Sticker Studio Kit
Make it yourself!
I put together a Sticker Studio Kit for a few of my grandkids. It’s a creative station that they can use on their own. They pick a blank sticker book, guided mini sticker book, or blank book of frames and begin practicing their pincer grasp and bilateral coordination while improving their eye-hand coordination. Here’s what I did (and below, I’ll give some ideas for doing things in the least expensive way).
Create for ages: 3 to 7
Great for: birthday gifts, travel, quiet time, classroom centers
What you need
- Sticker Studio Kit download
- a bunch of stickers
- 5 to 8 crayons
- 8″x 5″ x 1″ box
- scissors (for your use)
- stapler (for your use)
- glue (for your use)
(optional preschool book to give with the kit)
- Where’s the Leaf Thief? by Alice Hemming
(optional beginning-reader book to give with the kit)
- Silly Sticker Stories: Travel by Highlights
I used a small box that was 8-inches by 5-inches by 1-inch. This size allows everything to remain flat and can be slid into a small USPS Priority mail box for easy shipping. Some of my grandkids live in different states.
The Sticker Studio Kit bundle contains four items: Blank Sticker Books, Guided Mini Sticker Books, Frames for Stickers and Drawing and More!, and Holiday Frames for Stickers, Drawing and More. I printed what I needed on thicker paper for that richer feel. My favorite was Neenah vellum bristol, 67 lb, 94 brightness. Both the blank book and frame book printing was done only on one side. The Guided Mini Sticker Books has the option of being printed on one or two sides. I did it on two sides, but one-sided works well, also. Only the covers of these books are in color. The rest are an easy black-and-white print.
Here is what I printed in each download:
Blank Sticker Books download
I chose covers for the blank sticker books that related to each grandchild. For example, one child likes horses and another likes tornadoes. I printed and cut out these covers, along with five additional pages and stapled them together. I gave each child five different blank sticker books in their box.
Frames for Stickers and Drawing and More and Holiday Frames for Stickers
I chose frames that my grandkids would like. For example, I used the unicorn frame for one and the army-men frame for another. I chose seven additional frames and put a cover on them, stapling together on the left-hand side. I also included seven holidays as a separate booklet with the corresponding cover page. I made one frame booklet and one holiday frame booklet for each box.
Guided Mini Sticker Books
I made two sets of the three mini-sticker books in this download. The only ones I didn’t print were the blank sticker books. This is the only part of the kit that will need an adult to help kids know what to do with the books. One set of mini books focused on using stickers to count, one set had kids put stickers inside of shapes, and the third set asked kids to put stickers on or over or beside various shapes. This made six books, two of each version.
I gathered stickers that matched the child’s interests (animals, food, vehicles, sparkles, sports—anything they love). I put about 500 stickers in each box, and I individually cut apart each sticker. I thought that would be more fun for the kids. So my husband and I did this as we watched TV in the evening. Here’s how I got my stickers.
- Bought stickers in bulk. Sticker rolls can be super affordable (especially if you have time to wait for shipping). Try places like Temu.com, but watch out for those that have additional shipping fees.
- Found stickers at large retail and craft stores. They are especially affordable when found in clearance aisles.
- Thrift store hack: I look for kids’ activity books with leftover stickers. Then I cut around the unused stickers and add them to the kits. This helped give variety to the stickers in each box.
I put all the stickers at the bottom of the box. Then I put the blank sticker books and frame books on top of them. This helped to flatten the stickers. I stacked the larger mini-books and then the smaller mini-books on top on one side.
I tossed in up to eight crayons, removing them from their original container. To make it more fun for the kids, I used the crayons that kids can twist up. They’re less messy than markers but feel more grown-up than regular crayons.
On the inside of the box lid, I included a directions’ card for the kit. This card can be found as an extra file in the Sticker Studio Kit bundle. I put the “Sticker Studio Sign” from the bundle on the top of the box and on the spine.
BONUS
These kits cost me just under $15 each in 2026. The time I spent cutting and putting items together are not counted in the pricing. But you can make it for less. Here are some ideas:
Cereal boxes wrapped with gift paper (for boxes handed to kids) or small boxes that you get in the mail can work just as well. If you remove all shipping labels and draw stars or geometric lines with markers, these boxes look adorable and don’t cost anything. Or if you’re in a rush, a padded envelope works too—just add a stiff piece of cardboard so nothing bends if you’re sending it through the mail.
Fold a sheet of copy paper in half. Cut on the fold. Draw your own cover and write “Blank Sticker Book” on it. Then fold two sheets of copy paper in half and cut on their folds. Stack all six sheets together with your cover on top. That works great as a blank sticker book. Then repeat to create up to five of these blank sticker books.
Once again, you can make your own frames and a cover to make these books. Do the same as you did with the blank sticker books, but draw frames on each page and have your cover say: Frames Sticker Book or Holiday Frames for Stickers. Make one of each of these books.
Cut five sheets of copy paper into four equal parts (each). Use six mini-sheets (12 sides) for each book. Make covers for each. On the inside cover, write the directions.
For the numbers book: Write the numbers one to 10, each on a different page, but in order. The directions should tell kids to put stickers on each page to reflect that number. So one on page one, two on page two, etc.
For the shapes book: Make a different shape on each page. The directions should ask kids to put stickers in the shape without going out of it.
For the direction book: Write words like “above” or “below” on each page. Then have one or more shapes for kids to put a sticker “above” or “below” on them. Other positional words can be found online.
Even broken crayons are perfect for this. Kids will just like the convenience of having something to color with right there for them.
If you’re using your own box, add a small envelope inside the box for stickers so they don’t slide around. Also, you don’t have to cut the stickers into individual stickers as I did. It’s okay to leave them in strips or larger blocks. You do have to buy stickers somewhere, but you can be thrifty.
You can easily write up the directions and tell what what’s inside the kit and how to use each booklet. Don’t forget to encourage kids to enjoy the stickers and have fun putting them in the books.