20 Valentine’s Day arts and crafts ideas: Create valentine heart pockets, sun catchers, and special projects for February with a few supplies.
February and Valentine’s Day are great times to teach kids about friendship and caring for each other. What better to symbolize that, than hearts. There are so many fun, hands-on craft projects that your classroom will be bursting at the seams with all this love!
Valentine’s Day Arts and Crafts
1 – Proud to Be Primary – Valentine Activities for the Classroom
Heart-themed projects are a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your students. Some of my students’ favorites I’ve done in the past are the heart pocket and heart butterflies. I’m sure they’ll be a hit with your class as well!
2 – Proud to Be Primary – Valentines Day Pockets
Valentine’s Day heart pockets are one of my favorite projects to do with the class. You need paper, scissors, a hole puncher, and yarn for this project. An easy and fun project that will get little fingers working. Makes the perfect place for holding valentine cards!
3 – Kids Craft Room – Beaded and Pasta Hearts
Making bead and pasta hearts is a great opportunity for your students to work with patterns and threading. Also, kids love having something neat and personalized that is just for them.
4 – Hands-on as We Grow – Sorted Button Valentine Heart
To make a heart button project, you will need scrapbook or construction paper, glue, and colorful buttons. By using a variety of buttons, students can start the project by separating the buttons into piles of the same type. They can also work on making patterns when they decorate their hearts.
5 – Hands-on as We Grow – Texture Yarn Heart Craft
Kids love being crafty – that’s no secret. Break out the yarn and glue and watch your students’ eyes light up as they create beautiful and colorful textured yarn hearts.
6 – I Heart Crafty Things – Jeweled Symmetry Heart Craft
Making a jeweled heart teaches students about symmetry and patterns. And in the process of learning those, they create gorgeous pieces of art you can either display in the classroom or send home for their parents to hang up.
7 – Lil Luna – Love U Hand Print Craft
The LOVE U handprint craft is a special activity. Students love making these because they get to put their hands in paint, and parents love it because they have a precious keepsake. Skip the wood frame and have the kid create frames out of construction paper.
8 – Kids Activities Blog – Valentine Printmaking With Doilies
Printmaking with doilies requires at least two sizes of heart-shaped doilies – students can compare the differences in the doilies once they had made their prints. This activity improves students’ fine motor skills while they have a ton of fun!
9 – I Can Teach My Child – H is For Heart Alphabet Craft
The ‘H is for Heart’ craft is great for letter recognition and working on scissor skills. Imagine hanging up all of the H’s your students create – you’ll have a well-loved displayed board!
10 – Buggy and Buddy – Heart Suncatchers
Suncatcher hearts look beautiful – put them on your windows for all of your students to enjoy. Children take pride in their work with it being displayed. A well-done job deserves to be on display!
11 – Crayon Box Chronicles – Heart Tissue Paper-by-Number Craft
Color matching has never been more fun. This fun take on ‘color by number’ will have your students honing their fine motor skills as they place tissue paper pieces in the matching numbered areas.
12 – The Imagination Tree – Cardboard Lacing Hearts
Upcycle pieces of cardboard by having your students make these cute laced hearts. They would make great festive decorations for the classroom.
13 – Red Ted Art – Valentines Heart Shaker
Valentine Heart Shakers are loaded with fine motor use as well as sensory play. Students love this craft because not only do they get to paint, but they can have a blast playing with their shaker once it dries.
14 – Mom Inspired Life – Valentines Wreath Alphabet Craft
The Valentine alphabet wreath makes for a cute decoration. It will help with your students’ fine motor skills, as well as helping them work on identifying letters and letter sounds.
15 – Jinxy Kids – Valentine Heart Garland with Pipe Cleaners and Beads
To make Valentine’s heart garland, you’ll need a bunch of pipe cleaners and pony beads. While the craft in it’s format on the blog is for one child to make all on their own, it is easily adaptable for the classroom. Get your students to work together, building teamwork, so the class-made garland consists of at least one heart made by each student.
16 – Happy Mothering – Valentines Day Heart Crown Craft
Students will have a blast making Valentine crowns. They will be practicing making things symmetrical as well as having fun! You’ll have a class full of little princes and princesses’. This is a fun craft to make on Valentine’s Day – let the kids wear the crowns as they work the rest of the day.
17 – Homestead 128 – Heart Art Project
Break out the smocks – have an art session with the kiddos. This activity starts with painting, and then once dry, kids can decorate their canvas. Students will improve their fine motor skills when they carefully lay the buttons in the shape of a heart and glue them in place.
18 – Raising Whasians – Mosaic Heart Valentines Banner
Another fun project for the entire class is making a mosaic heart banner. Everyone gets to create their hearts made from tissue paper, but then all of the hearts are hung on a piece of yarn. Now you have a garland of love that represents everyone in class!
