8 Easy Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids

1. Handprint Heart Cards

• Materials: Red or pink cardstock, paint (red, pink, or any color), markers, and glitter.
• How-To: Paint your child’s hand with a color of their choice and press it on the card to make a heart shape with their fingers. After it dries, you can add fun details like a cute message or glitter accents.

2. Heart-Shaped Bookmarks

• Materials: Construction paper, scissors, glue, markers, and ribbon (optional).
• How-To: Cut out heart shapes from construction paper. Decorate with drawings, stickers, or even fun messages like “You’re #1” or “Happy Valentine’s Day!” Add a hole punch at the top and thread through a ribbon to make it extra cute.

3. Thumbprint Love Bugs

• Materials: Cardstock, stamp ink pad (any color), markers, googly eyes, and glue.
• How-To: Have the kids stamp their thumbprints onto the card to create the bodies of cute little love bugs. Then, use markers to add legs, antennae, and eyes. They can also add hearts or draw flowers around the bugs.

4. Paper Plate Valentine’s Day Wreath

• Materials: Paper plate, red or pink construction paper, scissors, glue, and markers.
• How-To: Cut a hole in the center of the paper plate to create a wreath shape. Then, cut out hearts or flowers from construction paper, and let kids glue them around the wreath. You can even add little pom-poms or ribbons for decoration.

5. Stamped Hearts (Using Cookie Cutters!)

• Materials: Red, pink, and white paint, cookie cutters (heart shapes), and paper.
• How-To: Dip a heart-shaped cookie cutter into paint and stamp it on the paper to create heart prints. Kids can then decorate the hearts with fun doodles, glitter, or stickers.

6. Love Bug Rock Painting

• Materials: Small, smooth rocks, paint (red, pink, black), markers, googly eyes.
• How-To: Paint rocks to look like cute love bugs (you can add a heart design on top or make ladybug patterns). Once the paint is dry, add googly eyes, and let the kids personalize their love bug with a little message.

7. Valentine’s Day Treat Bags

• Materials: Small gift bags, construction paper, markers, stickers, and candy.
• How-To: Let the kids decorate the outside of the gift bags with hearts, messages, and fun doodles. Then, fill them with candy or small treats to give to friends or family!

8. Pom-Pom Heart

• Materials: Red or pink pom-poms, construction paper, glue, and scissors.
• How-To: Draw a heart on a piece of construction paper and have kids glue pom-poms along the outline. This gives a textured, 3D effect and looks adorable!

Mamas, there IS hope for even the least creative among us! These crafts are simple, fun, and easy for kids to make, and they also make perfect personalized gifts for friends or family!