As we head into February it’s the perfect time to share some easy Valentines Day crafts for toddlers with this round up of fun, low-prep ideas suitable for little hands.
This round up of Valentines crafts for toddlers includes heart crafts, keepsakes, easy Valentines cards kids can make and fun painting activities perfect for trying out at home or in preschools.
Many of these would make great valentines day crafts for kids of all ages but I’ve chosen them because I think they’ll be perfect for toddlers aged one, two and three years old as well as ideas that would be loads of fun for preschoolers too.
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Easy Valentine’s Day Crafts for Toddlers
Is there anything sweeter than Valentines crafts made by children? As a mom being handed a Valentine from your child is lovely and something you’ll want to keep, they also make great keepsakes for grandparents too.
Crafting with toddlers is fun as they love to get involved and get hands on with doing something creative.
Some of these easy Valentines Day crafts are ones that I’ve done with my own children while others are from bloggers that I love.
Most of these easy craft ideas are made with materials that you are likely to have at home already such as stickers, markers and cardstock meaning that you can start getting creative straight away.
As always, toddlers should be supervised during crafting, especially when small items or paint are involved.
While this list is aimed at toddlers you’ll find that most of these activities are totally suitable for preschoolers too and there’s lots that are good for making in a classroom as well – always helpful if you have more than one kiddo at home or in a group.
Just take a look and see what works best for you, clicking the title on each craft to take a look at the tutorial.
This is a list that has grown over the years as I’ve shared more Valentines day ideas for toddlers so it’s a great one to bookmark or save to Pinterest as more ideas get added all the time.
In this round up you’ll find lots of ideas for Valentines Day crafts that toddlers can make as well as some ideas for Valentines Day books to share together – perfect for cuddling up together on the sofa.
Obviously there can be quite a difference in what a kid can make who has just turned one and what a kid who is about to turn three can do so do take a look through the list and see what ones you think would interest your child and suit their abilities – and of course the most important thing is to have some fun together.
Heart Crafts for Toddlers
Heart crafts are an absolute classic Valentines craft for toddlers and rightly so. Their basic shape makes them easily recognisable and there’s loads of fun things you can do with them to encourage your child’s creativity.
Heart Mosaic
Older toddlers can help cut out the shapes for this mosaic craft and get some practice using scissors while younger ones will be fine just gluing them onto the shape which is great for fine motor skills too.
Coffee Filter Hearts
This sweet art project from Simple Fun for Kids is easy enough for toddlers and preschoolers and will make great decorations displayed in your window.
Cotton Ball Hearts
We made these painted cotton wool hearts starting with using paintbrushes and ending with painting with our fingers!
Paper Hearts
These Valentine paper hearts made from old newspapers are a good way to do some crafting with a bit of recycling.
Clay Hearts
These clay heart ornaments with glitter are a cute make for kids and can be hung up on Valentines trees with some yarn or ribbon.
You could also use salt dough to make these decorations if you prefer.
Glitter Hearts
This tried and tested glittery heart craft looks great and I loved seeing how easy this was for little hands to make!
Painting & Process Art Valentine Crafts
Try out new ways to paint and create together with these fun Valentines themed art and craft ideas.
Salad Spinner Art
Grab your salad spinner and make these fun painted hearts from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds.
Marble Painting
Have you tried painting with marbles? This is a great activity from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds that you could use to make Valentines Day cards with.
Foil Painting
Have you tried painting on foil? This Valentines themed craft for is one that I did with my daughter.
It takes a little preparation because you need to put glue onto the foil first but we definitely thought it was worth it!
Painting With Foil
My daughter had great fun creating a DIY stamp for making these foil painted hearts and it’s a really nice, simple activity for toddlers and preschoolers to do.
Recycled CD Valentine Art
Find some old CDs or DVDs for this simple process art that I made with my daughter.
Monoprint Hearts
These adorable heart cards from Non Toy Gifts look great and are a fantastic way to create with some different materials to normal.
You could also make these on a canvas or pop the finished craft into a frame if you wanted to keep and display these.
Cardboard Tube Stamps
Make some DIY heart stamps from toilet paper rolls, perfect for painting with. Just fold the cardboard tube and then bend it so that one fold in pointing inwards and the other fold points outwards, creating a heart shape.
Pour a little paint onto a dish or plate and then dip your DIY stamp into it, it’s now ready to paint with!
Valentine Cards & Keepsakes Toddlers Can Make
Adorable crafts you’ll want to keep or perfect for gifting to parents, grandparents and friends.
