Put together these cute little baskets and water bottle labels for a Valentine’s Day Party! They work for classrooms, church groups, co-workers, or any other type of gift giving. They’re a great way to give a personalized gift without spending a lot of money. As an extra bonus, they’re easy to cut out and make in bulk.

Print the labels out on cardstock for the best results. Cut along the dotted lines and fold along the dotted lines. Tape the water bottle labels. For the treat baskets, tape the bottoms so they don’t fall apart. Stick in some light goodies, such as:

• Pretzels
• Chex Mix
• Candy/Hershey’s chocolates
• Play/dough
• Small Dollar Store toys
• Gift cards
• Manicure kit (with cotton balls and some nail polish)
• Cookie cutters/cookie DIY kits
• Travel-sized lotions
• Craft kit (glitter, glue stick, paper scraps)

For further customization, simply write a sweet love note, Bible verse, encouraging message, or the student’s name on the label.

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Valentine’s Day Crafts

DIY Heart Scribble Mug – Messy Little Monsters

I love personalized mugs, and this mug technique is so easy and her technique is genius. It works for every age group!

An ExSTRAW Special Valentine Craft For Kids – Cutting Tiny Bites

For a 3D craft, try this Valentine’s heart made out of straws!

Valentine Holder from a Cereal Box – Crafty Journal

Looking for an easy DIY Valentine holder? Here’s one with a cereal box!

Mosaic Heart Magnet Craft – Moms & Crafters

Use up some old paint or nail polish with these mosaic heart magnets.

Valentine Preschool Pack – From ABCs to ACTs

Ideal for preschoolers, here is a free printable Valentine’s Day pack full of educational activities; patterns, letters, color by number and more.

Valentines Glasses Kids Crafts – In The Playroom

For a costume party or dress-up, make your own heart-themed Valentine’s day glasses!

Sipping Strawberry Soda with a Straw – Sight and Sound Reading

Mix Valentine’s Day, reading/phonics, and a snack with this yummy activity!

Monkey Valentine Conversation Hearts Sight Word Game – Kids Creative Chaos

Practice sight words with these heart monkey!

Marbleized Heart Craft For Valentine’s Day – Gift Of Curiosity

I love watercolor crafts, and these marbleized hearts are a gift that is sure to stand out.

Heart Penguin Family – Hattifant

Forget tradition stick families, create this penguin family! They’re super adorable, and simple to make!

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Valentine’s Day Alphabet Activities

Valentine Alphabet Bingo – Growing Book by Book

Bingo is one of the ways you can sneak learning into games. Here is a Valentine’s Day themed alphabet Bingo!

Teach Friendly Letters with Picture Books – Embark on the Journey

To put alphabet and writing skills to good use, write letters! Friends, grandparents, and cousins enjoy opening up this long-lost art.

Sight Word Heart Flowers – Dabbling Momma

For a creative spin on sight words, make these sight word heart flowers!

Valentine ABC Activity – Growing Book by Book

If you have some doilies hanging around, check out this Valentine alphabet activity.

Valentine Sensory Writing Tray – Pre-K Pages

Combine alphabet recognition with sensory play with these Valentine’s themed writing tray!

I Spy Valentine’s Day Printable – Stella 1 2 3

If you have a magnifying glass on hand, your kids will love this find-the-letter game!

Valentine’s Day Worksheets – Sight and Sound Reading

Color by letter worksheets are always fun!

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“Love Potion” Experiment

Fizzing Candy Hearts

Make Sugar Hearts

This is a recipe, but I thought it would make a great science experiment too! Why does the sugar stick together?

‘Exploding’ Heart Art

Fizzy Heart Ice

More Fizzy Heart

This experiment is done with some homemade dough.

Exploding Hearts

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All you need to make this card is a piece of cardstock paper, a paper heart cut-out, tape or a glue stick, a pen or marker, and whatever you choose to decorate it with. Here is how we did it!

Easy Kids Craft: Pop-Up Greeting Card

First, take the piece of cardstock paper and fold it in half widthwise. Be sure to line up the edges and press firmly to create a good crease.

Then, unfold it and fold it in half lengthwise, again pressing firmly.

Now, draw two lines centered between the edge of the paper and the widthwise crease and have your child cut along the lines. Depending on how large your cut-out heart is, these lines will need to be 1-2″ apart and 1-2″ long. Ours were 1.25″ long and 1.5″ apart.

The cut lines will create a flap. Push that flap toward the inside of the folded paper and crease the edges. Now, fold the paper down widthwise so that the back of the pop-up flap is covered. We taped ours down to make the card a little more sturdy.

Next, we taped a heart onto the pop-up flap, and I chose to write “Happy Valentine’s Day” on the front and “Jesus  You! And so do I” on the inside of our cards because, as I mentioned above, I wanted to use this in a lesson with the kids about showing Christ’s love to others. You could always write “I You” instead. Next, I had my son sign his own name. Grandparents just eat that stuff up.

