Ideas for Kids Crafts for Valentines Day 

Children love Valentine's Day !

It’s not only an opportunity to show their affection for those closest to them, but it’s also a holiday that provides lots of chances to be creative.

Children enjoy making Valentine cards for their friends and family as well as other craft items that can serve as inexpensive gifts for those same individuals.

Crafts can be as simple as decorating with crayons or something much more elaborate.

Furthermore, Valentine crafting can be enjoyed by kids of all ages, from pre-schoolers to middle- or high-school students who have a penchant for the artistic.

Here's 7 easy & creative ideas for childrens crafts this Valentines Day:-

Creative Cards

Valentine cards come in all shapes and sizes and can be quite varied. Choose some hearty card stock for your kids’ creations. It’s available in many different colors and prints and is strong enough to withstand the wear and tear it may suffer at little hands.

For small children who don’t write yet, have stickers ready as well as large, colorful crayons for drawing pictures. It’s fun to cut the card stock in a heart shape before the design begins.

For older children, consider offering other materials like tissue paper, rubber stamps, fabric, foil, glitter and glitter glue, colored stones, and scissors that make scalloped designs.  

Card holders

This is a great Valentine Day craft and it can be reused each year if it’s made of a sturdy material. There are a number of ways to make these.

You can purchase a small basket, gift bag, or other container and decorate it with cut-out hearts or other Valentine-themed characters, or you can make the whole basket from heavy paper that’s folder to form a basket-type vessel that will fit most cards.

These boxes can also be made from Popsicle sticks and painted and decorated with stickers or other items.  

Jewelry projects

Everyone enjoys a gift of homemade jewelry and this craft is suitable for all ages. The results, of course, will vary. Little fingers need large beads and string for necklace-making while older kids can do much more detailed work.

Consider a necklace with a message that includes beads that spell out LOVE, a name, or even XOXO. Bracelets are great, too.

Or try something a little more difficult, like beaded safety pin projects (you can purchase coil-less safety pins for these creations) or jewelry made from low-fire clay or bendable wire. Little ones can also make pins out of foam shapes, which can be decorated and glued to brooch pins. 

Plant pots

Small and inexpensive clay/terra cotta plant pots are easy to decorate and make a great gift.

The easy-to-paint surface is perfect for even little hands and when painting is done, one coat with an acrylic paint sealer means the paint won’t chip. Older kids can glue on scraps of colorful tissue paper (use a puzzle glue or something similar for best results) after they paint the pot.

You can include some dirt and a small plant with your finished product or fill it with goodies like candy kisses, chocolate hearts, or even gummy worms.  

Frames

Photo frames are a terrific Valentine’s Day gift for friends and loved ones. There’s no need for them to be elaborate.

Purchase a simple wooden frame at the craft store (small 5x7 frames are rarely more than a dollar or two), some tempura paint, and a variety of other items for decoration, which might include colored stones, Valentine-themed ribbon, glitter or glitter glue, or even different shaped pastas.

Little ones can glue at random but encourage older kids to draw their design before they start cutting or gluing.

Also buy a fine-point silver or gold marker that works well on wood so that kids can add a personal message to the recipient. Include a favorite photo! 

Felt scarf

Here’s a cool one for older kids.

Buy several squares of felt in a variety of Valentine colors (pink, red, white) or, if available, use wool from old, discarded sweaters. Cut out about 20-30 hearts (depending on desired length) that are about 5 includes wide and long (make a template so they’re all the same size).

Lay the hearts on a table so that they’re all pointing in the same direction and overlap them. Pin them together and then use an x-shaped stitch in a corresponding color to sew the hearts together where they overlap. Sewing is minimal so should move quickly.

The result is a quirky accessory that’s perfect for your kid’s teacher or other important person in your child’s life.