Easy DIY Valentine's Day Cards For Any Age

It’s almost that time of the year again — when kids hand out Valentine’s Day cards at school. I remember my daughter at age 4 going with me to the store and then carefully choosing cards to match her classmates’ interests. We had picked out one small package before she insisted we get another one because her friend needed to have a card with a different animated character.

This year, I hope her love of recycling materials into art will help me persuade her to make her own cards for her classmates (and save me some money). While a bought card is nice, there’s something special about receiving a card that someone has made just for you!

Here are a few options to craft or print the perfect Valentine’s Day cards for friends and family.

If you want to cut, glue, and stamp your own cards, then you may want to try these easy projects.

• Use leftover googly eyes to create these "My Eye On You" Valentine's Day cards.” If you don’t have gift tags, just swap them for scraps of cardstock!
• Combine your love of baking with crafting to make these Salt Dough Lovebug Valentine's Day cards!
• Save those toilet paper cardboard tubes to make DIY Cardboard Heart Stamps and decorate your construction paper or cardstock card.
• Pull out your paint brushes and make some Valentine's Day HeARTwork fit for the front of your card.

If you’re looking for something a little more simple and you have access to a printer, check out these printable Valentine’s Day cards — featuring favorite PBS KIDS characters!

• Ugga mugga! Celebrate Valentine’s Day with these cards from “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.” (prints only in black and white)
• Join Molly, Tooey, Trini, and Suki from “Molly of Denali” in saying Happy Valentine’s Day with these cards!
• Can you tell me how to get… some “Sesame Street” Valentine’s Day cards? Send special Valentine’s Day wishes from Elmo, Cookie Monster, and friends!
• Send these pinkatastic cards from “Pinkalicious and Peterrific” for your pink-loving friends and family members! (prints only in black and white)
• Tally ho! Wish your friends a Happy Valentine’s Day with these cards from “Nature Cat.” (prints only in black and white)
• Say “Be my Valentine!” with cards from Buddy and friends on “Dinosaur Train.”
• Give your friends a special treat with these special “Curious George” Valentine’s Day cards.
• Send your friends a Valentine's Day greeting with these “Cyberchase” Valentine’s Day cards featuring Matt, Jackie, Inez, and Digit (perfect for its upcoming 20th anniversary!).
• Or if you can’t choose just one character, print out these PBS KIDS cards, which feature Daniel Tiger, the Kratt brothers, Odd Squad agents, Arthur, Luna, Xavier Riddle, and more!

The PBS KIDS team loves Valentine’s Day and has tons of crafts, activities and recipes for you to explore for the holiday!