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Here are Valentines Day Love Themed Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas for your Kids....Many Hearts & Valentines Day Crafts Gifts Ideas for your Children

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Below you will find Valentines Day Love Themed Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas for your Kids....Many Hearts & Valentines Day Crafts Gifts Ideas for your Children

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Valentine's Day Chocolate Bar Wrapper Craft - Give your special friend or loved ones a beautifully wrapped chocolate bar for Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day Lollipop Flower Craft - Give your special friend or loved one a lollipop shaped like a flower.

Valentine's Day Heart Shaped Fun Guy - Give your loved ones or friends a silly heart-shaped guy to show them that you care.

Valentine's Day Heart-Shaped Petals Flower Craft - Make a beautiful flower out of many cute hearts.

Valentine's Day Card Mailbox (Coffee Can) Craft - Make a Valentine's Day Card Mailbox for your Class's Valentine's Day Party.

Valentine's Day Puffy Card Tissue Paper Craft - Make Puffy looking Valentine's Day Card for your loved ones or special friends.

Kids Valentines Day Handmade Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas - A - B

Animal Lovers Card Craft - With a handful of paper hearts, your child can round up some of these unforgettable pachyderms or romantic rodents to relay his Valentine's messages.

Ace of Hearts Valentine Card Craft - For all of you who are betting on a card to mass-produce inexpensively, let your kids shuffle up a pack of these, and their valentines will love the hands they've been dealt.

Accordion Hearts Card Craft - Make a multi-fold valentine for your sweetheart with heart shapes cut from doilies, wrapping paper or sentimental photographs.

Beaded Love Card Craft - Make this Valentine's Day card all about L-O-V-E! Spell out the word a whole new way with fun tiles, beads, and paint.

Bighearted Hello Valentine's Day Card Craft - Inspired by the movie "Monsters, Inc." and a package of oversize googly eyes, 6-year-old Luke Fleener of Houston, Texas, created this bighearted cyclops with an in-sight-ful inscription: "I've got my eye on you!"

Butterfly Kisses Valentine Card Craft for Kids - Kids love to give butterfly kisses (a flutter of eyelashes against a cheek). This cute and easy butterfly-inspired card is a great way to send a Valentine kiss to a grandparent or caregiver.

Brown Paper Bag Valentine Card Craft - Make a beautiful Valentine's Day card from a brown paper bag and some ribbon.

Beading Hearts Valentines Day Bracelet - This Valentine's Day, bewitch the object of your affection with a bejeweled charm.

BigHearted Hello Card Craft - Inspired by the movie "Monsters, Inc." and a package of oversize googly eyes, 6-year-old Luke Fleener of Houston, Texas, created this bighearted cyclops with an in-sight-ful inscription: "I've got my eye on you!"

Book of Love Craft Idea - Kids already have Mom's heart pretty well sewn up, but there's no sense taking chances, and this whimsical notepad leaves no doubt as to who holds the strings.

Kids Valentines Day Handmade Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas - C-F

 

Calico Valentine's Day Cards Craft for Children - Great for all ages, these cute cards are quick and easy! All you need is scissors, glue and paper to print on.

Candy Airplane Valentine's Day Card Craft - Assembling this valentine requires a little bit of tricky balancing, but once you catch on, these sweet crafts will be flying from your fingertips.

Candy Cane Card for Valentine's Day Craft - Create a striped sensation, and get rid of those postholiday candy canes, with these confectionary Valentine cards.

Cupid's Arrow Candy Valentine's Cards - Make one for everybody in your class instead of just giving out Valentine's day cards.

Curved-Flap Valentine Card Craft - You can make unusual folded Valentine cards with curved flaps. The Valentines are made out of construction paper. You could even make a tiny version if you like.

Craft Stick Jewelry Box - Want to give Mom or Grandma a thoughtful gift she'll always cherish? Well, grab some craft sticks and glue because we're putting you to work at making this fun jewelry box that doubles as a cherished keepsake.

Cookie Cutter Valentines Day Heart Craft - This idea, from the Coakley sisters -- 12-year-old Amelia and 9-year-old Olivia -- of Fulton, New York, is one Valentine gift that keeps on giving: a heart-shaped cutter to make cookies or clay hearts all year long.

Conversation Heart Mailbox - Need a creative way to collect your Valentine's Day cards this year? Try making this great box, perfect for a girl or a boy--your friends will love it!

