The Easiest Valentine’s Day Crafts for Little Kids
Check out our round-up of easy Valentine’s Day crafts for your little kids that are a lot of fun and also a great way to make gifts. What better way to celebrate this fun holiday than with adorable Valentine’s Day crafts.All these adorable crafts are toddler approved but also work for older kids.
The best crafts for children this little are ones that are process art, meaning they are very open ended. It’s less about the end result and all about the benefits for little hands. Process art allows children to build creativity, imagination, and problem-solving skills while also using fine motor skills.
That being said, there are times to make crafts to give as kids or decorate for holidays, so a few of these options work better for that. Art projects are great ideas to give as gift from young children.
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The Easiest Valentine Crafts
Most of these you can find everything you need at the local craft store, dollar store or easily order online. All of these take basic craft supplies, and can be done at home or in a classroom. You can also tailor these fun ideas to fit the age of your child.
1. Heart Stickers Painting
This craft is a fun way to let your child paint however they want, and they literally cannot mess this up. You can try it on a blank canvas or on construction paper to make your own Valentine cards. This works for older children, too, but young children love the freedom this craft offers.
Read the whole article here: Easy Heart Painting
2. Heart Picture Frame
This heart picture frame was a great Dollar Tree find, but you can also order it on Amazon here. Again, this one lets them paint however they want, so it’s a big hit with toddlers and preschoolers. Then, just add a cute picture to the frame, and they make awesome gifts or decorations.
Read the whole article here: Valentine’s Day Picture Frame
3. Heart Shape Cookie Cutter Painting
If your kids are big fans of painting like my grandkids, another fun craft to try with them is this cookie cutter painting! This one is great way to practice fine motor skills, and you can use each piece of paper they stamp to make your own Valentine’s Day cards. All you need is some washable paint and some heart-shaped cookie cutters.
Read the whole article here: Heart Cookie Cutter Painting
4. Handprint Flower Bouquet
Handprint crafts are always cute ideas to give as gifts to parents, family members, teachers, and grandparents. For Valentine’s Day, use your child’s hand prints to make a bouquet of flowers to give someone! This project is less open ended than the others, but does come out looking very cute.
Read the whole article here: Handprint Flowers
5. Flower Painting
Another cute craft that we like to do around Valentine’s Day is this flower painting with celery. Kids love painting with things that are not paintbrushes, and the celery really comes out looking like flowers. This is the perfect opportunity to build fine motor skills, too!
Read the whole article here: Flower Painting with Celery
6. Hand and Footprint Heart Frame
If you’re looking for minimal supplies and a mess-free craft for infants and toddlers to try for Valentine’s Day, try a frame like this one. We ordered this one and then painted the frame to look festive for Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Day Activities
These crafts are fun on their own or as a bigger Valentine’s Day lesson plan. We have an easy Valentine sensory bin to incorporate some sensory play into your week. You can also read some of our favorite Valentine’s Day books, too!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
