Oh Family Tree, Oh Family Tree! Crafts for Kids

Teach your kids all about your family with these awesome, educational family tree crafts!

By Christal Y. September 1, 2015 Partner Content

In Partnership with the CBS comedy series Life in Pieces. Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.

Go all the way back to your roots and trace your family tree from top to bottom. We’ve rounded up three of the cutest craft projects that’ll help the youngest member of your family learn your clan’s history in no time! Scroll down to see which art project inspires you the most, and then get crafting!

Make a Photo Family Tree
This project by Modern Parents Messy Kids is a great way to display all the aunts, uncles and grandparents in your family. What makes it even easier is this free printable template of the tree. Click here to visit Modern Parents Messy Kids to download the pdf.

photo: Modern Parents Messy Kids

Peek-A-Boo Family Tree
Turn your family tree into a fun game of “Who’s in the family?” This brilliant idea by No Time for Flash Cards is a great way to get little ones familiar with friendly faces. Head to No Time for Flash Cards for the full tutorial.

photo: No Time for Flash Cards

Family Tree Shadow Box
Does your crafter know his or her way around the glue gun? This family tree shadow box by The Sit Girls uses real twigs and the result is so beautiful, you’ll be sure to have it hanging around the house for a long time. Click here to visit The Sit Girls for the full tutorial.

photo: The Sit Girls via Youtube

About Life In Pieces

Life In Pieces is a single-camera comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. As the family’s lives unfold in four short stories each week, they try to savor these little pieces of time that flash by but stay with you forever, because these moments add up to what life’s all about. Thursdays at 9:30 pm on CBS. Read more.