Alphabet Index

Sneek-a-peek at artifacts and art exercises under this ABC resource.

       Alphabet, al fa bet, (from Alpha and Beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet), the series of characters used in writing a language, and intended to represent the sounds of which it consists. The English alphabet, like all those of modern Europe except the Russian, is derived directly from the Latin, the Latin from the ancient Greek and that from the Phoenician, which again is believed to have had its origin in the Egyptian hieroglyphics.

• Search the alphabet coloring pages at Crayon Palace
• Search the printable alphabet reading resources at Crayon Palace
• Color Bible Scriptures from the Color The Bible and at Easter Egg Crafts

Alphabet Artifacts & Art for Enhancing Lesson Plans:

1. Hieroglyphics or Picture Writing
2. "Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom" in My Classroom
3. Create a Manuscript to Cursive Chart
4. Restored Antique Alphabet Prints
5. Illuminate Your Initial
6. Alien Name Cursive Exercise
7. What's In a Name?
8. The Alphabet 100 Ways
9. A Terrible Horrible Cursive Exercise

More Links to The Alphabet:

• Sample alphabets from The Grimm Scriptorium
• Sample Illuminated Letters - A through Z

Index page last updated  April 26 , 2017

Mrs Bee Explains

Mrs Bee Explains.

Said Mrs. Wasp to Mrs Bee,

"Will you a favor do me?

There's something I can't understand--

Please ma'am, explain it to me;

Why do men build for you a house

And coax you to go in it,

While me--your cousin--they'll not let

Stay near them for a minute?

I have a sting, I do confess,

And should not like to lose it,

But so have you, and when you're vexed

I'm sure you use it!"

"Well," said the bee, "to you, no doubt,

It does seem rather funny;

But people soon forget the stings 

Of those who give them honey!"

Time lapse bees hatch.

Arranging flowers paper cut

   A Japanese lady arranges flowers inside of a vase in this paper cut.

I've restored paper doll of silent film star Sidney Drew

If the whole is mounted on light cardboard before the figures are cut out,
 the different parts will last longer and the tabs will not tear so easily
 Color if desired, then cut dotted lines in hats and slip over the head.
 Fold base on dotted line to make figure stand.

      Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew were an American comedy team on stage and screen. The team initially consisted of Sidney Drew (August 28, 1863 – April 9, 1919) and his first wife Gladys Rankin (October 8, 1870 – January 9, 1914). After Gladys died in 1914, Sidney Drew married Lucile McVey (1890–1925), and the two performed as Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. Read more...

A charming paper cut of deer

   This old paper cut depicts deer and plant forms. 

Two different ways to mount your paper cuts and put them on display.