Last Updated on January 16, 2025 by Masha Eretnova
Nothing beats a DIY gift for any occasion, and St Valentine’s Day is no exception. These super easy and cute Valentine’s crafts for kids will be a great way to spend time with kids at home, entertain them at daycare or school, and organize a special class or kids’ party.
Hearts, glitter, lots of pink color, and various materials – kids and adults won’t get bored. Plus, such crafting ideas are not just fun activities to share with family, they help develop motor skills, creativity, and imagination in children. A great tool in parents’ and teachers’ arsenal.
Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids
Here are my favorite 31 ideas of crafts for your Valentine or Galentine you can DIY with your kids. Animals, hearts, slimes, playtime with edible gifts – you can find it all here.
Handmade Love Bug Lollipop Valentines
Turn your kids (or their friends) favorite lollipops into pretty little love bugs with fluffy antennas and heart-shaped wings. Add goggle eyes and you’re done!
Get the tutorial: Lollipop Love Bugs
Salt Painted Hearts
If kids love colors and painting, try salt painting with them! These textured salted hearts can be a great addition to a DIY Valentine’s card.
Get the tutorial: Salt Painted Hearts
Valentine Pencil Toppers
Adorable heart-shaped pencil toppers with wings and lots of sparkle for kids’ stationery. Cute decoration or a small gift.
Get the tutorial: Valentine Pencil Toppers
Toilet Paper Roll Heart Painting
Easy Valentine’s craft for preschoolers with minimal supplies needed – you can simply reuse a toilet paper roll! You can make hearts of all shapes and colors and enjoy stamping with kids.
Get the tutorial: Toilet Paper Roll Heart Painting
Heart-Shaped Toilet Paper Roll Binoculars
Curious kids would absolutely love these heart-shaped binoculars and would immediately run outside to look up birds in the trees. Simple craft to keep kids off the screens this Valentine’s.
Get the tutorial: Toilet Paper Roll Binoculars
3-Ingredient Sparkly Valentine Slime
Engage in some shiny science with your little ones and craft DIY slime with Elmer’s glue of different shades of pink for this Valentine’s Day.
It is shiny, slimy, and fun!
Get the tutorial: Valentine Slime
Thumbprint Heart Craft On Clay Pots
If you have an old clay pot, your kids can help you upcycle it with their little thumbprints and Valentine-themed colors. Adorable DIY home decor and a cute gift for grandma.
Get the tutorial: Thumbprint Heart Craft
Frog Valentine Craft For Kids
If your child loves frogs, this craft idea will be amazing for you. A cute little green frog with big smiling eyes is holding a heart – to make these frogs kids will need some creativity and precision, but not to worry, the tutorial comes with a template.
Get the tutorial: Frog Valentine Craft
Bee Valentine Craft For Kids
Similar idea for Valentines but with little chubby bees, they are friendly and won’t sting! And the heart every bee holds says “Bee my Valentine” – simply adorable.
Get the tutorial: Bee Valentine Craft
Red Panda Valentine Craft For Kids
Red pandas always go viral on social media – these little furry balls with fluffy tails. Why not make one for Valentine’s? You don’t even need to draw it, there is a ready-to-use template for it.
Get the tutorial: Red Panda Valentine Craft
Felt Heart DIY Valentine Wreath
This bright pink Valentine’s Wreath is a great DIY home decor idea for your kids’ room. Super fun to make and can easily change the colors and shape!
Get the tutorial: Valentine’s Wreath
Valentine Butterfly Craft
Easy paper butterfly with pretty heart-shaped wings that older kids can make. The template is included, so they just need to cut and glue!
Get the tutorial: Valentine Butterfly Craft
Climbing Heart Monster
A quick and easy Valentine’s craft idea for your toddler – is to make this climbing monster with a heart-shaped head, many googly eyes, and limbs that easily spring! Gives kids so much creative freedom and is fun to make (and there is no wrong way to make it!)
Get the tutorial: Climbing Heart Monster
Easy DIY Conversation Heart Kitchen Cabinet Valentine’s Decor
These conversation hearts are so easy to make, you can make literally a dozen! Plus, they are actually universal and will suit adults too.
You can color them in your favorite colors (pink shades, purple, and red for Valentine’s) and leave any loving messages (XOXO, Love you, Miss you, Be my Valentine, and so on).
Get the tutorial: DIY Conversation Heart
Secret Message Conversation Hearts
Probably, favorite kids’ craft on the list – these disappearing and reappearing messages on Valentines are so fun, preschool kids absolutely love them.
