5 Craft Ideas to Emphasize Family

One way to help your children recognize and appreciate both your family as a whole and each member individually is to create a family-based craft. It’s great to do around the holidays or when the conversation about family has been circling your household.

Here are five craft ideas to emphasize family...

1. My Family Tree

Mrs. Strawberry

This one is adorable. Not only does it teach your children who's who in your family tree, you also get to save their hand prints! (And handwriting, if they're old enough to write.) And the supplies are minimal: paper, brown and green paint, a straw,  sticky notes, and a marker.

2. All About Me Printable Pack

Totschooling.net

I like this one because, as a former teacher, it does my heart good to see worksheets. Ha! But also, how fun to draw your own face (and those of your family members)? And you can customize it by picked the appropriate hairstyles, etc.  

3. Family Stick Puppets

firstpalette.com

This is a cute idea. Just cut heads, hair, and outfits out of construction paper, glue them to Popsicle sticks, and draw on the faces and embellishments. In addition to the creation of your craft, this one allows you and your children to stretch the imagination afterward by playing house. **For more fun, think about creating other people in your lives--grandparents, neighbors, babysitters, church friends, the librarian, etc. Or even create your own people!

4. "My Family" Sensory Bin

munchkinsandmoms.com

Family pictures in a box of beans. Can't get much easier than that. 

5. "I Love My Family" House

This craft is super fun. They can design their house on the outside, their favorite room on the inside, and then drawing all their family members, too. They get to fold paper, cut, and draw/color. **For more options, make another familiar building, such as church or the library.

There you have it for now!

~ 5 Craft Ideas to Emphasize Family ~