Our fun Valentine’s Day crafts for kids will help you celebrate the day without all that added sugar or other empty calories!
Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to involve a ton of candy or chocolate.
Enjoy the day with some family craft time!
The best Valentine’s Day crafts for kids depend on your kids’ ages and their preferences. Ask them which crafts they enjoy the most!
One thing is for sure: choosing Valentine’s Day crafts for kids is an excellent way to reduce sweet treats and other types of added sugar on Valentine’s Day while making this special day memorable for your family!
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15 Fun Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids
1. Pot Painting and Planting
What better way to spend quality time together as a family than by painting pots, planting seeds, and watching your new plants grow!
Simply purchase planter pots and have your kids paint the outsides of the pots.
When the paint dries, place potting soil in the pots, along with some seeds from your favorite plants.
You might choose flowers, herbs, or even vegetable seeds for your pots!
Water the pots with your kids daily, place them in a sunny spot, and watch your new plants grow!
2. DYI Valentine’s Day Lip Balm
Making homemade lip balm is a fun family activity you can enjoy with your kids this Valentine’s Day season or all year long!
Choose from numerous DYI lip balm recipes, such as this one:
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons of coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons of beeswax
- 12 drops of peppermint essential oil
- Small balm containers
Instructions
- Heat the coconut oil and beeswax in a microwave-safe glass measuring cup in your microwave. Stir the mixture every 30 seconds until it’s completely melted.
- Add the essential oil and mix the ingredients together well.
- Pour the mixture into empty lip balm containers.
- Allow the balm to cool.
- Enjoy your homemade lip balm as a perfect Valentine’s Day craft for kids!
You might also try a chocolate strawberry homemade lip balm recipe!
Ingredients
- .5 ounces of dark cocoa butter
- .75 ounces of beeswax pastilles
- 1.5 ounces of sweet almond oil
- 1 ounce of coconut oil
- 5 milliliters of strawberry-flavored oil
- 20 lip balm containers
- Washi tape
Instructions
- Measure out all of the ingredients using a digital scale for accuracy if you’d like.
- In a small glass measuring cup, combine the cocoa butter, beeswax pellets, and sweet almond oil.
- Heat the mixture in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring frequently, until the cocoa butter and beeswax melt.
- Stir in the coconut oil and add the strawberry flavor oil. Mix well.
- Pour the melted ingredients into the lip balm containers and allow the mixture to cool and harden.
- Cap the lip balm containers and decorate them with red and pink washi tape if you’d like.
- Enjoy!
3. Wall Art Picture Frames
Picture frame wall art is a Valentine’s Day craft for kids that’s simple to make and will look wonderful on your wall or mantel!
To complete this project with your family and make it look like store-bought pallet picture frames, simply find small wooden pallets.
You could also glue or nail together pieces of wood to form a rectangle canvas in the size you desire.
Allow your kids to stain or paint the wood in colors of their choice and let it dry.
During the final step of the project, hot glue clothespins or metal clips to different parts of the wooden pallet base.
When the glue dries, hang your favorite pictures from the clips!
4. Mason Jar Painting
Mason jar painting is a simple Valentine’s Day craft for kids that doesn’t take much planning.
Simply purchase a few mason jars (one for each of your kids and yourself or your spouse if you’d like) and encourage your kids to paint the outside of the jar.
You might have your kids paint their jar one solid color and add colorful Valentine’s Day hearts over the top of the base color to complete the project.
When the paint dries on the mason jars, place fresh flowers, dried flowers, or scented candles in each jar and enjoy!
5. Homemade Heart Bath Bombs
Heart bath bombs are fun and something your entire family can enjoy! Try the following Valentine’s Day bath bomb recipe for use during your next relaxing bath:
Ingredients
- 1 cup of baking soda
- 1/2 cup and 1 tablespoon of citric acid
- 1/2 cup of Epsom salts
- 3/4 cup and 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
- 1/4 cup of fine-grain Himalayan pink salt
- 2.5 tablespoons of witch hazel
- 15 drops of essential oils of your choice
- 1/8 cup of large Himalayan pink salt for topping
- Mini spray bottle with water
- Heart-shaped molds
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Mix them together well.
- Combine the essential oils with witch hazel and place the mixture in a large bowl (it will fizz). Stir until the mixture looks look a little bit wet.
- In the bottom of the heart-shaped molds, portion out the large pink salt.
- Fill each mold half full of the bath bomb mixture.
- Use a spatula to press the mixture firmly down into the mold.
- Spray a tiny bit of water over the mold if needed.
- Press the mixture down again.
- Portion out the remaining mixture to fill in the rest of the molds. Repeat the process of pressing down the mixture in the molds and spraying them with water. Avoid spraying too much water – just use a tiny bit to help the hearts hold their shape.
- Let the bath bombs sit for 24 hours.
- Pop the hearts out of the molds and enjoy them during your next hot bath!
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6. Heart Wreaths with Flowers or Bows
This beautiful DYI Valentine’s Day wreath project is a simple one. Purchase a heart-shaped wire wreath base.
Have artificial flowers of your choice on hand and you’ll need a hot glue gun, along with ribbon to hang the wreath.
You can use ribbon tied into bows in place of the flowers if you’d like!
Hot glue the flowers or bows to the wire wreath base to make it look full and tie a ribbon around the base so you can hang it up.
