Homemade Gifts Kids Can Make for Parents and Grandparents

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Kid made gifts and keepsake craft ideas from children make holiday gift giving easy! Homemade gifts that kids can make for parents and grandparents are always a favorite with family, friends, and teachers. Help the kids make any of these handmade crafts and DIY gifts for Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, a birthday, or your child’s favorite teacher!

DIY Homemade Gifts Kids Can Make for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, or a Birthday

This beautiful collection of homemade gifts kids can make are perfect kid made gifts for parents and grandparents.

Below you will find easy gifts kids can make for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparents Day, a birthday, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day.

You can also find great keepsake gift ideas kids can make for their friends or favorite teacher.

Kid Made Gift Ideas for Mom, Dad, Grandparents, Friends, and Teachers

The ideas in this collection of homemade gifts kids can make for parents, grandparents, and teachers are easy for children to make with the help of a caregiver. Have a look at all of the kid-made gift ideas below to surprise mom, dad, grandparents, friends and even your child’s favorite teacher!

***Click on the title of each handmade gift idea kids can make to see the complete step by step tutorial for each DIY kid made gift.***

Four Season Hand and Fingerprint Tree

This four-season hand and fingerprint tree is a beautiful keepsake gift perfect for year round gift giving.

Shell frames with Handprint Keepsake Gift

Children from toddlers to teens can make these handmade keepsake gifts. The handmade shell frames can be filled with handprints, footprints, photos and/or artwork to make a one of a kind homemade gift kids can make that your family will treasure!

DIY Gifts Kids Can Make

DIY Personalized Beaded Necklaces or Bracelets Kids Can Make

Learn how to make mom, grandma or nana necklace, or help the kids make a necklace or bracelet with any name, word or phrase. You can even make a mother-daughter gift set. Handmade necklaces are a gorgeous DIY gift idea that kids can make.

Painted Wooden Spool Necklace or Bracelet

Another fun way to personalize a necklace for mom or dad is to paint a wooden spool and string it on to a necklace. An easy gift idea that kids can make for a friend, teacher, mom or dad!

Hand-Painted Candle Holder Kid-Made Gift Ideas

Hand-painted votives make a unique gift idea that can be personalized.

Write “Mom,” “Love,” or anything else your heart desires right inside the heart for a unique one of a kind DIY keepsake gift from the kids.

Use the children’s book inspired hack to motivate children to get started!

Related: Glass Paint Heart Tree

Homemade Gifts Children Can Make

Salt Dough Handprint & Footprint Heart Keepsake

This salt dough hand and foot heart keepsake is an easy kid made gift idea for mom, dad, or the grandparents. You may also like this collection of Keepsake gifts kids can make.

Don’t forget to make a keepsake gift with the kids for yourself while you’re at it!

Marbled Clay Ring Bowl Keepsake Craft and Gift

This unique handprint ring bowl or jewelry dish keepsake gift makes a lovely gift. Rings can be placed on the fingers or in the palm, while necklaces can be placed in the palm of the hand or draped across the fingers.

If you look closely you will notice that the necklace pendant is a drawing of my daughters!

To find out more about kid’s art jewelry click on the link!

Handmade Gifts Kids Can Make

Fingerprint Art Glass Magnets

Have your children use their thumbs and fingertips to make thumbprint hearts, fingerprint flowers, and fingerprint art glass magnets. A super easy craft and homemade gift idea kids can make!

DIY Fingerprint Art Necklaces and Fingerprint Art Keychain Charms

Invite your kids to use their fingers and thumbs to make fingerprint art necklaces, fingerprint art backpack and keychain charms including thumbprint heart necklaces or thumbprint heart keychain charms, and fingerprint flower necklaces and keychains too!

Click on the links for all of the DIY details for these easy handmade gift ideas that kids, teens, and adults can make!

DIY Gift Ideas Children Can Make

Fingerprint and Thumbprint Heart Gift Ideas Kids Can Make

This collection of fingerprint and thumbprint heart gift ideas are perfect for mom, dad, or the grandparents!

DIY Photo Necklaces and Photo Keychains Kids Can Make

Help the kids gather the supplies to make photo necklaces and/or photo keychains for family and friends. An easy handmade gift idea children can make with the help of a parent or caregiver.

Hand Sewn Gifts Kids Can Make

Easy Felt Lovebird Softie Beginning Sewing Project

Whether your child knows how to sew or is just learning, these felt lovebirds make an easy gift idea that kids can sew by hand.

