u0026amp; Activity\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETo create this\u0026nbsp;Monster box craft, you will need the following supplies:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Etissue box (Dollar Tree)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Epaint (optional)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Ecircle labeling stickers (Dollar Tree)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Econstruction paper (Dollar Tree)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Egoogly eyes (Dollar Tree)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Etape or glue (Dollar Tree)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe instructions for making this Monster box can be found at the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ValueSeekers\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDollar Tree Value Seekers Club\u003C\/a\u003E. Membership is completely FREE! You'll find tons of crafts, recipes, décor, tips, contests, insider information, and frugal ideas. The content changes every month, so you'll have\u0026nbsp;lots of fresh ideas\u0026nbsp;for each season, holiday\u0026nbsp;or\u0026nbsp;just every day fun!\u0026nbsp;All the materials can be purchased from Dollar Tree, and you can even print out the\u0026nbsp;project\u0026nbsp;sheets\u0026nbsp;to take with you to the store as a convenient shopping list!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThis Monster box was such a cute craft, and super easy for a toddler or preschooler to make. (I helped with the eyes and teeth, but that's about it) \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAs we were making the Monster, I told my daughter that this Monster likes to eat only letter M's and things that begin with M.\u0026nbsp;It won't eat anything else that begins with a different letter or sound! Those \"rules\" set us up for some fun activities!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFor the first activity, I\u0026nbsp;took out some letter stickers that I had in my craft supplies. But you can also use letter tiles, letter magnets, or any other moveable alphabet pieces that you have on hand.\u0026nbsp; Fortunately,\u0026nbsp;we had a lot of letter\u0026nbsp;M's, so I gave my daughter a bunch of letters to feed to the Monster (about half of them were M's and half were other letters). She took one letter at a time, called out what the letter was, and determined whether the Monster would eat it or not. This is a great game for letter recognition and can be modified depending on what materials you have!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhCaZjwskrdKTQJnRbpDFzlD3ka3sG9qpGy00J1i78ajUJExN_NTcW0wWqpl8PYmy2W4Foig98t2G18Qu97YaHFiJZ9L-HZRjTVn9ThiH5vH-_RRd8xj_XF3XTDNhtKJes5qbUZZMVzoF8\/s1600\/eating+ms.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Monster Alphabet Craft \u0026amp; Activity\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhCaZjwskrdKTQJnRbpDFzlD3ka3sG9qpGy00J1i78ajUJExN_NTcW0wWqpl8PYmy2W4Foig98t2G18Qu97YaHFiJZ9L-HZRjTVn9ThiH5vH-_RRd8xj_XF3XTDNhtKJes5qbUZZMVzoF8\/s1600\/eating+ms.jpg\" title=\"Monster Alphabet Craft \u0026amp; Activity\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFor the next game, I collected a\u0026nbsp;bunch of small objects and toys from around the house. I tried to find as many things as I could that start with the M sound. I found a mirror, a mitten, a monkey toy, play money, a marker, Minnie mouse, a small map, a mouth and a moon. I also added a bunch of other small objects that don't begin with an M sound. One by one, she identified each object and if that object started with an M sound or not, and fed the correct ones to the Monster. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiaNNJLkm5ArHMOPdPFbBALFj3LsWNvvRFkR1KNhs25ltn93e7WK3NnRqdNamXWuhmsFeYSEIHSadFHwvGQNuNCcb91UEsLQZlIb0XX2vwQkyW0y_7a-U_SW9uHTlDoBoO3ZErKbIPqr5U\/s1600\/eating+mitten.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Monster Alphabet Craft \u0026amp; Activity\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiaNNJLkm5ArHMOPdPFbBALFj3LsWNvvRFkR1KNhs25ltn93e7WK3NnRqdNamXWuhmsFeYSEIHSadFHwvGQNuNCcb91UEsLQZlIb0XX2vwQkyW0y_7a-U_SW9uHTlDoBoO3ZErKbIPqr5U\/s1600\/eating+mitten.jpg\" title=\"Monster Alphabet Craft \u0026amp; Activity\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThis game can be modified for a lot of\u0026nbsp;different learning activities, whether you want your child to practice letters, numbers, sight words, colors, etc.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFor more fun crafts and ideas like this one, sign up for \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ValueSeekers\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDollar Tree Value Seekers Club\u003C\/a\u003E. 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