Cracker Box Locker Craft Valentine's Day MailBox - Just like the real deal, this cool cardboard locker can be spruced up with stickers and tiny posters. (Ours holds valentines instead of math books, however.)

Crayon Hearts Valentine's Day Craft - Both the Maurer family of Houston, Texas, and the Wianecki family of Barnegat, New Jersey, wrote in to tell us they wax romantic come Valentine's Day. The families gather crayon nubs and recycle them into swirly, useable valentines. We can't think of a better way to say, "I melt for you."

Door Prize Valentine's Day Card Craft - Knock, knock, valentine! Here's an easy-to-make peek-a-boo card that makes an open-and-shut case for your affection.

Dainty Heart for Valentines Day - Make your own dainty heart with #2 steel crochet hook; small amount of red and white Knit-Cro-Sheen thread.

Dog Box for Valentine's Cards Craft - You can replicate the same type of craft using craft foam by tracing the template pieces onto foam and drawing on a few of the details. It turns out really cute just with paper though -- the directions assume you'll be doing it just with paper ... also Bear Box .. Mouse Box .. Monkey Box

Eyes for You Valentine's Day Glasses - Strap on these heart-shaped glasses to turn Valentine's Day a shade wacky.

Felt and Ribbon Valentines Day Bookmarks - The bookmarks in this project have been created for Valentines Day, but you could obviously adapt this craft for other times of the year.

Felt Needle Case for Valentines Day - This simple needle case was made in less than 30 minutes by an 8-year-old with almost no adult help.

Fancy Fish Valentine's Day Card Craft - Make someone's Valentine's Day go swimingly with this darling aquatic animal. This fish takes a turn for the fancy when decorated with glitter and a dressy pearl necklace.

Family Hug Valentine Craft for Kids - We all could use a hug! This cute pink, purple and green card includes brackets, which are the emoticons (email and text-message symbols) for “hug.” Tuck some hug IOUs inside for every member of the family.

Fingerprint Flower Cards Craft - Children can have some messy fun making these fingerprint flower cards - perfect for Mother's Day or Valentine's Day.

Fimo Hearts Card Craft - Have some sculpting fun with this fimo hearts card. This one is better delivered by hand, but if you are going to post this card, we suggest using a padded envelope!

Funky Copper Heart Valentine’s Card Craft - The recipient of this clever card will be sure to twist and shout with delight at your creativity.

Fun with Cutting and Sticking Craft - Little children will love the cutting and sticking involved in these home-made Valentine's Day cards, while older kids can let their creative talents loose on picking the appropriate letters for their cards!

Floating Heart Candles for Valentines Day - Make your own Floating heart candles for Valentines Day. This is so easy but what a romantic setting it makes for Valentines Day.

Flush with Hearts Valentines Day Craft Idea - Recycle a deck of old cards into these ace valentines. Sheila Mobley of Sarasota, Florida, made one for daughter Nicole using a royal face card since, as Sheila puts it, "She is the queen around here!" But you can use any playing cards from the heart suit.

Foam Craft LUVerflies - A simple and fun “butterfly heartlings” creation made from heart-shaped foamie craft pieces. Stick a magnet on the back of them, or use them to embellish your gifts!

Foam Heart Pins - Boys and girls alike will enjoy these fun Valentine pins. This makes a great classroom project and kids can wear their creations home.

Friendship Box -Sometimes it’s not the actual gift but the message that it brings that is most cherished. This gift is great for showing how much your friends mean to you.

Fun Foam Roses for Valentines Day - Who doesn’t like getting red roses for Valentine’s Day? Make this fun craft for your Mom and she will love and cherish it.

Friendship Box - Sometimes it’s not the actual gift but the message that it brings that is most cherished. This gift is great for showing how much your friends mean to you.

Fun Foam Heart Purse Craft - This is a great craft for practicing simple sewing stitches without having to worry about poking yourself with a needle.

Fun Foam Heart Purse - This is a great craft for practicing simple sewing stitches without having to worry about poking yourself with a needle

Kids Valentines Day Handmade Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas - G-H

Gingerbread Heart Pin - A gingerbread man and heart Woodsie combine to become an adorable kids' craft for Christmas or Valentines Day.

Goodie Cans Craft - The two Valentine goodie cans were made with the materials listed below. Look at each sample's photograph and choose colors and supplies accordingly. You may click on the picture of the individual cans for the necessary patterns. Print out the patterns and trace around. Then cut them out with the color of construction paper shown. Lines of detail were added with black marker. To add a glisten to the eyes, simply apply a dot of whiteout.

