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Valentine's Day is a special time to share the love we have for others - including the entire family! All the chocolate and flowers and hearts around the stores just put you in the mood to love!
If you're looking for something festive and fun to do with your kids for Valentine's Day, look no further. Below are some of my top favorite family-friendly Valentine's Day crafts and activities!
Homemade Goodies
This is the perfect holiday to whip up some fun snacks to share with everyone. There are so many options for making red and pink sweet treats for Valentine's Day, and many are super easy that you can get your kids in the kitchen to help! Check out these simple homemade options:
- Chocolate Covered Valentine's Day Pretzels
- Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
- XOXO Cupcakes
- Homemade Conversation Hearts
- Valentine's Day Popcorn
Printable Valentine Cards
Part of the fun of this wonderful day is exchanging valentine cards with friends. Many kids love to find valentines with their favorite characters or that incorporate candy in some way. Here are some you download and print rather than heading to the store!
- Printable Valentines with Heart Shaped Crayons
- Star Wars Printable Valentines
- Harry Potter Valentine Bookmarks
- Printable Dinosaur Valentines
- Printable Kitten Valentines
Valentine's Day Card Boxes
Your kids need something to store all their cute valentines in when they bring them home from school!
Fresh Flowers
Ahh flowers, a Valentine's Day classic! Give a beautiful bouquet of your favorite blossoms as a gift or use them to freshen up your home. I love using flower arrangements as a centerpiece in our dining room!
Easy Home Décor
Get festive by putting up decorative red and pink accents throughout your home on Valentine's Day! Your kids may enjoy making the décor, offering even more fun for the holiday. Check out these easy decorative crafts:
- Valentine's Day Love Banner
- Conversation Heart Votives
- Valentine's Day Painted Rocks
- Personalized Valentine's Candles
- Heart Photo Magnets
- DIY Valentines Table Runner
Fun Crafts
No holiday is complete without fun crafts your kids would be happy to make! They don't have to be extravagant either. Just some construction paper, glitter and a little imagination can go a long way. Want more craft ideas for Valentine's Day? Here you go:
- Valentine's Day Heart Fingerprint Trees
- Valentine's Day Slime
- Origami Page Corner Bookmark Hearts
- Valentine Love Bugs
- Piece of My Heart Valentine's Day Craft
- Easy Chocolate Play Dough for Valentine's Day
As you can see, there are lots of great ways to celebrate Valentine's Day as a family. With a little imagination, you and your kids can come up with lots of fun crafts and activities to do together!
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I’ve never been a huge fan of Valentine’s Day but I do enjoy making it special for my friends. I love the painted rocks idea!
I love Valentine’s Day. It is fun. I like the crafts posted too, especially the fingerprint tee. It would be fun to make, and when they outgrow the shirt you could put it in one of those memory quilts to keep forever.
I enjoy making Valentine’s Day treat bags for my little nieces and friends. I also love making thoughtful cards for my family members and mailing them out. It makes for a sweet surprise
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I really like the different arrangements on Teleflora.
I like homemade ideas, as well for Valentine's Day.
My kids enjoy making handmade Valentine's for their friends -- using colored paper, lacy hearts, glitter, etc. They can get quite creative.
While I do think Valentine’s Day has become a little too Hallmark it is still an important day. It’s really about taking the time to make sure your loved know how much you care about them. These flowers are gorgeous and anyone would be happy to receive them.
I love all the crafts plus a handwritten card is so thoughtful and I love getting fresh flowers they just make a person feel special
Valentine's Day is my favorite time of the year..I love crafts, I love being lovey dovey, I love everything about it!!
Valentine's Day is full of love and appreciation for the special ones in your life. I love the beautiful arrangements that are available at Teleflora.
I absolutely love Valentine's day! Even as a child. I loved giving cards to those who I felt needed love. It doesn't all just have to do with romance either, it can be for just loving your friends and family as well, it's so special.
My daughter is 17 and she always says her youngest memory is of me and her doing crafts, we love doing all sorts of crafts and even though she is almost grown "Tears" we still make her dads Valentines day gift every year
I think Valentines day is ok maybe a little lonely though. Me and my kids don't do arts and crafts on that day at my house.
I love the crayon idea for my daughter's Valentine's for school! Wish I would have seen it when she was a little younger because I'm sure it would have went over even better!
i love everything about this holiday. so much great crafts to make and share. giving love to others makes me feel good. these flowers are so beautiful. thank you for the chance to win your giveaway
I love Valentine's Day, it's another day I can shower my Family with fun little surprises. My husband and I always surprise each other. I remember the time after my accident, he came home with flowers, candy, cake, and 2 cards. He said he wasn't sure what to get me so he covered it all. I love sending my Grandchildren a special gift of love from us. It's just a joyful day for happy people. I love crafts, I'm going over to the Grandkids this weekend to make some valentine goodies. I love your ideas. I love Teleflora arrangements. They come out with so many new arrangements it's hard to choose one. I've always received fresh flowers that really lasted. I call them for any flowers I sent to friends and family.
