Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids

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Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids

New! Love Bug Valentine Card Holder Craft for Kids

What you will need: Dinner-sized and snack-sized paper plates, fun foam hearts (or cut from construction paper), tissue paper, pipe cleaners, paper, hole punch, ribbon, and glue.
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What to do:

1. Cut one dinner-sized paper plate in half. Glue one half to another diner-sized paper plate to make a pocket.

love Bug Valentine's Day Card Holder 2. Fold a snack-sized paper plate almost in half as shown in the picture above and then fold back the two upper corners to make the face shape as shown in the picture below. Fold a pipe cleaner in half and tape it to the back of the head for the antennae. Glue hearts to the end of the antennae. Glue the head to the large paper plate pocket. (Patterns for the eyes, legs and wings are available to members of Danielle's Place.)

3. Draw eyes on the head. Cut legs from black construction paper and glue them to the bug's body.

4. Cut wing shapes from tissue paper and glue them to the body.

5. Cut out a tongue from pink paper and glue it inside the mouth.

6. You can also glue heart shapes with love phrases written on them on to each of the bug's legs

7. Use a hole punch to punch a hole at the top of the bug and tie a ribbon to the hole to hang the love big card holder.

New! Elephant Valentine's Day Picture with Tissue Paper Nose Craft for Kids

Elephant Valentine's Day Card

What you will need: Colored tissue paper (the kind you use to wrap presents), colored pencils or markers, glue, large paint brush or pencil (about 1 cm wide), candy, and card stock.
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What to do:

1. Print out the pattern for the elephant or draw an elephant without a trunk as shown in the picture. (Pattern available to members only.)

2. Color the elephant with crayons, markers, or colored pencils.

3. To make the trunk pick out a matching tissue paper color. Cut the tissue paper into a 7.5" x 7.5" square.

4. Roll the tissue paper around the paint brush or pencil. Wet the exposed edge with your tongue or damp sponge and press it to the rolled tissue to secure. Do not make it too wet.

5. Scrunch the tissue paper down the paint brush to the end so that it is all scrunched up into about one inch at the bottom of the brush just like you would to get the paper off a drinking straw.

6. Glue the tissue paper trunk to the face of the elephant, and then glue a piece of candy to the trunk.

7. To finish fold the bottom half of the paper back and then make another fold about 2 1/2" from that fold and then fold back half an inch at the end. Glue the 1/2 inch end to the back of the elephant picture to form a stand for your picture.

New Paper Plate Valentine Bear Craft

What you will need: Two dinner-sized paper plates and one snack-sized paper plate, card stock, markers, scissors, glue, tissue paper, and green pipe cleaners.

What to do:

1. Glue two dinner-sized together, top-to-top to make the body.

2. To make the head use the head pattern to cut a V-shape in a snack-sized paper plate. Glue the cut edges together to make a cone shape. Draw a nose at the point. Add two eyes and a mouth. Cut ear shapes from card stock and glue to the head. Glue the head to the body as shown in the picture above.

3. Print out the arms and leg patterns onto card stock and cut them out. Glue them to the body as shown in the picture above. Glue the arms to the back of the bear and then fold them over to the front.

4. To make the flower cut tissue paper into 4-inch circles. Stack about ten circles on top of each other, poke two holes in the center of the circles, and thread a green pipe cleaner through the holes. Wrap the end of the pipe cleaner around the pipe cleaner at the base of the flower. Carefully scrunch up each layer to the middle of the flower one by one until all the layers are scrunched up to the center of the flower. Pinch the scrunched up layers together as you work.

You can also use precut tissue paper circles from S&S Worldwide to make the flowers.

"You're like Icing on a Cake" Valentine Cupcake Note Holder or Recipe Card Holder Craft for Kids

What you will need: Plaster of Paris (About 3/4 cup for each cupcake), cupcake wrappers, plastic forks, tissue paper, paint, fiberfil, tiny pompoms or other decorative items, and/or brightly colored paper, paper punch.

What to do: This project can be done in several different ways.

