Q uick and easy valentines: this is the one to make for the classroom!.More Homemade Valentine Cards for Kids to Make: Will they cut out a window? Fill the card with hearts? Insert a movable part? Experiment and tinker! Instead of cutting out the center rectangle and heart, just color fold and write a heart-felt message inside the card.Įncourage kids to come up with their own design using the template. If you don't cut out the front of the card then cut the heart from a separate piece of paper then the pop up heart will be a surprise. Optional: Create a small accordion with a small piece of paper, glue one end to the back of the heart and glue the other end to the inside of the card so the heart pops up. Optional: Apply a photo to the inside of the card front so that it appears in the frame opening. Optional: Glue clear or colored cellophane to the back of the frame opening. ( Below far right.) Write Valentine message or draw a picture on inside of card.Cut out the inner rectangle and heart on the front of the card ONLY.Twist the string and watch the heart spin! Apply glue the inside of the card frame, close card and press together.Tape ends to inside of card so that string stretches across the opening, lengthwise. Cut a piece of string just shy of the length of the card.
Trace the heart on that rectangle and cut out.Trace the inner rectangle on the back of the card and cut out.Cut out the inner rectangle on the front of the card.Scissors ( these are my favorite kid friendly scissors) or an X-acto knife ( grown-ups only, please!)Ĭontinue following directions for one of the card varieties below.Colored pencils, markers, crayons, etc.Coloring page ( see above for download).What you need to make the Valentine card: (Note: this post contains affiliate links to supplies and books.)ĭownload and print ( by clicking here you agree to our terms of service* see below): VALENTINE HEART CARD And BONUS: the Valentine's Day card template can be turned into several different kinds of cards so kids can experiment and make each one as different as they wish!Īs with all our deliriously darling coloring pages, this one is designed by children's book author and illustrator, Melanie Hope Greenberg. Am I right? But special doesn't have to mean complicated! Today I've got a printable coloring page that transforms into fun homemade valentine cards for kids to make. It's easy and the kids like 'em.īut for Valentine's Day with grandma and grandpa you want the kids to make something a little more special than a scribbled signature on the back of a Star Wars valentine. When the request comes in for 25 classroom valentines for the classroom you reach for the box of pre-made Pokemon cards.
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