10 Lovable Valentine Crafts for Kids

I've collected the most lovable Valentine crafts for kids that I could find. Each comes from a different website, to give you many more Valentine craft ideas. The crafts are great for boys and girls, and they're fun and easy to make. As to supplies, most of these lovable Valentine crafts for kids require the same things, like craft foam or felt, googly eyes, glue and pipe cleaners-items you can find at a craft store. I hope you enjoy these 10 lovable Valentine crafts for kids... or for adults who are still a kid at heart.

#1. Valentine Lollipop Animals

This lovable Valentine craft for kids comes from "Busy Bee". Get a whole bunch of wrapped lollipops. Stick felt hearts on them as elephant or cat ears. Stick a pipe cleaner on as an elephant trunk. Add googly eyes and wrap a Valentine greeting around the lollipop stem. See the delightful picture and instructions for this lovable Valentine craft for kids on "Busy Bee".

#2. Valentine Heart Character

This lovable Valentine craft for kids comes from "Today's Parent". Cut a large heart out of red felt. Stick red pipe cleaner on the back for hands and legs. Add smaller felt hearts for hands and feet. And decorate the face with googly eyes and a drawn smile. See the picture and instructions for this lovable Valentine craft for kids on "Today's Parent".

#3. Valentine Bracelet

This lovable Valentine craft for kids comes from "Danielle's Place", a delightful craft site for kids. Cut a strap out of purple craft foam, then use a hole puncher to make a row of holes through which to thread a slimmer strap of pink foam. At the center thread a red foam heart, and that's it. See the picture and instructions for this lovable Valentine craft for kids on "Danielle's Place".

#4. Valentine Pencils

This lovable Valentine craft for kids comes from "Family Fun". Cut colorful hearts out of felt or craft foam. Stick funny googly eyes on the hearts, then thread them with pipe cleaners. Finally twirl each pipe cleaner around a pencil. See the picture and instructions for this lovable Valentine craft for kids on "Family Fun".

#5. Handful of Love

This lovable Valentine craft for kids comes from "Making Friends". Fold construction paper in half, then trace a child's handprint over one side. Cut the hand print out (without) separating the fold, and you'll end up with two handprints connected side to side. Paint a heart at the center, add smiles on the finger tips, and decorate with heart sticker. See the picture and instructions for this lovable Valentine craft for kids on "Making Friends".

#6. Valentine Necklace

This lovable Valentine craft for kids comes from "Canadian Living". Start by making baker's clay out of all-purpose flour (recipe is provided in the link below). Then use a cookie cutter to shape the clay into a heart. With a little paint and glitter pen decoration, your Valentine necklace will done. String it on a red thread or pink ribbon. See the picture and instructions for this lovable Valentine craft for kids on "Canadian Living".

#7. Beary Valentine Mailbox

This lovable Valentine craft for kids comes from "The Best Kids Book Site". Begin with a white paper bag. Then glue a circle to the top back, with two black circles inside as panda bear eyes, and two small circles above as bear ears. Cut arms out of black construction paper and glue them as if they are wrapping the paper bag. Finally glue a big red construction paper heart on the front of the bag. See the picture and instructions for this lovable Valentine craft for kids on "The Best Kids Book Site".

#8. Valentine Butterfly

This lovable Valentine craft for kids comes from "Kaboose", although I couldn't find instructions for it anywhere on the site. So here's how I would make this lovable Valentine craft for kids. Take the tube from an empty toilet paper role and glue purple craft foam over it. Next, fold pink craft foam in half and cut out a heart shape. This will yield two hearts which you can glue to the back of the toilet paper tube as butterfly wings. Add bent pipe cleaners at the top as two antennas, then paint heart decorations symmetrically on both wings. This and other lovable Valentine crafts for kids await you on "Kaboose".

#9. Big Hearted Hello

This lovable Valentine craft for kids comes from "Disney". First cut a red heart out of craft foam. Next use a hole puncher to make a hole on either side of the heart and two below. Thread thick red yarn through the holes to make arms and legs. Stick smaller hearts at the end of the yarn for hands and feet. Stick a big googly eye in the center of the heart and draw a smiling mouth. See the picture and instructions for this lovable Valentine craft for kids on "Disney".

#10. Hearts for the Birds

This lovable Valentine craft for kids comes from "Ordinary Life Magic." With a needle and thread string popcorn and dried apples together. Next, shape floral wire into a big heart, then wrap the threaded bird food around the heart and hang it out as a Valentine's gift for the birds. See the picture and instructions for this lovable Valentine craft for kids on "Ordinary Life Magic."

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