Valentine's Day Links
Here is a huge selection of links to Valentine's Day
activities to enjoy with your
kids, including Valentine's Day colouring pages, crafts, printables and
much more!
Make
Lovely class idea for Valentine's Day - make
Valentine bags for each child to receive all their valentines!
Cute idea for
a bouquet of hearts - perfect for Valentine's Day or Mother's Day
Heart strings - a pretty idea for Valentine's Day
Very pretty paper heart garland for Valentine's Day - this is a simple idea,
but so effective!
Stained glass hearts using old crayons
Pocket full of love craft using your old pockets!
Make a mailbox to post your cards
Make a heart sun catcher from construction paper
http://www.craftelf.com/Heart_sun_catcher.htm
Paper dove craft
Lots of heart designs here for making with fusible beads – use them to decorate
cards, make mobiles, photo frames, etc.
http://www.beadmerrily.co.uk/external/projects/Valentine/index.htm
Make a simple lollipop bouquet
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/valentine-craft-candy-roses.htm
Here are some really cute ideas for Valentines to make with the children from
Martha Stewart
Make a papier mache heart
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/valentines/heartcraft.htm
Really super art idea - "I give you my heart" - would make a gorgeous special
card for a parent
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/giveyoumyheart.shtml
Valentine suncatchers
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/valentines/vsuncatch.htm
Make a string of 3D hearts
http://www.agirlsworld.com/amy/
pajama/valentines/crafts/mobile.html
This is a super idea for a decoration – and will certainly keep them busy!
For older children.
Heart-shaped potpourri air fresheners made with cookie cutters would make a
great present for Valentine’s Day
http://www.makingfriends.com/recipes/potp_dough.htm
There is an excellent selection of Valentine craft ideas at Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/valentine/
A pretty wreath to make
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/mvwreath.html
Plant a flowerpot valentine - cute idea!
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/valentine_crafts_5.htm
Woven heart baskets
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/val10.shtml
Make a bouquet of hearts and flowers – this is gorgeous!
http://www.makingfriends.com/hearts_flowers.htm
Make this lovely heart necklace
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/valentin/necklace/ideas.htm
Print
Conversation heart Valentine candy bar wrappers - to print
Love Big! elephant class valentines
Zebra class valentines
Sweetheart candy classroom valentine cards
Very bright, very cute classroom valentines
Printable pillow box crocodile Valentines card!
Printable valentines love coupons
Really cute class Valentines to
print (6 to a page, "sweetheart" design)
http://bunnycakes.typepad.com/bunny_cakes/2009/01/sweetheart-valentines-day-classroom-cards.html
Print these valentines bookmarks
http://www.abcteach.com/free/b/bookmarks_valentines.pdf
Character valentines cards to print
http://www.nickjr.com/printables/
printable-valentine-cards.jhtml?path=/printables/all-shows/cards-notes/all-ages/index.jhtml
More cards to print
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/acProject?project=valentinecardsset1&extcat=cards&extsubcat=
wintercelebrations&lc=en&dlc=&cc=us
Colour this heart bookmark
http://www.calvarywilliamsport.com/vl12.htm
Print some sweet Valentines envelopes for your special cards
http://www.papervalentines.com/envelopes.htm
A simple fun Valentines board game to print and play
http://www.abcteach.com/free/g/game_valentine_hearts.pdf
Some really gorgeous, quirky, printable Valentine's Day cards
http://dyn.c-ij.com/english/greetings/
browsing.page?lang=en&cat1=hol&cat2=val
These are some nice little coupon books to print (one of kids, one for adults)
http://www.activitiesforkids.com/holiday/coupon.htm
These sweet pictures can be printed in black and white for colouring, or
pre-coloured for decorations or other projects
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/colour/index.htm
Fun sticker charts for Valentine’s Day (colour and black and white)
http://www.preschoolprintables.com/schart/schartholiday.shtml
Lots of Valentine’s Day cards to print with all your child’s favourite
characters
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/cards.htm
Print a Valentine’s Day border for a bulletin board (or perhaps a fridge?)
