Valentine's Day Free Printables - Fun Activities for Kids!
This Valentine's Day printable pack gives children ages 3-5 a mix of festive activities that build fine motor control, color recognition, and holiday vocabulary like heart, love, and card, all through a theme they find engaging and motivating. Because it bundles several short activities rather than one long task, it also helps young children practice switching between different types of tasks while staying on one overall theme.
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Valentine's Day Printable Worksheets & Crafts for Preschool & Kindergarten
This is page 11 of the pack. Ages 3-7 · Preschool–Grade 1Ages 3-7 · Nursery–Year 2Ages 3-7 · Nursery–Class 1Ages 3-7
Curriculum
- Art & Craft > Arts & Crafts
- Culture & Festivals > Multi-Festival Learning
How to use this worksheet
Look through the activities together first and let your child pick which one to start with, since interest drives focus at this age. Read or explain each activity's simple instructions before your child begins, and keep sessions short, around 10-15 minutes, before switching to another page in the pack. Set out any needed supplies like crayons, scissors, or glue ahead of time so your child can work with minimal interruption. Save finished pieces to display or give as valentines.
Extension activities
- 1Make handmade valentine cards for classmates or family members using hearts cut from red and pink paper.
- 2Go on a heart hunt around the house, counting how many heart shapes you can find.
- 3Bake or decorate simple heart-shaped cookies or sandwiches together as a hands-on math and following-directions activity.
- 4Build a valentine mailbox from a shoebox and decorate it with stickers and drawings.
- 5Sort a pile of buttons or pom-poms by color into red, pink, and white groups.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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