These Valentine suncatchers are so fun to make and look beautiful hanging in the window! This easy heart craft is a favorite!
Updated January 2025
This is one of the Valentine crafts from our founder Jean’s book, The Artful Year: Celebrating the Seasons & Holidays with Crafts & Recipes.
Here’s a sweet Valentine’s Day craft that makes for a great handmade gift for family and teachers, but also a lovely decoration. It’s easy, fun, and a great way to spend quality time creating with your kids.
Plus, it uses inexpensive materials that are surprisingly great for all kinds of arts and crafts projects! We use paper plates and contact paper for so many crafts!
Colorful hearts catching the light in the window–what could be better at Valentine’s Day?
Valentine Suncatchers with Paper Plates
MATERIALS
- Scissors
- Small paper plates
- Watercolor paints and paintbrushes
- Transparent contact paper
- Colored tissue paper
- Hole punch
- Ribbon or string
INSTRUCTIONS
- Prepare your frame
Cut a heart out of the center of the paper plate.
Press a square of contact paper to the back of the paper plate so the heart is covered, and the sticky side faces the front. - Add colored pieces
Cut the tissue paper into small pieces. Press them to the sticky contact paper.
- Paint your plate
Paint the plate with watercolors.
- Hang your suncatcher!
Use the hole punch to add a hole to the top of the paper plate and string a ribbon through. Hang the suncatcher in a sunny window.
What are your favorite easy Valentine crafts for kids?
From The Artful Year, by Jean Van’t Hul, © 2015 by Jean Van’t Hul. Reprinted by arrangement with Roost Books, an imprint of Shambhala Publications Inc., Boulder, CO.
More Valentine Activities for Kids
- 30 Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids (with Printable List!)
- 12 Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids
- How to Make a Valentine’s Day Garland for Kids
- DIY Valentine Decorations: Melted Crayon Hearts Garland
- How to Make DIY Valentines for Kids with Cardboard Hearts
- The Best Books for Valentine’s Day
Want even more creative ideas?
Check out our Hearts Activities pack!
We think you’re going to LOVE this sweet collection of adorable heart activities! This 32-page printable eBook is full of coloring pages, drawing prompts, games, and more!
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