Valentine’s Day Puzzles and Projects for Kids

If you’re looking for Valentine’s Day projects than can be used as valentines or decor for the holiday, here are a few fun options. They incorporate some fun STEM concepts like pattern making, logical thinking and secret codes. These are great for elementary kids to make and use for cards or classroom decoration.

This printable tanagram project from the Gingerbread House is an easy one for kids to color, cut out the shapes and arrange them into a heart shape. These can be used to make cards, or make a banner or bunting for the classroom out of everyone’s designs.

Practice computational thinking while you craft this resist art patchwork heart from Our Family Code. The post explains the challenge (and what computational thinking means) and how to make this pretty project using supplies you probably already have at home or in the classroom.

Add a secret code to your valentines with crayon and watercolor, as shown in this post from Inspirations Laboratories via Red Ted Art. The post also includes information about how to make a secret code if you want to add another layer of fun to your creations.

Looking for more fun Valentine’s Day projects? These printable bookmarks are cute and can be used as valentines either colored in or not. And speaking of Red Ted Art, she’s got a lot of great easy valentines ideas you can try as well.

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 each year (because it celebrates the time period when several countries gained their independence) and it’s a great time to bring in some Hispanic inspired crafts and foods. For an overview on the celebration, the difference between Hispanic and Latino and the importance of the holiday, as well as a look at Latino art and famous Latinos and Latinas, check out this post and related information from the National Museum of the American Latino.

Spanish Playground has a great collection of craft ideas that you can do in Spanish class or with kids in any class or at home. It includes things like weaving, making mola (folk art from Panama; learn more at Kid World Citizen), doing an artist study of a Hispanic artist and more.

Crafty Chica has a great collection of crafts, coloring pages and printables for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with kids. I love this coloring page inspired by Amante bark painting, but there are also folk art stamps, corn husk dolls, tile painting ideas and more.

Papel picado is a classic folk art from Mexico that will feel familiar if you’ve ever made a paper snowflake. Learn how to make them from tissue paper with this video from Hispanic Society Museum and Library.

Learn more about Hispanic Heritage Month, get recipes and crafts from PBS Kids. I love this Peruvian siku flute, which can be made with old markers or paper straws.

While not exactly a craft, playing loteria (a Spanish language bingo game) is a fun thing to do with a group of kids. Free Kids Crafts has printable bingo cards with basic Spanish vocabulary and images for people who don’t already know these words.

And if you need a little snack when you’re done crafting, try these no bake mini tres leches cakes from Inspired by Family. They’re made with purchased pound cake so they’re pretty fast and easy.

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