I enjoy making Valentine's Day treat bags for my little nieces and friends. I also love making thoughtful cards for my family members and mailing them out. It makes for a sweet surprise! 🙂
Valentine's Day is a day set apart for you to show that special person(s) or furbaby in your life how much they mean to you. Even though some of us do it year round.
I'm not , and never have been a fan of Valentine's Day. It has always seemed gimmicky and forced to me and I rarely celebrate it. I do however love Teleflora bouquets. Actually I just love flowers period.
I love Valentines Day preparation with my kids. We have so much fun making cards, cookies, cupcakes and a special gift for dad. The kitchen ends up being a complete mess. But it’s worth it to see my kids so happy and having fun
I think these crafts would be fun. I think Valentine's Day should be above everyone you love, not just your partner.
I love the crafts - especially the painted rocks and the pretzels. I have purchased arrangements several times from Teleflora and have always been pleased with everything we have sent or received.
It's a great reminder of how we should appreciate our loved ones. Involving kids is a great idea.
I just love the crayon Valentine's Day card. What a great way to upcycle old crayons and make a cute gift for the kids to pass out at school. I think flowers are always nice to give and to receive. They guarantee brightening up anyone's day.
I love Valentines Day! I think the Teleflora bouquets are beautiful! I love receiving flowers because they really brighten up a room.
We all love Valentine's day around here. Although we are adults, we still love to buy and plan for the day.
I view something really special in this website.
My family loves valentine's day! We love giving each other presents. Telaflora is a great company; I have gotten things from them before.
Really c ute ideas. We love to make chocolate covered pretzels. The heart tree with the fingerprints is a fun idea for any age also
My hubby and I always have BBQ steak dinner then Champagne in our hot tub for our VDay celerbation. We've been married for many years but we still celebrate it as if we were newly weds!!!!!!!!
I always look forward to celebrating Valentine's Day with my hubby! We usually go to a nice dinner together. I love Teleflora's beautiful arrangements! Their flowers are beautiful and bright the room!
So many cute Valentine's ideas. I think I could get my teen to participate in painting rocks with hearts to leave around our county. I love the idea of personalized Valentine's candles, simple but very appealing.
My husband and I commemorate pur date on Valentine's Day, so it's special. I really like Teleflora flowers. They are fresh and beautiful bouquets.
I miss when my kids were in elementary school, class parties are so much fun. My youngest starts Kindergarten next year, so I can't wait to make and bring in fun stuff for her class next Valentines day!
I enjoy baking and decorating Valentine's Day treats with my kids. We also make handmade cards for each other. It's a nice way to show love and appreciation for each other. Flowers are always nice too.
I’m not the biggest into Valentines Day. My daughter always makes me something and its the best each year because its made with love.
I love Valentines Day. Ever since I was little and we would have parties at school and all the kids would give and receive valentines cards. Everyone was special that day.
I love Valentine's Day. It is fun. I like the crafts posted too, especially the fingerprint tee. It would be fun to make, and when they outgrow the shirt you could put it in one of those memory quilts to keep forever.
We make cards for each other. We order a heart shaped pizza as a family then when the kids go to bed we have dessert and watch a movie. My favorite flower is peonies
I really enjoy Valentine's days. My husband usually does treat me to flowers for the occasion and I would love to have some from Teleflora. I have looked through their Valentine's arrangements and many of them are absolutely gorgeous.
I love Valentines Day my wife and I always after work try and make it special for sure with dinner and a movie for sure and always remembering each other for sure
For Valentines Day my kids always make special card boxes for their Valentines that they get at school. My daughter also enjoys making Valentines Day cards that she gives out to her classmates. My favorite flowers are roses. I love all of the different colors.
One thing we started this year is doing a "things we love about you" or "positive affirmations" on our kids doors. They wake up to a new one every morning. Normally we just do the cards for school with the kids who still exchange.
For valentines day my kiddos always make special card boxes for their valentines at school! i love telfloras flowers they always last!
I love the idea of taping hearts to the door and writing little love notes on them for family members. We will have a family meal and exchange cards,
I love the family crafts and ideals I so would love to win this to give it to my daughter who is going to give me to Mexican identical grandson in July I love her she's such a good young lady and Mama
I really like Teleflora's selection. They have great colors and the bouquets are so beautiful.
I love everything about love, including Valentine's Day. And I've used Teleflora numerous times and have been extremely happy with their bouquets.
I love the Teleflora flowers! They have beautiful arrangements. We make Valentines Day all about the family these days. We're planning to go out for ice cream this year.
Teleflora always has the most beautiful flowers and bouquets. My favorite are purple roses. And these so pretty.
We decorate fancy cookies and make cards to take to the grandparents. We love Teleflora flowers because they are arranged beautifully and stay fresh long.