75 Free Printable Headband Crafts For Kids

These free printable headband crafts are a fun way to give kids something they can make and wear. They work well when you need an easy activity for a class theme, a holiday, or a story you’re reading together.

Below, you’ll find over 70 crown crafts for preschool and elementary-age children. Most are simple to put together with basic craft supplies, and kids can color and decorate them before wearing them for play or as part of the activity.

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How To Make Headband Crafts

Most of these printable headband crafts come together in just a few easy steps. They usually about 10–20 minutes to complete, depending on the child’s age and the amount of coloring involved.

Download and print the free template.
Cut out the headband pieces.
Color the template if it’s a black-and-white version.
Glue the pieces together following the directions for each craft.
Attach the extender strips until the headband fits comfortably around the child’s head.
Wear and enjoy!

Animal Headband Crafts

Kids love pretending to be animals, and these printable headband crafts make that easy. This collection includes everything from barnyard favorites to ocean animals, giving you plenty of options for themed activities throughout the year. Simply print, cut, and assemble a headband that lets children wear their favorite animal.

Farm Animal Headbands

Farm themes are always a hit with young children, especially during spring and harvest season. These farm animal headbands give kids a simple way to dress up as the animals they’re learning about while adding a hands-on element to your lesson or activity.

Ocean & Beach Animal Headbands

Collage of colorful paper ocean animal headbands, including a whale, jellyfish, shark, beluga, blue whale, and seagull.

These printable ocean animal headbands make it easy to bring an under-the-sea theme into the classroom or home. Kids can create a wearable craft that encourages imaginative play while exploring the fascinating animals found in the ocean.

Pet Headband Crafts

Turn a favorite family pet into a simple paper craft with these printable headbands. They’re a fun choice for animal lovers and make an easy extension to books and lessons centered around pets.

Zoo Animal Headbands

Zoo animals have a way of capturing kids’ attention, which makes them a great choice for themed activities. These printable headbands let children dress up as the animals they’re most excited to learn about.

Forest Animal Headbands

Moose Headband Craft

Fall Headband Crafts

Collage of paper fall-themed headbands featuring a pumpkin, scarecrow, and turkey.

These fall headband crafts give kids a simple way to celebrate the season through pretend play. The collection includes familiar autumn characters that work well for harvest activities and Thanksgiving projects.

Spring Headband Crafts

Collage of colorful paper bug and spring animal headbands, including a butterfly, bee, frog, ladybug, and bunny.

Spring headband crafts are an easy fit for seasonal lessons as the weather starts to change. Kids can make wearable paper crafts inspired by nature and spring holidays.

Christmas Headband Crafts

Collage of Christmas paper headbands, including a gingerbread girl, nutcracker, Santa, elf hat, Grinch, dog, snowman, and elves.

These Christmas headband crafts are a festive activity for kids during the holiday season. Each printable lets children create a favorite Christmas character they can wear while enjoying December crafts and celebrations.

Halloween Headband Crafts

These Halloween headband crafts are an easy activity for October. Kids can make one during a classroom party or bring them out at a Halloween playdate for a simple project they can wear when they are done.

Fantasy Headbands

Collage of colorful fantasy paper headbands, including a unicorn, Baby Yoda-inspired character, alien, dragon, dinosaur, and monster.

These fantasy headbands are made for kids who enjoy imaginative play. Each one lets them step into a different world and continue the fun after the craft is complete.

Costume Headbands

Collage of colorful character-inspired paper headbands, including Forky, a sombrero, the Lorax, Pete the Cat, a pirate hat, and a crayon hat.

Sometimes all it takes is a headband to become someone new. These printable costume headbands help kids transform into recognizable characters, making them a fun option for book-themed activities, pretend play, or dress-up days.

Miscellaneous Headbands

Looking for something a little different? These printable headbands don’t fit into just one theme, making them a great place to find unique craft ideas for special events, classroom celebrations, or everyday fun.

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65 Comments

Rec says:

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Where do i submit my email for the free templates

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  If you click one of the individual headband posts and scroll near the bottom, there’s a form for you to enter your email address. Since you’re already an email subscriber, all you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of any post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page 🙂
Betsy Swinford says:

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I LOVE this idea!!! THanks for sharing with us.

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  You’re welcome! So glad you like it!
Miriam Moore says:

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These are great! Thank You!

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  You’re welcome and thank you!
alexandra says:

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please send the butterfly headbank craft template. Thank you

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  Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of that post to have the link sent to you ?
pla says:

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i love its. thank you^^

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  You’re welcome!
Lillia says:

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Fantastic !!

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  Thank you!!!
jasmine says:

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love this .. thank you.

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  You’re welcome! THanks for stopping by!
Leela says:

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creative headbands
would love to use them for my class

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  Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of the craft that you want and the link will be sent to you ?
Monina says:

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Kids will surely love it! Can we have free printables mam!

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  Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of each post and the links will be sent to you ?
Cat says:

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Your crafts have been the bread and butter of my speech therapy telehealth sessions. My students and parents love them so much! We can’t get enough of them. Thank you so much!

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  Oh, yay! So happy to hear the kids are enjoying it!
Vicki says:

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Cute

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  Thanks!
Cailin says:

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I’m not seeing a link to the toy story alien headband? Can you post it if you haven’t already? 🙂 Love these!

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  Oh, you just have to go to the post about that and then enter your email in the form at the end 🙂 Here’s the link: Alien Headband
Pennyl says:

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I love your headbands. They are fantastic. I particularily love the mermaid. Next week is International Mermaid Day and it falls on my daughter’s 6th birthday, the party guests are going to love this is craft. Thanks.

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  Thanks! I’m so glad they’re fun for the kids!! Tell your daughter happy birthday!!
Melissa says:

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I love these headbands! We are doing A-Z countdown in kindergarten and L is for Ladybug day! So cute and a fun craft for the kids.

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  Yay, happy to hear that!
Krishna Shethji says:

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Amazing Idea

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  Thanks!

75 Free Printable Headband Crafts For Kids

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