Valentine’s Day is a special time for children to express their love and affection for their friends and family.

If you have young children in preschool, they may be excited to participate in Valentine’s Day activities and crafts.

Here are 10 easy Valentine’s Day crafts for preschoolers to enjoy:

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Heart-shaped sun catchers

Cut out heart shapes from clear contact paper and place them sticky-side up on a table. Have your child place small pieces of tissue paper or stickers on the hearts to create a colorful design. Hang the hearts in a window to catch the sunlight.

Valentine’s Day cards

Help your child create homemade Valentine’s Day cards for their friends and family. You can use construction paper, markers, and stickers to decorate the cards.

Heart stamp art

Cut out heart shapes from sponges and let your child dip them in paint to create heart-stamped artwork.

Handprint hearts

Have your child place their hand on a piece of paper and trace around it. Cut out the handprint shape and decorate it to look like a heart. You can use paint, markers, or stickers to create a colorful design.

Heart-shaped collage

Cut out heart shapes from various materials such as construction paper, magazine pages, and tissue paper. Have your child create a collage by gluing the hearts onto a piece of paper or cardboard.

Heart-shaped pizzas

Make mini pizzas using English muffins or small tortillas as the base. Have your child decorate the pizzas with tomato sauce, cheese, and toppings to create heart-shaped designs. This Valentine’s Day craft idea for toddlers is delicious and fun!

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Heart-shaped sensory bin

Fill a bin with red and pink rice, beans, or other materials. Hide small heart-shaped items such as stickers or plastic jewels in the sensory bin for your child to find.

Heart-shaped cookies

Bake heart-shaped cookies with your child and decorate them with frosting and sprinkles.

Heart-shaped paper chain

Cut out red and pink construction paper into strips. Have your child help you create a paper chain by looping the strips together and attaching them with glue or tape.

Heart-shaped pinwheel

Cut out a heart shape from construction paper and make a small hole in the center. Have your child help you attach a pinwheel to the hole and decorate the heart with markers or stickers.

Handprint cards

In addition to creating handprint hearts as described above, you can also have your child make handprint cards by tracing their hand on a piece of paper and decorating it to look like a heart.

You can use paint, markers, or stickers to create a colorful design. This Valentine’s Day craft for preschoolers to make is simple and sweet.

Heart-shaped decorations

Cut out various sizes of heart shapes from construction paper or cardboard. Have your child decorate the hearts with markers, stickers, or glitter.

You can use the hearts to create garlands, mobiles, or other decorations for your home.

Tissue paper flowers

Cut out heart shapes from tissue paper and have your child layer them on top of each other to create a flower shape.

Attach a green pipe cleaner to the bottom of the tissue paper to create the stem of the flower. These tissue paper flowers make a colorful and easy Valentine’s Day craft for preschoolers.

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These Valentine’s Day crafts for preschoolers are easy and fun to make, and they provide a great opportunity for children to express their creativity and show their love to their friends and family.