These Valentine’s Day Crafts You Can Do With Kids Are Perfect For Celebrating Love

A lot of the time, the excitement about Valentine's Day focuses on romantic love. It can leave kids feeling a little left out of the holiday, no matter how many sacks of classroom cards and candy they might bring home.

It doesn't have to be that way, though.

Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

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This kit will help kids make one-of-a-kind pop-up Valentine's Day cards. The template makes it easy to create cards with markers, stick-on jewels, and googly eyes. You can make a card for everyone and make it unique, with supplies to make up to 27 fantastic pop-up cards.

Valentine's Balloon Crafts

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The Best Ideas for Kids
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Create a Valentine's Day card with an awesome effect that also gets kids playing with paint! All you need is a printed picture and some red fingerpaint.

Simply take a photo of your child in a position where you can add strings to their hands. Then let the kids paint hearts that connect to the other ends of the strings, so it looks like the kids are holding heart balloons. The Best Ideas for Kids offers a more in-depth walk-through.

Animal Bath Bombs

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Give someone the gift of kicking back and relaxing with a homemade bath bomb. Kids will get a healthy dose of STEM, learning about acid-base reactions while making these adorable bath bombs. They'll be proud to present these as a gift to anyone.

Paper Heart Wreaths

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Any child old enough to be trusted with tape or a stapler is old enough to do this gorgeous craft. Colored card stock and scissors are the only other supplies you'll need to make these sweet heart wreaths. One Little Project has an easy, fun method for your family to try.

Geometric Candles

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Candles are a great gift for moms, aunts, grandmas, and more. Kids can make their own super trio of cool, geometric candles that will look awesome in any house. Part of the process is dyeing the wax before turning it into a candle.

Mason Jar Sign Craft

Make this gorgeous sign that says "love you to the moon and back" with this awesome craft kit. It's simple enough to work on with younger kids, or you can let older kids work on their own. It looks really beautiful, and kids will be proud to have played a part.

4-Piece Wood XOXO Kit With Paints

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For the kid who loves painting, they'll love making these wooden block letters their own. The set comes with six paints, a brush, and the letters. They make for a cute keepsake year-round.

Rock Art Kit

Make cute rock art that looks great as a decorative addition anywhere. These rocks come with cute Valentine's-themed messages stenciled on to make it easy to make gifts for the occasion. The set comes with six acrylic paints, five rocks, four gemstones, a brush, and an applicator.

Valentine's Keychain Craft

This kit helps kids make some seriously unique and cute keychains to have or to gift! You can paint the wooden beads and use glitter, sequins, and more to adorn any bag. All you'll need are some scissors and glue!

Valentine's Day Donut Stitch Craft Kit

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Nothing says love like something sweet! Make a sweet, squishy, cuddly donut pillow. It gives kids an opportunity to learn all about sewing. The cute donut pillow is small enough to use as a keychain but large enough to plop on a desk or shelf as a sweet keepsake.

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