Here are some fun and easy Valentine’s Day craft ideas to do with your kids!
- Love Bug Finger Puppets
Materials: Chenille stems or pipe cleaners, googly eyes, tacky glue, pom poms, muffin cups or construction paper, scissors
How to Make:
- Cut out a heart shape for each child’s bug, this will be the wings for the bug. The chenille stem is both the antenna and the body.
- Starting from the middle of the chenille stem, twist the two ends around the child’s finger. When you have about one inch of stem left on each side, twist the two ends around each other to secure.
- Bend the leftover ends over to look like antenna. Glue two pom poms to each antenna end. Glue two googly eyes to the front of the bug’s face. Glue the heart shape to the back of the bug.
- Pop the love bug off the child’s finger and set it aside to dry!
- “I Love You to Pieces” Collage
Materials: Cardstock, tissue paper or construction paper pieces, glue, markers
How to Make:
- Cut out a large heart on cardstock.
- Write “I Love You to Pieces” in the center.
- Have kids tear or cut colored paper into small pieces and glue them inside the heart.
- Handprint Heart Tree
Materials: Construction paper, paint, glue
How to Make:
- Trace and cut out your child’s hand on brown paper for the tree trunk.
- Cut out small hearts in different colors for leaves.
- Glue the hearts around the fingertips to form a tree.
- Heart Balloon Bouquet
Materials: Paper straws, cardstock, glue, markers
How to Make:
- Cut out heart shapes from colored paper.
- Attach them to the top of paper straws to create “balloons.”
- Tie them together with ribbon and write a sweet message on each heart.
- Valentine’s Day Coupon Book
Materials: Construction paper, markers, ribbon or stapler
How to Make:
- Cut small rectangles of paper and write fun coupons like “One Extra Story at Bedtime” or “Movie Night with Popcorn.”
- Stack them and staple or tie them with ribbon to make a little book.
- Short on time? Download this printable coupon template »
- Secret Message Valentine
Materials: White crayon, watercolor paint, white paper
How to Make:
- Write a Valentine’s message with a white crayon on paper.
- Have your child paint over it with watercolors to reveal the hidden message!
- Heart-Shaped Puzzle Craft
Materials: Old puzzle pieces, glue, paint, paper
How to Make:
- Paint old puzzle pieces red, pink, and white.
- Glue them in a heart shape on cardstock and write “You Complete Me!”
- Valentine’s Day Suncatchers
Materials: Contact paper, tissue paper, scissors, ribbon
How to Make:
- Cut out a heart shape in a piece of contact paper.
- Let your child stick small tissue paper pieces onto it.
- Seal it with another layer of contact paper and hang it in a window.
- Love Bug Clothespins
Materials: Wooden clothespins, pipe cleaners, paint, googly eyes
How to Make:
- Paint clothespins red or pink.
- Attach googly eyes to the top and pipe cleaner antennae.
- Cut out small paper hearts and glue them as wings.
- Valentine’s Day Wreath
Materials: Paper plate, tissue paper, glue, ribbon
How to Make:
- Cut out the center of a paper plate to make a wreath shape.
- Glue tissue paper pieces or small paper hearts around it.
- Attach a ribbon to hang it up!
