Fun Family Crafts

A library of free craft ideas from toddler to teenager

Little Hand Apple Orchard

Create a unique and beautiful apple orchard using paint with little arms, hands, and fingers. This is a great project […]

DIY Crab T-Shirt

Turn your child’s hand prints into adorable and summery crab t-shirts! This fun shirt is great for a trip to […]

Handprint Campfire

This cool campfire craft starts with a handprint and ends with a ‘toasted’ marshmallow over the fire. What a fun […]

Sand Clay Handprint Keepsake

Capture a child’s handprint forever with this beautiful beach-inspired keepsake. It’s done with homemade sand clay.

Rainbow Handprint Flower

Rainbow Handprint Flower Rainbow handprint flowers make a beautiful keepsake for Mom, Grandma, a teacher, or another special person. The […]

Handprint Snowmen Ornament

Craft this cute handprint snowmen ornament with your child this holiday season. With 2 simple steps, these adorable handprint snowmen […]

Santa’s Reindeer Handprint Plaque

Your little ones’ handprints are captured forever on this adorable plaque featuring Santa and his reindeer. You can easily customize […]

Paper Bag Reindeer

Paper Bag Reindeer This adorable reindeer bag makes a fun puppet and uses your child’s handprints as the antlers. You […]

Thanksgiving Handprint Tree

Make a handprint Thanksgiving tree featuring all the members of the family. This Thanksgiving handprint tree is a great way […]

Hands and Feet Paper Turkey

Hands and Feet Paper Turkey Handprint and footprint crafts are always a big hit with the kids. Use construction paper […]

Paper Cup Turkeys

Paper Cup Turkeys Line these colorful gobblers up on your table or use them as place cards. Either way, they […]

Paper Plate Apple Core

A cute apple craft for little ones. You can finger paint this or use crayons or markers.

Thumbprint Ladybugs

Thumbprint Ladybugs Create a field of colorful thumbprint ladybugs under a blue sky. This project is easy and lots of […]

Fingerprint Flower Pot

A fingerprint flower pot is a wonderful keepsake gift idea. Plant seeds or flowers in them to give to Mom, […]

Footprint Penguin

Trace a child’s foot and turn it into an adorable penguin! This fun footprint craft makes a wonderful keepsake.

Rocket Footprint

Turn your child’s footprint into a spaceship with this cool activity! The tutorial includes lots of other projects for a […]

Footprint Unicorn

Footprint art is so much fun and a great way to preserve the size of your child’s foot. Make this […]

Fingerprint Noah’s Ark

Create a construction paper ark and decorate it with tons of fingerprint animals… in pairs, of course! Such a fun […]

Finger Painting Pineapple

Finger painting isn’t just for toddlers! Older kids will enjoy the challenge of painting a pineapple using nothing but their […]

With This Hand

Celebrate all the things you do with your hand with this project that combines art with writing (both things you […]

Handprint Christmas Tree

Handprints make great keepsake, and they are perfect for creating a Christmas tree! This is a fun group project for […]

Helping Hand Soap

This clever gift will be quite a conversation piece. Give it to anyone who deserves a helping hand!

Zombie Handprint

Handprint crafts don’t get much creepier than this! Kids will love turning their own handprint into a zombie’s hand for […]

Footprint Flying Witch

Using your child’s foot, some paint and paper scraps, you can make this adorable witch this Halloween!

Handprint Pirates

Make your own pirates using your handprint and some paint. It’s such a fun project!

Paper Plate Peacock

Turn a paper plate into a majestic peacock! This simple project is inexpensive and a lot of fun.

Handprint Baseball Craft

Turn your handprint into a fun baseball and glove! It’s easy to do and a great way to watch a […]

Dinosaur Handprint Craft

A child’s handprint makes an adorable dinosaur craft. Pair this fun activity with books about dinosaurs for a themed day. 

Footprint Zebra

Turn your footprint into an adorable zebra! A fun and easy project with lots of personality.

Fingerprint Pineapple

Use your fingerprints to make a pineapple! It’s easy to do and is fun for summer or even as decorations […]

Handprint Watermelon

Turn your child’s handprint into a cute slice of watermelon, then use it for party invitations or thank you notes. […]

Butterfly Handprint Craft

This simple project is perfect for children of all ages and can be customized to fit any occasion. So grab […]

Batman Handprint

Batman handprints are the perfect craft for superhero fans to make. This fun keepsake is great on a card or […]

Butterfly Footprint Flower Pot

Make an adorable personalized flowerpot that is both easy and inexpensive to make. Consider making one each year on increasingly […]

Peeking Bunny

Welcome spring with this cute peekaboo bunny project. It’s made from paper plates and construction paper handprints.

Footprint Carrots

Turn a child’s footprints into carrots! Pair this fun craft with planting carrot seeds and cooking a delicious carrot snack. 

Handprint Chicken

Small handprints and paper plates come together to create this adorable chicken. Children love farm animals- pair this with a […]

Handprint Saguaro Cactus

Turn your handprint into a saguaro cactus. This is a great project to accompany a study of the desert.

Handprint Angel

Create a beautiful angel from your child’s handprint. Make one year after year and soon you’ll have a choir of […]

Salt Dough Santa Ornaments

This salt dough ornament is a fun twist on handprint Santas. It’s a great way to preserve a child’s handprint […]

Handprint Rudolph

Handprint Rudolph Handprint crafts are so much fun! This cute idea uses a paint-dipped handprint to make Rudolph the Red-Nosed […]

Handprint and Footprint Turkey

This adorable Thanksgiving craft is made from handprints and a footprint. Kids will love this fun turkey project and parents […]

Family Handprint Turkey

This wonderful keepsake craft is perfect for Thanksgiving. It not only uses your child’s handprints, but the entire family gets […]

Handprint Thanksgiving Poem

This Thanksgiving Handprint Poem reminds us of the true spirit of the season. You can also create your own leaves […]

Skeleton Handprint

Make this awesome skeleton handprint for Halloween. It’s also a great craft for a study of the human body, or […]

Mummy Hand

Turn your handprint into a mummy’s hand! It’s surprisingly quick and easy, and a lot of fun, too.

Frankenstein Hand

Turn your handprint into Frankenstein’s hand! It’s a fun twist on a handprint project for kids.

Monster Handprint Puppets

These Halloween handprint puppets are easy and fun to make and kids will love coming up with their own silly […]

Handprint Acorns

Turn your kids’ handprints into acorns. The kids will love this “hands-on” craft project!

Handprint Fish

Friendly handprint fish swim around big paper fishbowls. This project will keep the kids smiling while turning their handprints into […]

Handprint Monarch Butterfly

Turn your handprints into a monarch butterfly! This beautiful animal is the official state insect of seven states.

Footprint Alien

Turn your footprint into a friendly alien with this fun craft. Kids will particularly love the splatter technique to make […]

CD Peacock

Turn your handprints and an old CD into an eye-catching peacock. This colorful craft is so much fun!

Coffee Filter Peacock

Create a stunning peacock featuring gorgeous coffee filter tail feathers. Kids will love making their own version of this colorful […]