Let’s make some fun and easy Valentines! Valentine’s Day is a lovely holiday to create beautiful arts and crafts with children. Making thoughtful valentines for friends and family is sweet and kind. Children are motivated and excited to make their original valentines for special people in their life. Besides, it is a fun way to exercise little fingers, boost creativity, enjoy, and feel the love. Scroll down to explore are super fun and easy valentines.

Tissue Paper Valentines for Children

Supplies: colorful tissue paper, glue, and paper, pencil and scissors.

Instructions: Pre-cut hearts for preschoolers and older children can draw and cut out their hearts. Cut or rip tissue paper into small piece, crumple tissue paper, and glue into the heart. Create a beautiful ruffled heart.

Don’t Break My Beaded Heart 

Supplies: pipe cleaner and beads

Instructions:

1. Bend the piper cleaner in half and thread the beads onto the pipe cleaner.
2. Leave little space to twist the pipe cleaner together.
3. Shape into the heart.

Tip: Pipe cleaner and beads. Valentines Beads and Pipe Cleaners

Lacing Hearts Valentines for Children

Supplies: cardstock, yarn, tape, hole puncher, and scissors.

Instructions: 

1. Cut out the heart and punch holes around it. 
2. Cut a long piece of yarn, tape the end of the string on the back of the heart, and place the tape around the string’s tip.
3. Lace your unique design. Lace around the heart, inside the heart, mix it up and make your lacing design.

Marble Paint Valentine

Supplies: marbles, paper, box/plastic tray, paint, tape, and paper heart stencil.

Instructions: We made marble paint Valentine cards, bend the paper in half to make a card. Place the heart stencil. Tape the stencil to the card paper, the best way on the back, so it does not leave tape marks. Place the card in the box/tray, tape it to the bottom of the box/tray, dip the marbles on paint, and let them roll in the box, move the box around to create a unique design. Use as many paints or as few paint colors as you wish. Remove the stencil for the beautiful end valentine! 

Tip: We used three different paint colors and few marbles. Place your painted stencil inside the card for a personal message. We made our paper heart stencils. In case, you need easy planning Marbles, Heart Stencils, Trays, Pink Paint, Purple Paint, and Red Paint.

Dip and Stamp Hearts Valentines for Children

Supplies: recycled toilet roll/paper towel roll, paint, and paper.

Instructions: Shape the recycled roll into a heart shape, dip in paint, and stamp.

Tip: Place a rubber band around the roll to maintain the heart shape, especially for younger children.  

Yarn Hearts Valentines

Supplies: yarn, mod podge, water, wax paper, and paper heart shapes.

Instructions: Prepare mod podge

Tip. The more yarn you use to make your heart, the longer it takes to dry. Mod Podge.

Draw a Card or Copy a Cute Card

Supplies: paper, crayons, colored pencils, or markers.

Instructions: Find cute Valentine designs to copy.

Tip: We used Pinterest and Esty for fun ideas.

Coffee Filter Hearts  

Supplies: coffee filter, scissors, markers, and eyedropper.

Instructions: Cut out a coffee filter heart. Color it with markers, and then squeeze little drops of water. Markers will bleed and create a beautiful color mix. Let it dry for a bit.

Tip: For eyedroppers, we save droppers from the liquid vitamins or you can get a pack of pipettes if you need them for the classroom.

Finger-paint Hearts

Supplies: paint and paper.

Instructions: Dip thumb or pointer finger in the paint to make hearts.

Heart Collage Valentines for Children

Supplies: paper, scissors, possibly glue, and whatever art media you would like to use (stamps, stickers, tape, ribbon, etc.)

Instructions: Provide children with pre-cut hearts, or older children can cut out the heart independently. Decorate your valentine as you wish.

Tip. We used stickers, stamps, and glitter hearts from the Dollar Store.

Summary

Creating art provides children with an opportunity to express themselves improve fine motor skills, and have fun. Spread the love and let valentine’s creations begin!

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