http://www.preschoolprintables.com/board/boardheart.shtml
A simple heart shape with lines - looks good mounted on red or pink card cut
just slightly bigger
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/valntine/writeheart.htm
Print and Make
Print and
fold these valentines cards
Print and make a valentines basket
http://www.basketmakers.org/topics/seasonal/
valentines/frprojvalnutcup2.htm
Heart owl craft (templates on the right)
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/shapes/animals/owl_hearts.htm
Or a penguin too
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/shapes/animals/owl_hearts.htm
Print and make a valentine paper chain
http://www.papervalentines.com/chains.htm
Pretty Valentine clown jointed puppets to print, colour and assemble
http://www.pheemcfaddell.com/colouring/
PagecolouringValentinePuppetIntro.htm
Print these pretty gift boxes, then assemble - a perfect container for a
Valentine's Day gift
http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/event/index.html
Lovely old fashioned printables - little boxes, cards and more
http://www.thetoymaker.com/Holidays/Valentines/1Valentines.html
Print out this mobile, colour in and assemble
http://www.crayola.com/activitybook/print.cfm?id=499
This is a super Valentine’s bingo game to print and play
http://www.crayola.com/activitybook/
search.cfm?txt_search=valentine+and+bingo
Print and assemble this Valentine patterns match up game – great for little kids
http://www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/
valentine/filefolderheart.shtml
Valentine concentration game to print, colour and play
http://www.abcteach.com/valentine/valconcent.htm
Print out this super Valentine pop-up card
http://www.tammyyee.com/origambmine.html
Print and make this set of heart dominoes
http://www.abcteach.com/free/h/heart_dominoes_set_colour.pdf
Print and make some cupid bookmarks
http://a.familyfun.go.com/Resources/global/printables/vday/
val_bookmark.pdf
Do
Heart shaped word search
Valentines word search
http://www.printactivities.com/Word_Search_Puzzles/
Valentine_Word_Search.html
Heart shaped dot-to-dot
http://www.printactivities.com/ConnectTheDots/Heart_Dot-to-Dot.html
Heart maze
http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes/Shape_Mazes/Heart_Maze.html
Love maze
http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes/Shape_Mazes/Valentine-Maze.html
A great collection of Valentine dot-to-dot puzzles
http://www.edhelperclipart.com/clipart/
ValentinesDay_dot2dots_by1to9s.pdf
A puzzle and a colouring page in one – find the matching hearts
http://www.crayola.com/activitybook/print.cfm?id=219
Here’s a “Valentine mix-up” to sort out
http://www.thefamilycorner.com/gif/mixup.gif
Valentine’s Day crossword
http://sunniebunniezz.com/puzzles/valnkcr.htm
A cupid dot-to-dot
http://a.familyfun.go.com/Resources/global/printables/vday/
val_cupid_con_dots.pdf
Learn
Write a poem in this balloon
http://www.abcteach.com/free/v/valentine_balloon.pdf
Counting mazes
1’s
http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes/Math-Mazes/Valentine-CountingBy1s.shtml
2’s
http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes/Math-Mazes/Valentine-CountingBy2s.shtml
3’s
http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes/Math-Mazes/
Valentine-CountingBy3s.shtml
4’s
http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes/Math-Mazes/Valentine-CountingBy4s.shtml
5’s
http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes/Math-Mazes/
Valentine-CountingBy5s.shtml
Traceable hearts, pencil practice for younger ones
http://www.printactivities.com/TracingLetters/Shapes/Hearts.html
Huge collection of Valentine themed math worksheets
http://www.kidzone.ws/math/valentine/index.htm
Unscramble these Valentines words and then use them in sentences
http://www.abcteach.com/valentine/unscramble.htm
Here is an activity to encourage some creative writing using “love hearts”
(“candy hearts”)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAArtCandyHeartSentences34.htm
Lots of maths (math) ideas using “love hearts”
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
MathConversationHeartCandyMathIdea23.htm
Play Valentine Battleships and practice plotting co-ordinates!
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
MathValentineBattleshipPlotLatLongCoordsIdea34.htm
Older children can learn to play “Hearts”, the card game, here
http://familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,1-4913,00.html
A simple heart worksheet, spot the differences
http://www.abcteach.com/free/s/shapes_like_different_heart.pdf
Multiplication worksheet with hearts theme
http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/math_hearts_mix1_5.pdf (up to 5 times table)
http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/math_hearts_mix9.pdf (to 9 times table)
Enjoy
Activity Idea Place –
Valentine's Day Preschool Lesson Plans NEW!
Valentine's Day preschool lesson plans including art, math, songs, games,
science and more. Features hearts, red and pink.
Send a valentines e-card
http://www.fun-with-pictures.com/free-valentine-ecards.html
Free Valentine's Day e-cards
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/ecards/vcards1.htm
Fun Valentine's Day clipart for your projects
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/clipart/vclipart.htm
Valentine clipart to enjoy (dinosaur in love)
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/clip/dinolove.html
Valentine’s Day songs and verses to use and enjoy
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems13.html
Cute Valentine wallpapers to download
http://www.kate.net/holidays/valentine/wallpapers.html
E-cards to send
http://www.crayola.com/cardcreator/index.cfm?action=holidays&id=29
Valentine’s Day screensavers to brighten up your computer
http://www.screensavers.com/landing/valentinesday.html
And more screensavers – scroll down for a selection of hearts
http://www.lizardworks.com/screensavers.html
Play
Loads of online valentines games and jigsaws here
http://www.thekidzpage.com/valentines_games/index.html
Instructions to play capture the hearts card game
http://www.printactivities.com/Games/Capture_the_Hearts.html
A doll to dress up for Valentine’s Day
http://www.akidsheart.com/dress/valdoll.html
Try this on-line concentration game
http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/valentine/match/
Cook!
Valentines muffins
A few good recipes here
http://www.dcrafts.com/valentinerecipes.htm
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