Tissue Paper Cupcake

1. To make the tissue paper cupcake at the left, place cupcake wrappers in cupcake tins. Mix plaster of Paris in a plastic cup with a plastic spoon. Mix 1/2 cup of plaster for each cupcake. Add just enough water to make a mixture about the thickness of pancake batter. Spoon the mixture into the cupcake wrapper. The plaster should only fill out 3/4 of the wrapper.

Let the plaster dry for a minute or two and then stick a fork in the middle so that the tines are sticking up. If the spoon doesn't stand up, you can use clothespins to keep it steady until the plaster dries. (Note: Throw away the plastic cup and spoon when you are finished. Never try to rinse the plaster down the sink.)

2. When the plaster has set remove it from the tins. Press on the bottom of the tins to pop them out.

3. To make the icing part of the cupcake, cut two, 5" by 26" sheets of tissue paper. Place them on top of each other and scrunch the tissue together long ways. Scrunch one end together and tape it to the bottom of the fork near the plaster and loosely wind it around the fork. Keep winding it so that you fill in the top of the cupcake or cover the plaster. Twist the tissue as you wrap it. Glue the twisted tissue paper to the plaster. When the plaster is covered start winding the tissue paper up and around the fork closer and closer to the fork as you go. When you reach the top tuck the end of the paper in the center. Glue the tissue together to get the layers to stick together.

4. To finish glue sequins or other decorative items on top.

5. Write a note on a small sheet of paper that says, "You're like icing on a cake. You make my life sweeter", and stick it between the tines of the fork.

Cupcake craft Painted Plaster Cupcake

1. Follow the directions above but use one cup of plaster for each cupcake. Add just enough water to make a thick paste. Spoon the mixture into the cupcake wrapper. The plaster should be like stiff egg whites. Pile it up over the top of the wrapper. If it gets sticky just wet a spoon or your fingers to smooth it out. Let the plaster dry for a minute or two and then stick a fork in the middle.

2. When the plaster has set remove it from the tins. Press on the bottom of the tins to pop them out.

3. Paint the top of the cupcakes and then sprinkle confetti on top of the wet paint. To make confetti punch bright colored paper with a hole punch. You can also wait until the paint dries and add other decorative items to the top.

Fiberfil Cupcake

1. Follow the directions for the tissue paper cupcake above. Instead of using tissue paper glue fiberfil to the top of the cupcakes and then glue tiny 3/16" pompoms or other decorative items to the top.

Beaded Icing Cupcakes

1. Follow the directions for the tissue paper cupcake above. But instead of using tissue paper glue faceted beads to the top of the cupcakes.

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Bunny Love Valentine's Day Card

The pattern for this craft is available to members only. Just click on the link above for a pattern and directions.

You can make this card without a pattern. Just draw a picture of an animal or person without a head. Write at the top, "Ask me if I love you." Draw a head on a separate piece of paper and cut it out. Attach the head to the card with a small piece of paper 2" x 3/4". Fan fold the piece of paper before attaching it. Attach one end to the back of the bunny's head and one to the card where the bunny's head should be. This will cause the head to move up and down when the card is moved.

Puppy Love Valentine's Day Card Craft for Kids

This little puppy has a chocolate candy bar in his mouth to share with a friend. All you need is card stock, glue, colored pencils and, of course, chocolate candy bars.

This craft is available to members only. Just click on the link above.

Scratch Art Hearts

This craft comes from Oriental Trading Company. You receive black heart shapes and sticks. Your children will have fun scratching off the black film to reveal beautiful colorful designs. They cost $5.95 for 12 hearts, or about 50 cents each. To order this craft go to Oriental Trading Company's web site. Type in 48/3537 in the search box on the left hand side of the page.

"I Give You My Heart!" Valentine's Day Card Craft for Kids

What you will need: Card stock (heavy paper), crayons or markers, heart suckers, and scissors.
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What to do:

1. Draw a picture of a bear or other animal so it looks like it is holding something or use the pattern (available to members only). Write "I Give You My Heart!" on the side. Punch a hole at the top of the hands and at the bottom. Insert a heart sucker into the holes so that it looks like the bear is holding the sucker.

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Memory Cross Valentine's Day Cards

Share the Gospel with Memory Cross's Valentine's Day Plan of Salvation

Valentine's Day Coloring Cards from Memory Cross

Valentine's Day Cards for children to color and give to their family and friends

These cards tell the story behind Valentine's Day and talks about
God's ultimate valentine, Jesus!

