Let’s get messy with paint and make homemade cards with Valentine’s Day hearts!

Kids Activities Blog loves to share cute ideas like this that let kids use their creativity to produce heartfelt, custom gifts.

Painted hearts on plain Valentine's Day cards — Paint these colorful Valentine’s Day hearts and attach them to cards for friends.

How to Make Valentine’s Day Heart Cards

Kids are going to love painting these Valentine’s Day hearts and turning them into cards they can give to family, friends, and classmates.

You need white cards stock, colored card stock, and paint to make painted heart Valentine's Day cards — Gather cardstock, acrylic paint, scissors, glue, and a paintbrush.

Supplies needed to make a Valentine’s Day card

The supplies you will need to make these simple homemade Valentine’s Day cards are likely things you already have at home.

acrylic paint
white cardstock (for the hearts)
colored cardstock (for the cards)
paintbrush
scissors
glue
heart printable (optional)

Instructions for making a Valentine’s Day card

printable hearts to make valentines day cards for classmates — Print our Valentine’s Day hearts to make cards.

Step 1

For small Valentine’s Day cards, print our hearts template. Alternatively, draw a large heart on a piece of cardstock.

Step 2

Cut out your hearts and then fold them in half.

white paper hearts painted with red, pink, and blue paint. — Paint one half of your heart with a generous amount of paint.

Step 3

Paint one half of your paper heart with a generous amount of paint. Fold the heart in half again and press down – be careful as some of the paint might come out on the sides depending on how much you put on. Unfold it and you’ll see a mirror image of your paint on the other side. Set your Valentine’s Day hearts aside to dry.

The final step for making cards with valentines day hearts is to glue the painted hearts onto cardstock. — Glue your painted hearts onto cardstock that’s folded in half.

Step 4

Fold your colored card stock in half. Glue the paper hearts onto the front of each card.

Our finished Valentine’s Day heart cards

homemade valentines day cards with painted hearts on them — Make these easy Valentine’s Day cards with painted hearts.

Yield: 6

Valentine's Day Heart Cards

Make our Valentine's Day hearts and attached them to homemade cards to give to family, friends, or classmates.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Active Time 20 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Difficulty easy

Estimated Cost $1

Materials

Cardstock - white and colored
Acrylic paint
Glue

Tools

Scissors
Paintbrush

Instructions

Either print our Valentine's Day hearts or draw your own onto the white cardstock.
Cut out the hearts and then fold them in half.
Paint just one side of the heart with a generous amount of paint.
Fold the heart back in half and then open it back up to reveal a mirror image of your painting.
Fold the colored cardstock in half.
Glue the paper heart to the front of the card.

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Have you made our Valentine’s Day cards? Who did you give them to?

Homemade Cards with Painted Valentine’s Day Hearts