Valentine’s Day Printables and Activities for Kids

As you can imagine I’ve done a lot of Valentine’s Day content over the years (see, for example, heart activities and Valentine’s Day STEM, to name a couple) so this year I thought I’d share something different with a bunch of Valentine’s Day printable activities.

Learn Grow Aspire has a nice set of printable activity mats that include coloring, a word scramble, word search, I-spy, spot the difference and more. One sheet (shown above) has a bunch of activities but there are others that include tracing and coloring.

Another activity sheet that’s like a placemat is from XOXO Erin Smith. This one includes a word search, maze, things to color and a few tic tac toe boards. Classic. She also has coloring pages and an I spy page.

Connect the dots on cute Valentine’s Day critters with these printables from The Artisan Life. The love bug is my favorite!

Unscramble words, work a big maze and do a Valentine’s Day themed crossword puzzle with these printables from Artsy Fartsy Mama.

Get a bunch of educational worksheets for preschool from Preschool Play and Learn. These include things like tracing hearts, roll a color, shape learning, patterns, letter recognition, counting and more. Great for use in the classroom or at home.

Looking for fun ideas for older kids? Brain Waves Instruction has a bunch of ideas for using a valentine theme to review vocabulary, do timed writing, spelling, and learning about Valentine’s Day. Many of the projects are found at Teachers Pay Teachers if you don’t want to personalize it for your own class.

And Raise the Bar Reading has some cute low-prep ideas for elementary students, including making a creature based on your answers to questions about Valentine’s Day, a classroom activity full of love, people bingo with a Valentine’s theme and some sweet writing prompts.

How do you use Valentine’s Day in the classroom or for learning activities at home? I’d love to hear about it!

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Remembrance Day (marked as Veterans Day in the United States) is Nov. 11, and it marks the end of hostilities in World War I. Poppies are a traditional symbol of the day because it is said they were the first flower to grow again on the battlefields, which inspired a famous poem. Let’s check out some poppy crafts you can make with your kids as part of a World War I unit or for Remembrance Day.

This pretty poppy craft from Krokotak just requires the printable, some crayons, scissors and glue. The printable includes the center of the flower and kids can draw the outside as well as adding stem.

Glued to My Crafts has a printable for a torn paper poppy, or you could color or paint this one as well.

Use torn or cut pieces of paper to make these poppy suncatchers from Red Ted Art.

Happy Hooligans has a bunch of great poppy crafts but I particularly like the painted rocks and easy paper plate poppy.

Crafty Morning has a cute poppy craft made with fingerprints, which is quick and easy to do with kids of any age.

Older kids and adults can make these folded paper poppies from Chica and Jo, but they do involve hot glue and floral wire, which can be sharp, so it’s not for young kids. An easier paper poppy that only calls for regular craft glue can be found at Sugar Spice and Glitter. This one also has a printable template to make it easier.

These felt poppies from One Little Project also use a glue gun and a sewing needle, but they’re so pretty I couldn’t resist sharing them for older kids. Add a pipe cleaner stem or turn them into pins to wear for remembrance events. Check out their coffee filter poppy craft for a great option for younger kids.

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