Easy Valentine Craft for the Non-Crafty!

This Valentine's Day kids' craft is so easy that anyone can make it! Even better, it's simple to put together for an activity at the classroom Valentine's Day party.

When it comes to making cute projects with your kids, are you a bit craft-challenged? Even though I don't agree with her, my sister has given herself the title of "Not Crafty Queen." Despite the title, she still volunteers to do projects with her kids' classes at school. When I saw her easy Valentine Craft for kids, I knew my crafty and non-crafty readers would love it! I think my sister should give up her title, don't you?

Easy Valentine Craft for Kids

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This craft is perfect to make for a Valentine's Class party, and it takes almost no advanced prep. Here's what you need to get started.

Materials:

• A pad of heart-shaped paper, giant foam hearts, or colored paper (This scalloped heart paper was purchased at Joann's, but I bet you could find similar packs at the Dollar Store, Target, Walmart, or Michaels.)
• Foam heart shapes of many sizes and colors
• Googly eyes
• Colored paper strips (Red, pink, white, or Valentine colors of your choice)
• Glue

Each child will need 1 large heart-shaped piece of paper or foam heart, two googly eyes, 9 heart shapes (2 eyes, two hands, two feet, two mouths, one nose), and four paper strips. *Older kids may enjoy using more foam hearts to add more detail.

Instructions:

1. Using hearts, googly eyes, and glue, create a face on the heart paper. (If you purchased sticky-backed foam hearts and googly eyes, you won't need glue for this part.)
2. Fold each strip of paper back and forth (accordion style), and glue a heart to the end of each strip. These are the hands and feet.
3. Glue the strips to the large heart to create arms and legs.

That's it! Just like I promised. Easiest craft ever! Isn't this perfect for a class Valentine's Day party? I can see this easy Valentine's craft working well in preschool, Kindergarten,  and first through third grade.

*Update 2025 -- I just made several of these for the video tutorial, and I had a lot of fun. I guess even adults can enjoy it! It might be perfect at a care center or nursing home, too. Check out the video for even more face ideas.

I'm not sure why my little one decided to leave the arms of her Valentine project, but I think he's pretty cute anyway! Or did she keep the arms and leave off the legs? We may never know!

Whether you make this project at home or school, I hope you and your kiddos have a great time! A special thanks to my sister for sharing the idea.

Thanks for stopping by today. Don't forget to check out my Valentine Pinterest boards.