Easy Valentine's Day Cards

Now that you've created the perfect Valentine's Day card holder we need to start thinking about the "Be Mine" cards for our family and friends! In our home we try to make homemade cards for family and the closest of friends.  Kiddos love stickers, so for the preschoolers it's so easy to simply use a piece of construction paper and stickers and then have them print their name on the their masterpiece.

an original "Erin" from long ago....

The little ones in our family love making a mess with paint! Finger painting a heart shaped cutout is definitely a fun activity and will make the sweetest personal Valentine's Day card for mommy, daddy, grandma or grandpa. Creative Connections for Kids has some great suggestions for Valentine's art for toddlers. 

Valentine Art
Courtesy of Creative Connections for Kids

AboutParenting.com has directions for simple, inexpensive and oh so cute Valentine's Day cards using construction paper and heart and flower paper punches. These Valentines are perfect if you need to make cards for an entire class at school.

Paper Punch Valentine Cards
Courtesy of About Parenting

The adorably cute robot Valentine's Day cards from Lisa Storms are fun to make and are perfect for boys and girls to give their friends on Valentine's Day. They are made using a miniature candy bar for the robot's body.

Valentine's Robot Card
Courtesy of Lisa Storms

These are just a few ideas for homemade Valentine's Day cards. So, if you're running out of time you can always pick up a package of totally awesome cards at your local Target, Walmart, or Dollar General store. Here's a store bought Valentine I received from my Daddy many moons ago...

Popular themes for this year's Valentine's cards of course include Elsa, Anna, and Olaf from Disney's Frozen. Party City offers a package of 28 Frozen Valentine cards for $3.99. Also included are 28 lollipops to slide into a pre-cut slot.

Disney's Frozen Candy Card Kit
Courtesy of Party City

And each and every year the superheroes are popular Valentine's cards for the boys. Target has a 16 pack of Spiderman cards that actually punch out and become wearable masks. They also have Valentine's cards featuring a personal favorite, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! This pack of 16 cards also includes a mini poster. How fun is that!

Valentine's Day Cards
Courtesy of Target.com

Whatever your plans are for February 14th,  Zoey's Attic wishes you a Happy Valentine's Day! 

Easy Valentine Card Holders

The Valentine's Day parties at school are always so much fun! When I was a little girl our teacher set aside one art class the week of Valentine's Day to make our Valentine card holders. During our classroom Valentine's Day party we would receive special "Be My Valentine" cards from our teacher as well as all of our classmates and a decorated holder was the perfect place to keep them. Some years, the art teacher would have the class decorate a plain white bakery bag with finger paints, stickers, and hearts cut out of red and pink construction paper. Sometimes we even jazzed it up with glitter! PreK-Pages has a cute idea for a decorative owl themed paper bag Valentine holder using a heart shaped doilie and construction paper.

Owl Paper Bag Valentine Card Holder
Courtesy of PreK-Pages

One year we were instructed to bring a shoe box to make into our card holder. Our art teacher helped each student cut a slit in the lid through which we could stuff our Valentine's Day cards. We then wrapped both the box and its lid in white freezer paper and then decorated them with both foam and felt hearts, stickers, and magic marking pens. Domestically Devon has easy instructions on her blog for making a Valentine storage box.

Valentine Storage Box
Courtesy of Domestically Devon

Plaidonline.com uses a cereal box instead of a shoe box and the results are so cute!

Cereal Box Valentine Holder
Courtesy of Plaid Creative Ideas Made Easy

Yet another year our art teacher had us use paper plates to make our Valentine's Day card holders.  We used the basic white plates and decorated them with paints, markers, crayons, stickers, and construction paper hearts. The girls in the class also glued lace around the borders of the plate. DaycareAnswers.com has directions for several Valentine's crafts including a super sweet paper plate card holder.

Paper Plate Valentine Card Holder
Courtesy of  DaycareAnswers.com

I've never used a round container to make a Valentine's Day Mailbox, but All Kids Network has easy instructions for a round mailbox using a Quaker Oats container. You can link here for easy directions at allkidsnetwork.com.
I'm so happy this Valentine's Day tradition of making a Valentine card holder is still in place at the kiddos' school! Happy Valentine's Day from Zoey's Attic!