Crafts
Raisin Box Valentines!
Gift-wrap some naturally sweet snacks, like snack boxes of raisins and dried cranberries, into Class Valentines with our free valentine printable.
Crafts
Gummy Bear Valentines Treat Bag Topper
Inspired by one of my most favorite candies, we created these candy treat bag toppers for kids to hand out gummy bear treats and cards to friends and classmates on Valentine’s Day.
Crafts
Candy Rope Friendship Knots for Valentine’s Day
These friendship knots made from candy rope are quick, easy, and fun for older kids to make themselves as Valentine’s Day exchange gifts.
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Favorite Valentine Ideas (in addition to our own)
We love Valentine’s Day over here. For years we have been creating and gathering ideas for easy Valentine’s Day cards for kids, homemade Valentine’s Day gifts, and fun Valentine’s Day projects.
But I also love what I see out there on the web and want to share some of my favorite Valentine’s Day gift ideas for kids (which I have been obsessively collecting on my Pinterest board).
Crafts
Make Matchbook Valentine Cards (Free Printable)
Make matchbook valentine cards with stickers inside using our free printable template.
Crafts
Valentine’s Day Craft: Safety Pin Bracelets
Looking for a fun gift to make with your kids for Valentine’s Day? These bracelets would be perfect for special friends!
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Valentine’s Day Cards from Cupid
Here’s a free Valentine’s printable card that your child can assemble on his or her own. It makes a great alternative to a candy-based valentine!
Family Fun
Valentine Gift: Scented Pencils
Great candy valentine alternative for your kids to hand out to their school mates by our favorite scented pencil company… Smencils.
Crafts
Simple Handmade Valentine’s Day Cards for Kids
I love to make crafts, yet find Valentine’s Day cards to be a chore. I always start with grand plans, but after my kids have made about 10 cards they lose interest, even when we start well before. So I was looking for ideas that truly are easy but will make you feel good about creating handmade cards.
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Really Easy Kids’ Valentines
Are you already plotting Valentine’s Day cards and gifts? Or, is that just us? Anyway, we’ve got some high impact, low effort ideas for you. Trust us, these ideas are reallllly simple.
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Fortune Cookies for Valentines & Chinese New Year
If you are looking for a fun way to celebrate the Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day (both on the same day this year) give these fortune cookies (with a special message inside) a try! They make thoughtful little gifts.
Crafts
Free Printable Lunchbox Notes, Tags & Stickers
Adding a message or note to a lunchbox is a great way to start the school year.
Crafts
Valentine Craft: Inchworm Pencil Gifts
Here is a last minute, easy-to-make valentine craft for your kids! These silly worms are inching along to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day.
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Paper Flower Valentine Bouquet
When you see how easy these paper flowers are to make, you will find yourself putting all the little hands in your house to work.
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Valentine Craft: Tic Tac Toe Hearts
Oooh, little heart bean bags. Perfect for a game of Valentine Tic Tac Toe. Or, juggling. We’re crafty like that.
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Valentine’s Day Craft: Felt Flowers
Spread the love with these recycled Valentine’s Day flowers.
Holidays
Crayon Valentines
Perfect Last Minute Gift Idea It’s almost Valentine’s Day and it’s not too late to whip up a batch of– wait for it– crayon valentines. I’ve already received an email message from my son’s preschool Class Mom suggesting that we limit valentine candy distribution as…
Holidays
The Best Valentine’s Gifts For Your Kids
Every Mother’s Day I’d watch my mother open her cards and gifts from my siblings and me with small jolts of envy when she’d get candy. I’d ask, “When is it Kid’s Day?” She’d reply, “Every day is Kid’s Day.” Then she’d take a big…
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Kids’ Valentine’s Day Crafts and Ideas: Love is in the air. Or is that Elmer’s glue?
It is so cold here apparently children run the risk of their brains not working and so there is no school. For the second day. It’s either that or the entire school district hates me and wants me to be unhappy. This is definitely the…