30 Valentine crafts and activities for kids, including heart art ideas, class Valentine’s, handmade gifts, and a list of favorite picture books about Valentine’s Day
It’s February! And you know what that means, right? It’s time to start thinking about heart art and Valentine crafts!
If you haven’t already, that is.
MY LATEST VIDEOSI don’t know about you, but we start making hearts part of our creative making and playing on the early side. Sometimes a full month in advance, because, well, HEARTS! But in the interest of keeping things a little more seasonally appropriate for the rest of you I decided to wait until February 1st for this post.
So here you go!
A whole lot of Valentine crafts and activities for kids, including heart art, craft projects, handmade gifts, Valentine treats, books about Valentine’s Day, and more!
30 Valentine Crafts and Activities for Kids
Note: Please feel free to add your own favorite Valentine’s Day crafts and activities in a comment at the end of this post!
5 Valentine Art Projects
There’s always simply drawing, collaging, or painting on heart-shaped paper, but here are some more elaborate heart art activities.
2) Faux stained glass Valentines with black glue
5) Heart art and a lesson in mixing colors
6 Valentine Crafts for Kids
6) How to make suncatcher heartstrings with melted crayon hearts
8) How to make a Valentine’s Day bunting with painted heart doilies
9) 10 Valentine crafts to make from kids’ process art
10) How to make heart suncatchers with lace and ribbons
11) Modern DIY Valentines Day shirts
5 Class Valentines Kids Can Make
(See also the color-mixing Valentine’s under heart art activities and the process art Valentine’s under crafts above.)
12) Valentine’s Day photo cards for kids
14) Get creative with metallic art on black hearts
15) Heart butterfly Valentines
16) Process-oriented lacing heart Valentines
4 Valentine Activities for Kids
17) Painting a map of my heart
18) An interactive heart drawing activity
19) Valentine activity pack for kids
20) Hearts and lace prints in playdough
5 Handmade Heart Gifts to Make
21) Lace heart ornaments and magnets made out of air dry clay
22) How to make heart shirts for kids
23) Heart pillows that double as soothing hot/cold packs
24) How to make DIY gift bags for Valentine’s Day
25) Heart sculptures from plaster of Paris
4 Valentine Treats to Bake
You can cook just about anything in a heart shape, right? We’ve made heart cookies, of course, but also heart cakes, heart lollipops, heart-shaped hand pies, heart pizzas, heart pretzels, and even heart-shaped doughnuts!
26) Bake heart-shaped cherry hand pies
27) Make cranberry oatmeal heart cookies
29) Make peanut butter cups in heart molds
Read Valentine Books for Kids
30) Head to the library and check out some books about Valentine’s Day.
Need some suggestions? Ask your children’s librarian or try some of these:
- The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond
- Franklin’s Valentines by Paulette Bourgeois
- Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day is Cool by James and Kimberly Dean
- Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane deGroat
- The Biggest Valentine Ever by Steven Kroll and Jeni Bassett
- How Do I Love You? by P.K. Hallinan
- If Kisses Were Colors by Janet Lawler
Would you like a printable version of 30 Valentine Activities for Kids to hang on your fridge? You’re in luck! Just click on the image below and get a PDF delivered straight to your inbox!
How about you? What are your favorite Valentine crafts and activities for kids? Something from this list or something different? Please share in the comments!
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What a comprehensive list! Can’t wait to try some of these activities!
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I hope you and your kids enjoy them, Tammy!
Any suggestions specifically for toddlers not quite two years of age?
Hi! What project is the one that’s pictured in the top right corner of your featured photo? I couldn’t seem to find the link for that one on your webpage at https://artfulparent.com/valentine-crafts-activities-kids/?fbclid=IwAR2fRTG06fmekg7o0AlxdoKddGur2BDNfElzVoV-e28TnU5NQx-_Y7lRouw. My daughter and I love scrolling through your crafts and handmade projects as we spend a lot of time doing crafts or cooking/baking together. Thank you!