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Aim of this study. This qualitative study aims to describe, analyse, and interpret what and how 7-8-year-old children express themselves in their art club during the art handicraft project. The starting point of this art project was a story created by the children. Previous studies show that art education and handicraft provides children space, time and place for self-expression for children. Also, according to previous studies, art-oriented handicraft enables the creator to reflect on their own activities in relation to their work and social environment. My research questions are 1. How expression is seen and heard when a child is doing art handicraft? 2. How playfulness manifests itself in children’s handicraft process? Methods. This child-oriented study observes children’s expression on child-perspective. The data was collected in the spring 2022 at the children's cultural centre in Southern Finland. Four 7–8-year-old children took part of this study. This video-based data was collected during two prearranged meetings. The data includes also field notes. Results and conclusions. Results view the process of the art club practice with the help of examples. Results show how children express themselves verbally and non-verbally during the art handicraft project. The real world and fantasy were intertwined and made visible in the children's expressions: self-made words and trendy reality, everyday life in play, imagination and entertaining was seen in the results. Results show how leisure time art and art handicraft allows children the space, time, place and safe atmosphere to express themselves meaningfully for themselves. Taking the child’s verbal and non-verbal narration into account children make their life visible for adults in their life.