Your kids will feel proud to show off their hard work and creativity!
7. DYI Heart Jigsaw Puzzles
To make a Valentine’s Day DIY heart puzzle, simply purchase a blank heart-shaped jigsaw puzzle of your choice.
Have your kids use markers to color the puzzle with their favorite Valentine’s Day theme.
When they’re done, tear apart the pieces of the puzzle take turns completing each puzzle with your family as a fun Valentine’s Day activity this season!
8. Valentine’s Day Clothes Decor
Decorating clothing is one of the most fun Valentine’s Day crafts for kids.
Simply purchase a plain-colored shirt, hat, socks, or pair of jeans.
Use fabric markers (along with stencils if you’d like) to create Valentine’s Day-themed clothes!
You might also use special glue to attach rhinestones, buttons, or other decorations to your kids’ favorite pieces of clothing!
9. Valentine’s Day Button Art
Button art is fun for kids of all ages, and it can create incredible Valentine’s Day crafts for kids.
You’ll need your favorite Valentine’s Day-themed buttons in various shapes, sizes, and colors — and some glue.
You might glue buttons over the top of a wooden picture frame to add pizazz to it.
You could also create button art on a canvas, refrigerator magnet, or homemade Valentine’s Day cards.
String buttons together on yarn to create custom Valentine’s jewelry.
The options are endless when choosing button art as Valentine’s Day crafts for kids!
10. Valentine’s Day Yarn Art
There are numerous options to choose from when considering yarn art as your next Valentine’s Day crafts for kids!
Use yarn to make friendship bracelets or paint a canvas using yarn to create unique patterns.
Consider making Valentine’s Day yarn wall art using a wooden board, nails, and red, pink, and white yarn — plus a thin rope to hang the finished product on your wall if you’d like!
11. Heart-Shaped Bird Feeder Ornaments
Have fun together as a family this winter season by creating a Valentine’s Day-themed, heart-shaped bird feeder ornament as your next Valentine’s Day crafts for kids!
Ingredients
- 4 cups of birdseed
- 3/4 cups of flour
- 1/2 cups of water
- 3 tablespoons of corn syrup
- 1 packet of unflavored gelatin
- String or twine
- Large bowl
- Wax paper or parchment paper
- Heart-shaped cookie cutters
- Baking sheet
- Paper straws
Instructions
- Place the birdseed in a large mixing bowl.
- Combine all of the ingredients together in the bowl and mix them together until fully combined.
- Use a spoon or your hands to gently push the birdseed mixture into the heart-shaped cookie cutters. Fill the cookie cutters to the top.
- If you have metal cookie cutters, spray the inside of them using cooking spray to prevent sticking.
- Lay the hearts on a piece of wax paper or parchment paper on top of a cookie sheet.
- Insert a straw into each heart to poke a hole in the top of it.
- Let the birdseed hearts harden at room temperature for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Thread twine through each hole and tie the ends together in a knot.
- Hang the birdseed ornaments somewhere outside where the birds can enjoy them.
- Watch the birds eat their tasty treats with your family this Valentine’s Day!
12. Homemade Valentine’s Day Cards
What better way to craft this Valentine’s Day than to make homemade Valentine’s Day cards with your kids!
Use construction paper to make the cards and add copies of family pictures to each one if you’d like.
Have your kids color the cards, glue buttons or glitter to each card, or decorate them with stencils, stickers, or stamps.
Send homemade Valentine’s Day cards to your loved ones this Valentine’s Day season!
13. Valentine’s Day Crafty Jewelry
Consider making homemade jewelry as fun Valentine’s Day crafts for kids this year!
Use yarn to make friendship bracelets, string together beads and charms on yarn to make necklaces, or create lightweight homemade Valentine’s Day earrings with your loved ones!
Make extra homemade Valentine’s Day jewelry to give away to friends and other family members as a gift!
14. Homemade Valentine’s Day Slime
While this next Valentine’s Day craft for kids can get messy, consider making Valentine’s Day slime this year with your family!
Simply combine together the following slime ingredients:
- Clear washable PVA school glue (3 bottles)
- 1.5-ounce bottles of colored glitter glue
- Water
- Liquid starch
- Glitter
- Sequins
- Heart Confetti
Instructions
- Empty a small, 1.5-ounce bottle of glitter glue into a glass measuring cup.
- Add clear glue to make a total of 1/2 cup.
- Add 1/2 cup of water to the glue and mix it well.
- You can add more glitter to the slime if you’d like.
- Add 1/2 cup of liquid starch to the mixture and stir.
- Mix the slime and knead it with your hands until it becomes smooth.
- Toss in confetti, glitter, and sequins if you’d like.
- Make several batches of Valentine’s Day slime and swirl them together if your kids want to.
- Enjoy playing with the new slime!
15. Nutritious Valentine’s Day Popsicles
While making nutritious popsicles isn’t necessarily a Valentine’s Day craft, it’s still a fun activity you can enjoy with your family that doesn’t involve candy or other forms of added sugar.
To make healthy popsicles, simply blend fresh fruit with 100% fruit juice or almond milk.
You can add protein powder too if you’d like!
Place the mixture in popsicle molds or ice cube trays and put a popsicle stick in each one.
Let the popsicles freeze overnight and enjoy them on Valentine’s Day with family and friends!
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