Hand Sewn Pocket Pet Mouse

A pocket pet mouse is a great handmade birthday gift idea that children can make for a friend. A few other great ideas are no-sew Rainbow Fairy Wands, a Name Necklace or an Alphabet Bead Necklace.

Homemade Gift Ideas Kids Can Make

No Sew Felt Flowers on Twig Stems

Help the kids make a single felt flower or a whole bouquet of felt flowers on twig stems for mom, grandma, an auntie or their favorite teacher!

Rose Watercolor Painting

Invite your child to paint a rose for their favorite aunt, grandma, nana, or mom!

Related: Winter Tree Black Glue Art

Upcycled Tissue Paper Heart Frame Gift Idea Kids Make

An upcycled tissue paper heart frame is an easy craft for both kids and adults. We used a frame with a heart shape to do this simple craft, but any frame with a flat surface is perfect for this recycled craft project.

Place photographs, artwork, or a quote inside and you have a beautiful gift idea kids can make and a keepsake to treasure for years to come.

Kid Made Gift Ideas

Heart Prism Suncatcher

A heart prism pony bead suncatcher is another easy fine motor craft for preschoolers to adults.

These heart prism suncatchers make wonderful kid made gifts for Valentine’s day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, birthday’s, weddings, anniversaries, or any other special occasion!

Easy Sea Glass Suncatcher

Easy DIY sea glass suncatchers are GORGEOUS! I’m in love with the fire and ice look that my daughter created. They look beautiful in any light… But they are magical when the sun hits them.

My daughter and I also made these gorgeous wind Chimes using these beautiful sea glass beads that also makes a great gift idea that children can make.

Related: Easy Sea Glass Wind Chime

Homemade Gift Ideas Children Can Make

Heart Leaf Lanterns

These heart lanterns were made with real fall leaves, but you can easily substitute tissue paper hearts to make these lovely luminaries.

Fill them up with words of gratitude as a hostess gift for Thanksgiving, or fill them with goodies and candles for a DIY Christmas or Valentine’s Day gift from the kids!

Related: Turkey Leaf Lanterns

Scented Bath Salts

Got a few minutes? Then you have time to make these. Scented bath salts are a super easy gift that kids can make.

Think of bath salts like a spa in a bottle. Scented bath salts are a simple gift idea that children can make for parents, grandparents, or a teacher!

Handmade Cards Kids Can Make

Rose Pinecone 3-D Card

Invite your child to make a beautiful rosebud card for mom, grandma, or nana. Rosebud pinecone cards are wonderful homemade gift cards children can make for Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day!

Homemade Friendship Gifts Kids Can Make

Wooden Bead Bracelets Kids Can Make

Wooden bead stretch bracelets make an easy friendship gift idea. No prior experience is necessary. They also make a great gift idea children can make for mom.

An older child will be able to make these simple beaded bracelets on their own with minimal guidance, while a younger child will most likely need a little help.

DIY Acorn Marble Necklaces Handmade Gift Idea Kids Can Make

Acorn necklaces made with natural acorn caps make a unique piece of handmade jewelry and DIY gift idea kids can make. This handmade nature craft also looks gorgeous hanging in a window as a suncatcher.

You can even make acorn marble ornaments with your children to decorate your Christmas tree!

Gifts Kids Can Make for Teachers and Friends

Ponybead and Prism Suncatchers

A gorgeous DIY suncatcher is a homemade gift idea that children can make for parents, teacher, and friends. They are simple to make and look beautiful hanging in windows.

Kid Made Gift Ideas for Teachers

Many of the DIY gifts kids can make listed above can be made by your children and given to a teacher. However, the apple tree teacher gift ideas below are apple-so-lutely perfect kid made gift ideas for teachers!

Apple Button Tree

An Apple button tree makes a great gift idea for your child’s favorite teacher. You may also like to try our gorgeous hand-sewn button apple tree.

Handmade Gift Ideas Children Can Make for Parents, Grandparents, and Teachers

We hope you enjoyed this amazing list of homemade gifts kids can make for Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, or a birthday.

Younger children will need some assistance with these homemade gift ideas, while older children will be able to make most of these kid-made gift ideas on their own.

Don’t forget to check out our Ultimate Family Gift Guide with DIY and ready-made ideas for year round gift giving.

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