Easy Valentines Day Crafts Kids

• 20-gauge wire
• Scissors 
• Pliers
• Beads

• Snip a length of wire (a parent's job) and bend it into a V shape.

• String on the beads (tape the wire's cut ends first to protect smaller children).

• Finish by bending the beaded wire into a heart, then twisting the ends together with the pliers.

• Large hearts can hang in a locker; small versions look great strung onto a necklace, pinned to a jacket pocket, or worn, as best friends are wont to do, right on their sleeves.

• Red paper
• White paper
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Yarn

• Cut out a red paper heart (ours is about 6 inches across).

• Trace and cut out 10 to 20 more from white paper.

• Stack up the hearts in bunches of five, folding each bunch down the middle.

• Using a tapestry needle, poke holes every 1/2 inch down the  center folds (young kids will need Dad's help with this step).

• Stack the hearts together with the cover on top.

• Thread the needle with yarn, knot one end, then sew it             through the holes, knotting it at the other end.

• Decorate the cover and seal with a kiss.

• Plastic wrap
• Individually wrapped candies
• Ribbon

• Begin by laying out three feet of plastic wrap, cutting it in half lengthwise.

• Place candies or groups of candies every three inches.

• Roll the plastic over and tie bows between each candy using      six-inch strips of ribbon.

• Tie the two ends of the plastic wrap together and cover the knot with another ribbon.

• Card stock 
• Hole punch
• Scissors
• Pixy Stix
• Stickers
• Marker

• Cut a heart from card stock (ours are 3 1/2 inches wide and 3 1/2 inches tall).

• Punch 2 holes in the heart, one toward the upper right and one toward the lower left.

• Use markers to add a message.

• Insert a Pixy Stix through one of the holes.

• Gently bend the card and slide the candy out through the other hole.

• To make the arrow, sandwich 2 heart-shaped stickers (we got ours from Oriental Trading Company) over each end of the Pixy   Stix.

• 2 sticks of gum (in their wrappers)
• Double-sided tape
• Scissors
• Pipe cleaner
• Colored card stock
• Glue stick 
• Aluminum foil or colored paper
• Googly eyes and mini stickers
• Colored markers (optional)

• Cover one side of a wrapped stick of gum with double-sided tape.

• Cut a pipe cleaner in half and place the pieces atop the gum stick, centered horizontally, one for the cupid's arms and the other for his legs.

• Stack the second gum stick on top and gently press down to stick all the pieces together.

• Then bend the pipe cleaner limbs into interesting poses.

• Now cut a heart-shaped face from card stock and glue on foil or paper hair.

• Attach googly eyes and a mini sticker mouth (or simply use        markers to draw on facial features).

• Glue or tape the face to the body.

• Then dress up your Gum Guy with sticker buttons and bow ties, as much as you wish.

• For a finishing touch, on a small piece of paper, print a             Valentine's message, such as "Stick with me," to pop in his hand.