Draw Your Family Tree: Faces in the Frames

About this worksheet

A black and white family tree with seven empty picture frames on a big tree: four grandparents at the top, Mom and Dad on the side branches and a large frame for Me on the trunk. Kids draw a face in each frame and write the name on the tag below, then color the tree and leaves. Made for preschool and kindergarten, where drawing comes before writing. Kindergartners can draw instead of write, so it works before children can spell the names.

Tips for using it

• Fill in what you know in pencil first, then call a grandparent or older relative with your list of blanks. One phone call often fills a whole generation.
• Write women under their birth surname as well as their married name; it makes records much easier to find later.
• Use full dates in the form 12 Mar 1948 instead of 3/12/48, so nobody mixes up the day and the month.
• For a school project, ask the teacher whether pets, step-parents or guardians may be included. Most teachers say yes.

Printing tips

Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). It is a vector file, so the lines stay sharp on any printer. This page is free for personal, family and classroom use.