"Why does it feel like we just dressed up for Halloween and Christmas was yesterday—and, now, Valentine’s Day is comin’ in hot?! It boggles my mind, too, but here we are: forging ahead into 2025. The first stop on the 2025 family train— Valentine’s Day crafts for kids.
I have to admit that I’m way more into Valentine’s Day as a mom than I am as a wife. There is something special about celebrating romantic love. But as a mom, I feel especially mushy as February 14 approaches. I think of candy hearts, classroom Valentines and all the ways to make this holiday feel special for my kiddos.
We’ve rounded up 40+ adorable and easy Valentine’s Day crafts for kids to celebrate L-O-V-E. Now you have something to do on those snow days at home, or a Saturday with nothing planned. These even make a sweet last-minute gift for the grandparents. Check them out below!
1. Heart Button Art
Recycle old buttons and turn them into a cute Valentine’s Day craft for kids. They’ll surely be “cute as a button.”
2. Playdough Valentine DIY
This is red hot playdough with pizzazz! Besides being all decked out for Valentine’s Day, it’s got plenty of sensory and imaginative potential to keep little hands busy.
3. Valentine’s Love Potion Experiment
Don’t worry if your little one’s too young to fall in love; if anything, this baking soda and vinegar experiment will make them fall in love with science and chemistry!
4. Stuck On You Handprint Valentine
What would a craft round-up be without an adorable paint handprint piece? This take on the classic craft uses a super cute pun that anyone would love as a gift from their little one.
5. DIY Valentine’s XOXO Banner
A favorite tradition of mine is hanging banners throughout any holiday. A cute idea for the month of February is to make an XOXO banner to display. The best part is knowing it you and the kids made it yourselves!
6. Mosaic Heart Pin Valentine
Spread Valentine’s Day good cheer with these festive ‘stuck on you’ clay heart pins filled with an assortment of vibrant beads.
7. Painted Ceramic Heart Wall Hanging
This easy and fun DIY is perfect for adding a subtle Valentine’s Day look to your home, but can easily be kept up all year round!
8. Heart Suncatcher
Add a little sunshine in your heart by making your very own suncatchers to display all month long (or longer). Grab your favorite colors of tissue paper and cardstock to make this simple craft.
9. Twirling Love Bugs
If you nickname your kiddos “Love Bug,” look no further. Kids of all ages will love making these simple, cute, and colorful paper decorations.
10. Fingerprint Heart Cards
There’s nothing like receiving a handmade card from someone you love—and finger painting makes it doable for kids of all ages!
11. Ninja Turtle Valentines
If you have kids who are Ninja Turtle-obsessed, they’ll absolutely love creating these paper hearts—they’re perfect for handing out at school for Valentine’s Day celebrations, too!
12. Footprint Heart Craft
If you welcomed a baby in the New Year, or if you’re wanting to get sentimental, this footprint heart craft will definitely tug on your own heart this Valentine’s Day.
13. Valentine’s Day Sun Catchers
Another cute suncatcher to make and hang in any room in the house. This is a super simple Valentine’s Day craft for kids that uses materials you probably already have on hand and is perfect for catching sun beams even after V-Day.
14. Valentine’s Day Wreath
You can stick to the classic Valentine’s color palette or pick your kid’s favorite colors to decorate this wreath and have the cutest door on the block.
15. Handprint Heart Tree
This is the perfect decoration for a quick and fun DIY project that’ll make an adorable addition to your home or classroom to help get in the V-Day spirit.
16. Paper Heart Chain
Not only is making a paper chain crafty, it’s fun and pretty, too. If you have an older kiddo, adding in pressed flowers makes it a little more personable with a hint of elegance. If you have a LO, you have the option of having them help you pick the flowers to add in.
17. DIY Heart Plushie
For kids that are particularly crafty, this beginner-friendly sewing project is a unique little trinket they’ll never want to stop making!
18. DIY Poseable Conversation Hearts
Conversation candy hearts are one thing, but what if you could bring the concept to life in a whole new way? These lovable-looking cutouts are a breeze to create, interactive, and won’t cause cavities!
19. Felt Wall Banners
These felt wall banners are easily customizable and are sturdy enough to keep as decor for many years of Valentine’s Day celebrations.
20. Valentine’s Day Slime
Any kid loves an excuse to play with slime. These super fun Valentine’s Day crafts for kids will easily keep them entertained for hours on end.
21. Valentine Hugs Craft
This silly little Valentine’s Day craft is something kids will absolutely love to make—it’s easy, funny, and uses only a couple of materials you most likely already own.
22. Grow Crystal Hearts for Valentine’s Day
Turn your little one into a heart collector in the best way! This is an engaging experiment to bond over together and will teach them how it’s possible to grow their own crystallized hearts using only a handful of supplies.
23. Morse Code DIY Valentines
What kiddo isn’t intrigued by having their own secret language? If they haven’t encountered Morse code before, then this Valentine’s Day is a time as good as any to learn it! This crafter has all the resources you need, including a printout for decoding your Valentine’s messages.