"There's a Soft Spot in My Heart For You" Valentine's Day Card Craft for Kids

What you will need: Card stock (thick paper) crayons or markers, and soft material.

What to do:

1. Fold a piece of paper in half to make a card. On the front cover draw a picture of an animal holding a heart or use the pattern (available to members only).
2. Cut out a smaller heart from soft material such as fake fur or felt and glue it onto the larger heart.

3. On the bottom of the write, "There's a soft spot in my heart for you." and in the inside of the card write a Valentine's message.

Hugging Mice Folding Card Craft

This craft goes with the Bible lesson "Good Friends are Giving".

This pattern is available to members only. Just follow the link above. Print out the pattern onto gray card stock, color the ears and cheeks with a pink colored pencil, and cut out. Fold up the tails, fold down the heads, and fold the bodies so that they are hugging. Write a Valentine's message on the inside. You can write something like, "Mice are nice and so are you."

"I Can Sniff Out a Sweetheart Anywhere" Valentine Card Craft for Kids

What you will need: Card stock, crayons or markers.
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What to do: Print out the free Valentine card pattern, (Large file or small file) color the pictures, and fold the paper into a card.

"You're Grrrreat" Fuzzy 3D Bear Card Craft for Kids

What you will need: Card stock, brown fuzzy material, wiggly eyes, pink felt, plastic dog nose, black permanent marker, fun foam hearts (optional), 1/2 of a 2 1/2" foam ball, and a hot melt glue gun.

What to do:

Fold your card stock in half to make a card.
Cut out a 5 1/2" circle shape from the brown fuzzy material, trim the edges to make it look like a bears head. Cut out 2 - 1 1/2" circles from the brown fuzzy material to make ears. Glue the head shape and ears to the center of the card stock as shown. Have the card open at the bottom.
Cut a 2 1/2" foam ball in half. Use 1/2 of the ball to make the bears muzzle. Place the foam ball on the fuzzy material and trace about 1" from the edge of the foam ball all the way around. Cut out the shape and use a hot melt glue gun to glue it to the foam ball. Place the material over the rounded part of the ball and glue the material to the back of the ball at the stop and bottom and then both sides.. Glue in between all the way around pulling the material tight to avoid big creases in the material. If you are using material that isn't stretchy, you may have to cut slits in it and over lap the material as you glue.
Cut the back part that is sticking out off the plastic nose and glue it to the muzzle. Cut out a tongue from pink felt and glue it to the back of the muzzle. Glue the muzzle to the face. Glue on the wiggly eyes and fun foam hearts or just draw hearts.
Write "You're Grrrrreat" on the inside of the card.

Printable Valentine's Day Cards

Printable Inchworm Valentine's Day Cards

Printable Valentine's Day Card

"I'm Going Buggy Over You!"
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"You've Inched Your Way Into My Heart"
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Ferret "We're Better Together" Printable Valentine's Day Card
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Bear Valentine's Day Card "I saved this one for you! Thanks for all you do! Happy Valentine's Day" Card

Place a real chocolate candy heart in the bear's hand. Print out the colored version or color it yourself.

Great for teachers!

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"You're Mooovalous" 3D Fuzzy Card Craft for Kids

What you will need: Card stock, cow print fuzzy material, wiggly eyes, pink felt, 2 1/2" white pompom ball, black and off- white felt, fun foam hearts (optional), poly fiber fill, and a hot melt glue gun.

What to do:

Fold your card stock in half to make a card.
Cut out a 5 1/2" circle shape from the cow print material, trim the edges to make it look like a cows head. Cut 5" x 2 1/2" ear shapes from the cow print material and pink felt. Glue the ears to the head shape and then glue the head on just around the edges of the head leaving some space open. Fill the head with poly fiber fill to make it puff up from the card. Finish gluing all the way around the head. The card should open at the bottom.
Trim the fuzz off of one side of the pompom ball to make it a little flatter on that side. Cut out a tongue shape from pink felt and glue it to the back of the pompom. Glue tongue and pompom to the cows face. Cut out two nose holes from black felt and glue them to the pompom.
Glue fun foam hearts on the corners or just draw them.
Write "You're Mooovalous" on the inside of the card.

cupid Valentine's Day Card Craft "This Arrow is for You!" Valentine Card Craft for Kids

What you will need: Card stock (heavy paper), crayons or markers, and scissors.
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What to do:

1. Print out the card pattern (members only) or draw a picture of a cupid with a bow and arrow onto card stock. Write "This Arrow is for You" next to the cupid.

