We do this art activity at the very beginning of the school year. Each
child draws his/her picture on a 12 by 18 piece of white construction paper, colors it, and cuts it out.
The letters are die cut and the child decorates each letter and glues
them together to spell the name vertically.
(Here's a clever idea from Teaching Ideas.com for a bulletin board featuring names; 3D Names. There is a link that tells you how to make them.)