20 Valentine's Day Activities for Kids - Make it a STEAM holiday! (2024)

Get your hands on 20 Valentine’s Day activities for kids, including STEAM arts & crafts, candy heart activities, and hands-on math and science experiments for the month of February.

Valentine’s Day STEAM Activities

Valentine’s Day isn’t just about cards and candy; it’s a perfect opportunity to weave heartwarming themes into interactive and educational classroom activities. There are many options, from creative art endeavors that encourage self-expression to engaging puzzles that sharpen critical thinking.

Let’s dive into fascinating science experiments, tackle themed math challenges, and mix in some love-infused spelling exercises. Below is a collection of fun ideas to kick-start your planning and add a sprinkle of Valentine’s Day excitement to your teaching toolbox!

20 Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids

Valentine‘s Day Classroom Activities – Proud to be Primary

For some amazing Valentine’s Day Classroom Activities, check out this post. It offers games, crafts, printables, and tons more. Use the ideas in this post to celebrate Valentine’s Day or to create personalized Valentines for friends and family.

Valentine’s Day Heart Pockets – Proud to be Primary

Which leads me to Heart Pockets. This fun craft gets students to work on their fine motor skills. Once the pockets are made, we hang them on a bulletin board – making them visible and accessible for when it’s time for students to pass out valentines.

Love Monster Directed Drawing – Proud to be Primary

Assist students in sharpening their ability to follow instructions and in developing fine motor skills through a guided drawing task. Our delightful Love Monster Directed Drawing is perfect to enjoy during February festivities. It is straightforward to do with clear, step-by-step directions.

Valentine’s Day Cupcake Graphing – Life Over C’s

A great activity for students to do at their desks is Valentine’s Day cupcake graphing. Each student collects data based on what they roll with their paper die. This activity makes for great questions and critical thinking.

Roll and Color Valentine’s Day Counting Game – Mom-Inspired Life

This is another take on collecting information. By rolling dice, children will color in the number of hearts that come up on their die. Using pink and red crayons will give this activity a nice Valentine’s Day touch.

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Heart Marshmallow Toothpick Structures – Buggy and Buddy

Creating marshmallow structures uses two supplies – heart-shaped marshmallows and toothpicks. Not only with the students have fun while being creative and building, but they’ll also be working on problem-solving. Snacking on a few marshmallows is a bonus.

Valentine’s Day Mobile with Tissue Paper Dyed Hearts – More for Less

Bring a little magic to the classroom with this fun heart art project. Children will decorate paper hearts using tissue paper squares and a little water. Once try, everyone peels off the tissue paper and will be surprised as the color has transferred onto their white paper heart!

Valentine’s Day Noodle Garland – Sugar Ants

Craft projects with ‘unusual’ craft supplies are always a fun activity. Students will have a blast painting different-shaped pieces of pasta that they can then use to decorate hearts.

Fine Motor Valentines Craft – Beaded Name Hearts – Fun-a-Day

Beaded name hearts will work those fine motor skills and let your students be creative. And students love making personalized items – so this is one craft that will be a class hit.

Valentine Day Bubble Science Activity – Pre-K Pages

Blowing Valentine Bubbles is a fun, hands-on project for students. Let them help you make the solution – you can even work on math questions!

“The Things I Love” Heart Activity – A Little Pinch of Perfect

Pre-writing activities are a great way to get students thinking. This Valentine’s version is no different. They’ll be strengthening their language skills by putting together pictures and words of items the students love.

Fizzing Hearts – Powerful Mothering

Have some fun with a science activity this Valentine’s Day. This simple activity uses baking soda and white vinegar to create neat, fizzing hearts.

Valentine Magnet Activity Table – Hands-On As We Grow

Magnets are another great tool in the classroom – kids love them! This activity pairs paper clips with paper hearts in a fun activity your kids will want to do repeatedly.

Valentine’s Day Printable Read and Write Sensory Bin – Life Over C’s

Sensory bins are always great for students – but this one has an extra element added to it. Hearts with words on them are stuck and buried in the sensory bin. Your students get to dig around for the hearts, where they will practice reading and penmanship.

Valentine’s Day Wreath Alphabet Activity – Mom-Inspired Life

This Valentine’s alphabet wreath works on letter recognition and gets students to work on their fine motor skills. Plus, when the activity is completed, each child will have a cute Valentine wreath to take home!

Build a Tower with Conversation Hearts – Math Geek Mama

Whether you love or hate them, conversation hearts can be a fun supply to add to your Valentine’s Day activities for kids. Try making these conversation heart towers with students. It’s a great opportunity for them to work on estimating, measuring, and engineering.

Easy Marble Painted Valentine Heart – Teaching 2 and 3-Year-Olds

Tons of fun to be had with marbles and paint! Just grab a box, paper, and paint, and let kids get moving as they create this abstract Valentine’s heart.

Valentine’s Day Straw Art – Fun-A-Day

Who knew straws could be turned into hearts? This simple craft will excite kids and create a cute display for any classroom Valentine’s Day bulletin board! It’s the perfect activity for any child, preschool or upper elementary.

Measuring Candy Hearts – Buggy and Buddy

Kids can complete this simple measurement math activity with a small pile of candy hearts to make it extra special! They will enjoy counting as they measure, and they will enjoy eating the candy hearts!

Valentine’s Day Roll to Fill Hearts – Modern Preschool

This roll-to-fill math activity is filled with hands-on fun and makes a great Valentine’s Day activity for kids. Simply roll the dice and fill heart-shaped cookie cutters with pom poms!

Magnetic Valentine Sight Words – Pre-K Pages

Kids can practice sight words in the Valentine’s Day literacy center with simple materials. Use magnetic letters, Valentine-themed erasers, flashcards, and little heart shapes.

What’s your favorite Valentine’s Day activity for kids?

Valentine’s Day Resources for the Classroom

Valentine’s Day Fun Pack

For more amazing Valentine’s Day Classroom Activities, look at this post. There are worksheets, crafts, hats, printables, games, STEAM activities, science experiments, writing activities, math and literacy skills practice, and directed drawings. You’ll be able to use a little of everything during February!

Free Valentine’s Day Action Heart Game

Try these heart-shaped game cards in your classroom with this FREE Valentine’s Day Action Hearts Game resource!

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