"You're Purrrfect" Hanging Cat Craft for Kids

What you will need: One 3" wooden heart, four 1" wooden hearts, one 1/2" heart, three craft spoons, and four jumbo craft sticks, one small craft stick, paint, and yarn.

What to do:

1. Paint the large heart, 1" hearts, and craft spoons a cat color. Paint two of the 1" hearts to look like ears. Paint the 1/2" heart pink for the nose.

2. Cut the end off one of the craft spoons and paint it pink for the tongue.

3. Paint the jumbo craft sticks brown or any color you want. Cut the small craft stick in half. Place them about 4 1/2" apart. Glue the jumbo craft stick across the two halves to make the sign. Drill holes at the top sides.

4. Glue the two craft spoons to the back, bottom of the sign for the feet. Glue the pick tongue and two of the 1" hearts onto the large heart. Glue the large heart upside down on the top of the sign. Glue the nose and ears onto the large heart. Paint on eyes and whiskers. Use a permanent marker to write, "You're purrrrfect" on the sign.

"Love" Wooden Cat Craft for Kids

What you will need: 2" wooden heart for the head, 5" long heart for the body, jumbo craft stick for the hands, regular craft stick for the tail, 1" wooden hearts for the hands and ears, 2 craft spoons for the legs, egg shaped wooden piece for the tongue, 1/2" heart for the nose, hot melt glue gun, drill with small bit, letter beads to spell LOVE and string.

What to do:

1. Paint all the wooden pieces the color you would like. Paint the 1/2" heart and the egg shaped wooden piece pink for the tongue and the nose. Paint two of the 1" hears to look like ears and two to look like paws as shown. When all the pieces are dry glue them together as shown.

2. Drill a hole in each paw. Tie the string to one paw. Place the letters on the string and tie to the other paw.

Buddy Says, "I Ruf You" Valentine Card Craft for Kids

What you will need: Card stock (heavy paper), crayons or markers, and scissors.
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What to do:

1. Draw a picture of a dog or print out the pattern (available to members only) onto card stock.

2. Cut out a heart shape from red construction paper and write, "I Ruf You" on it.

3. Cut a slit in the dogs mouth using an Exacto knife (adults only) and insert the heart.

Comments:

This past Sunday in Sunday school I used the "Buddy" craft. Instead of writing "I Ruf You" on it, I put "Jesus Rufs You". Lisa Edwards

3D Heart Banner Craft for Kids

What you will need: Paper, glue, and scissors.
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What to do:

Print out the heart pattern, cut it out, and trace the pattern onto colored paper of your choice. Cut out the heart patterns.
To assemble glue two patterns together one on top of the other at the X's. Glue the next pattern on top of those two at the O's and the next pattern on on top of that one at the X's. Keep going until you have glued all the pieces together. Let dry. Pull apart to reveal the heart pattern.

lady bug Candy Holder Craft for Kids Love Bug Candy Holder Craft for Kids

What you will need: Large containers from gum ball machines, (You shouldn’t have to buy the toy that go in these containers. You can find these containers on the floor underneath gum balls machines or on top of the machines), black paint or a permanent black marker, Red Hot Heart Candies, wiggly eyes, black pipe cleaners, 6 - 3/4” wooden ovals, 1” black pompom, 2 red heart beads with the holes at the top and bottom, glue gun, heart punch, and black construction paper.

What to do:

Fill the container with the red heart candies and put the lid on.
Paint or use a permanent marker to make the lid of the container black. Paint the 6 wooden ovals black to match.
When the wooden pieces are dry glue them to the top of the lid to make the bugs feet.
Glue the black pompom onto the lid to form the head as shown in the picture. Cut short lengths of black pipe cleaners for the antenna and glue them to the head. Put dabs of glue at the top of the antenna and insert the end of the pipe cleaners into the red heart beads.
Punch black hearts from the black construction paper and glue them to the top of the bugs back.

