Posted by Shana Albert on February 9th 2009 in Kids Activities
Valentine’s Day is a special Day for all. It is a day to celebrate love. A day to be thankful that we can experience such a wonderful emotion. Some days are so hectic that it is easy to take this feeling for granted. But, Valentine’s Day is a day that is meant to remind us of all we love and all who loves us. So, celebrate it!!
What better way to celebrate our love for our children than to grab some craft goodies and create some wonderful gifts and memories by making Valentine’s Day Crafts with them.
Below I have listed 25 of my favorite Valentine’s Day Crafts that I have found over the last few weeks while traveling through the blogosphere. These Amazing crafts are from some of my favorite blogs and you are sure to find a few that you will enjoy making for, or better yet, with your loved ones.
I have included Valentine’s Day Crafts that are perfect to make with your children as well as Valentine’s Day Crafts that are more suited for Adults. You are sure to find one that you will enjoy.
Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids
- Valentine’s Sponge Hearts – The Ramblings of a Crazy Woman and her daughter make these adorable valentine’s cards using sponge art.
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- Valentine Decorations – Skip to my Lou is an amazing blog full of awesome crafts. Here she compiles some of the best valentine’s craft from blog posts past.
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- Valentine Tree – Make this cute valentine tree craft with your children. The leaves are actually felt hearts. How adorable is that?!
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- Lollipop Lilies for Valentines – This valentine’s treats are yummy!! Plus, they are a great homemade craft to make with your children and let them hand out to their friends at school. Your kids will be so proud.
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- Celebrating Valentine’s Day with Kids – Julie Pirkle show us how with just a little bit of time and a few supplies, you can make Valentine’s Day especially fun for your kids this February 14.
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- Valentine’s Day of Fun – Mary of The Fun Time Guide gives us the details of a day of Valentine’s fun. From Breakfast thru Dinner and all the time in between she fills us in on how to make the entire day Valentine fun!!
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- Valentine Collage – That Artist Woman has some of the best artistic crafts online. And, her blog is quickly becoming one of my favorite craft blogs to frequent. Here she shows us how to do a Valentine’s Collage that is something that you and your children will be proud to display.
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- Valentine Hearts Wreath – Shannon Hutton puts together an easy craft to make a Valentine heart wreath with young children.
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- Card Keeper – You know how the kids always have a ton of valentine’s cards they receive on Valentine’s Day from all their friends? Well, here is a fun craft you can do with your children that will look pretty plus it will keep all their Valentine’s Cards in one organized place.
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- Puffy Heart – Amanda Formaro over at Kaboose has an adorable heart craft on their site. This craft made out of tissue paper and glue takes me back to my Elementary School days…. and I know it will be a lot of fun to do with the kids.
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- Valentine Pretzels – I love soft pretzels. What’s not to love? Soft, warm doughy inside and a crispy, salty outside. Totally yum!! Even better than that is a heart shape soft pretzel. Here is a recipe on how to make Valentine Soft Pretzels at home.
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- Valentine Heart Basket – Top Party Ideas offers directions complete with a heart basket template to make this super cute Valentine heart basket.
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- Creative Valentine Mailboxes – Heather at The Sadliers put together this great Valentine’s Project that all the children could participate in. Check out these wonderful Valentine mailboxes they all made to collect their Valentine cards.
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- Felt Flowers – Everyone loves flowers on Valentine’s Day. And, what is more special about these flowers is that they are made out of felt. So, this felt flower project will last forever and so will the memories.
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- 7 Valentine Crafts – A mom of Seven (or as she refers to it as se7en) offers seven adorable Valentine Crafts to do with your children. Seriously, these crafts are amazing!!
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Valentine’s Day Crafts for Adults
- Button Heart Valentine’s Day Cards – What better way to show how much you love somebody than with a card you made yourself. Here Kristina of KWernerDesign Blog shows you how to make this card special with buttons. It really is fabulous!!
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- Handmade Valentine Card – Check out these super adorable valentine cards. They look like cupcakes and they will help you show the people you give these cards to how sweet you think they are.
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- Crochet Heart Garland – If you enjoy crocheing and you are looking for valentines crafts then this is the craft for you. Skip to my Lou shows you how to make this darling Crochet Heart Garland which is sure to look amazing as decorations in your house or as a gift for someone special.
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- Ragamuffin Heart Wreath – Cindi Butler shows her viewers how to make this beautiful ragamuffin heart wreath. It really is so pretty and it is sure to be a conversation piece when displayed this Valentine’s Day.
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- Sweet Heart Crochet Pattern – Here is another crochet valentine craft. This crochet craft was found at Bella Dia and is so pretty and will look great displayed in any home this Valentine’s Day.
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- Valentine Hanging Pockets – Take a look at this clever and inexpensive valentine’s craft made out of scrapbooking paper. They make for beautiful hanging pockets that you can fill with sweet gifts for your sweeties.
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- Valentine Sparkle – Look how pretty this craft is!! Jeanne Winters made this for her daughter and she shows you how you can make the same craft too. Absolutely breathtaking.
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- Heart Sachets – Sachets make sweet smelling gifts. Top Party Ideas shows you how to make these beautiful and easy heart sachets perfect for Valentine’s Day.
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February 9th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Great resources!
February 10th, 2009 at 8:12 am
@Allison Worthington – Thank you so much. I’m thrilled you enjoyed the post.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
thank u for your lovely ideas im an art teacher in Bethlehem in Palestine
you give me ideas to do with children thank you a lot god bless you