Letter Of The Week - "D" For Duck

We had a busy weekend and we were still recovering from it so we kept the craft simple this week. It did not help when Ah Gong informed us that our family cat is down with UTI again. Although it is not a big deal for a 10-year-old tomcat to get UTI, it is terribly expensive to see the vet ($500+ the last time we sent him to the vet in April) and he is sooooooooo aggressive and impossible to capture. We are all struggling to think of a good way to lure it into the pet taxi.

Sophie did the letter “D” while I made the “head”, “wing” and “feet” of the duck. It looked a little plain so I added a plastic eye and some feathers. I thought of attaching some feathers only on its wings, but they ended up all over the letter.

Sophie was clearly intrigued by feathers and I had to keep the end product away from her until the glue dried completely.

End Product - "D" For Duck

We finished the craft in 15 minutes so Sophie was totally not satisfied with her "Messy Time". Thus, we started painting on the dining table together. I painted letters and she tried to name them. She could name almost all the letters now although we have not done all the letters yet. The only problematic ones are "W" (two syllables) and "Z" (looks like "N").