Glass Jar Vase Valentines Day Mosaic - Make a beautiful mosaics vase for your mom.

Glittery Heart Card Craft - This Glittery Heart Card is a quick and easy - but very effective - Valentine's Day card for kids to make.

Gnome Sweet Gnome Valentine - These cuties are a cinch to mass-produce, and each gnome sweetens the deal with a chocolate kiss under its colorful hat. Plus, as one reader told us, "Anything with glitter or googly eyes is always a hit."

"Handful of Love" Card Craft - This will be your Mom's favorite card. She'll save it for a lifetime. Don't forget to make one for Dad too!

Hanging Heart Mobile Valentine’s Day Card Craft - Sometimes it's a good thing if you're hung up on love! This fun heart-shaped mobile card doubles as a great bedroom or classroom decoration.

Heart Lollipop Valentine’s Day Card Craft - If you or someone you know is a sucker for love, the'll adore this heart on a stick-shaped Valentine's Day greeting.

Hearts Aglow Valentine's Day Card Craft for Kids - Want to brighten someone's day? Do like the Upton boys, 2-year-old Jeremiah and 4-year-old Jackson of Millersville, Maryland, and give a glow-stick valentine to tell loved ones they light up your life.

Heart Angel - Make a heart angel out of foam and popsicle sticks.

Heart Art Craft for Meaningful Friends - Here's a fun project that will let your child hammer home just how much a dear friend or relative means to her

Heart Bookmarker - Make a Heart bookmarker from a craft stick/popsicle stick.

Heart Keychain Craft - Anyone who receives this valentine will know that they not only hold a piece of your heart, but they've got the key, too!

Heart Package Tie Ons - Make these darling little package tie-ons. These are a gorgeous addition to any Valentine's Day gift. Simply run your bow through the loop and tie it on to the gift box. Use the back side of the tie-on to write your TO/FROM.

Heart Frames Craft - Instructions for making a fun, heart-shaped frame.

Heart of Grass Plant Craft - Here's a desktop valentine -- a sort of Chia heart, if you will -- that will really grow on your loved one.

Hearts Aglow Valentines Day Card for Kids Craft - Want to brighten someone's day? Do like the Upton boys, 2-year-old Jeremiah and 4-year-old Jackson of Millersville, Maryland, and give a glow-stick valentine to tell loved ones they light up your life.

Heat Pillows - These darling little pillows are an ideal project for those with little experience in sewing. No difficult patterns or instructions, just an easy and fulfilling craft to keep or give as a gift—perfect for Valentine’s Day, Mother any heart-worthy occasion.

Heartfelt Tote Craft : a Valentine's Card Holder - With this easy-to-sew tote your child can carry her heart -- and all of her valentines -- everywhere she goes.

Heart Shaped Baskets Craft for Children - Make from paper or ribbon and fill with treats.

Heart Valentine Cards - Make cute Valentine cards using construction paper hearts. These cards have flower and animal pictures made from little paper hearts.

I'm Cocoa for You Love Ideas - Say you care from the bottom of your ... cup! The DeLeon family of Idalou, Texas, whose 6-year-old gave one of these fun valentines to each of her teachers, called it "Abby's Cup of Love."

Kids Valentines Day Handmade Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas - K-M

Kernels of Love Craft - 'Tis the season for corny sentiments, so do like the Woodard girls of Alvarado, Texas, and tell your teacher (or a friend) she's tops with a card that doubles as a snack.

Lacy Heart Wreath for Valentines Day - Make your own lacy wreath heart with 2 1/2 yds flat lace, 8" wide; 6" styrofoam heart wreath; Glue gun or craft glue; Silk flowers; Ribbon scraps; Ribbon roses.

Lollipop Valentine Card Craft - These lollipop Valentine cards are very simple to create - even young children can make these sweet Valentines.

Love Bug Valentine’s Day Card Craft- Send this little love bug to someone you care about on Valentine's Day. This little critter is eager to share its warm and happy feelings.

Lovebug Card Craft - Make this cute "lovebug card" out of many different sized heart shapes - fun for kids of all ages.

Loving Hands Valentine's Day Card Craft - You won't find these lovebirds on any store-bought card because they're made from your child's own handprints.

