Let’s celebrate Koningsdag or King’s Day with these Netherlands crafts for kids! Learn about the culture and traditions of this amazing country!

Do you know which country has the world’s tallest people? Hint: it’s the same country that has more bicycles than people!

Yes, we’re talking about the Netherlands!

Dutch is the flavor of the season, since it’s their national holiday this month – Koningsdag, or King’s Day, which falls on 26th April. As the name suggests, this is the birthday of the current monarch, King Willem-Alexander. And before you ask, yes, if the monarch is a woman, it’s known as Koninginnedag or Queen’s Day!

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How is Koningsdag celebrated?

During Koningsdag, the Dutch have a nationwide flea market where they can sell second-hand goods. It’s the only day when street sales are allowed without a government permit and taxes.
Since orange is the national color of the Netherlands, people wear orange clothing, drink orange beverages and even dye their hair orange! This is referred to as oranjegekte, or ‘Orange Madness’!
Several special events are held for the occasion, like concerts, parades or street parties, especially in Amsterdam
Children play games like koekhappen and spijker poepen, which involve tying objects to strings and trying to catch them
During Koningsdag, the Dutch King honors citizens who’ve made major contributions to their country

If you’re not in the Netherlands and can’t participate in these events, don’t worry – we’ve got something for you! Here are some fun Netherlands crafts for kids to help you learn more about the culture of this amazing country!

15 Notable Netherlands Crafts for Kids

1. Origami Tulip Craft

When you think of this country, the first thing that comes to mind is probably tulips – that’s why we had to start our list of Netherlands crafts for kids with an Origami tulip craft! Despite being associated with the Netherlands, the tulip was originally imported from Türkiye. Today, the Netherlands is the world’s largest flower exporter, exporting around 2 billion tulips every year!

2. Windmill Paper Plate Craft

Easy Peasy and Fun celebrates another icon of Dutch culture – the windmill! The Netherlands has more than 1000 windmills, and most of them also include museums for tourists to visit. A Dutch village called Kinderdijk has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site thanks to its gorgeous 18th-century windmills.

3. Wooden Shoe Craft Activity

Crafty Bee Creations brings us a fun craft based on Dutch clogs – also known as klompen. These are hard shoes that were worn in medieval times by people doing hard labor. They’re not widely used today, but are sold mostly as souvenirs – almost 6 million clogs are produced every single year for tourists!

4. Monochromatic Delft-Inspired Plate Art

Our next addition to this list of Netherlands crafts for kids is a gorgeous Delft-inspired project from Teach Kids Art. Delftware is a kind of tin-glazed pottery believed to have originated in the Dutch city of Antwerp. The pieces have a white glaze and are decorated with cobalt oxide which gives it the characteristic blue color.

5. Historical Dutch Village Diorama

Over half of the Netherlands’ area is covered by farmland, which is what probably inspired Woo Jr. to create this pretty diorama! That could also be one of the reasons that the Dutch have one of the healthiest diets in the world, since they focus largely on plant-based foods.

6. Dutch Houses Drawing Tutorial

We love this tutorial from Art Projects for Kids that shows a series of tall houses sitting pretty on the side of the water. Since Amsterdam was founded on swampy land, most of the city’s buildings are built on poles to prevent them from sinking into the ground. Even the Royal Palace at Dam Square is built on over 13,000 wooden poles!

7. Dutch Heart Flag Craft for King’s Day

You can’t talk about these Netherlands crafts for kids without mentioning the country’s flag! The national flag is a tricolor, with red, white and blue bands. The red symbolizes courage, the white stands for peace and the blue represents loyalty and justice. Elsa R Blog captures all these in a beautiful heart-shaped flag craft.

8. DIY Delft Canal Miniature House

Paper Glitter Glue helps us recreate the classic Delftware canal house miniatures. You’ll notice that most houses in Amsterdam are quite tall and narrow. This was because in the 17th century, the city’s residents were taxed based on how wide their houses were, so people decided to narrow things down and save their money!

9. Toilet Paper Roll King and Queen Craft

Leuk Met Kids turns empty toilet paper rolls into the royal couple of the Netherlands. The monarch here wears a crown, but in reality, King Willem-Alexander doesn’t! The royal crown is quite large, being 31 cm in diameter, and is unlikely to fit a normal human head. The Dutch monarch isn’t crowned; rather, they are sworn in while the crown rests on a table next to them.

10. Netherlands King’s Day Printable Crowns

Now, the Dutch king may not wear a crown, but that doesn’t mean you can’t! Yoors brings us printable crown templates, and we’re partial to the orange – after all, it is the national color! The reason for this is that the king is from the House of Orange, and before he became king, he was the Prince of Orange!

11. Dutch Wooden Shoe Papercraft

Making these Netherlands crafts for kids is a good opportunity to learn about how the Dutch celebrate their holidays! St. Nicholas Day is celebrated as Sinterklaas, and it’s when kids leave out clogs in anticipation of gifts. If they’ve been nice, they’ll find candy or toys in the shoe; but if they’ve been naughty, the shoe will have coal! 30 Minute Crafts shows us how to make a Sinterklaas shoe using just paper!

12. Dutch Paper Windmill 3D Model

Paper Glitter Glue has a fully detailed tutorial on building a 3d windmill model, complete with a garden around it! Earlier, the Dutch used the wind energy harnessed from windmills for agricultural purposes, but today, they’ve taken it much further. Every electric train in the Netherlands runs on renewable wind energy, with the train system serving 600,000 passengers per day!

13. Tulip Fields Perspective Art

I’ll be honest; the first thing to come to mind when I thought about Netherlands crafts for kids was the gorgeous tulip fields! The Keukenhof Tulip Garden, 40 km from Amsterdam, is the most famous, receiving about 26,000 visitors every day. Besides tulips, the garden also has daffodils, roses, lilies, hyacinths and other flowers. Mrs. Knight’s Smartest Artists captures this incredible beauty in a fun perspective art project!

14. Sinterklaas Steamboat Egg Carton Craft

The Dutch have quite an interesting story for St Nicholas. It is believed that he lives in Spain and travels to the Netherlands on a steamboat on the night of December 5th. He then climbs on a horse called Amerigo, who carries him to all the houses where he leaves gifts for the children. Baker Ross celebrates this legend with a fun steamboat craft using egg cartons!

15. Miffy Egg Cup Papercraft

We couldn’t wind up our list of Netherlands crafts for kids without mentioning the adorable bunny, Miffy! Many people think Miffy is a Japanese character, when in reality, she’s 100% Dutch! Created by author and illustrator Dick Bruna, Miffy was originally named Nijntje. Miffy became a huge hit worldwide, and today there is a square named Nijntjepleintje in Bruna’s hometown of Utrecht. Learn more about Miffy as you make this cute craft from Past Times.

Here’s something else you may not have heard: according to the 2025 World Happiness Report, the Netherlands is the fifth-happiest country in the world! We hope these Netherlands crafts for kids have made you at least a teeny bit happier too, and more informed about the country. It’s the nation of famous artists like Vincent Van Gogh, Johannes Vermeer, Piet Mondrian and Rembrandt, so it’s only right to celebrate with art and craft projects!

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