Valentine's Day Flip Book

Download this fun flip book from Etsy for an interactive classroom valentine. 

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2013/make-a-flip-book-valentine/

Color me katie sends a heart shaped kiss across the pages.

Get the instructions here:
http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/2010/02/kiss-in-your-pocket.html

Pencil Valentine Cards

Download these free valentine pencil notes from mirabelle creations. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.mirabellecreations.com/2013/02/free-printables-valentines-day-class-cards-air-heads-pencils.html

Lego Necklace Valentine

Lego pieces combine to make a heart for a cute Valentine's Day necklace.  Sillie smile then puts them on a pretty colored ribbon.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.silliesmile.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-lego-valentine.html

Paper Airplane Valentines

Paper airplanes are turned into love notes and topped with red hearts for Valentine's Day with delia creates.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.deliacreates.com/2011/02/paper-airplane-boy-valentines.html

No biggie shares a free template including a cute heart and the message "you make my heart soar."

Get the template here:

http://www.nobiggie.net/paper-airplane-valentine-free-printable-blog-hop/

One charming party has a red, white and blue version with the words you are super fly.

Get the template here:

http://onecharmingparty.com/2013/02/06/super-fly-printable-boy-valentines/

Petal Sensory Box

 

One special way to celebrate Valentine's Day with the little ones is to create a sensory box of different kinds of homemade petals made out of tissue paper, silk, felt, construction paper, foam and other fun textures.  

Origami Heart Rings

Bloomize has a wonderful tutorial for how to make origami heart rings for Valentine's Day.  What's really neat is the two colored paper matches with the base and the front of the ring to make it two toned.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.bloomize.com/sweet-origami-hearts/

Valentine Straw Bracelets

A classic red and white striped straw turns into a great Valentine's Day present just by bending into a bracelet and adding some pretty ribbon thanks to living locurto.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.livinglocurto.com/2012/01/paper-straw-bracelets/

Flamingo Valentines

National wildlife federation makes flamingos for Valentine's Day with a paper heart body, pink pipe cleaner neck and legs and pink feathers.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.nwf.org/Kids/family-fun/crafts/flamingo-valentine.aspx

Pom Pom Valentine's Day Creatures

I gotta create uses iridescent pompoms and turns turns them into little creatures by gluing on googly eyes and pipe cleaner antennae.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://igottacreate.blogspot.com/2013/01/love-bugs-by-post.html

 

Create craft love creates her own pompoms adding heart stickers to the top of the antennae.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.createcraftlove.com/2013/01/valentine-pom-monsters.html

We made that causes her version love bugs.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/love-bugs/

Rook no 17 adds messages to her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.rookno17.com/2012/01/warm-fuzzy-valentine-luv-bugs-cute-easy.html

East coast mommy blog makes hers less round.

Get the instructions here:
http://eastcoastmommyblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/love-bugs.html

Paint Swatch Valentine's Day Creatures

One dog woof turns red toned paint swatch strips into creatures for Valentine's day adding pipe cleaner ears, a pompom nose and googly eyes. 

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.1dogwoof.com/2013/01/paint-chip-monster-puppet-for.html

Valentine's Day House Containers

Think crafts shares a wonderful free printable for Valentine's day.  Kids can create what she calls heart houses to store all of their cards.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the template here:
http://thinkcrafts.com/blog/2012/01/23/heart-houses-for-valentines-day/

Valentine's Day Love Potion

Hello bee has a cute way to turn a plastic test tube and red jelly beans into a love potion perfect for a Valentine's day treat.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellobee.com/2012/02/06/diy-love-potion-valentines/

Valentine's Day Seed Packet Printable

One crafty place shares a free flower seed envelope for Valentine's day. 

Get the template here:
http://www.onecraftyplace.com/2013/02/03/seed-packet-valentine-free-printable/

Cupid's Arrow Glow Sticks

Scumdillydo completely reinvents the glow stick for Valentine's day.  To one end she adds felt heart stickers and the other a paper arrow pointer.  To the middle she covers up the glow stick with a cute straw and adds a Valentine's day message.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://scrumdillydo.blogspot.com/2013/02/valentine-diy-glowing-cupids-arrows.html

Beaded Heart Box

Aunt peaches upcycles cardboard candy boxes and embellishes them with beads to make pretty container boxes.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.auntpeaches.com/2013/01/jambalya-boxes.html 

Valentine Heart Candy Message

Shenanigans in second has a cute idea for writing a personal valentine's day note using the candy message hearts.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://shenanigansinsecond.blogspot.com/2012/02/day-hearts-took-over-our-writing.html

Valentines Day Wake Up

Skip to my lou has an adorable way to decorate the kids' bedroom on Valentine's day by placing several paper heart messages on their doors.  You could also decorate all around their room or bathroom mirror.

Get the instructions here:
http://skiptomylou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/heart-attack/

Stained Glass Valentine's

Artful kids has a great way for the toddling set to make their own valentines.  Have the kids finger paint onto a sheet of paper.  Then glue that paper to a card with cutout hearts on the front.  The kids' fingerpainting will show through the cut outs to make a very pretty card,

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://artful-kids.com/blog/2012/01/19/cut-paper-valentines/

Butterfly Valentines

The examiner shows how to take a toilet paper roll, pipe cleaner and construction paper and make a cute valentine.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.examiner.com/article/valentine-crafts-for-toddlers

Easy child crafts use lots of cut out hearts on their version.

Get the instructions here:
 http://www.easy-child-crafts.com/toilet-paper-roll-butterfly.html

Lego Ring Valentines

Chez beeper bebe has a great valentine for the lego fan.  She creates a valentine and attaches lego pieces in a clear bag to the back for kids to construct their own ring.

Get the instructions here:
http://chezbeeperbebe.blogspot.com/2012/02/make-this-lego-accessory-valentine.html