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Here are some fun and easy Valentine’s Day craft ideas to do with your kids!

1. Love Bug Finger Puppets
   Materials: Felt or construction paper, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, glue, scissors
   How to Make:

   • Cut out heart shapes for the body and smaller hearts for the wings.
   • Glue the wings to the body and add googly eyes.
   • Attach a small strip of felt to the back to create a finger loop.
   • Use pipe cleaners for antennae and decorate!
2. “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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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!
7. 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!”
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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!

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