Get the tutorial: Secret Message Conversation Hearts
DIY Paint Chip Garland For Valentine’s
Adorable garland for home with little colorful hearts on a string – super easy to make yet looks fantastic. Can decorate your office or classroom too!
Get the tutorial: Valentine’s Garland
Fun Fork Painting: Love Monster Craft
You can’t stop yourself from falling in love with this toothy Valentine’s monster from a kind children’s book. Your preschoolers and young kids can use a fork to paint a monster’s fur.
Get the tutorial: Valentine’s Fork Painting
Valentine’s Day Paper Plate Wreath
This cute mini wreath you can craft with kids for St Valentine’s Day. Add all cute details from hearts to teddy bears and cupcakes around the wreath. You can cut out the paper templates and let the kids color them.
Get the tutorial: Valentine’s Paper Plate Wreath
Wool You Be My Valentine?
A super adorable way to ask the most important question of the holiday! The template includes a cute print-out of a sheep and kids can attach colorful pom poms to it.
Get the tutorial: Wool You Be My Valentine
DIY Valentine’s Day Toilet Paper Roll Gift Box Craft
This simple crafted gift box made with a toilet paper roll will fit little Valentine’s candies…and secrets! The decorating ideas are endless – let your kids be creative.
Get the tutorial: DIY Valentine’s Gift Box Craft
DIY Valentine Treat Holders for Kids
Super cute heart-shaped pouches for little kids to carry Valentine’s sweets and treats. Can make them at home or at school. Fill with Hershey Kisses!
Get the tutorial: Valentine’s Treat Holders
Happy Heart Flower Craft
Easy crafting and coloring template for preschoolers to keep them busy for a little while. The petals here are actually hearts!
Get the tutorial: Happy Heart Flower
Valentine Name Craft
This craft will be amazing for kids of any age! Make a little colorful caterpillar that carries the name of each kid on its heart-shaped belly segments.
Get the tutorial: Valentine Name Craft
Zig Zag Paper Heart Craft
A fun little craft for Valentine to celebrate and hone those motor skills! It will be also great activity to teach patience and keep kids busy for a longer time.
At the end, you have an amazing heart paper craft with a zig-zag design.
Get the tutorial: Zig Zag Paper Heart Craft
Heart Hedgehog Printable Valentine’s Day Craft for Kids
This impossibly adorable hedgehog is carrying little paper hearts on its back and has a soft fluffy pink nose. Simply print the template, cut out the shapes, and glue!
Get the tutorial: Valentines Hedgehog Craft
Fingerprint Heart Tracing Valentine’s Craft
Fun no-prep Valentine’s activity for young kids and even toddlers to play with the finger paint. Easy-to-follow template with heart shapes already dotted for your kids.
Get the tutorial: Fingerprint Heart Tracing
Valentines Paper Plate Heart Fish Craft
Cute way to use a paper plate for Valentines to create a cute craft: a fish with heart-shaped scales and googly eyes.
Get the tutorial: Heart Fish Craft
Hot Air Balloon Valentine’s Craft
Fantastic paper craft for Valentine’s to make at school with kids. A heart-shaped air balloon that kids can color and glue, and add some messages for parents.
Get the tutorial: Hot Air Balloon Valentines Craft
Valentine’s Day Coloring Bookmarks
This set of coloring bookmarks holds 56 different ideas for kids to color! And even adults would like to join. There are cute animals, messages, fruits, and so much more.
Get the tutorial: Valentine’s Coloring Bookmarks
Valentine’s Day Coloring Countdown Calendar
The most adorable countdown calendar for Valentine’s with little chubby animals and foods, and plenty of room for your kids to color and draw.
Get the tutorial: Valentine’s Coloring Countdown Calendar
Simple Pressed Flower Card For Valentine’s Day
If you have a garden and love collecting flowers (and you have some preserved flowers on hand) or you can buy some, you can make a handmade card for Valentine’s Day with kids.
Get the tutorial: Pressed Flower Valentine’s Card
Masha Eretnova, born in 1991, is a Buenos Aires-based certified teacher, artist, and member of the Professional Artist Association with 20+ years of personal painting journey.
She started painting and drawing very early and is now an international abstract artist and educator passionate about acrylic painting, gouache, and crafts.
Her works are part of international exhibitions and contests, including ArtlyMix (Brazil), Al-Tiba 9 (Spain), Exhibizone (Canada), Italy, and many more.
Besides her artistic pursuits, Masha holds a post-grad diploma in Teaching Film Photography and 2 music school diplomas: piano and opera singing.