Valentine’s Day crafts for kids: Jello love bugs & heart wreaths
Valentine’s Day is a super fun day not just for adults, but for kids too. There are lots of fun Valentine’s Day crafts for kids that are super easy and simple. Whether you’re in charge of a craft for the classroom party or you just want to do something fun with your kids, here’s two crafts you are going to love.

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. So, when I was asked to do a craft for my kids’ classroom parties at school, I was excited to try out these cute crafts. The best part about these crafts is that they are perfect for kids of all ages and they don’t require a lot of supplies. Check it out!
Craft #1: Jello love bugs
The kids in my son’s fifth grade class made these Jello love bugs. I thought they were going to think it was kind of kid-ish, but they actually really liked it. Althought, I told them they were going to be making “love bugs” they kind of ended up looking like little “love monsters”. Regardless, they turned out really cute.
Here’s the supplies you’ll need for this Jello love bug craft:
- Jello cups or fruit cups
- Pipe cleaners
- Foam heart stickers
- Googlie eyes (self-adhesive)
- Scissors
- Hot glue guns

The great thing about this craft is that it doesn’t require a lot of adult help. I made a couple of these love bugs ahead of time as an example for the kids to follow. Place all of the foam heart, pipe cleaners, pom poms and googlie eyes in small bowls in the middle of the table. Then, tell the kids to make their own creations based on your example that you made.

I put a bowl of yummy Valentine’s Day treats in the middle of the table that the kids could snack on while they were working. I would recommend having several hot glue guns set up for the kids to use. If they are too young for glue guns, you can just give them Elmer’s glue or you can use the hot glue gun and glue on the pieces where they tell you.
All of their love bugs turned out so cute and different. It was fun to see their creativity take shape. Everyone had so much fun. And plus, they had a yummy snack to take home with them. This was a definite win.

Craft #2: Paper plate heart wreaths
This is one of those Valentine’s Day crafts for kids that you might want to do yourself because it is so cute. The sky is the limit as to what the kids can come up with and you really don’t have to help them at all. Everything had a lot of fun with this craft as well.
Here’s the supplies you’ll need for these heart wreaths:
- Pipe cleaners
- Foam heart stickers (make sure they are the self-adhesive kind)
- Paper plates
- Scissors
- Hole punch

Just like the Jello love bugs, you’ll want to create a couple of examples of these heart wreaths ahead of time to show the kids. You will also need to cut out the center circle of each plate and punch a hole at the top to create a wreath. I did this before I arrived, however, depending on the ages of the kids, you can instruct them to cut out their own wreath.

Next, you’ll want to give each child a paper plate wreath and tell them they can make their own Valentine’s Day wreath to hang in their home or give to their mom or dad. If they want to color their plate, they are more than welcome. Otherwise, they can just get started sticking foam hearts on their wreath. Some of the kids were very intentional with their design while other kids just went crazy and put hearts everywhere. Regardless, ALL of the kids really enjoyed this activity.

The last step is to thread a pipe cleaner through the hole at the top and tie it off. Then, you can hang your child’s beautiful wreath in your home for everyone to see. This was one of my favorite Valentine’s Day crafts for kids.
Here’s a little video showing how the kids made these crafts at my kids’ clasroom parties:
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