Hamburger Craft for Kids [Free Printable Template]
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Summer is a great time to fill afternoons with hands-on activities, and this hamburger craft is a fun way to keep little ones engaged. Children ages 4-7 will enjoy creating a happy hamburger out of paper while also practicing important skills like cutting, gluing, and following directions. This cute paper hamburger can be completed in about 25 minutes, and it’s a great addition to a day of creative play.
If you’re looking for even more ways to keep kids busy during the summer break, be sure to explore our collection of summer crafts for kids. You’ll find fun projects that encourage imagination, creativity, and hands-on learning that’ll make summer days even more enjoyable.
Cute BBQ-Themed Craft Idea
Kids can pretend to have a backyard bbq by creating a burger stacked high with cheese, tomatoes, and lettuce, all on a sesame seed bun. This paper food craft turns a favorite cookout meal into a cute art project that children will be excited to display.
A summer afternoon is the ideal time to break out the scissors and glue for this easy activity. Your little artists can spend time creating and strengthening fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, concentration, and creative thinking. Making their hamburgers will also teach children to follow steps and build confidence in their abilities.
Our printable hamburger template makes assembly simple and fun. Grab a few basic supplies and transform ordinary paper into a delicious looking burger that celebrates summertime fun!
Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers
- Bold & Bright Markers
- Hamburger Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
Directions
Start by printing the template, then gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this hamburger to life!
Take the bottom bun and glue the lettuce on top of it. This creates the foundation of your hamburger and gets it ready for all the delicious layers you’ll be adding next.
Grab the burger piece and glue it on top of the lettuce layer. Help your child line it up across the middle of the bun, just like a real hamburger patty.
Now it’s time for the cheese! Glue the cheese piece on top of the burger. Let the pointed section hang down in the center so it looks like melty cheese dripping over the patty.
Take the tomato piece and glue it above the cheese. This bright red layer adds a fun pop of color and helps the hamburger look even more realistic.
Set the burger layers aside for a moment and grab the top bun. Find the eye pieces and glue them onto the bun underneath the eyebrows.
Using a marker, draw the hamburger’s smiling mouth.
Color in the tongue and cheeks. This is a great opportunity for kids to personalize their hamburger and make it uniquely theirs.
Use a yellow marker to draw the sesame seeds across the top bun. Small dots and ovals work perfectly. This simple step adds the finishing touch to the bun and makes it look extra cute.
Once the top bun is dry, glue it above the tomato layer to complete the hamburger. Your hamburger is ready to be served!
Kids will love bringing their smiling burger to life while building creativity and fine motor skills. Be sure to browse the activities below for more themed crafts and printables that pair perfectly with this project.
Summer Books for Children
How To Catch A Mermaid is the summer version of the classic “How To Catch” series! It’s perfect for mermaid fans and summer lovers alike!
Gorilla Loves Vanilla is all about, you guessed it – ice cream! This silly book will have kids laughing and asking for you to read it again and again.
Goodnight Pirate is a fun bedtime book to read to kids all summer long! They’ll love the illustrations, story, and rhyming words.
Warm Weather Food Themed Crafts
Ice Cream Sundae Craft – Treat kids to a sweet afternoon of creativity with this adorable ice cream sundae! They’ll create a colorful bowl filled with three scoops of ice cream, sprinkles, and a cherry on top. Children can strengthen fine motor skills, practice cutting, and express their imagination making their art.
Lemonade Name Craft – Pour a little learning into the day with this personalized glass of lemonade! Kids will have fun creating a tall glass of lemonade filled with ice cubes that spell out their name. This refreshing activity helps strengthen letter recognition, name spelling, and fine motor skills.
Torn Paper Watermelon Craft – Sweet summertime fun is just a few torn paper pieces away! Kids will love creating a juicy watermelon by tearing and gluing paper scraps. This hands-on activity helps strengthen fine motor muscles, build bilateral hand coordination, and improve hand-eye coordination.
Popsicle Craft – Serve up creativity with this colorful popsicle! Kids can mix and match their favorite colors to create fun “flavors,” then add bright sprinkles for extra sweetness. This hands-on activity has little artists express their creativity by turning basic supplies into a popsicle they’ll be excited to show off.
Fun Summer Printables
Enjoy the beach without the sand with these beach dot to dot printables! Kids will enjoy connecting the numbers to reveal images like sailboats, seagulls, sandcastles, and the sun before coloring them in.
They’ll build number recognition, counting skills, pencil control, fine motor strength, and hand-eye coordination. These worksheets are a great addition to summer units, beach themed lessons, math centers, homeschool activities, or end-of-year classroom fun.
These summer cutting activity pages will add some sunshine to learning time! Kids will stay busy cutting along lines, matching pictures, counting objects, and completing fun cut-and-paste activities featuring sunny seasonal themes.
These activities will help them strengthen fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, scissor control, focus, and problem solving skills. Parents and teachers will love incorporating these worksheets into summer learning plans, quiet time activities, or rainy-day fun to keep kiddos practicing important skills all year.
Kids will enjoy a mix of engaging activities like tracing, counting, early literacy practice, and simple puzzles, all wrapped in this set of summer worksheets.
These printables help children strengthen fine motor skills, build early math and reading foundations, improve focus, and boost problem solving. Use them for summer practice or lessons to keep learning fresh and fun over the break.
For scoops of fun, grab this ice cream matching game! Kids will play by pairing up colorful cones and tasty frozen treats to build important early skills. This sweet activity strengthens memory, visual discrimination, attention to detail, and concentration. It also supports early matching and thinking skills in a fun way. Print out the cards and play a game of match!
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Free Hamburger Template
Hamburger Craft
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Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers
- Hamburger Template
Instructions
- Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
- Begin by gluing the lettuce piece onto the bottom bun.
- Take the the burger piece and glue it on top of the lettuce.
- Grab the cheese piece and glue it on top of the burger.
- Color in the inner spots of the tomato piece with a red marker and then glue it on top of the cheese.
- Look for the eye pieces and glue it onto the top bun, below the eyebrows.
- Use a marker to color in the hamburger's tongue.
- Draw on the cheeks on both sides of the mouth.
- Next, draw on sesame seeds on the top bun.
- Finally, glue the top bun above the tomato layer to complete the hamburger craft.
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Meet Sam
Sam is the crafter and founder of Simple Everyday Mom. She has been featured in Oprah Mag, Good Housekeeping, The Spruce Crafts, Country Living, The Bump, and more.
