Friendship Crafts, Activities, Games, and Printables

Free Friendship Crafts, Activities, Printables, and Friendship Book Suggestions

Have a discussion about friends. What is a friend? How do you become a friend to someone? How do you show love and affection? What makes someone a good friend? Name some ways you can show affection to your classmates.

A friend is someone to have fun with, to play with, to laugh with, to sing with, and to share with. A friend is a buddy, a pal is a friend!

Go over the importance of friendship with children and make a list on the board of qualities that friends have or should have.

Good friends help each other. Good friends care for each other. Good friends are kind. Good friends share. Good friends stick together.

Who are your friends? What special things do you like to do with your friends? What things do you like to do by yourself?

NEW! KidsSoup's Interactive Online Story Books:

Happy Valentine's Day!
Two friends, Vito and Vicky, are writing eachother Valentine's Cards. Listen to or read this cute online interactive story book that features the letter V.

Interactive Online Story Book

Friendship Activities and Crafts:

Follow My Friend Play "Follow My Friend" just like "Follow the Leader." Have a child close his/her eyes and have another child take their hands and guide them safely through a room.

Friends Books and Activities	Friends Coloring Page	Friendship Snack Mix

Friendship Wreath
Make a Friendship Wreath bulletin board from children's handprints. Have each child make handprints onto a piece of paper using paint. Cut out all of the handprints and arrange them in a wreath shape on the bulletin board. The palms will be facing into the circle and the fingers will be facing out. Title the board "Our Helping Hands of Friendship." Have each child dictate or write one way that he or she has helped a friend and place the phrases on the board around the wreath.

Friendship Beanbag Toss
Toss a beanbag from hand to hand and sing the following song:

I have a good friend,
a good friend, a good friend,
I have a good friend and his/her name is ________.

Then, toss the beanbag to the child who was named. Have the child toss it back. Repeat until every child has had their name called.

Friendship Book Suggestions:

Alfie Gives a Hand	Bear's New Friend	Friends	How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends
My Friend Rabbit	My Friend is Sad	A Rainbow of Friends	Tarra & Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends
That's What a Friend Is	That's What Friends Are For	Hunter's Best Friend at School	How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them