Coming up with Valentine’s Day crafts for kids of all ages is pretty simple to do; however keeping the children and the workspace mess-free is the hard part. So many Valentine’s Day crafts for kids or activities for other holidays as well require glue, glitter and other gooey stuff that parents and teachers regret why they came up with such an idea in the first place.

A completely mess-free Valentine’s Day crafts for kids may be impossible because any place you have kids, something is bound to spill, break or get squashed. However, you can minimize the chances of too much gunk all over the place if you choose these activities:

Cut Out Card

You will need red tissue paper, cardstock and safety scissors for this Valentine’s Day craft for kids. Trace out a large heart template on cardstock and cut our (or help the children cut out) the template on the red tissue paper. If the kids are too little and cannot handle the flimsy tissue, they can use construction paper. However the effect looks better when it is on the somewhat translucent tissue paper.

Fold the heart into half and let the children cut out squares, circles an triangles on the seam. When you open it, you’ll have a beautiful cut our heart with intricate details inside. And the best part is, each kid’s Valentine’s Day craft will be unique as they will have made their own designs. Mount the heart on cardstock of a different color and let the children decorate with gel pens and silver and gold markers instead of glitter glue and messy supplies.

I Love You Book Marks

Give children various magazines and ask them to cut out one 2 x 2 picture of anything they love. It could be a color, a cartoon character, a food, a dress. Then paste that picture onto a cardstock strip. Cut around the picture so that it is not a plain rectangle any longer. Decorate the blank portion of the cardstock with stickers or pre-glued foam shapes for minimal mess.
Encourage the children to write a Valentine’s message on the back of the bookmark and give something useful to their parents for Valentine’s Day.

Heart Pin

Get the children heart shaped cut outs to decorate with various supplies. Place the finished shape between contact paper and cut out so it looks laminated. Attach a safety pin on the back and let your child wear his creation home without his backpack getting dirty.

Remember that the first thing about Valentine’s Day is that it is a day when millions of lovers across the world declare their undying love for one another. There are proposals, declarations of undying love, there are exploratory questions and so many other such things that centers on seeking and finding your true love.

There are plenty of standard ways to declare your love on this day – with candies, flowers, greeting cards, etc. However, if you want to stand out, you could use some special Valentine Day crafts to show how much you care. This is also a great way to impress your Valentine and save money at the same time.

Some Great Ideas For Valentine Day Crafts

Sometimes, when it is very important that you come up with a great idea, your mind goes blank and you cannot think of anything. That is when articles like this one would be of invaluable help to you. Here are three lovely suggestions for making Valentine Day crafts:

1. Heart shaped soft toy filled with candy – an exceedingly easy to do Valentine Day craft is a soft toy in the shape of a heart. You will find plenty of pages that would give you the cuttings or the pattern to shape the soft toy with candy to order. Once you find one that you could follow the instructions given and fashion it in the size you want. You have a choice to stitch it or use fabric glue which would simplify the matter to a large extent. In the end remember to put some excellent candy preferably in heart shape inside - that would make the gift even more special.

2.   A lovely heart shaped glass photo frame – try to capture a beautiful photograph of the person whom you intend to gift your Valentine Day craft and enlarge it to the size of your proposed glass photo frame. Get two large heart shaped glass pieces from any glass cutting shop and have these attached together leaving a 2 mm gap in between them.

Use a hard substance to maintain the optimal 2 mm distance between the two glass pieces – these could be little stones, glass pieces, and dry twigs, anything that would catch and look well at the same time. For the stand you have a glass base cut in a rectangular shape where the glass heart-shaped photo frame could be mounted with the help of special glue.

Allow it to dry and then insert the photograph in the allotted space. Never forget to add to your gift a few candies or chocolates to make the gift even sweeter.

3. Helium balloons – choose huge heart shaped helium balloons – which though is not exactly something that you crafted for the Valentine’s Day, it could fill the recipient with immense joy. Anyone would be touched when gifted with 14 helium balloons saying ‘I Love You’ in your own handwriting.

With everyone giving flowers and chocolates on Valentines Day, wouldn’t it be fun to give a gift that stands out from all the rest? Creating your own candy bouquets for Valentines Day is as easy as it is unique. These special bouquets can be assembled for less than ten dollars, but give the recipient a smile that is priceless. Below you will find the different items you will need to assemble your candy bouquets for Valentines Day, as well as instructions on how to put it all together.

Ingredients and Assembly

The first thing you will need to do to create your candy bouquets for Valentines Day is gather together the following:

One wicker planter
One package florists foam
One package candy sticks, available in most party supply stores
An assortment of candies and lollipops
Plastic gift basket “grass”
Red cellophane sheets
Florists wire
Silk flowers
Two foot length of wide red ribbon

Once you have gathered together all of the ingredients for your candy bouquets for Valentines Day, start by placing the florists foam into the center of the wicker planter basket. Fill the basket around the foam with the plastic gift basket grass, making sure that you completely cover the foam core. This is going to be what holds your bouquet together.

Next, take the package of candy sticks you purchased and the florists wire from their packages. To each candy stick you will attach a silk flower on the back, and a package of candy on the front. Attach the candy packages by turning them on the diagonal, and wrapping the florists wire around the corner of the package, candy stick, and flower several times. Then push each stick firmly into the florists foam. Do this with each of the packages of candy, alternating the heights of the sticks. You should have taller “flowers” in the center of your candy bouquets for Valentines Day, with increasingly shorter layers around.

Once you have placed all of the candy sticks into the foam, place a ring of lollipops around the edge of your bouquets. Simply push each lollipop stick into the foam. If you have any more of the gift basket grass left, use it to fill in any gaps. Next, place the wicker planter in the center of one of the red cellophane sheets you bought for your candy bouquets for Valentines Day, and draw the cellophane up around the sides of the planter. Leave the tops of your bouquet showing and wrap a length of florists wire around the center of your bouquet to hold the cellophane in place. Wrap the ribbon around to hide the wire, and tie into a nice bow.

That’s all there is to creating the perfect candy bouquets for Valentines Day. You can tie a Valentines Day balloon to the center of each bouquet, or even to a candy stick pushed into the center. Whatever you decide to put into your bouquets, you can be sure that they will be appreciated by anyone who receives them.