Valentine’s Day is a wonderful time for preschoolers to express their creativity and love for family and friends. These 20 fun crafts will provide your little one with hours of entertainment and excitement, while also helping them develop their fine motor skills and understanding of the holiday’s themes. So, gather your craft supplies and dive into these delightful Valentine’s Day activities!
1. Heart Suncatchers: Use colorful tissue paper and contact paper to create beautiful heart-shaped suncatchers that will brighten up any window.
2. Love Bug Hats: Transform simple party hats into adorable love bug headwear with pipe cleaners, pom-poms, and googly eyes.
3. Handprint Heart Keepsake: Capture your preschooler’s love with this adorable handprint heart made from salt dough or air-dry clay.
4. Valentine’s Day Slime: Mix together glitter, glue, and saline solution to create sparkly slime in festive hues.
5. Heart-Shaped Bird Feeders: Melt suet and birdseed together to form heart-shaped feeders that show a little love to our feathered friends.
6. Yarn-Wrapped Hearts: Wrap pieces of cardboard heart cutouts with colorful yarn for a decorative touch.
7. Paper Plate Love Monsters: Create cute creatures using paper plates, construction paper, paint, and googly eyes.
8. Tissue Paper Heart Wreaths: Layer tissue paper squares over a wreath-shaped cardboard base for a colorful decoration.
9. Valentines Mobiles: Have your child create hanging decorations featuring hearts, love notes, or other Valentine-themed motifs.
10. Cupcake Liner Flowers: Use mini cupcake liners to form charming floral arrangements on craft sticks or pipe cleaners.
11. DIY Fingerprint Cards: Let your child leave their unique mark on greeting cards using fingerprints transformed into hearts or other designs.
12. Rainbow Heart Chain: Encourage your preschooler to practice their scissor skills by cutting out multi-colored paper hearts and creating a cheerful chain.
13. Puzzle Piece Picture Frames: Decorate wooden or cardboard picture frames with puzzle pieces and paint for a unique gift idea.
14. Heart Stamping: Create unique patterns by dipping objects like toilet paper rolls or cookie cutters in paint and stamping them onto paper.
15. Love Bug Finger Puppets: Transform pipe cleaners, pom-poms, and felt into cute little love bug finger puppets.
16. Bead Heart Suncatcher: String beads onto pipe cleaners, bend them into heart shapes, and use fishing line to hang them in the window.
17. Valentine Collage Art: Combine cut-out hearts, tissue paper, doilies, buttons, and other craft supplies to create a beautiful collage.
18. Clay Heart Ornaments: Have your child roll out clay, cut heart shapes, and decorate them with paint or glitter for charming keepsakes.
19. Coffee Filter Butterflies: Tie-dye coffee filters using markers and water, then gather the folds with a pipe cleaner to form festive butterflies.
20. Stuffed Paper Hearts: Create soft and cuddly paper heart pillows by drawing a heart pattern on fabric, cutting it out, and stuffing it with cotton or pillow filling.
No matter which of these adorable Valentine’s Day crafts you choose to make with your preschooler, they are sure to have blast while fostering their creativity and fine motor skills. Don’t forget to enjoy the process and cherish these special moments together!
