All About Me Craft | Free Printable Back-to-School Activity

I like All About Me activities, but I think we tend to box them into the first three days of school.

New class. New teacher. Here’s a worksheet. Tell me your favorite color and what you did this summer.

And then we move on. But learning about students shouldn’t be something we check off the back-to-school list in August.

This printable All About Me craft gives students a chance to share some basic information about themselves, their interests and, importantly, something they’re good at. Then they color, cut and assemble the pieces to create their own student.

Yes, it works as a back-to-school activity. But there are quite a few other ways I’d use it too.

Printable All About Me Student Craft

The printable has spaces for students to share their name, age and date of birth, along with their favorite color, food, book and movie.

They can also share whether they have a pet, their hobbies, their dream job and something they believe they’re good at. That last one is probably my favorite.

Kids spend an awful lot of time in school being reminded of what they don’t know yet. Here’s a tiny opportunity to ask them what they think they do well.

And the answer doesn’t have to be academic.

Maybe they’re good at drawing, Minecraft, making their little brother laugh, remembering dinosaur facts, taking care of the dog or knowing every Taylor Swift song ever recorded.

It still tells you something about the student sitting in front of you.

Download the All About Me Craft

This printable All About Me student craft includes spaces for students to share information about themselves before coloring, cutting and assembling their pieces to build their student.

Use it for back to school, student introductions, classroom displays, homeschool, social skills activities or simply as a fun way to learn a little more about a child.

More Than a First Day of School Activity

An All About Me worksheet is usually associated with the beginning of the school year, and this one certainly works for that. Students can complete their crafts during the first week and teachers can use the finished projects for a classroom or hallway display.

But I wouldn’t stop there.

This could also be a nice activity when a student joins a class midyear, at the beginning of a new semester, during an advisory or social skills group, or when you’re intentionally working on self-awareness and self-advocacy.

Parents can use it at home too. Save the finished craft and do another one next year. Favorite foods, hobbies and dream jobs have a funny way of changing.

Sometimes dramatically.

All About Me Activities and Disabled Students

Here’s something else worth thinking about.

“All About Me” activities are supposed to help us learn about a student. So make sure the activity doesn’t accidentally become a test of unrelated skills.

This craft requires writing, coloring, cutting and assembling. For some students, that’s fine. For others, one or more of those tasks may be difficult.

If a student can tell you their favorite book but can’t independently write the title, let them dictate it. If cutting is difficult, provide pre-cut pieces or assistance. A student who uses AAC can answer the questions with AAC. Students can draw answers, use pictures or have an adult scribe.

The point is to learn about the student, not determine who can wield a pair of scissors most efficiently.

Use It to Start Conversations

You also don’t have to treat the finished craft as the end of the activity. Use the answers to start conversations.

If a student says they’re good at soccer, ask about it. If their dream job is veterinarian, ask what they like about animals. If they don’t know what to put for “I am good at,” that may be worth paying attention to as well.

For teachers, these little pieces of information can be useful later when you’re trying to connect instruction to a student’s interests.

For parents, it can simply be fun to hear what your child says.

And sometimes surprising. Particularly the favorite food answer when you have personally watched them refuse that exact food at dinner for the past three years.

A Simple Student Strengths Activity

I also like that the printable asks students to identify something they’re good at rather than focusing entirely on favorites.

For students with IEPs, much of the information adults collect about them focuses on needs, deficits and areas requiring support. Those things matter. We need accurate information about what a student needs.

Knowing what a student enjoys, what motivates them and where they feel competent can help parents and teachers see a more complete picture of that student.

I’m not suggesting an All About Me craft is suddenly a strengths assessment. But it’s an easy way to open that conversation. And don’t feel obligated to wait until August. Kids are still themselves in February.