Love Notes Card/Booklets Craft - Write love notes for Valentines Day, Anniversaries, or anytime. Use lots of small heart sheets and make a little girls notepad.

Love You For All Time Valentine Card Craft - Here’s a clever card that’s sure to tug at the heart strings of your Valentine.

Love Bugs Hat for Valentines Day - Wiggle your way into someone's heart with this easy felt and chenille love bugs hat craft. Kids will look adorable wearing this on Valentines Day.

Lovely Details - Your little sweeties can make a heart-felt statement on Valentine's Day by donning these easy-to-make accessories.

Love-ly Valentines Day Notebook - Embellish a basic notebook and use it as a diary, a record keeper for fun activities, a place to store friends' phone numbers or even as a place to collect your Valentine cards in. Whatever you use it for, you'll love its colorful and whimsical design.

Magic Hearts - Make a lot of hearts at once.

Magic Message Card Craft - This very cool card from the Ensz family of Dallas, Oregon, uses moving panels to mysteriously replace one part of your message with the other. But don't be fooled by the craft's complicated look: its construction is surprisingly simple.

Making Valentine Cards With Beads Craft - Your children can make some very pretty home-made Valentine's Day cards with a small supply of beads and some imagination!

Message in a Bottle Craft - Looking for a really unique idea for a card or an invitation? Make a message in a bottle! This idea came from one of our clever visitors. For a little extra postage you can even put them right in the mail.

Mosaics Heart Card Craft - Learn how to make a Mosaics heart card.

Mutts About You Valentine's Day Card Craft for Kids - Assemble a litter of these puppies and your child's friends will howl with pleasure. With a candy tongue, they're doggone cute and clever!

Make a School Valentine's Day Box - An elementary school tradition is the homemade Valentine mailbox. Start with a shoebox or small cardboard box, then use your imagination to create a pretty Valentine box.

Making Valentines Day Cards - Helping your kids to make their own Valentines is fun and rewarding, and of course the cards mean so much more to the recipient

Make a Valentines Day Basket - These little baskets can be adapted and decorated for almost any occasion and made by any age of child (with help as appropriate).

Marbled Wood Hearts for Valentines Day - make your own Marbled Wood Hearts with Unpainted heart-shape pine ornaments, or 1/2 x 6-inch length of lumber to make trims; Jigsaw; drill; sandpaper; Krylon Decorator Spray Paint in white, gold metallic, and red; Small bucket; stirring stick String; clear acrylic spray; 1/4-inch-wide ribbon (for trim).

Mosaic Heart Box - Recycle a heart shaped candy box into a clever mosaic look with this arts and crafts project for kids and adults.

Mini Heart Box with Photo Craft - Fill with candy or a small treasure for someone you love.

One Big Love Dinosaur Valentine's Day Card - Who says romance is dead? As this dinosaur card plainly shows, love is far from extinct. We modeled our love-o-saurus on one made by 7-year-old Spencer Stewart of El Mirage, Arizona.

Kids Valentines Day Handmade Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas - P

Paper Heart WrappingsCraft - Opening a mysterious gift packet is even more thrilling when the wrapping itself turns out to be a beautiful valentine. Start by selecting decorative papers; origami paper is best because it folds neatly and easily. Other papers can be used, as long as they aren't too heavy or stiff to fold crisply. Also consider double-sided papers, since both sides will be visible.

Photo Cards Craft - Spell out a message for someone you love.

Plane Awesome Paper Airplane Valentines' Day Card Craft - This paper airplane card flies incredibly well and is a cinch to make.

Pop-up Heart Garden Card for Valentine's Day Craft - Make a beautiful heart pop-up card using construction paper. This is a great Valentine's Day Card.

Pop Up Valentine's Day Card Craft - This Valentine's Day pop up card is a simple, quick project for children of all ages. Younger children can decorate the card already cut our folded, outlined and written on with the red marker by an adult or an older child. Older children can cut out and decorate the card themselves.

Pop-up Flower Vase Card More Crafts - Make a beautiful flower pop-up card using construction paper. This is a great Mother's Day, Valentine, Spring, Get Well Soon, or Birthday Card.

Popcorn Heart Wreath for Valentines Day - Make your own Popcorn heart wreath. This is a great project to create with children.

Plant One on Me Valentine's Day Card - Here's a two-in-one card that promises budding friendship now and blooming flowers later. Inspired by a botanical valentine made by 6-year-old Sophia Nicholson of York, Pennsylvania, this greeting comes complete with a packet of seeds and is one any recipient would dig.

