Easy Popsicle Stick Picture Frame Crafts for Kids

Looking for an easy popsicle stick picture frame craft for kids? This simple DIY picture frame is a fun and creative activity that children can personalize using basic craft supplies you probably already have at home. Whether kids want to display a favorite photo, artwork, or special memory, these homemade popsicle stick frames are easy to make and full of personality.

This easy picture frame craft is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary-aged kids and makes a thoughtful homemade gift for parents, grandparents, teachers, or friends. Use it for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, classroom gifts, or simply as a fun rainy-day craft at home.

One of the best things about this popsicle stick craft is that there’s no wrong way to decorate it. Add pom poms, buttons, paint, glitter, stickers, tissue paper, or anything else that sparks creativity. Every frame turns out completely unique.

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Skills This Craft Builds

This popsicle stick picture frame craft helps children build important developmental skills while creating something meaningful. Gluing and decorating strengthen fine motor control, while arranging decorations supports planning and creativity.

Kids practice:

• Fine motor skills
• Hand-eye coordination
• Creativity
• Planning and sequencing
• Self-expression
• Following directions

Picture Frame Craft Variations

Holiday Picture Frame

Decorate the frame with holiday colors and themes for Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or Easter gifts.

Mother’s Day or Father’s Day Frame

Add handprints, special messages, or favorite family photos to turn the frame into a keepsake gift.

Nature Frame

Glue on leaves, flowers, twigs, or natural textures for an outdoor-inspired craft.

Personalized Name Frame

Let kids spell their names with letter stickers, markers, or foam letters.

Books to Pair With This Craft

Best Age for this Craft…

Preschoolers

Preschool children can enjoy decorating the frame with help assembling the popsicle sticks.

Kindergarteners

Kindergarten kids can complete most of the project independently while practicing creativity and coordination.

Elementary Kids

Older children often enjoy personalizing the frame with more detailed decorations and meaningful photos or artwork.

SUPPLIES FROM THE BAG

• Wide popsicle sticks (4 per frame)
• Elmer’s glue
• Stapler with staples
• Pipe cleaner
• Glue stick
• Everything else in the bag (yes everything!)

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Step 1

• Form a square with 4 popsicle sticks 
• Secure the corners with a dot of Elmer’s glue
• Allow the glue to dry

Step 2 (optional)

• Cut a piece of pipe cleaner approximately 3 inches long
• Bend the pipe cleaner into a curve
• Secure at the top of the frame, in back, with a staple or generous dot of glue (allow glue to dry)

Step 3

• Decorate the frame with whatever items in the bag strike your fancy

There is no wrong way to do this. I cannot say this strongly enough. You can make ones that look like my picture, but really, where is the fun in that? Just go crazy. Make squigglies with the pipe cleaners and have them coming out of the frame or paint a work of art or pull cotton balls so that they are fuzzy and glue them in place so that the frame is soft and puffy or go crazy with the tissue paper or, well, you get the point. Dig in the bag and pull out whatever makes you happy.

Your popsicle stick picture frames should be uniquely yours!

Step 4

• Make or find something to go inside the frame, such as a piece of newspaper or construction paper on which you have made a picture, for example
• Cut the item to size, just slightly bigger than the opening in the center of the frame. Be sure that the square you cut overlaps popsicle sticks.
• Use the glue stick to adhere the artwork to the back of the frame.

Step 5

• Share your creation with someone special and with this community. We would love to see what your imagination has come up with and post it in the gallery (with credit given, of course).

“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” -Maria Montessori. I absolutely love this quote because it reminds us that kids are way more capable than we usually given them credit for. It’s true that they don’t think like adults and have their own way of doing things…AND THAT IS AMAZING!!!

Let them be kids, let them explore, let them figure it out. Don’t give them the answers. Allow them to struggle a little and then create something which is absolutely and truly theirs. It is a magical thing. As my mentor Ruth Soukup would say, Rules are for suckers. Sometimes it is good to push the boundaries, question the rules, and see where it takes us.

And be sure to give your kids lots of encouragement along the way! Wondering what to say, even if your kiddo is struggling a little? Try these words of encouragment…

BONUS

Make a stand for your popsicle stick picture frames by folding a paper plate in half and cutting out a triangle shape. Now cut away some of the triangle so that there is a notch at the bottom. Snip off the top of the triangle (if desired). Decorate the stand however you would like.

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