The topic of this thesis is handwork: weaving and felting in preschool institutions. The paper contains two parts, the theoretical and the empirical part. In the theoretical part of the work, the definition of manual labor is given and a brief history of manual labor is presented. Furthermore, the weaving technique is described in more detail, which weaving methods exist and an example of individual weaving activities that can be carried out in preschool institutions with children is given. Then the felting technique is described in more detail and also talks about its methods and examples of activities on the topic of felting with children in preschool institutions. Furthermore, emphasis is placed on handwork in Waldorf pedagogy, where it is especially nurtured when working with children, and at the very end of the theoretical part, the benefits and significance of handwork for children and their overall development are discussed. The second part of the paper contains the results of research conducted with educators who work in kindergartens throughout the Republic of Croatia. The research was conducted through an online survey via Google Forms. The goal of the research was to investigate how many educators apply the activities of handwork: weaving and felting in preschool institutions, and to examine the views of educators on the significance of handwork: weaving and felting on the overall development of the child. The obtained research results indicate that today educators more often choose other activities than manual work activities such as weaving and felting. Many reasons have been given for this, and some of them are the feeling of incompetence for the implementation of such activities, less adequate equipment and the working conditions themselves, such as too many children for one teacher. Despite this, it was established that the majority of educators are aware and familiar with the benefits that such activities have for the development of children, such as the development of fine motor skills and creativity.