Child tattoo ideas

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Fine line wrist tattoo of a mother and child in profile inside a heart, with two green hearts and a pink flower.
Mother and child profile tattoo on wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a mother and child in profile on the lower back, above a white top.
Fine line mother and child on the back
Tattoo on the top of a foot showing a black silhouette of an adult and child above a pink outlined heart and a pink flower with green leaves and falling petals.
Silhouette, heart and flower on a foot
Two fine line tattoos of a mother holding a child: a wrist design with two small red hearts and flowing lines below, and a black outline design on the upper back.
Mother and child line tattoos on wrist and upper back
Realistic colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a child's face, a man in a top hat and a green landscape scene with a child holding an apple.
Film scene portraits and landscape on a calf
Colour tattoo of a child sitting beneath a large red feather with butterflies rising from it, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Child with a red feather and butterflies on upper back
Fine line tattoo of three flying silhouettes filled with blue, purple and pink starry shading, placed on the neck behind the ear.
Three flying silhouettes behind the ear
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a pale child with yellow eyes holding a box, flanked by a masked rabbit figure and a wolf, with the word Korn above.
Surreal child and animals on a back piece
Black and grey realism tattoo of a praying angel with wings and a halo, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Praying angel with wings on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a cartoon child on a branch beside a rabbit and a wooden sign reading Edge Keep Off.
Vintage child and sign tattoo on forearm
Realism colour tattoo on a forearm of a young child resting their chin on their hands beside a tabby cat, with a few older tattoos at the top edge of the arm.
Realistic child and tabby cat on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a small girl holding a dandelion seed head with drifting seeds, on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Girl holding a dandelion on the side
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Madonna holding a sleeping child within a halo, with roses below, on an upper arm.
Madonna and child with roses on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a child in a red top reading a red book on a curling wave, with green ferns and a blue line below, on the forearm.
Child reading on a wave with ferns
Two matching colour tattoos on the tops of bare feet, each showing a child holding a tin can telephone joined by a fine black line.
Paired child and tin can telephone tattoos on feet
Black line drawing of a stylised mother holding a child, with an awareness ribbon around them that contains a heart, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Mother and child with ribbon and heart design
Close-up of a solid black mother and child silhouette tattoo with a looping curved base, shown on skin.
Mother and child silhouette tattoo
Colour portrait tattoo on a calf showing a man with dark hair in a red top holding a red-haired child in a teal outfit with pink hearts.
Portrait of a man and child on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a silhouetted child on a wire, a bird on a small wooden structure, bare branches and ruined buildings.
Silhouette child on a wire beneath bare branches
Black silhouette tattoo of a mother and child with a pink outline, with the word Momma and a small red heart below, on the ankle.
Mother and child silhouette with Momma on ankle
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a city skyline, a sign reading EDGE, a dog and a seated child on a horizontal line, in a dotwork and line style.
City skyline, dog and child on a forearm
Black and grey silhouette tattoo of an adult lifting a child against a circle, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Silhouetted figure lifting a child on a back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a young child in profile wearing a feathered headdress with a beaded band and star medallion, a design that could be used as a tattoo.
Child profile in a feathered headdress
Colour tattoo on a woman's upper back showing a red feather turning into butterflies above a seated child drawn in outline with red and orange wash.
Feather, butterflies and a child on upper back
Two temporary tattoos on a child's wrists, a red circular design on the left and a blue striped design with a circle on the right, against a speckled concrete ground.
Two temporary tattoos on a child's wrists
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged cherub kneeling and cradling a small bird, placed on the back.
Cherub holding a songbird on the back
Black silhouette of a figure with two small figures beside it, with pink cherry blossoms and petals in colour, tattooed on a back.
Silhouette figure and cherry blossoms on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of two winged cherubs kissing, across a man's chest.
Kissing cherubs across a chest
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon child in a red top reading a book, with green ferns and a blue and grey wave beneath.
Child reading on a wave with ferns
Small tattoo on an ankle showing a parent holding a child as a blue and black silhouette, with Love you Forever lettering beneath.
Parent and child silhouette with script on ankle
Colour tattoo on a forearm of two anime characters, one with spiky black hair and a blue vest, and a small blue-haired child, with yellow FATHER lettering below.
Anime father and child on a forearm
Black silhouette of a child holding a balloon, with a puzzle piece pattern on the backpack, over red, purple and teal watercolour splashes on the thigh.
Child silhouette with balloon on thigh
Black silhouette tattoo of an adult holding a child's hand, with a purple heart balloon and blue wings, on a limb.
Parent and child silhouette with heart balloon
Black silhouette tattoo of an adult and a child holding hands, placed on the side of the ribs.
Adult and child silhouette on the side
A child's hand peels a paper sheet of four red heart temporary tattoos onto the inside of their forearm.
Heart temporary tattoos on a child's forearm
Black silhouette of an adult lifting a child overhead with a script quote beneath, tattooed on the upper arm in black ink.
Silhouette of a figure lifting a child with script quote
Black and grey tattoo of an adult and a child holding hands in silhouette, walking, on the calf.
Adult and child silhouettes on a calf
Black linework tattoo of a mother holding a child in silhouette, with three red hearts, on a person's upper back.
Mother and child silhouette with hearts on back
Colour realism tattoo on a thigh of a red-haired child with green eyes and an open-mouthed shout, wearing a floral shirt and plaid shorts against a blue background.
Realistic child portrait on a thigh
Black ink dotwork drawing of a tattoo design shaped as a light bulb, showing a child silhouette beside a bare tree, a full moon and birds, with no body placement visible.
Light bulb with child, tree and moon
Black fine line tattoo of a woman cradling a baby, with a small heart below, on the inner forearm.
Mother and child outline on forearm
Black ink drawing of a small girl with her hair in a bun, gazing up as she holds three balloons on strings, drawn on a white background with no body part visible.
Girl holding three balloons, ink drawing
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Totoro, soot sprites, Calcifer and a red Mononoke-style mask within a teal and gold ornate frame, on the thigh.
Totoro and Studio Ghibli characters in an Art Nouveau frame
Colour tattoo of a woman embracing a child, with golden hair patterned with flowers, in a fine line style on the upper arm.
Embrace with gold hair and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey linework tattoo on a forearm showing an EDGE KEEP OFF sign, a child sitting on a ledge and a dog beside them.
Sign, child and dog on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a young child in a leafy headpiece holding a kitten, on the outer lower leg.
Child with kitten in greyscale realism
Hand-drawn black ink flash design of a stylised mother and child silhouette, with no body placement shown.
Mother and child silhouette design
Two matching forearm tattoos show a black silhouette of a woman holding hands with two children, with script text reading because of her I will not fall and for them I'd risk it all.
Matching family silhouette and quote forearm tattoos