24. Yarn-Wrapped Hearts
This craft is super fun for kids of all ages and makes for one of the coolest V-Day decorations out there.
25. Print & Color Love Cards
This is truly as simple as it gets in terms of crafting: simply print, cut, and color away for an easy, mess-free DIY.
26. DIY Valentine’s Day Countdown
Like Christmas advent calendars and New Year’s countdowns, keep the countdown going by putting together your own for Valentine’s Day. Add a few sweet treats or little love notes to open up on each day.
27. Heart Paper Flowers
These heart-shaped paper flowers are ridiculously cute and actually very easy to make—you can create an entire bouquet for a fun centerpiece!
28. Valentine’s Day Owl
These quirky owls are just a simple paper and glue stick type of craft that will be the hoot of all of your decor!
29. Melted Crayon Valentine Hearts
Have fun with the kids this year by making melted crayon Valentine’s Day hearts. Choose your favorite colors and have your kids reflect on what colors they think their classmates would like.
30. 3D Valentine’s Day Paper Whale
Kick the simple paper projects up a notch with this funky 3D whale craft that’s (literally) overflowing with love and fun.
31. Valentine Robot Snacks
I can’t think of a single kid that wouldn’t be obsessed with this snack-craft crossover. Customize them with your little one’s favorite snack foods and give them the best V-Day treat ever.
32. Lovebug Valentine’s Day Craft
I think Eric Carle would be proud of this Valentine’s Day craft for kids. Make a lovebug with your little lovebug for Valentine’s Day, and then sit down and read Love From The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
33. I Love You to Pieces Craft
This is a great project for very little kids who are just dipping their toes into the crafting world, and it’s a perfect choice for a classroom craft, too.
34. Tape Resist Valentine’s Day Card
Display your love with bursts of color. Take painter’s tape to write “LOVE,” and choose your favorite shades of reds and pinks to paint the page with. Once you’re done, take the paint off and unravel your masterpiece of love.
35. Cardboard Valentine’s Day Hearts
You can put those spare cardboard boxes you have lying around to good use by creating these super simple hearts perfect to stick anywhere around the house or classroom.
36. Printable Valentine’s Day Bingo
Little ones will love trying their luck with a few rounds of Valentine’s Day Bingo. The graphics are super cute, and it’s a refreshing dose of entertainment, whether it’s a Valentine’s Day party of one or many.
37. Valentine Rocket Wall Hanging
Between all the cutouts, glue-ons, colors, and shapes, collages can be a captivating approach to art projects for kids. With this one, they’ll have a blast assembling a Valentine’s Day rocket carrying a loving message that can ring true all year long!
38. Watercolor Valentine Hearts
Invite your little one to an artsy session of painting a mini abundance of watercolor Valentine hearts. The finished masterpieces can be used as wall decor, valentines for your child’s favorite people or classmates, garlands, and one big collage… the possibilities are endless!
39. Monster Valentines
Give kiddos a googly-eyed good time with these charming monster valentines. Surely, they’ve got an idea or two up their sleeves as to what a Valentine’s Day monster would look like on this candy and heart-filled holiday.
40. Toilet Paper Roll Love Bug Craft
This quirky, cute V-Day craft gives little ones the chance to attend to all kinds of creative details as they put their hearts into designing the perfect love bug craft collection!
41. Valentine’s Day Number Matching Activity
Got a kiddo who’s just developing their numbers knowhow? This activity is a lovely blend of learning, hearts, and crafts!
42. Decorative Confetti Heart Soaps
Swap some of the candy overloads for suds this Valentine’s Day by making these sparkly little soaps! With only a few ingredients, it’s a unique Valentine treat that can also make your kiddo’s next bathtime extra full of love.
43. Bouquet of Hearts Valentine’s Day Card Idea
Don’t worry about having to throw a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and have your kids make one instead. This bouquet will definitely last forever!
44. Heart Foxes
Pre-cut foam and felt hearts and stickers make these adorable Valentine’s Day foxes an easy and kid-friendly craft perfect for the class party. Help littles with the basic assembly, but then let them go wild with accessorizing their foxes with stickers, bows, maybe even a mustache, and more!
45. Heart Mermaid Valentines
How fun and femme are these valentine mermaids? Immerse your little one in hearts galore and see how many clever ways they can use heart cutouts to build their mermaids.
46. V-Day Craft Table
Be surprised with how your little ones can get creative. Find all the scraps of crafts you have leftover from this past year. Lay them out on the table, and let your kids make unique Valentine’s Day creations.
Jaclyn Voran, Contributing Writer
Jaclyn joined The Everymom team as a Contributing Writer in 2020. She brings a strong editorial background as a freelance writer, including being published in The Atlantic. She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Kansas.
Patty Schepel, Editorial Assistant
As the editorial assistant, Patty works with The Everymom’s team on pitches, creating original articles, updating existing content, photo sourcing, writing shopping product descriptions, inputting freelance articles, and more. When she’s not working, you can find her spending time with her family, training for half marathons—she ran one 16 weeks pregnant—traveling, cooking, reading a rom-com, and keeping her sourdough starter, Rose, alive.