Free Printable DIY Valentine's Day Card Crafts for Children

Valentine's Day card exchanges are a rite of passage in preschool and elementary school. Homeschool groups, scout troops and religious education classes often exchange cards, too. Here are free printable DIY valentines to share. These free printable valentines come courtesy of Family Fun magazine. What's more fun than Valentine's Day card exchanges? Making your own valentine's that look completely different than everyone else's!

Family Fun (click here) has 15 pages of free printable valentines and Valentine's Day cards. There are coloring page valentines to design in your own personal style. There are free printable animal valentines with cute puppies, kittens, bugs, monkeys and barnyard animals. There are free printable valentines with conversation hearts, cupids and Valentine's designs.

Valentine's Crafts: Scroll down the page that I have linked this article to. You can find free printable games, crafts and coloring pages for Valentine's Day too. There are plenty of free printable activities on this website to host a complete Valentine's Day party. You can make a heart shaped photo frame craft with children. There is a free printable Valentine's Day Card Kit with stickers, cards and envelopes to cut and paste. Party guests children in classroom Valentine's Day parties will enjoy making a valentine candy holder card and pop up greeting cards.

Use the heart shaped templates and heart designs to make more creative valentines cards or Valentine treat and card boxes. Provide heart templates, markers, scissors and glue. Let children create diy, recycled valentines using scrap paper, foil, magazines, cardboard and plastic in your recycle bin. If you save craft decorations, haul those out too. Set out lace, ribbon, yarn and fabric scraps along with buttons, sequins, beads, feathers and stickers. Children will love letting their creativity flow.

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