Valentine’s Day Cards and Crafts for Kids

Valentine’s Day is a holiday that is all about love and celebration, and it is a great opportunity to get kids involved in fun and creative activities.

Making Valentine’s Day cards and crafts is a great way to spend quality time with kids and to encourage their creativity and self-expression.

Whether you are a parent looking for fun and easy activities to do with your children or a teacher searching for educational and engaging projects for your classroom, there are plenty of great Valentine’s Day cards and crafts that kids of all ages will love. From simple paper crafts to more advanced projects, there are many ways to get kids involved in the fun of Valentine’s Day.

These activities can be adapted to fit the needs and interests of different children and can be tailored to meet specific learning goals. Whether you are looking for ideas to celebrate the holiday at home or in the classroom, there are plenty of great Valentine’s Day cards and crafts that kids will love.

So, these activities can be a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day while also fostering creativity and self-expression in kids.

Do your kids like to make their own valentines? My daughter does, and she’s made exactly one for her class of 20 so we’d better get cracking!

Here are some fun cards and crafts you can make with your kids to help celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Printable Animal-Themed Valentines — Natural Beach Living — great for preschoolers

Felt Heart — Laughing Kids Learn — a great early hand-sewing project/teacher gift

Painted Valentine’s Hearts — Laughing Kids Learn — another good one for little kids

Activities Using Heart Shapes — JDaniel4’s Mom — tracing and matching shapes

Valentine’s Day Countdown Banner — Your Vibrant Family — a fun decoration for the house

Valentine’s Activities and Printables — The Wise Owl Factory — good for kids 2 through 7

Valentine Volcano Activity Printable — KC Edventures — give kids a volcano in their valentine

How do you celebrate Valentine’s Day with your kids? I’d love to hear about it!

Simple paper crafts can be an important part of children’s development for a number of reasons. These types of crafts allow children to use their fine motor skills, as they require precise hand movements and finger dexterity.

They also allow children to express their creativity and create something unique and personal, which can be a great way to encourage self-expression.

Simple paper crafts can also help to develop children’s problem-solving skills, as they often require children to think creatively and find solutions to problems. In addition, paper crafts often require children to pay attention to details and to follow instructions, which can help to improve their focus and concentration.

Finally, successfully completing a paper craft can give children a sense of accomplishment and boost their self-esteem, which is important for their overall development. So, simple paper crafts can be an important and enjoyable way for children to learn and grow.

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I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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