Handprint Book Worm Craft [Free PDF Template]

Have kids make this adorable handprint book worm craft at the start of a new school year. Your little learners will use their handprints to make the cutest bookworm on top of a stack of books. It’s a hands-on activity that celebrates both creativity and the joy of reading, plus it makes a sweet keepsake, too!

It’s a fun way to ease back into the school routine by making something that celebrates reading and learning. Help kids feel excited about heading back to the classroom with even more back to school crafts that make the transition into learning days a lot more fun.

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Welcome Back To School Craft Idea

This personalized project gives kids the chance to see their handprints become part of a wiggly worm that loves to read. They can customize the stack of books underneath him with their favorite colors or even titles they love to read.

While kids trace, cut, and glue, they will also hone important fine motor skills and strengthen their hand-eye coordination. It’s an engaging way to encourage creativity, focus, and confidence right as the school year kicks off.

Download our free template, grab some colorful paper, and set out the scissors and glue sticks for kids to build a book worm buddy and kick off the school year with some fun!

Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Marker
• Pencil
• Book Worm Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

Directions

Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this book worm to life!

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Glue each book paper piece onto the edge of the colored book shapes. This represents the pages of the book and adds a nice layered look.

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Next, glue the books together to form a stack. You can place each one slightly tilted or aligned straight. Let your little one decide the order! It’s a fun way to involve them in design choices.

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Place your child’s hand on a sheet of green construction paper and trace around it with a pencil. Cut it out carefully. This will be your book worm’s head and face!

Then, take the green worm body template and glue it behind the handprint.

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Grab the eyes from your template and glue them near the top center of the handprint.

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With a black marker, draw a happy little smile on your worm’s face, then add a curved line between the two glasses to connect them and complete the look.

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Now glue your finished worm right on top of the book stack. Adjust it until it looks just right—this is where your worm settles in for a good read!

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Don’t you just love how cute this little handprint book worm turned out? It’s such a sweet way to kick off the school year—and makes a fun keepsake, too! While you’re here, be sure to check out some of our other favorite handprint crafts for kids that are just as easy and fun to make.

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Back To School Gnome Craft

Back To School Books For Kids

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates – This silly book is about a dinosaur named Penelope who is starting school and just can’t resist eating her classmates! Kids will love the fun drawings and crazy antics of Penelope, while also learning that being mistreated is never fun.

Chairs On Strike – The chairs have had enough of all the crazy things the kids do to them so they go on strike! This story helps kids learn to take care of their property and has lots of fun and silly humor.

Daniel Goes To School – If you have a little one who’s starting preschool or kindergarten and is reluctant to be away from you, this book is perfect for them! Daniel Tiger learns “grown-ups come back” at the end of every school day. We love this cute book!

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Back To School Crafts For Preschoolers

Back To School Bus Craft – This cute and easy school bus is a good way to celebrate the start of a new school year! There’s 2 versions to choose from depending on your child’s skill level. They can cut and assemble the craft version or color in our black and white version to keep things simple.

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Crayon Name Craft – Turn back-to-school nerves into hands-on fun with this colorful crayon! Kids will personalized a crayon in the color of their choice to practice spelling their name, letter recognition, and essential skills. It’s a fun way to build confidence at the start of a new year.

Easy Pencil Name Craft

First Day Of School Printable Book – Commemorate the first day of school with this cute pencil shaped printable book. Kids can fill the pages of this keepsake with fun facts about their first day like what grade theyre in, who their teacher is, and their favorite part of the day.

Apple Tree Name Craft – Celebrate fall fun and learning with this personalized apple tree! Kids will arrange apples with the letters of their names to create their own tree. They’ll create an autumn masterpiece and practice spelling their name at the same time!

Back To School Printables

These back to school cutting practice pages are a great way to get little hands using scissors and learning. Activities like cutting wavy lines to snipping out numbers and matching them to objects will bring a fun challenge.

Kids will reveal school themed pictures as they cut and paste the pictures together while also building confidence, coordination, and fine motor skills. It’s the perfect way to sneak in some learning before the bell rings!

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Kick off the school year with a bundle of back to school fun! These back to school worksheets combine learning and play as kids trace letters, navigate mazes, and complete patterns.

Each page gives little learners a little challenge like writing ‘Cc’s, spotting all the ‘Bb’s in the backpack maze, and figuring out which picture comes next in the pattern.

They’ll get into school mode and work on early literacy, problem solving, and fine motor skills with these engaging pages.

Fun & Educational Preschool Worksheets

These free apple tracing worksheets are the pick of the crop! Kids will improve their pencil grip and fine motor control with these four pages.

The activities will have them following the outline of an apple that they can then color in, practicing the letter Aa and the word apple, and completing several paths with varying difficulty. Each page helps build handwriting confidence, and it’s a tasty way to sharpen skills this fall!

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Add some dot-tastic fun to your kids’ learning routine with these back to school do a dot printables! Kids will love dabbing their way through letters, numbers, and cheerful school themed pictures using their favorite dot markers.

These pages make learning feel like play while they boost fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and color recognition.

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Free Handprint Bookworm Craft Template

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