Valentine’s Day Heart Wreath Craft for Kids
This fun heart wreath craft for kids makes the perfect Valentine’s Day decoration for the home. It is the perfect easy craft for kids of all ages, and each one turns out unique and beautiful.
For this fun Valentine’s Day craft, you will need a paper plate, scissors, a glue stick, and construction paper in Valentine’s Day colors. You can choose to stick with the traditional red, pink, and white or add in some lighter paste colors as well.
You may also choose to decorate your finished wreath with other fun things like heart stickers, glitter, gems, and more to make it unique and encourage creativity. For another fun paper plate Valentine’s Day craft, be sure to also check out this fun paper plate heart fish craft.
Paper Plate Heart Wreath Tips for Success
*When making this fun paper plate craft, you will need to start by cutting the inside circle out of a paper plate. We like to use the ones where the edges are not as high (the very traditional picnic paper plates) as these are the easiest to get the paper hearts to stick to. To cut the middle out, you will need to gently poke a hole in with a pencil or the end of the scissors, and then cut around the inner circle
*You can choose to make a traditional Valentine’s colored wreath with red, white, and pink hearts. Other light colored pastel hearts, like a pastel purple or blue, also look great and festive.
*You can finish off your heart wreath craft by using heart stickers, foam heart stickers for dimension, glitter in different colors, markers to write the work love or conversation heart words on the hearts, and more.
*For a craft that takes longer, children can cut out the hearts themselves from paper by folding pieces of paper in thirds and drawing and cutting out the hearts. You can also choose to use the free hearts template piece of paper included at the bottom of this page. You may need to print 2-3 copies of the hearts sheet on different colors of paper in order to have enough hearts to cover your paper plate without white space showing through. Hearts look great when they are all one size OR all different sizes.
*For a quicker craft or a craft that is better for toddlers and younger children, you can prep the hearts ahead of time by drawing and cutting them out for the kids. Then all they will have to do is glue them all over and decorate their wreath.
*To complete your craft and turn it into a wreath, you will need one pipe cleaner or a piece of string. You can poke a hole in the top of your wreath and thread it through. This will be your hanger for your wreath.
Valentine’s Day Wreath Craft
Materials:
- Paper Plate
- Glue Stick
- Paper in different Valentine’s Day colors
- Scissors
- Pipe Cleaner OR Piece of String
Directions:
- Begin by prepping and cutting out paper hearts in all different sizes and colors. You can use the Hearts template at the bottom of this page, or just cut your own out from the creases of paper. You will need enough to fill up your wreath.
- Cut out the inside circle of a paper plate.
- Begin by gluing down different colors of hearts around your plate. Overlap hearts a bit. Some can and will hang off the edges of the plate as well. Glue down hearts until there is no white showing left from the plate.
- Add any additional details like glitter, heart stickers, and more.
- Poke a hole in the top of the wreath and string a pipe cleaner through. Hang up your finished heart wreath craft on a door somewhere.
More Fun Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids
Above is just one of the many fun Valentine’s Day crafts for kids that we offer. For more of our favorite Valentine’s Day themed crafts and activities, be sure to check out below:
- Conversation Heart Foil Painting – Using a spray bottle, markers, and tin foil, create fun tye-dye conversation hearts.
- Handprint Love Bug – This adorable Valentine’s Day keepsake craft uses a heart and handprints to create fun and unique love bugs that are perfect for saving and remembering little hands with.
- Conversation Heart Sensory Bin – Using colored rice and conversation hearts, work on color sorting, literacy skills, and more.
