All About Me Printable Ideas for Older Kids

August 6, 2024 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

The beginning of school is a great time for ice breakers and learning about the other kids in class, but doing the same old activities can get pretty boring as you get older. Here are some ideas for older elementary and beyond that kids might actually enjoy as they learn more about their new classmates.

Twinkl has a ton of back to school about me printables, but a couple of my favorites for older kids include the hoodie and the shoe. These printables have a key for what is supposed to go in each space, but you could also just give them the blank version and some ides for what to fill the spaces with.

The Imagination Box has some similar ideas for all about me printables including a T-shirt, backpack, soccer ball and Instagram style grid. The Instagram one in particular would be great for an art class since they’ll be drawing the images that go with each thing.

I also love this one from Create in the Middle by Katie P from Teachers Pay Teachers, which has the kids tell about themselves through the charms on a Croc. (As an aside, it’s astonishing to me how many kids wear Crocs these days!) Kids answer a few questions, which tells them which charms to add to their shoes. They can cut and color in the Croc itself as well as the charms, or you can use a digital version to have kids design their own Crocs on the computer.

And this one from Cassie Dahl is more of an icebreaker than an about me printable, but it’s a fun one that gets kids moving a little bit. The printable cards have instructions like “stand up if you like to read” or “step back if you own a pet that’s smaller than your hand.” These prompts are sure to get kids talking and help them learn a little bit about each other, too.

All About Me Printable Mini Book

Decorate the Classroom with About Me Buntings

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Easy Lacing Cards to Make for Kids

Lacing is a great fine motor activity, and most kids go through a phase where they enjoy working with lacing cards. It helps promote focus and is a great quiet activity for kids to do in the car or to fill time in the classroom. And of course knowing how to lace is the beginning of knowing how to sew, which is great for all kids to learn (more on teaching kids to sew here).

There are lots of ways to make your own lacing cards. This one is just a pin but it’s easy to make lacing cards with any shape a child is into using cardboard and a nail to poke the holes. This could be fun for letter and number recognition or spelling the child’s name. Or try this version from Hey Azka, which uses a hole punch to make bigger holes so you can lace with shoe laces.

You can also just do lacing cards with paper, but it’s a great idea to print them on card stock and/or laminate them to make them sturdier for little hands. Homeschool Share has a set of alphabet lacing cards, which are free with email signup. Deceptively Educational has a set of number lacing cards with numbers 0 to 10.

Picklebums has some basic shape lacing cards, too.

Living Life and Learning has a bunch of cute printable lacing cards, including back to school designs, shoes kids can lace and learn to tie and ocean themed lacing cards. She also has tips for making your own lacing cards.

A Rose Tinted World made their lacing cards with craft foam, which makes them a little more durable than paper and you can cut it more easily than cardboard. They used a die cutting machine but you can also cut shapes by hand.

I also love the cat and mouse cards from Seam Whisperer. They also have some spring themed designs. So cute!

If you want to make lacing cards that are more open ended, check out this tutorial form Pretty Life Girls to make lacing cards that are more like geo boards. Theirs are made with wood but you can also do this with cardboard, craft foam or card stock.

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