I Love You To Pieces (Free Printable)
Grab the free printable and follow the simple instructions to make this cute card from Fun Learning For Kids.
Color In Printable Cards
Print and colour these cute lion themed Valentines cards for kids.
Sweet Valentine Cards
These super sweet Valentine’s day cards can be printed and colored in by your child, perfect for friends or family.
Fingerprint Craft
This fingerprint craft from Messy Little Monster with a printable poem would make lovely Valentine’s Day gifts or keepsakes.
Photo Wreath
Cut out the cardboard hearts in advance and toddlers can decorate this photo wreath craft with love hearts with this gorgeous craft from Simple Everyday Mom.
Sensory & Texture Valentine Crafts
Sensory activities and crafts are ideal for toddlers and these fun ideas will give you loads to try this February.
Shaving Foam Hearts
Painting using shaving foam sounds like great fun for toddlers and a fun change from using normal paint.
You could help cut out the heart shapes in this craft from Natural Beach Living to make cards or a garland.
Invitation to Create Valentine Craft
Buggy and Buddy show you how to set up an invitation to create for a fun way to make some sweet Valentines Day crafts using tissue paper and doilies.
Suncatchers
We love suncatcher crafts and these colorful heart suncatchers look like a brilliant way to brighten a room up, check out the tutorial from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds to find out how to make them.
Washi Tape Valentines Cards
My kids made these simple Valentines cards using washi tape during a playdate and they were fun for the kids to make and they enjoyed giving them to each other too, plus as an added bonus there wasn’t too much mess to clean up.
Printable Valentine Crafts for Toddlers
We love a low prep activity and our free printables are always popular with parents and teachers. These printable crafts are the perfect way to get a Valentines craft set up quickly.
Valentines Trees
Make some simple Valentines tree crafts like these ones decorated with heart confetti or painted with cardboard tube stamps.
We have a free tree template you can use to make these or you could try making the tree trunk using handprints.
Heart Crafts
Grab some paint or tissue paper and make some simple heart crafts for kids using our free heart template.
Bunny Valentines
Color these cute free printable bunny valentines and then cut out the simple shape so that you can give them to friends and family. I’m sure grandparents would love to display this on their fridge!
Cut and Paste Valentines Flower Craft
Toddlers will need an adult to cut out the pieces of this cute cut out craft but they can definitely take part in coloring in the pieces and they can help glue the parts together as well.
This craft would be great to stick on the front of a folded piece of cardstock for a simple Valentines card.
Paper Plate Valentine Crafts for Toddlers
Paper plates are one of the most easily available and low cost craft materials, making them ideal for getting creative at home or in preschools.
Paper Plate Bee
Looking for someone to Bee Mine this Valentines Day? This valentines themed paper plate craft from Red Ted Art is super cute with its doily wings and googly eyes.
This would be a good craft for older kids too if you have more than one child at home.
Love Bug
Arts and Crackers shares a simple paper plate love bug craft that looks super cute and easy to make.
Valentine Wreaths
Another of our playdate makes, grab the glue sticks for these Valentines Day wreaths which were made when my daughter was two years old.
While we made these wreaths using construction paper, using a paper plate wreath instead would make them a lot more durable for toddler hands, just have an adult cut the centre out of a paper plate.
Paper Plate Valentines Bear
Glued To My Crafts shares how to make a cute Valentines themed bear using a paper plate and colored tissue paper.
Paper Plate Valentines Tree
Grab a paper plate and make this simple Valentines heart tree craft.
Valentine’s Day Books For Toddlers
After a busy time crafting why not settle down together to share a story? We love sharing books together and have always used one of these bookcases which are great for younger kids to be able to find their favourites. These Valentines themed books all look fantastic – which would you add to your collection?
- My Fuzzy Valentine by Naomi Kleinberg – a cute book for Valentines Day from Sesame Street featuring Elmo (which makes me happy as I genuinely love Elmo!)
- Happy Valentines Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff – part of the ‘If you give a mouse…’ series which if you like you should check out our If You Give A Mouse A Cookie activities.
- Love From The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
More Crafts for Toddlers
We love sharing ideas that you can make with young kids and this round up of weather crafts for toddlers has been super popular with parents.
For those of you who have a Rod Campbell fan at home this round up of Dear Zoo activities and crafts is perfect – we read this book* so many times!
Finally with Valentines Day on it’s way that means the next thing to celebrate is spring arriving – whoop! Check out our spring crafts for toddlers here.
