Valentine's Day Craft Ideas and Free Printables

Valentine's Day Craft Ideas
(and free printables)

It's just a couple weeks away and already the shops are filled with Valentines red, pink and white. We are working diligently getting our Valentine's craft pages updated with our favorite new and classic projects.

I admit it isn't the candy or the valentine exchanges that excite me about this love day celebration. Its all about the word plays! The poems and the puns, the limericks and the play on words get me excited and creating free printables for this holiday.

Last year we created Valentine bookmarks with owls and space ships using word plays that were discovered on vintage valentines. This year, its a preschool coloring book that is inspiring the free printables to be used as simple homemade valentine cards.

We have also been digging deep to find the most creative CANDY FREE alternatives for Valentine's party exchanges. We found them for bubbles, crayons, sunglasses and magnifying glasses. So excited to share with you! The first 5 are already uploaded and ready for viewing.

More to come! Check it out at...

The TOP 15 CANDY FREE Valentine Craft Ideas

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What's YOUR favorite non-candy valentine for a classroom exchange?

Valentine's Day Sweetheart Picture Frame

This is a great Valentine present for your students to give to their parents. (Or your family to give to grandparents). Recycling a candy box and turning into a magnetic picture frame is sure to make family smile. Of course, then you can use the candies to make your valentines presents for others too!

 

You will need

Individual Sweetheart conversation heart boxes with clear, cellophane heart cut-out on front; one box for each child,

small photo of each child,

strip of self adhesive magnets

tape

WHAT TO DO:

Give each child a small, empty box of conversation hearts. (Make sure you get the boxes that have the heart shaped cut out on the front.)

Take individual pictures of each child, then cut the child's picture out and insert it into the box so that that it will show through the heart shape window in the front.

Tape the picture to the inside of the box to secure it.

Add a strip of self-adhesive magnet to the back of the box and this makes an adorable refrigerator magnet for the parents.

tip: You may want to tape the top of the box shut also to protect the picture.

Our favorite crafts for kids to make

To children Valentine's Day is a another day filled with candy, presents and classroom parties. This is an opportunity for your children to craft gifts for family and friends. 

Ribbon Bookmarks	Coloring Pages Valentines Day

Valentine's Day is a craft gold mine. You could make anything, decorate it in pink and red hearts - and maybe some paper doilies - and you've got instant love-gushing goodies. The extra bonus is that imperfection is just fine. No one cares about showing glue or crooked edges, which makes it ideal for playing with techniques that might be new to your kids.

Valentine's Crafts for Kids to Make

Fall in LOVE with these Valentines crafts.
Warm cupid's heart with Valentine's crafts for kids.

Kids can create Valentine's Day craft collages or cards with these adorable images. we also created original Valentine graphics for home, gift giving and the classroom. As always, our valentine crafts for kids are complete with easy printable craft instructions. (and a picture for those visual learners)

Discover Simple and Fun Craft Ideas For Kids.

Heart Headbands	ASL Valentine's Day Card	Classroom Valentine Decorations
Valentine Keeper - Panda	Sweetheart Candy Frames	Valentine Gift Heart Garden
Stain Glass Tissue Heart	Candy Cane Valentine Pops	Coloring Pages Valentines Day

Valentine Coloring Pages BOOKMARKS

Valentines Day - the day of romantic cards, images of hearts, cupid and all things that remind us of how much we love the ones close to us. Be not dismayed this isn't simply a collection of cute Valentine's Day clipart this is a site to inspire you and your children in the St Valentine's Day crafting department. Use the images as coloring pages for your preschool crafts. Then cut out the masterpieces and glue to a white paper bag - whala! Valentine's Day card holder

Older children can use the valentine's day clip art as a collage OR use the free printable coloring pages as a template to create their own valentine animals out of construction paper hearts. Throughout our pages you will find free printable templates and instructions for Saint Valentine's Day crafts plus coloring pages, a brief history and recipes. Recently added our original Valentine wallpapers for your desktop. Valentine clipart for your blog or webpage. 

Sweetheart Frame  SO fun to make you'll want one for each member of your family! (which means there is a lot of candy to eat!)
Valentine Coloring Pages traditional and non traditional unique images for your kids crafts or class to color
Valentine Clipart Images simply sweet images to use in your kids crafts -all FREE!
Valentine PANDA mailbox a fun un-traditional Panda valentine themed box for collecting all your sweet cards Stain Glass Heart Tissue paper stained glass windows are a fantastic Valentine craft
Mailboxthe traditional valentine mailbox created a little bigger to hold all different sized valentines Love Bug  a sweet heart shaped bug that can easily be used for your class bulletin board ASL Card Say it with Sign. A simple way to create a custom valentine card Coffee Can container - sweetly designed sponge painted Thumprint hearts - lots of inspiring projects

VALENTINE HISTORY & TRIVIA: People in most Western countries celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14.
Many schools hold Valentine's Day parties when the children make special decorations for their classrooms. Old and young alike exchange Valentine cards with their friends. The custom of exchanging greetings on Valentine's Day goes back hundreds of years. Scholars have found records of Valentine notes that
date from the 1400's. HOME FROM VALENTINE CRAFTS