Valentine’s Day is this weekend and FamilyFun magazine and I have partnered to share with you the cutest creative card ideas for kids to try out.Little love bugs will dig matching their favorite party favor with FamilyFun’s FREE printable online templates. In a jiff, they’ll have cool, customized (and punny!) Valentine’s for every classmate this year.
From goofy glasses and zooanimals to yo-yos and playing cards, these card ideas take Valentines to a whole new level!
YO-YO
Print the template onto 8½-by-11-inch sticker paper (at office-supply stores), and have your child trim it out using pinking shears. Stick it onto the yo-yo, and you’re good to go!
ZOO ANIMALS
Print greeting onto card stock; cut out. Trim a piece of sushi grass (we found ours on amazon.com) to the width of the card. Insert the greeting, grass, and zoo animal into a cellophane bag; tape it closed
PLAYING CARDS
Print the template onto 8½-by-11-inch sticker paper; cut out. Wrap a box of cards once with washi tape, then stick the greeting onto the box.
DINO-MITE CARDS
Here’s a personal favorite of mine…especially if you have a little dino lover at home. Print greeting onto card stock; see template below. Glue assorted dinosaurs to card and voila!
PAINT PALETTES
Help your child splatter card stock with watercolors; let dry. (Practice on a test template first.) Print greetings onto the painted card stock and cut out. Punch holes in each, then attach the tags to the paint sets with string.
JACKS SET
Insert scrap cardboard into a small muslin bag (we found ours on papermart.com). Help your child stamp a heart onto the bag; let dry. Print the greeting; cut out and insert into the bag, along with a jacks set.
CRAYONS & NOTEPADS
Place crayons on top of a notepad and wrap with a rubber band. Print the template onto plain paper; cut out. Wrap it around the bundle and tape in place in the back.
PARACHUTER
Print greeting onto cloud-patterned paper (we found ours at officesupply.com); cut out. Adhere paper to card stock with a glue stick. Attach parachuter with a glue dot.
SILLY GLASSES
Print the greetings onto card stock; cut out. Use double-stick tape to attach the glasses onto the card stock, or punch holes for each of the temple pieces, thread them through, and fold closed.
