Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids

Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids BY JESS WEISCHEDEL

Castle Valentine’s Card Box

Materials: Small white box with lid (large enough for cards), scissors, white card-stock paper, two cone-shaped cups, glue, stapler, and some valentine-themed stickers.

Cut the card-stock paper to your preferred size for each tower that will go on either side of your box. Roll the top edge to the bottom edge, then staple in place to create a tube shape. Glue each paper tube to either side of the box, letting it dry until they stay in place. Place some glue onto the top edge of each tube, then add an upside-down cone-shaped cup to the tops of them. Once dry, let your child decorate the box with valentine-themed stickers, and write their name on it for people to know where to place their cards. Take it to school or daycare, or just leave it sitting out at the house so your child can keep a collection of Valentine’s Day goodies.

Walrus Valentine

Materials: One full-sized uncoated paper plate, two small uncoated paper plates, white and red colored paper, scissors, glue, white, brown, and black paint, paintbrush, and a black marker.

Paint the front of your paper plates brown and let them dry. Next, cut one of the small plates in half. Place them on either bottom side of the large paper plate, so that the straight edges are pointed out. Staple them in place on the top, so that they are slightly angled outwards on the bottom. Take your second small plate and staple that to the top of the large plate, creating a head for your walrus. Use white paint to create the eyes, and let dry. Add black paint on top of the dry white paint, for the pupils of the eyes. Add a black circle under the eyes for the nose, then draw the mouth with a black marker. Cut some tusks and whiskers from white or ivory paper, and glue them in place alongside the nose and from the mouth. Cut out a red paper heart, and glue it onto the center of the large paper plate. Write your valentine’s day message with black marker onto the red heart, and you have yourself a Walrus Valentine for someone you love.

Cardinal Handprint

Materials: Red paint, brown paint or brown tissue paper and glue, paint brush, blue paper, brown and orange markers, and black craft gem or googly eye.

Using brown paint or brown tissue paper and glue, create a branch on the bottom portion of some blue colored paper. This will be where your love bird sits. Coat your child’s hand with red paint, then carefully press it down above the branch with fingers facing towards the right side of the paper, and leaving room for some feet underneath. Once dry, add an eye by gluing a black gem or googly eye just under the thumb towards the left side of the palm. Use an orange marker to add the beak on the left side of the hand, and add some feet under the handprint with brown marker. Write a little love message and you have a beautiful valentine.

Owl Doily Handprints

Materials: Yellow and orange paper, scissors, blue colored paper, glue, eye stickers or googly eyes, paper doily, brown paint, and an orange marker.

Cut a small half-circle shape from the top of your paper doily, then glue the bottom portion of the doily onto the middle of some blue paper. Cut two yellow paper circles for the eyes, and a small orange triangle for the beak. Glue these in place on top of the doily. Add some pupils to the middle of your yellow circles using stickers or googly eyes and glue. Draw some orange feet on the bottom of your doily. Next, cover your child’s hands with brown paint, and place them with fingers facing down on either side of the doily. Write your message on the paper for “hoo” ever you want to give this adorable owl valentine to.