Keep your little ones busy this Valentine’s Day with these preschool-friendly Valentine crafts.
With basic craft supplies and a little imagination, preschoolers can create thoughtful gifts for grandparents, siblings, friends—or simply enjoy quality time crafting with a caregiver.
Easy Valentine’s Day Crafts for Preschoolers
Valentine’s Day is a perfect opportunity to teach young children about kindness and giving. These simple, age-appropriate projects are easy to set up at home and encourage creativity, fine motor skills, and heartfelt expression.
Bean Mosaics
Paint dried beans in bright colors and arrange them into heart shapes on cardstock. It’s a tactile, colorful activity that lets children practice sorting, painting, and pattern-making.
Coffee Filter Hearts Craft
Use coffee filters, washable markers, and a spray bottle of water to make tie-dye hearts. The colors bleed beautifully and produce one-of-a-kind heart decorations that are inexpensive and fun to make.
Love Bug Craft
Transform recycled toilet paper rolls into adorable love bugs. Let children paint, add wiggly eyes, pipe cleaner antennae, and heart-shaped wings to make each bug unique.
Wooden Block Puzzle Valentines
Trace a heart across four wooden blocks and color or decorate each block to create a simple heart puzzle. It’s a hands-on gift that doubles as a toy and helps with problem-solving skills.
Bouquet of Hearts Card
Create a card decorated with heart-shaped “flowers” on stems. Preschoolers can practice cutting, gluing, and writing a short message inside for a parent or grandparent.
Mosaic Heart
Tear colored paper into small pieces and glue them into a heart shape. Add a photo of the child for a personalized keepsake that highlights their artwork.
Valentine’s Day Floam Slime
Make pink or red floam with styrofoam beads for a squishy sensory activity. Slime sessions are a hit with many kids—supervised play keeps things safe and tidy.
Valentine Balloon Craft
Use a photo of the child with an outstretched arm and add heart-shaped balloons made from stickers, paper, or fingerprint paint. It’s a sweet way to combine a picture with artwork.
Friendship Necklaces
String heart-shaped beads or foam hearts to make simple necklaces that children can share with friends or family. This teaches sharing and fine motor control.
Watercolor Valentine Hearts
Let kids experiment with watercolor paints to create heart shapes and soft blends of color. This open-ended activity encourages exploration and color mixing.
Valentine Wands
Thread heart beads onto pipe cleaners or craft sticks to make magical wands. These are quick to assemble and fun for pretend play after crafting.
Foam Valentine Pizza Craft
Cut foam circles as “pepperoni” and assemble on a foam heart pizza base. It’s a playful project that can pair nicely with a real pizza snack for a mini celebration.
Heart-Shaped Animals Craft
Turn hearts into animals—dogs, bears, bees, and more—by folding and adding simple features. This project blends imagination with basic cutting and gluing skills.
Printable Valentine’s Day Crafts for Preschoolers
Printable templates make crafting even easier, especially when you want a quick setup. These free printables provide structure while still leaving room for a child’s personal touch.
Printable Tissue Paper Heart Craft
Use a printable heart template and cover it with torn tissue paper pieces. This combines art with early writing or counting prompts for extra learning value.
Rocket Valentine Craft
Print and assemble rocket templates decorated with heart-shaped windows. This playful craft is easy for preschoolers with a grown-up’s help for cutting and gluing.
Fingerprint Love Bugs
This paint-based printable lets kids use their fingerprints to form the bodies of love bugs. It’s a memorable keepsake that captures tiny handprints or fingerprints.
Valentine’s Card Creatures
Print, cut, and fold these card creatures to make a small toy-card hybrid. Kids can add messages inside and gift them to classmates or family members.
Bee Valentine Craft
A printable bee template makes this quick and charming. Add stripes, wings, and a smiling face to create a buzzing valentine that’s easy for little hands.
Classroom Valentine Ideas for Preschoolers
For classroom-friendly options, consider reusable or consumable valentines that go beyond candy—small toys, fruit, or simple crafts often work well for group settings. These projects are also easily adapted for sharing with classmates.
This Valentine’s Day, make time for creative, meaningful activities that let preschoolers express affection while building skills. Whether you choose a printable or a hands-on craft, the result will be a treasured token of love.