Pop-up Flower Garden Card - Make a beautiful flower pop-up card using construction paper. This is a great Mother's Day, Spring, Get Well Soon, or Birthday Card.

Pom-Pom Valentine's Day Critter - Valentine’s Day and cute go hand in hand. This cute little critter is a snap to make and everyone will love his cuddly appearance!

Pop-up Flower Vase Card - Make a beautiful flower pop-up card using construction paper. This is a great Mother's Day, Valentine, Spring, Get Well Soon, or Birthday Card.

Pop-up Heart Garden Card for Valentines Day - Make a beautiful heart pop-up card using construction paper. This is a great Valentines Day Card.

Puppy Love Valentine's Day Card Craft for Kids - This little puppy has a chocolate candy bar in his mouth to share with a friend. All you need is card stock, glue, colored pencils and, of course, chocolate candy bars.

Pressed and Dried Flowers Stationery and Cards Craft - You can press and dry delicate flowers and then use them to make beautiful cards and stationery.

Puffy Valentines Day Heart Craft - This fun craft project is perfect for the classroom setting. Few supplies are needed and it can be altered for younger age groups.

Putty in Your Hands Valentine's Day Gift Craft Idea - Dough you want to be mine? When Autumn Gates of Indianapolis, Indiana, offers up these lovable, squashable valentines, the answer is always a resounding, "Yes!"

Paper Bag Valentine Card Holder Craft - This is one of my favorite crafts. Cards slide inside pockets created by using bags to make the booklet. Take a look at how clever it is.

Paper Plate Valentine's Day Card Holder Craft - This simple project is simple for young children but can still be used with older children as practice for different sewing stitches.

Kids Valentines Day Handmade Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas - S - V

Salt Dough Heart Pins and Magnets - Salt dough is a really fun medium and you can make so many things from it! Try these adorable heart-shaped magnets for the refrigerator and pins to give as gifts.

Shiny Heart Valentine Card Craft - Make a great Valentine card from paper and aluminum foil. This card is very simple to make and is quite beautiful.

Soda Can Pull-tab Buckle Card Craft - Let’s face it: your sweetie likely won’t be thrilled by a pink ‘n’ frilly Valentine. This sophisticated color scheme of brown, beige and red is more guy-friendly. And the innovative (and free!) buckle embellishment, made using a soda or beer-can pull-tab, is the perfect finishing touch.

Spin Art Heart Valentine's Day Card Craft - Nothing makes the head spin like love -- except, perhaps, this artistic valentine.

Splatter Cards Valentine's Day Cards - Let your child spread her love Jackson Pollock-style with these paint-flecked Valentine's Day cards.

Stained-glass Hearts Valentine's Day Cards Craft - When the urge to wax romantic strikes, these melted-crayon valentines really fit the bill. Parents will need to do a little ironing here, but shaving the crayons is a job that kids can really put their hearts into.

Stripy Heart Card Craft - This stripy heart card is so simple to make that even the youngest children will be pleased with the result - but it looks fabulous!

Shiny Picture in a Heart Craft - Instructions to make a unique photo holder using an old Cd. A fun Valentines Day craft!

Suncatchers Heart Gift - Catch someone's heart with this beaded heart suncatcher. An ideal kids craft for Valentine's Day.

Sweet Text Message Idea - Cupid's calling! And we've got the perfect answer: a candy-button phone that tells your valentines they're worth every minute. Sharon Cindrich, a mother of two and a FamilyFun craft contributor from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, designed this card using card stock, white paper, and button candy.

Satin Heart Box Craft - Make this beautiful satin heart box for Valentine's Day.

Skill Stick Valentine Box Craft - You can use this pretty box to hold your valentines or you can fill it with potpourri and give it as gift.

Sweet Nothing Box Craft for Kids - This little collectible is pure Victorian whimsy: miniature, overdressed, and just barely practical.

Sweet Love Words & I Love You Valentine Quotes - Loving Quotations for Sweethearts on Valentine's Day

Two Peas in a Pod Valentine's Day Card Craft for Kids - This is a wonderful card for your valentine who has a bit of a green thumb in the garden.

Tri-Bead Heart Craft - Decorate anything with a tri-bead heart. It's an easy, quick craft for kids that comes in especially handy around Valentine's Day.

