Love is in the air, and it’s the perfect time to make some fun crafts to give to friends, family, and loved ones. These four easy Valentine’s Day crafts are adaptable for all ages and are fun to create and share. Give a few a try as a lead-up to Valentine’s Day!
VALENTINE’S FOXES
Materials:
- Foam hearts (pre-cut or cut your own)
- Felt (black, red, white, and/or pink)
- Black pom-poms
- Fabric glue or hot glue gun
- Scissors
Instructions:
- Cut out felt pieces:
Cut hearts from the felt, then cut in half down the middle for the face
Cut black circles for eyes
Cut triangles for ears
Cut out hair bows or bow ties - Glue each heart half to the sides of a large foam heart, creating the fox face.
- Glue black eyes to the heart halves, creating the fox eyes.
- Glue a black pom-pom to the bottom of the large foam heart, creating the fox nose.
- Glue ears triangles to the top of the foam heart.
- Glue on hair bow or bow tie.
VALENTINE’S FRIENDSHIP NECKLACES
Materials:
- Foam hearts (pre-cut or cut your own)
- Yarn
- Beads
- Hole punch
- Scissors
Instructions:
- Cut out foam hearts to desired size.
- Punch a hole in each heart and thread through with yarn.
- String beads along yarn, as much as desired.
- Tie yarn ends together to form a necklace.
HEART SUNCATCHER
Materials:
- Self-adhesive clear contact paper
- Construction paper
- Tissue paper
- Sequins, glitter or other flat embellishments
- Scissors
Instructions:
- Cut out heart-shaped frames from construction paper.
- Cut a piece of contact paper slightly larger than the heart and adhere the heart to the contact paper. Trim edges.
- Adhere embellishments to the contact paper inside the heart.
- Cut another piece of contact paper slightly larger than the heart and adhere to sticky side with the embellishments. Trim edges.
- Hang in a sunny window and enjoy.
TIE-DYE HEART CARDS
Materials:
- White coffee filters
- Washable markers
- Card stock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions:
- Color coffee filters in sections with washable markers, filling the entire filter with color.
- Gently wet the coffee filters to make the colors run together in a tie-dye fashion (we used a squirt bottle of water). Don’t over saturate them with water, though.
- Allow filters to air dry, or blow dry in less than two minutes.
- Fold filters in half, then in half again (repeat two more times for smaller hearts). Cut out half a heart along the paper fold.
- Adhere tie-dye hearts to card stock or construction paper to make your own valentines.
May your Valentine’s Day be filled with love, fun, easy crafts, and chocolate!