19 – Coffee with Us 3 – Valentines Placemate Printable Craft
Are you planning on having snacks on Valentine’s Day? This fun and easy placemat craft give your students a place to put their snacks once they’ve finished the writing activity and coloring.
20 – ABC Creative Learning – Construction Paper Heart Craft
Students will get a kick out of their heart creatures moving and being silly. Between the googly eyes and accordion paper limbs – these critters wiggle around as the kids shake them.
What’s your favorite Valentine’s Day arts and crafts idea for kids?
Valentine’s Day Resources for the Classroom
Valentine’s Day Fun Pack
Try the Valentine’s Day Fun Pack by Proud to be Primary. It includes an activity book, several games, a love potion, writing prompts and crafts, directed drawing, and math activities. There’s plenty to incorporate throughout the whole month of February!
Free Valentine’s Day Action Heart Game
Try these heart-shaped game cards in your classroom with this FREE Valentine’s Day Game Cards resource! See the ideas above on how to use it.
Click the image below to grab a copy.
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Valentine’s Day Arts and Crafts Ideas for Kids
Valentine's Day and February provide a wonderful opportunity to engage children in creative and educational arts and crafts activities. Here are some fantastic ideas for Valentine's Day arts and crafts for kids:
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Valentine Heart Pockets: Creating heart pockets using paper, scissors, a hole puncher, and yarn is a simple and fun project that allows children to hold valentine cards.
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Beaded and Pasta Hearts: Making bead and pasta hearts provides an opportunity for students to work with patterns and threading, allowing them to create personalized crafts.
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Sorted Button Valentine Heart: This project involves using scrapbook or construction paper, glue, and colorful buttons to create heart-shaped crafts, allowing students to work on making patterns and sorting buttons.
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Texture Yarn Heart Craft: Children can create beautiful and colorful textured yarn hearts using yarn and glue, allowing them to express their creativity and create unique textures.
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Jeweled Symmetry Heart Craft: Making jeweled hearts teaches students about symmetry and patterns, providing an opportunity to create gorgeous pieces of art.
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Love U Hand Print Craft: This activity involves creating handprint crafts, allowing students to create precious keepsakes and express their creativity.
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Valentine Printmaking With Doilies: Printmaking with doilies allows students to compare differences in doilies and improve their fine motor skills while having fun.
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H is For Heart Alphabet Craft: The 'H is for Heart' craft is great for letter recognition and working on scissor skills, providing an opportunity to create a well-loved displayed board.
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Heart Suncatchers: Creating suncatcher hearts allows children to produce beautiful decorations for windows, fostering a sense of pride in their work when displayed.
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Heart Tissue Paper-by-Number Craft: This craft involves color matching and fine motor skills, as children place tissue paper pieces in matching numbered areas [[11]].
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Cardboard Lacing Hearts: Upcycling cardboard to create laced hearts allows children to make festive decorations for the classroom [[12]].
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Valentines Heart Shaker: Making Valentine Heart Shakers involves fine motor use and sensory play, providing a fun and engaging craft activity for students [[13]].
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Valentines Wreath Alphabet Craft: Creating Valentine alphabet wreaths helps improve students' fine motor skills and letter recognition, making for cute decorations [[14]].
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Valentine Heart Garland with Pipe Cleaners and Beads: Making Valentine's heart garlands fosters teamwork and collaboration among students, allowing them to create a collective display of love [[15]].
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Valentines Day Heart Crown Craft: Students can have fun making Valentine crowns, practicing symmetry and having a blast on Valentine's Day [[16]].
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Heart Art Project: This activity involves painting and decorating canvases with buttons in the shape of a heart, improving students' fine motor skills [[17]].
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Mosaic Heart Valentines Banner: Creating a mosaic heart banner allows every student to contribute to a collective garland of love, fostering a sense of unity and collaboration [[18]].
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Valentines Placemat Printable Craft: This fun and easy placemat craft provides students with a practical and creative activity for Valentine's Day [[19]].
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Construction Paper Heart Craft: Children can create heart creatures with googly eyes and accordion paper limbs, allowing them to express their creativity and have fun [[20]].
Valentine’s Day Resources for the Classroom
In addition to the arts and crafts ideas, there are various resources available for educators to incorporate Valentine's Day activities into the classroom:
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Valentine’s Day Fun Pack: The Valentine’s Day Fun Pack by Proud to be Primary includes an activity book, games, writing prompts, crafts, directed drawing, and math activities, providing a comprehensive resource for the whole month of February [[21]].
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Free Valentine’s Day Action Heart Game: This resource offers heart-shaped game cards for classroom activities, providing educators with a free and engaging resource for Valentine's Day [[22]].
These resources and activities can contribute to a fun and educational Valentine's Day celebration in the classroom, fostering creativity, teamwork, and learning among students.
I hope these ideas and resources inspire you to create a memorable and enjoyable Valentine's Day experience for the children in your care!
