Get ready for Valentine’s Day by helping the kids create special pictures and presents! These DIY Valentine’s crafts are perfect for little hands and can be gifted to relatives, teachers, or friends. Make Cupid’s Day a fun-filled family event and spread love all around!
1. Paper Heart
Make this adorable heart by drawing a heart onto pink paper and cutting out. Add legs and arms by cutting strips of paper which are accordion folded and then glued on.
What You Need:
- Pink paper
- Scissors
- Glue
How to Make It:
- Draw a heart on pink paper and cut it out.
- Cut strips of paper, accordion-fold them, and glue them to the heart to create arms and legs.
2. Paper Heart Chain
Make these easy and safe paper chains with the kids to decorate your house.
What You Need:
- Colorful paper
- Scissors, stapler
How to Make It:
- Cut out strips of paper in your chosen colors.
- Staple each strip in the center to create a heart shape.
- Link them together to form a chain for a lovely decoration.
3. “Bee Mine” Valentine Card
What You Need:
- Yellow and black paint
- blue paint
- paper
- googly eyes
How to Make It:
- Paint your child’s palm and thumb yellow and add black stripes.
- Paint the fingers blue for the wings.
- Press onto paper, let dry, then add googly eyes and a sweet message.
4. Handprint Heart Card
What You Need:
- A4 paper
- scissors
- markers
How to Make It:
- Fold A4 paper in half.
- Position your child’s hand near the fold, ensuring the thumb and index finger form half a heart.
- Trace, cut out, and decorate with a heartfelt message.
5. Crayon Hearts
What You Need:
- Broken crayons
- heart-shaped baking mold
How to Make It:
- Chop up old crayons and place them into a heart-shaped mold.
- Bake at 230°F for 15 minutes, let cool, and attach to Valentine’s cards.
6. Paper Heart Basket
What You Need:
- Colored paper
- glue
- scissors
How to Make It:
- Cut out heart shapes and weave them together to create a basket.
- Fill with candy or small treats for a sweet surprise.
7. Clothespin Butterfly
What You Need:
- Cardstock
- clothespin
- glue,
- googly eyes
How to Make It:
- Cut two hearts and glue them back-to-back to form butterfly wings.
- Attach them to a clothespin and decorate with googly eyes.
8. Unicorn Valentines
What You Need:
- paper hearts
- lollipops
- markers
- yarn
How to Make It:
- Decorate paper hearts to look like unicorns, using a lollipop as the horn.
- These make adorable classroom or party favors!
9. Heart Wreath
What You Need:
- Paper plate
- colored paper
- glue
How to Make It:
- Cut out the center of a paper plate.
- Cut hearts from pink and red paper and glue around the plate.
10. Love Bug
What You Need:
- Construction paper
- googly eyes
- pipe cleaners
How to Make It:
- Cut out different-sized hearts for the body, head, and feet.
- Glue together and add pipe cleaner antennae and googly eyes.
11. Heart Dog
What You Need:
- Colored paper
- glue
- googly eyes
How to Make It:
Use heart shapes to create a cute puppy and add googly eyes to bring it to life.
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