Sweet Gift

Michelle Bradley shared this idea with us on our bulletin board - Fill an empty baby food jar with a cinnamon sugar mixture, put the lid on, and cover the lid with a paper cupcake holders with red hearts on it. Tie a red ribbon on top of the holder around the jar neck. Print the saying, “Here's a little something sweet to make your breakfast toast a treat. Happy Valentine's Day!” on an address label and stick it to the outside of the jar. This makes a great gift for mom from the little one. I did it with a class of 5 year olds. Thanks for sharing your idea.

Tic Tac Toe Valentine

What you will need: Red construction paper, laminating machine, small candy bags (available at Wal-mart in candy/cake section), and candy hearts

What to do:

1. Cut out a large heart from red construction paper.
2. On back of heart write this little poem:

Tic-Tac-Toe
Just wanted you to know,
I love you so!
(Your name)

3. On the other side of the heart draw a large Tic Tac Toe Grid.
4. Fill a small candy bag (available at Wal-mart in candy/cake section) with 10 heart candies, five of one color and five of another (I like to use the large Wonka Nerd hearts). Seal the bag by folding down the top and stapling.
5. Use a hole punch to put a hole in one corner of the heart and corner of bag. Attach the bag to the heart with red curling ribbon. Tah dah! You have a cute and inexpensive gift your students can play with and eat! This idea was sent in by Mary Zupan

Valentine Heart Mobile Craft for Kids

What you will need: Pink, purple, and light pink fun foam, pipe cleaner, pony beads (hearts, snow flakes, or anything you like) and string or yarn.
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What to do:
1. Print out the heart patterns.
2. Bend the end of a pipe cleaner to make a small loop at the end.
3. Cut out the heart shapes from different colors of fun foam. Cut out the inside of the hearts. Use the inside lines of the largest fun foam heart as a pattern to cut out another heart to fit inside the heart. Cut out the middle of this heart and use it for the inside heart of the medium sized heart.
4. Punch a hole in each of the hearts with a large needle at the top and bottom of each heart.
5. Carefully string the hearts onto the pipe cleaner starting with the smaller heart. String heart beads onto the pipe cleaner in the center of the hearts.
6. When all the hearts and beads are strung on the pipe cleaner, make a loop at the top just like the one at the bottom. Tie a string to the top loop to hang the mobile.
7. Tie a string or yarn to the bottom of the mobile on the bottom loop and string on some more beads. Finish by tying a knot on the last bead.

Valentine Crafts on The Resource Room
The patterns and directions for the crafts listed below can be found on
The Resource Room for member only.

Paper Plate Valentine Card Holder Bear - Use this cute little bear to hold all your valentine cards.

What you will need: Three dinner-sized paper plates, two 6-inch paper plates, card stock (Heavy paper), and crayons and markers.

What to do:

1.Cut out the head shape with ears from a large paper plate. Cut the muzzle shape from a small paper plate. (Patterns for this craft are available to members only on The Resource Room.) Glue another 6-inch paper plate to the back of the muzzle shaped paper plate, rim to rim as shown in the picture. Glue the muzzle onto the head. Draw in eyes, mouth, ears, and nose as shown in the picture.

2. To make the body cut one dinner-sized paper plate in half and glue one half of the plate to another full paper plate, rim to rim. The half paper plate will form a pocket in which valentines can be stored.

3. Cut legs and arms from card stock and glue them to the body as shown in the picture. (Patterns for the arms and legs are available to members only on The Resource Room.) To finish glue the head to the body.

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Wind sock with messages about love written on it. Color a sheet of card stock, roll it into a tube and tape streamers on the bottom. (A pattern for this craft is available to members.)

“I Hold You in My Heart” Valentine’s Day Card. The little bunny can be cut out separately and inserted into an opening in the card. (A pattern for this craft is available to members.)

Bee Talk Valentine’s Day Card - Print out the card and write your own saying or use the card with the saying, “Bee talk for “Jesus loves you and so do I.”

“I’d like to give you a great big bug hug. Happy Valentine’s Day” Card Craft - Use pipe cleaners and card stock.

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