5 DIY Sensory-Friendly Valentine's Day Crafts
Valentine’s Day is a holiday to spread love and happiness to those you care for. As Valentine’s Day approaches, we have some sensory friendly crafts that will help you and your little love bug express feelings of love and appreciation with those around you.
1. Heart Dogs
What you need:
Construction paper in 2 colors
Pom poms in 2 colors
Googly eyes
Scissors
Glue
Step 1: Draw a large heart on one piece of paper, two smaller hearts and a tongue on another piece of paper
Step 2: Cut the hearts and tongue out of the paper
Step 3: Glue one ear at the top of one side of the large heart and then the other on the opposite side
Step 4: Take 2 googly eyes and glue them in between the two ears
Step 5: Glue the tongue close to the bottom of your large heart
Step 6: Grab 1 pom pom to be the nose and 2 of the same color to be the dog’s mouth
Step 7: Glue the nose below the eyes and the last two pom poms below the nose
2. Love Bugs
What you need:
Pom poms
Pipe cleaners
Felt or Foam hearts
Glue
Scissors
Step 1: Put a dot of glue on the point of the felt/foam heart
Step 2: Press a pom pom onto the felt/foam heart so your love bug has feet and a body
Step 3: Once dry, take 2 googly eyes and glue them to be the face of your love bug
Step 4: Cut your pipe cleaner to the length you want your love bug’s antennae to be
Step 5: Glue the antennae to your love bug’s head
Get creative! You can bend your pipe cleaners into different shapes to give your love bug’s each their own unique look. You can even glue small hearts at the tips of your love bug’s antennae.
3. Love Lion Card
What you will need:
Construction paper in 3 or more colors
A marker or crayon
Scissors
Glue
Step 1: Choose a piece of paper to be your card and fold it in half
Step 2: Draw an oval on the front of the card
Step 3: Give your lion an oval nose, two small eyes, and some whisker spots
Step 4: Take two or more colors of colored paper and cut them into little hearts (You should have 12 total!)
Step 5: Glue the tips of the hearts around the lion's head to form his mane
Step 6: Write a little message on your card and then you are ready to give the Love Lion away
4. Sensory Bags
What you will need:
Ziploc bags
Paints
A marker
Step 1: Draw a heart on the Ziploc bag
Step 2: Take 1 color and squeeze it inside one side of the bag
Step 3: Repeat with another color on the other side of the bag
Step 4: Close up the bag and it is ready to be squished!
This is a fun little craft not just for Valentine’s day, but also to learn what colors can be made when mixing other colors together.
Idea found here.
5. Valentine’s Day Hands Card
What you will need:
Construction paper
Markers or crayons
Glue
Scissors
Step 1: Choose which paper you want to be the card and then fold it in half
Step 2: Place your hand along the folded edge and trace it
Step 3: Cut out the tracing of your hand (When you open the card now it will be shaped like your hands)
Step 4: Cut out a heart from another piece of paper
Step 5: Write a note on the heart and fold it in half
Step 6: Glue your heart on the inside of your card where you folded
Now your card is ready to be gifted!