Finally, it’s time for your little one to embellish their card with whatever they’d like – crayons, markers, glitter glue, etc. My kids opted to decorate their cards with stickers. They are excited to put them in the mailbox next week!

And yes, that is my daughter in a dirty camo shirt – God gave her a down-to-earth country girl heart, just like her mama, and she loves playing outside, getting dirty, and taking bows out of her wild, curly hair. No sense trying to cover that up for the sake of a blog post…

Valentine’s Day always reminds me of this verse: “We love because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). Janine has used that verse with her kids to create a Valentine’s Day Bible Craft, and she also offers a free printable of hearts with Bible verses about love on them for craft time with your kids as well. Be sure to check those out! You could even use those free printable hearts on the front or back of your pop-up Valentine’s Day cards. They fit perfectly!

I hope this card inspires you to encourage your children to share God’s love with others this Valentine’s Day.  Do you have any more simple ideas for kids or families to spread the love of Christ on this holiday? Please comment below!

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Simple Valentines Day Counting 

Heart Puzzle Numbers Activity

Valentine Kindness Countdown

Colored Hearts Printable Memory Game

Free Valentine’s Calendar Printables

Free Valentines Learning Printables and Activities

Valentine’s Scavenger Hunt

Valentine’s Day Alphabet Wreath Craft

Valentine’s Day Conversation Heart Alphabet Activity

Valentine’s Lacing Printables

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3D Hand Drawn Heart Art

Woven Heart Art

Heart Stencil Art

Simple Heart Painting

Foil Heart Art

Tissue Paper Heart Suncatchers

Sensory Heart Art

God’s Love Heart Art

Washi Tape Hand Print Art

Tie-Dye Coffee Filter Heart Art

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To help us remember how much God loves us, we hung our hearts as a mobile at the kitchen table.  It’s festive and every time we sit to eat a meal we read one of the Bible verses on the hearts.  This is such a great way to memorize scripture, we might have to make a new mobile for each month!  Here’s what we did.

Bible Heart Craft

First I made this free heart printable to make it easy. I printed off one copy for the kids to share, but you could have each child do their own set.

 

Here are the verses I included:

• “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” ~1 Corinthians 13:4

• “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.” ~1 John 4:7

• “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ~Matthew 22:39

• “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” ~1 John 4:10

• “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”  ~Deuteronomy 6:5

• “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” ~John 3:16

If you have a specific verse in mind, please email me and I can send you my template in a word document so you can included any verses you want.

Next, we colored the hearts with the Bible verses, being careful not to cover the words up.

With the other blank hearts, we did a little crayon resist with tissue paper.  Before we started “painting” with the tissue paper, I wrote a secret symbol in white crayon that represents God’s love.

To do this craft, the girls painted their hearts with water and then covered them with small squares of tissue paper.  Adding more water on top, the color bleeds onto the paper creating a tie-dye effect.  I first saw this tissue paper craft on one of my favorite art blogs for kids, Artchoo.

After the water dried, I had the girls remove the tissue paper to reveal God’s love.  It’s a cross, of course!

I hung our hearts above the table with fishing line.  Now, before each meal we review one of the verses to put it to memory so my girls know how much God loves them.  They’ll also know what love really looks like; sacrifice.

If you liked this heart Bible craft, you might like these activities to teach children more about God’s love.

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Homemade Truffles

Make Your Own Rock Candy

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Valentine’s Bento

Easy Strawberry Cheesecake!

 Kids can help make this quick and easy treat.      

Gingerbread Heart Pancakes

 Show your love in the morning!      

Heart Waffle Treat

 A hidden sweet surprise is in the middle!      

20 Sweet Valentine’s Day Recipes

 I love this collection of treats, especially these macaroons!   

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Easy Valentine’s for Preschoolers

I love this idea!  It would be pretty to string these up in a garland too.

Butterfly Pencil Valentine Cards

This card is so cool because if you take the pencil out the butterfly becomes two separate hearts!  No glue needed!

Hand Stamped Valentine’s Cards Kids Can Make

We love cards, so this hand stamped rose card is right up my alley. 

Valentine’s Chalk Art

A quick and easy art project that could be turned into a card.

Make Rainbow Heart Crayons!

I really want to make these just so I can color with them.  So pretty!

DIY Valentine Heart Bracelet

This is a great craft project for older kids!

Valentine Words Reveal Painting

Painting and learning with Valentines!

Start a Family Valentine’s Day Tradition

Make the holiday more meaningful with a yearly tradition!

Icy Heart Science Experiments

Heart shaped ice makes exploring science fun!

Message in a Bottle Valentine’s

Use the recycling bin to make a cute Valentine and spread the love  Wouldn’t it be fun to do a Valentine’s Day treasure hunt?

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