Valentine Candy Holders - An easy candy holder to make for Valentines Day. This would work well in a group setting.

Valentines Bracelets - Your little princess will adore these precious bracelets. She can make one for herself and one for her best friend. A sweet offering of friendship on Valentine’s Day that will last all year!

Valentine's Day Craft for Kids: How to Make a Friendship Box - Whether you are an adult looking for a Valentine's Day present for your best friend or simply looking for a cool craft for your child to give to all of their friends or classmates at the class party, this friendship box is always a great choice.

Valentine's Day Cards and Coloring Pages - 18 Valentine's Day card templates. The images here are available in 2 sizes - one large and the other small, appropriate for folding into a card. To make the card, cut out the card and then fold in half. You'll also find mini-cards at the very bottom of the page.

Valentine's Day Pop Up Card Craft - Kids as young as seven can make this pop-up card using the patterns provided.

Valentine Cards Craft - It's hard to resist Valentine's Day suitors when they come bearing sweet treats.

Valentine Pop-up Card Craft - This personalized Valentine card is a good project to make for a VERY special person in your life. The card takes a lot of steps, but they are all very easy - it's basically a lot of folding and cutting.

Valentine Scroll Card Craft for Kids - Ancient scrolls are famous for containing mystical secrets. But your love will be no surprise when you had this unique card to the object of your affection this Valentine's Day!

Valentine Puzzle Card Craft Ideas for Kids - Write you message on a card and surprise your valentine.

Valentines with Heart-Shaped Envelopes Craft - Cut out cards and envelopes. Add names to cards with black marker. Color in hearts with pink gel pen. Fold up two adjacent sides on dotted line. Glue the two flaps together where they overlap.

Valentines Container - Make a valentines container with these how-to instructions.

Valentine Cross Stitch Craft - This charming card with its plaid border and cross stitch heart is quick and easy to make.

Valentines Day Cards for Kids - Kids Create Their Own Holiday Expressions

Valentine Card Box - Make a cool box to collect Valentines Day cards in. A fun way to recycle an old shoe box.

Valentine Box Craft - Win Valentine's Box Decorating Contests with this Idea

Valentine Candles - An easy way to convert an inexpensive candle into a holiday decoration.

Valentines Container - Make a valentines container with these how-to instructions.

Valentine Card Box - Make a cool box to collect Valentines Day cards in. A fun way to recycle an old shoe box.

Valentines Day Gift Box - Looks like a box of chocolates

Valentine's Day Heart Box - Show your love with this heart-shaped Valentine's Box. Put a few pieces of chocolate treasure inside as a surprise!

Valentine Mailbox - Instructions for making a Valentines Day card mailbox using an old laundry detergent box.

Valentine Card Display - This craft ideas can be adapted for any holiday or your child's birthday.

Valentine's Day Barrettes - Girls can create these beautiful Valentine's Barrettes as gifts for their friends, or turn it into a fun Valentine's sleepover activity.

Valentines Day Sweatheart Collage - This is such a simple idea, but effective! Little children especially love scrunching up tissue paper, and even the youngest can get involved.

Valentines Day Card Holder - This Valentine Holder does a great job of keeping favourite Valentine cards in one place and making them extra special!

Valentines Day Gift Box - Looks like a box of chocolates

Valentines Day Hat for Kids - This craft foam Kids Valentines Hat wiggles when you move your head! Use green foam and a four leaf clover to create the same hat for St. Patrick's Day.

Valentines Day Lollipops - For a quick Valentines present or treat, make these little lollipops ... the kids can help.

Valentines Day Shaker Bottles - Children love to make these shakers! It makes a fun, cheap and easy group activity for a party too! Children seem to love playing with these! Each one is different and offers endless fascination!

Valentine Heart Crown - Make a pretty Valentines crown from a paper plate and paper hearts. These are fun to make on Valentines Day.

Valentines Day Address Book - Make your own Valentines Day Adress book with Address book 5 1/2" x 7"; 1/4 yard fabric; Scrap of contrasting fabric. 3/4 yard 1" eyelet lace; 5" x 7" photo-frame foundation; 8" x 15" batting; Small button; 1/2 yard 1/8 ribbon; Glue.

Valentines Day Velvet Roses - Make Your own Velvet Roses for Valentines Day with Velvet or velveteen fabric scraps in colors of choice (red, yellow, white, etc.); Needle and thread to match fabric; cotton balls for stuffing; florists stem wire and florists tape (green) small packages of artificial leaves.

