Easy Valentine’s Day Crafts

January 13, 2026 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

There are so many ideas for Valentine’s Day crafts out there, but this year I wanted to keep it simple. Let’s look at some cute and fun Valentine’s Day crafts kids can do in the classroom or at home.

A simple paper weaving heart is a great project for practicing fine motor skills, and you can make it all with paper strips or add in yarn or different kinds of paper for different textures. Little Ladoo has a printable template for the heart shape with lines you can cut (an adult should do that part) to hold the weaving.

Cutting out and doodling on hearts makes a super cute craft, which you can turn into a garland or join hearts together to hang from the ceiling, or just make a bulletin board decoration. Or you can make a bouquet of hearts like in this project from Make and Takes. This one is shown as a greeting card but I also love the idea of kids making hearts to give to each other (so long as everyone makes one for everyone in the classroom).

Another cute card idea is this celery print heart card from The Merry Thought. Use the cut end of celery to make heart shapes to decorate cards or other Valentine’s Day projects.

Valentine’s Day, like any other time of year, is ripe for STEM experiments and projects, and The Best Ideas for Kids has a collection of classic STEM ideas with a Valentine’s twist. Of these only one (borax crystal hearts) really qualifies as a craft, but they’re all fun to make with kids in the classroom or at home.

If you have a small group of kids (and a little time for prep) you can make these cute no-sew heart pillows from Sugar Spice and Glitter. Depending on the age of the kids and the number of pairs of scissors you have, you can prep this one by cutting out the hearts and the ties or just just the hearts, or let the kids do it all themselves.

Need more ideas? Check out these posts on Valentine’s Day crafts for the classroom and printable Valentines kids can color.

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Learn about Vikings for Leif Erikson Day

Leif Erikson Day is celebrated on Oct. 9, and it’s a great time to learn more about the Vikings and why we still remember Erikson all these years later.

If you don’t know about Leif Erikson (sometimes spelled Eriksson), he’s believed to have been born in Iceland, and is considered the first European to set foot on continental America, more than 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

123 Homeschool 4 Me has a printable mini book about Leif Erikson and the Vikings for kids to read and color. It talks about who the Vikings were, what kind of ships they used, how they got to America and more. It’s a good overview for younger kids to use.

A good unit study is available from Simple Living Creative Learning, which includes a page where kids can write what they know, what they want to learn and what they learned through the unit, as well as information on the Vikings, longships, helmets, clothing and more.

Get a printable Viking unit study with reading passages, comprehension questions and other activities aimed at grades 4-8 from Creative Classroom Core at Teachers Pay Teachers. (And see more Vikings content from TPT here.)

Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus has some great unit study ideas, too, including suggested books and videos. The post includes information about the Viking voyages, society, mythology and ships, as well as some vocabulary and a list of famous Vikings. While you’re over there also check out her free printable lapbook, which includes mini books on ships, a timeline, a Viking women coloring page, draw your own Vikings, geography, ancient runes and more.

Piqolo Kids has a lesson on Viking women with (available for purchase) worksheets about a day in the life of Viking women. Even if you don’t grab the printables there’s some good resources on that page and a link to a video on Viking women.

Learn how to draw a Viking ship with instructions from Drawing How to Draw, or grab Vikings coloring and labeling worksheets from Kids Puzzles and Games.

There’s a Leif Erikson Festival annually in Norway, Michigan, which you can learn more about here.

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