Eggshells and the Letter E

Can you believe it?  Eggshells.....I am collecting eggshells to crush so that I can glue them on an E template so the little kindergarteners can trace the letter with their finger as they learn to say the short e sound.  Only wish I had thought of this a few months earlier.  It has been fun making large letters for the children to trace.  Texture is what it is all about.  V is for velvet    C is for corduroy    S is for sandpaper   T is for terrycloth    W is for Wood (lots of toothpicks)