For manyCouples is Valentine's Dayone of the most beautiful festivals ever. Because on February 14th, love is very important. But it's not just people who are newly in love who have a lot of fun on this day; it can also be something very special for families with small children. We offer you creative ideas on how you can make a Valentine's Day gift with the children. Whether it's a present for mom or dad or perhaps something homemade for your friends in kindergarten: with these ideas you have something suitable for everyone.
Make a Valentine's Day gift with the kids: a bouquet of origami hearts
No matter whether it's for your favorite teacher at school, for mom or forthe best friend: Flowers are always well received, especially on Valentine's Day. The “flowers” of the next bouquet are made of paper and are heart shaped. These origami hearts are ready in six simple steps and are perfect as an introduction to the topic of “folding origami” for children aged 4 and over. Folding origami motifs promotes fine motor skills and the ability to concentrate.
Work with the children to fold several hearts, then cut craft wire and glue one heart to each piece of wire. Place a piece of floral sponge in a mason jar and arrangeOrigami flowers. If desired, you can add real spring flowers such as snowdrops.
Crafts for Valentine's Day with children: cute glasses with heart-shaped frames
The next craft ideais perfect for children of kindergarten age. Make glasses together out of cardboard and transparent colored film. You will need a template for the glasses frame, paints, brushes, pipe cleaners and scissors. First draw the glasses frame, which consists of two hearts. Have the children cut out the frame and paint it however they want. Then cut out two hearts from the transparent colored film and glue them to the frame. Poke two holes in the frame and tie two pieces of pipe cleaners of equal length to them. The sweet glasses for Valentine's Day are ready.
Try out different patterns and variations. If the child has problems with his eyes, you can simply do without the transparent colored film. If you use colored foil for the “glasses”, then the child should not wear the glasses for longer than 30 minutes.
You can use watercolors to paint the glasses frame. You can then draw certain motifs with crayons or a fineliner. Let the children choose and mix the colors to their hearts' content.
Make your own Valentine's Day gift for children: robots made of candy
If you have aValentine's Day giftIf you want to make something for the children yourself, then you can choose the next idea. You'll need double-sided tape and wrapped candy to make a cute robot. You can also wrap the sweets with wrapping paper, spray them with glitter spray or embellish them with stickers. In any case, make sure that the candy is well packaged and that the paints, glitter spray, etc. do not come into contact with the food.
Valentine's Day gift: craft idea for children in elementary school
Make a stamp out of clothespins and a plastic heart. Then use the stamp to stamp hearts on textiles. For example, shopping bags made of fabric, beach bags made of textile or sneakers are suitable.
Buy special fabric paints because they are guaranteed to last a long time. Most fabric colors will then need to be set with an iron - just follow the manufacturer's instructions. To be on the safe side, first check whether the textiles are suitable for ironing.
10-minute craft for Valentine's Day: A heart bookmark
Making a heart bookmark out of cardboard is really easy. Draw a large heart on red cardboard and a small heart on colored paper. The children can cut out the two hearts and then glue them together.
Valentine's Day gift for children made of clothespins
For the next craft idea you will need a clothespin, pink and white cardboard, white pipe cleaners, pink paint, a brush, scissors and self-adhesive googly eyes. To make the butterfly wings, place two heart templates together, transfer them to pink cardboard and cut them out. For the small white hearts, you can punch out the motifs with a punch or make a new stencil. Paint the clothespin pink, draw the mouth with a fineliner and glue on the googly eyes. Cut the pipe cleaner into two 5cm pieces and glue them to the clothespin. Attach the clothespin to the center of the butterfly wings.
Ideas for a sweet Valentine's Day gift for children
Would you like to surprise several children for Valentine's Day? Then the next idea is just right for you. Transform sweets like lollipops, candies and individually wrapped chocolates into cute animals and beautiful flowers.
- For the sweet flower you need a lollipop and four pink heart-shaped foam rubber stickers. Place all the hearts on top of each other and use a hole punch to make a hole at the top. Insert the lollipop through all the holes and push the hearts apart.
- For a cute dog you need four individually wrapped chocolates, a chocolate ball, a candy stick, two googly eyes, two foam rubber ears, a small self-adhesive pompom and a 3 cm long piece of pipe cleaner. Tape all parts together with double-sided tape.
- To make a beautiful butterfly, you need an effervescent candy stick, two pink foam rubber hearts, two 4 cm long pieces of pipe cleaners, a pink pom-pom and two self-adhesive googly eyes. Tape all parts together with double-sided tape.
Valentine's Day gifts for children under 5 years: Decorate dominoes with hearts
Dominoes are one of the most popular children's games. Children over 5 years of age can easily count the dots on the dominoes and can play with their parents. However, the game is too complicated for smaller children. We offer you an idea on how to simplify it so that the whole family can have fun together. You will need wooden dominoes, self-adhesive square pink and pink stickers, and a heart-shaped cookie cutter. Use the cookie cutter to cut out small hearts from self-adhesive paper. Then stick the pink square stickers on one half of the dominoes and the pink square stickers on the other half. The children should then combine the dominoes according to color. The annoying counting is no longer necessary and the whole family can play together.
Valentine's Day gifts from children to parents: decorate matchboxes with washi tape
A loving gift for mom, dad and siblings: a lovingly decorated matchbox filled with sweets is guaranteed to please both young and old. To realize this craft idea with your little enthusiasts, you will need several matchboxes, washi tape, self-adhesive hearts with glitter, small clothespins, rhinestones and other decorations from the craft shop. You will also need glue and a pack of M&M's. Alternatively, you can skip the washi tape and instead wrap the wooden boxes with pink self-adhesive paper. The children can then paint the boxes as they wish and decorate them with hearts. Of course you can also label the box.
Make a Valentine's Day gift with the kids: cute monsters
Make cute monsters for Valentine's Day with the children. To do this, first make a pom-pom and then decorate it with wiggly eyes. To make the antennae, wrap two-colored pipe cleaners around a pencil and then insert them into the pom-pom. Using a cookie cutter, cut out hearts out of colored paper and glue them to the antennae.
DIY Valentine's Day gift: instructions for crafting magnets from salt dough
Another cool idea is to make fridge magnets with the kids. You need salt dough or modeling clay, fineliner and cutters for heart-shaped cookies. Roll out the modeling clay or salt dough on the work surface and have the children cut out several hearts. Then you can paint the hearts pink, peach or hot pink and let them dry. At the end you can draw human or animal faces with the fineliner. Using double-sided tape, attach a magnet to the back of each heart.
Craft ideas for Valentine's Day: Make gifts for elementary school
With the help of parents, elementary school-age children can easily master even more complicated craft ideas. This includes, for examplemaking paper flowersin heart shape. To do this, first make a stencil for the flower. The stencil consists of four hearts connected at the top. Stick a yellow circle in the middle of the flower and write a nice message of love on it. Then fold the flower into a heart.
Attach the flower to a green drinking straw using tape and decorate the flower with a paper bee. The finished flower is the perfect gift for the teacher, for other children or for mom on Valentine's Day.
A greeting card for Valentine's Day is of course something special. However, if you want to show creativity, you can opt for a love or thank you letter. Print out the template and have the children write a loving message on it. Then fold the letter into a paper airplane. The child can give it to a classmate.
If you're looking for ideas for creative Valentine's Day gifts, then you've come to the right place. From origami hearts to cute candy animals to creative games: there are many craft ideas that you can do with your children for February 14th. Let your creativity run wild and make a present that will definitely bring joy to the recipient.
