Boost your child’s creativity and imagination this Valentine’s Day! These seven children’s crafts and activities are filled with heart-shaped fun, bringing joy to your child every day leading up to Valentine’s Day! All of these activities also have learning potential for your little explorers. They’ll build their hand-eye coordination, problem-solving skills and artistic ability. From love-themed crafts to DIY Valentine gifts, these ideas will win your child’s heart! We hope you enjoy these Valentine’s Day crafts and activities and fill your home with love.
Heart-Stamped Toast
Brighten your child’s morning with bread that’s toasted with a heart! Kids can help by using their fingers to stamp a heart outline into the bread. When the bread pops up in the toaster, kids will love seeing the heart-shaped reveal!
Love and Hugs Storytime
Treat your little ones to personalized storybooks that are all about love! A children’s book like Reasons Why I Love You is made special for the child, and features their name, photo, and their unique qualities that make them so loved! It’s a perfect baby’s first Valentine’s Day gift, or surprise present just because. Surround your child with family love and enjoy the book Who Loves Me? For two children, the book Our Little Lovebugs is the perfect storybook treat, and features the children’s photos among cute and funny “I love you” messages!
Love Activity Box
Hands-on fun will spark learning and discovery in kids! In Mission: Love Personalized Activity Box, your child will use their five senses to learn all about love and spread kindness! This immersive experience gift is full of love-themed letters, activities, recipes and more. Send your child on thrilling missions, personalized just for them, that will deliver joy and laughter!
Heart-Shaped Galaxy Crayons
This Valentine’s Day craft is perfect for recycling your nearly-used crayons! Group crayons together based on similar colors. Remove the wrapping, cut up the crayons and add them to a heart-shaped silicone mold (keep the like colors together in each mold). Place the mold on a baking sheet and bake at 250 degrees for 15-20 minutes until the crayons are fully melted. Remove the mold from the oven and let it cool completely. Remove the heart-shaped crayons from the mold and enjoy! These make great gifts to hand out on Valentine’s Day, or to use at home for more craft projects!
Heartbreaker Game
Tape or glue paper cups to a board in the shape of a heart. Fill each cup with a small treat and a letter of the alphabet. Cover the cups with pink tissue paper. Some cups will contain repeat letters. Every day, your child will break the heart to receive their treat and letter. They will keep breaking through cups until they have enough letters to spell out a secret code word (like LOVE or KINDNESS). Once they can spell out the word, they’ll receive the final game prize! Little ones will love an exciting game that is interactive and educational.
Tie-Dye Heart Art
Kids will love making tie-dye hearts that they can display at home, or use as Valentine’s Day cards! First, fold a coffee filter in half, draw half a heart outline and cut along the line. When unfolded, you have a heart shape! Draw on the coffee filter with water-based markers. Use lots of light colors and get creative! Fill a spray bottle with water and spray the coffee filter until completely wet. The colors will blend and swirl together. Let the heart dry completely. Display your heart craft or tape it to a Valentine’s Day card and write a loving message inside!
Love and Kindness Game
For this game, players will share compliments with each other! First, cut out paper hearts from colored paper. Each family member will choose a heart to wear. Players will then spin a spinner, and say something nice to the person wearing the color that the spinner lands on. It’s the perfect game for kids to spread kindness and love!
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