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19 Valentine’s Day crafts and activities for kids

Get inspired by this growing list of amazing Valentine’s Day crafts and fun activities for celebrating Valentine’s Day. Find a new family tradition or the perfect craft for your classroom!

Valentine’s Day Crafts and Activities for kids

Coming up with fun Valentine’s Day crafts and activities that kids will love can be a challenge. You want a craft that will hold their attention. Plus it helps if they make nice gifts for loved ones too.

I love decorating our living room with hearts and things that remind us of how much we love each other. My daughter loves that Valentine’s Day crafts involve a lot of pinks.

Whatever you love about the holiday, I’m sure there is a craft or activity that’s perfect for your kiddos.

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Valentine’s Day CraftsGet inspired by this growing list of amazing Valentine's Day crafts and fun activities for celebrating Valentine's Day. Find a new family tradition or the perfect craft for your classroom! #twitchetts

From simple construction paper crafts to beautiful heart art. You’ll find Valentine’s Day crafts that will fill someone’s heart with joy.

1. Cardboard Hearts

Paint cardboard to create fun heart decorations.
Painted Cardboard Heart Art Project for kids

2. Bubble Wrap Hearts

Use bubble wrap to create these lovely heart prints.
This unique project creates heart art with bubble wrap. It's perfect for a Valentine's day project, or to make a fun gift for mom!

3. Heart Rock Painting

Create fun heart painted rocks during a holiday party or to give to friends.
valentines day painted rocks

4. Easy Valentine’s Day Suncatcher

This Valentine’s Day suncatcher is perfect for a larger group of kids!

5. Mended Paper Hearts

Create cards, bookmarks, and more with this fun mended paper hearts craft.

6. Heart Wands

These fun paper heart wands are fun for celebrating Valentine’s Day!

7. 3D Heart Cards

Grab our template and create these fun 3D cards!This 3D Valentine's Day Card will wow, with very little effort. And since we use construction paper, they cost next to nothing. They're perfect for passing out to friends or giving to loved ones.

8. Heart Puppets

These paper heart puppets are so adorable. Your kids will love playing with them after the crafting is done!Break out your construction paper and create these amazing paper heart puppets!  These make an amazing Valentine's Day invitation to create.

9. Painted Paper Hearts

Use the template to make perfectly painted paper hearts. Grab the template and let your youngest kids paint away!Grab some construction paper and let's create a painted heart! This easy and fun Valentine's Day craft will make beautiful cards, festive decor, or just a fun afternoon project!

10. Heart Bookmarks

Give these heart bookmarks as gifts, keep them for yourself, or do both! They are so easy to make, you can make stacks!Painted heart bookmarks are perfect non-candy gifts to give this Valentine's Day. Using a fun creative painting art method, you're kids will be so proud to pass these out!

11. Scissor skill building heart card

Let your little ones create a fun Valentine’s Day card while building their scissor skills!This is a fun construction paper craft to do for Valentine's Day! These cute Valentines Day cards are fun to make and is perfect scissor practice for younger children!

12. Paper Heart Mobile

Use construction paper to create this fun heart shaped mobile. Perfect for decorating a classroom!Create a spinning rainbow heart mobile using construction paper. Fun kids rainbow art project that is a perfect rainbow craft for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and kids of all ages!

13. Recycled Tissue Paper Heart

Don’t throw away that candy heart box. Use it to create this fun tissue paper heart.

Classroom Valentine’s Day Cards and Gifts

Kids love passing out classroom Valentine’s Day cards. We love providing non-candy options. These classroom valentines are perfect for their next class party!Get inspired by this growing list of amazing Valentine's Day crafts and fun activities for celebrating Valentine's Day. Find a new family tradition or the perfect craft for your classroom! #twitchetts

14. Coloring Valentines

These fun printable coloring Valentines pair perfectly with a small pack of crayons.Your kids will LOVE passing out these printable valentine's day cards to color. Combine the cards with a small pack of crayons, and your children will fall in love with these non candy Valentine's idea!

15. Bead Valentines

Pair this printable bead Valentine with some fun necklaces! Kids will love sharing them with their friends.Grab these fun Free Printable Valentines for your kids this year! This is a great non-candy Valentine idea for kids of all ages!

16. Craft stick Valentines

Let your kids decorate and pass out these fun classroom craft stick Valentines!These homemade Valentines are a great non-candy Valentine for your little one to pass out! Don't for get to make a few for a Valentine's Day activity for your own kids to keep at home!

17. Ninja Valentines

These printable ninja Valentines are perfect for kids to pass out in their class, without getting all mushy!Grab these fun Printable Valentines! They are a fun non-candy Valentine for boys and girls to pass out!

Fun Valentine’s Day Traditions

Valentine’s Day is all about showing the love. These are some of the fun Valentine’s Day traditions we have in our families.Get inspired by this growing list of amazing Valentine's Day crafts and fun activities for celebrating Valentine's Day. Find a new family tradition or the perfect craft for your classroom! #twitchetts

18. Naturally dyed heart pancakes

These heart pancakes are perfect for Valentine’s Day breakfast. Learn how to naturally make pinks and purples with this recipe.These Naturally Dyed Homemade Pancakes are perfect to make for Valentine's Day Breakfast! These heart pancakes can make any breakfast special!

19. Watercolor Love Notes

All through February, we share all of the reasons we love each other with this fun family tradition.This Valentine's craft is a fun preschool craft. These watercolor hearts make the perfect prop for a fun Valentine's activity for the whole family.
Which of these fun Valentine’s Day activities will you try first? I’m excited to make some fun watercolor hearts and seeing what my kids come up with.

Get inspired by this growing list of amazing Valentine's Day crafts and fun activities for celebrating Valentine's Day. Find a new family tradition or the perfect craft for your classroom! #twitchetts

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