Valentine Craft Ideas For Kids: Easy And Fun Projects
Looking for some creative and cute Valentine Craft Ideas For Kids? Look no further! These easy and fun projects will keep your little ones entertained and make for great gifts for loved ones.

These easy and fun projects, each with a simple tutorial, will keep your little ones entertained and make for great gifts for loved ones. Perfect for kids of all ages, these DIY Valentine projects are simple yet impactful, ensuring a fun-filled February crafting experience!
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Valentine Craft Ideas For Kids
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1. LOVE BUG HEADBAND
Materials You’ll Need:
- Pink Cardstock, or pink foam sheet
- Free Template
- Foam Heart Stickers
- Pipe Cleaners in pink, white and red
- Stapler
Little ones, including preschoolers and toddlers, will love creating an adorable Valentine “Lovebug” Headband and wearing it at a class or family Valentine party. Using our free template, cut 2 strips out of pink foam sheets or construction paper. Add foam heart stickers around the band. Using pink, white, and red pipe cleaners, create two bug antennae. Add glitter heart shapes with glue to the top of each pipe cleaner. Staple or glue the headband strips together using each child’s head to measure. This lovebug headband is sure to spread some LOVE this year!

2. VALENTINE PAPER LANTERNS
Materials You’ll Need:
- Colored Cardstock or construction paper
- Free Template
- Scissors
- Valentine Stickers, or foam stickers
Create the cutest Valentine Paper Lanterns with colored cardstock or construction paper. Using the free paper lantern printable template, cut out an easy paper lantern. Fold the 8 ½ x 11 paper in half lengthwise. Cut the strips from the fold, leaving an inch at the top. Kids, including big kids, will love practicing their cutting skills. Roll the paper into a lantern and staple the top and bottom together. Take a strip of the same colored cardstock and staple it to create a handle for the lantern. Add colorful hearts and flower foam shapes for a finished product that’s ready to display year to year! It makes a perfect keepsake.

3. DOT PAINT VALENTINES
Materials You’ll Need:
Preschoolers and toddlers will have a blast creating adorable Valentines with marker dot paints. Our 4 free printable Valentine’s Day dot paint templates make for an easy and fun kids’ craft. Print on white cardstock or construction paper. We love marker dot paint crafts for fine motor skill development. Kids can use crayons or dot markers to color their Valentines, creating unique patterns. Display these little projects in windows for fun, kid-created LOVE decorations!

4. TISSUE PAPER HEART
Materials You’ll Need:
- Heart Template
- Sissors
- school glue
- White, Red, or Pink paper plates
- Pink, white, red tissue paper squares
Tissue paper crafts are so fun to create! Kids, including preschoolers, will love using this fun art texture to create a Valentine’s Day masterpiece. To create this adorable preschool craft, print and cut out the heart template. Glue the template to the front of a white or red paper plate. Kids can roll pink and white tissue paper squares into balls and glue them inside the heart template. Such a fun Valentine’s Day craft for kids, and one of the best Valentine’s Day crafts to enjoy together! It’s a fun project.

5. VALENTINE HEART LEI
Materials You’ll Need:
- Red and pink paper straws
- Scissors
- Hole Punch
- Glitter Paper Hearts
- Red Baker’s Twine
- Safe lacing needles
A Valentine Heart Lei is a great preschool craft to create this Valentine’s Day. Little hands will love stringing the pieces together while learning fine motor skills. Cut 1-inch pieces from red and pink paper straws. Using a hole punch, punch a hole in the middle of medium-sized glitter paper hearts. Lace together the hearts and straws using red baker’s twine and super safe lacing needles. Wear around your neck on Valentine’s Day for a fun and festive touch!

6. POM POM LOVEBUGS
Materials You’ll Need:
Create adorable tiny lovebugs out of yarn pom poms! Glue red, white, or pink yarn pom poms to the top of a foam heart sticker. Add mini googly eyes to the front of the yarn pom poms. Add 1-inch pieces of pipe cleaners with mini pom poms to the top of the yarn pom-pom to create cute bug antennae! This little project is perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and big kids alike. Kids will love crafting these little Valentine creatures this February, making them some of the best ideas for a DIY Valentine.
You can download all of the templates as well as the Dot Paint Valentine pages by clicking on the box below. It will open up a new window with the template. If you don’t see it, check to make sure you don’t have pop-up blockers on.


These crafts are sure to make Valentine’s Day memorable and fun for everyone involved. Happy crafting!
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