This page contains Valentine's Day craft projects and tips.
Greetings Cards from Vintage MagazinesI made a Valentine's card and a birthday card from these old magazines I had stored from my childhood.
Making a Valentine's Day Paper CardThis cute paper card is made from varying colors of scrap paper. Your children can help to decorate it and give it to their teacher, grandparents, and others on Valentine's Day.
Heart's Delight Valentine CardYou can use a heart shaped cookie cutter and punch to easily make your own version of this cute Valentine's Day card. The instructions and supplies list can be found below.
Making "Eyes On You" ValentinesKeeping your crafting eyes open allows you to see the potential for using all sorts of packaging materials in future craft projects. In this case tape packaging was incorporated into homemade Valentine's Day cards. Learn how below.
Making a Guitar Heartstrings CardShow your valentine how much you care with this adorable handmade card. It's perfect for a guitar lover.
Making a Penguin Valentine's Card or CrownThis amazingly cute paper penguin can be used as a Valentine's Day card or become the decoration on a crown to add to your child's stash of play wear.
Making a Paper Heart DisplayShow your spirit for the holiday with paper hearts. Simple to make with paper, corks and dowels. They don't take much room and are easy to display.
Making Happy Valen-Slime CardsYoungsters may enjoy some slime for Valentine's day with a personalized card with the message 'will you be my Valen-slime'. Ready in a jiff with a few fabric scraps to decorate the card.
Making a 3D Pop-Up Heart CardGather together scissors, glue, and paper to create this delightful 3D pop-up heart card. Using 3 colors adds to the overall effect.
Making a Valentine's Handprint Cactus CardTurn your child's handprint into a cute Valentine's card. Here it is used to create a potted cactus. This is the perfect card to send to grandparents and other family members. We can show you how in the following project.
Handmade Valentine's Day CardsMake Valentine's Day card giving even more fun by working with your children to make their own cards for their friends and teacher. These cuties were made using recycled cardboard from cereal boxes. Let us show you how.
Making a Giant Strawberry Valentine's Day CardReadily available supplies such as construction paper, googly eyes, and heart stickers are used to make a cute teacher's card for Valentine's Day. We can show you how.
How to Make a Valentine's Day Spider CardFor a fun twist on traditional Valentine's Day cards, try this spider card. Use your child's artwork as the background for the web and add other embellishments as desired. This is the perfect card for family members, such as grandparents. See how to make your own below.
'Eye Love You' Valentine's Day ArtworkThis fun Valentine's Day card is made primarily from recycled cardboard and magazine clippings. Learn how to make one on this page.
How to Make a Heart Shaped Fox CardUse paper heart cutouts to assemble this cute fox shaped card for your Valentine. Easy to follow instructions follow.
I Love You a WATT! Greeting CardMake a cute homemade light bulb themed Valentine's greeting card. Tell someone dear to you, "I love you a WATT!".
Making a Flamingo Heart CardUsing a cut out pink heart you and the kids can make flamingo cards for Valentine's day. Pipe cleaners can be the neck and long legs adorned by pink feathers for the tail.
Making a Drum Beat Greeting CardUsing a drum and drum sticks as the motif, this Valentine's Day card is unique and extra special because it is handmade. Learn how to make one by following the steps with accompanying photos found below.
Making Cutout Paper Heart ValentinesFollow the instructions below to make two cute construction paper heart Valentines. One is a funny heart caterpillar and the left over paper from which the hearts were cut is incorporated into a second card.
Giant Strawberry Valentine's Day CardThis is a giant strawberry Valentine's Day card my daughter helped make for her teacher. This is an easy card you can recreate with simple supplies you probably already have at home!
Penguin Valentine's Card or CrownYou can make this cute penguin Valentine's Day card as is with some simple supplies or turn this into a penguin card crown that I made for my daughter.
Handmade Valentine's Day CardsYou can create these lovely handmade Valentine's Day cards out of cereal boxes. My daughter made these for her classmates as well as for us and her brother.
3D Pop-Up Heart CardYou only need a few pieces of coloured paper, scissors, and glue to make this beautiful pop-up card. You could even make just the card base and the heart using two colours. I used three to make it high contrast. :)
Valentine's Handprint Cactus CardIf you follow me, you know I like to make handprint cards for every occasion to give to family/friends (especially grandparents) as a sentimental piece. On the back you could write your child's name and year and it's just a cute piece to have for memories!
Valentine's Day Spider CardHere is one way you could up-cycle your kid's painting creations. Turn them into sentimental cards. Perfect for grandparents, family, friends, classmates, neighbors, etc.