Valentines Day Photo Frame - Make your own Valentines Day Photo Frame with plain wooden photo frame; Several boxes of candy hearts (different sizes); Glue; Gloss finish spray.

Valentine Heart Placemats - Make your own Valentine Hearts Placemats with 13 1/2' X 17 1/2" Valentine fabric or red print calico and red  & white gingham (different fabrics for each side of placemats); 1" wide, white eyelet ruffle.

Valentine's Day Heart Box - Show your love with this heart-shaped Valentine's Box. Put a few pieces of chocolate treasure inside as a surprise!

Valentine Character Mailbox Craft - Children in America celebrate by having parties and giving valentines to other students and their teachers. Usually each child decorates some kind of container, and the valentines are delivered and deposited in each "mailbox." You can help save landfill space and natural resources by recycling a discarded tissue box to make a valentine character container.

Valentine Mailbox - Instructions for making a Valentines Day card mailbox using an old laundry detergent box.

Valentine Mailboxes Craft for Kids - Decorate a box for your desk to hold your classmate's valentines.

Valentine Treasure Box Craft - This cute treasure box can hold treats for your class.

Valentines Stocking - Make your own Valentines Stocking with Felt (white, red and pink); Stocking pattern (Like a Christmas stocking pattern); Heart patterns (same or different sizes); Sewing machine or needle and thread (matching colors); Fabric paints; Valentine candy and or roses; gift card (optional).

Window Valentine's Day Card Craft - A window-art valentine is clearly a great idea: it sticks on a pal's window and lets the love shine through. We based our card on a valentine sent in by Tracy Neal of Lewisville, Texas.

Woven Heart Basket Craft for Children - This lovely little project starts out as a set of oddly shaped pieces of paper. When properly woven together, however, the pieces reveal their true identity -- a charming basket whose decorative hearts magically appear when it's finished. It's just the thing for storing Valentine's cards and candies.

Woven Valentine Baskets - Weave a basket to hold your cards, a treat or give a small gift to your valentine.

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Artists Helping Children is No Longer Acting as a Nonprofit Due to the New Provisions of The Pension Protection Act of 2006 Passed on August 03, 2006. We Are No Longer Accepting Donations of Any Kind. We are Currently Keeping This Site Up As Is and Will Continue to Post Information on Any Updates to the Status of Artists Helping Children. The Site Still Has a Wealth of Information and Can Still Be Used as Such. We Are Obviously Deeply Distressed Over This Provision That Was Secretly Included In This New Law and We Were Taken by Complete Surprise. We Hope in the Future That We Will Be Able to Change the Status of Our Organization so That We Can Once Again Resume Our Help to Children. Thank You Very Much to Everyone Who Has Worked With Us So Hard Up Until Now. Please Continue to Use This Site for Free Coloring Pages / Printouts, Arts and Crafts Project Ideas, and as a Resource for Childrens Art Articles, etc. Don't worry, All donations of items that were sent to us will still be sent to hospitals and shelters, etc. All recent checks sent to us will be mailed back to you. Thanks.

Take advantage of the huge childrens' arts resources pages of kids' coloring pages and coloring printouts, childrens' free art resources such as arts and crafts for kids, craft projects & ideas, crafts for kids from common household materials (trash to treasure section), paper folding projects & origami project ideas, kids' drawing lessons, articles for parents to involve their children in the arts, articles on how art heals & how to get children involved in community service, how to design and decorate your children's rooms, and much more.

Artists Helping Children is a Children's site dedicated to comforting children by empowering artists and others to donate artwork, donated murals, donated art supplies, donated toys and a lot of love to sick and needy children. Artists Helping Children also helps artists by giving them information on how they can help the sick and poor children by volunteering to paint murals and other art for hospitals, shelters, clinics, etc. No child should ever have to be sad or have to suffer, that is why we hope that more artists and individuals will help bring colorful art to white walled institutions. We also give you ideas on how and where to donate crayons, colored pencils, clay, markers, paper, and other arts and crafts supplies ... such as what hospitals and shelters you could use these arts supplies to bring a little hapiness and joy to these childrens' lives and to so many white-walled institutions. We also have filled this site with free coloring pages & coloring printouts for children to color with as well as 1000s of free arts and crafts projects for kids to se when they need some crafts ideas.