Valentine’s Day Crafts: 22 Patterns and Project Ideas for Kids, Teens and Adults

Need some Valentine’s Day craft ideas? Hoping to find free instructions for making Valentine’s Day craft projects? You’ll find bunches of possibilities here; I’ve shared free Valentine’s Day card making ideas; free Valentine’s Day crochet patterns; Free Valentine’s Day heart patterns; and a bunch of assorted other ideas. I hope you’ll enjoy all the beautiful Valentine’s Day crafts available on this website.

Valentine Cards to Make

DIY Valentine's Day Cards You Can Make and Send to Your Loved Ones

Valentine Cards to Make: This photo gives you a peek at some of the Valentine’s Day card making ideas I’ve posted. There are many others besides these.


Remember making Valentine cards as a kid? Wasn’t it fun?


Truth is, I don’t think we need to feel as if we’ve outgrown handmade Valentine cards. I’d definitely include Valentine card making as a possibility on my list of Valentine’s Day crafts for adults.


If you’d like to make special Valentine’s Day cards to give to your friends, family or significant other, you’ll find a bunch of different ideas to choose from. Some of them are ultra fancy. Some of them are romantic and lovey-dovey. And,s some of them are just plain cute. Check out these ideas:

Find the Main Directory of Valentine’s Day Cards (with pictures!) HERE.

9. How to Tie Dye a Heart Shape for a Valentine’s Day T-Shirt

Learn How to Tie Dye a Heart Shape With Our Free Heart Tie Dye Instructions

Learn How to Tie Dye a Heart Shape With Our Free Heart Tie Dye Instructions

Perhps your Valentine’s Day plans don’t involve dressing up in your best clothes to go out for an evening of dinner and dancing. If you’re keeping it casual this Valentine’s Day, a heart T-shirt could be a cute inclusion in your ensemble. You can use these free instructions to tie dye a heart shape on a plain, solid-colored T-shirt. This project idea is suitable for teens, for any kids who are old enough to be trusted with a needle and thread, and also for adults.

FREE Valentine Crochet Patterns

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Free Crochet Heart Patterns

Check out these free crochet patterns for heart and flower motifs.

Check out these free crochet patterns for heart and flower motifs.

10. and 11. Heart Edgings: Free Crochet Patterns

Crochet Heart Edgings -- Free Patterns

Crochet Heart Edgings — Free Patterns


There are bunches of different ways you could crochet an edging with heart shapes. If that’s what you want to do, I have a free chart you can use. There are zillions of possible ways to interpret the chart, but pictured here, you can see two possibilities. One is a simple, one-color filet crochet interpretation; the other is a two-color version where the heart is cross stitched onto the background of the edging.


The chart works best for crocheting straight edges — for example, if you need an edging to use across the top of a bed sheet, that’s the ideal use case for the filet crochet version of the heart edging, because I didn’t work out a corner for it. You can click or tap here if you want to check out the free pattern.

12. Basic Crochet Heart Applique

Basic Crochet Heart Applique Worked in Variegated Silk Yarn and Embellished With a Heart-Shaped Czech Glass Button

Basic Crochet Heart Applique Worked in Variegated Silk Yarn and Embellished With a Heart-Shaped Czech Glass Button


Need a pretty applique to dress up a Valentine’s Day project you’re working on — perhaps to use as a brooch or to attach to a hat? Or maybe to use as one layer on the top of a handmade Valentine’s Day card? This cute little heart applique might be just what you need. You can embellish it with ribbons, buttons, jewels, bits of lace or just about any other pretty doodad you might have hanging around in your craft supply stash.

13. Valentine Heart Pouch: Free Crochet Pattern

Free Crochet Heart Pouch Pattern

Free Crochet Heart Pouch Pattern

14. Valentine’s Day Crochet Heart Blanket: Free Crochet Pattern

The most prominent design element in this blanket is the crocheted heart motif -- but the mini checkerboard design is an important supporting design element. This design is ideal for Valentine's Day, especially if you crochet it in red, pink and white as pictured. But you could change the colors to make the look entirely different.

The most prominent design element in this blanket is the crocheted heart motif — but the mini checkerboard design is an important supporting design element. This design is ideal for Valentine’s Day, especially if you crochet it in red, pink and white as pictured. But you could change the colors to make the look entirely different.


There are four different sets of instructions you’ll need to make this blanket:

15. Three-Color Valentine Heart Afghan Square: Free Crochet Pattern

Crochet Heart Square -- Red, White and Pink Valentine's Day Colorway

Crochet Heart Square — Red, White and Pink Valentine’s Day Colorway

16. Mini Checkered Afghan Square in Valentine Colors

This crocheted square features a checkered motif worked in red, pink and white yarn -- ideal for making as part of a Valentine's Day craft project.This picture accompanies a downloadable free crochet pattern for a mini checkered crochet square. The photo and free crochet pattern are posted online at KnittingandCrochet.net.

This crocheted square features a checkered motif worked in red, pink and white yarn — ideal for making as part of a Valentine’s Day craft project.This picture accompanies a downloadable free crochet pattern for a mini checkered crochet square. The photo and free crochet pattern are posted online at KnittingandCrochet.net.

Striped Heart Square: Free Crochet Pattern

Striped Crochet Heart Afghan Square for Babies or Your Valentine

Crochet Heart Afghan Square for Babies or Your Valentine

17. Heart Sampler Baby Blanket: Free Crochet Pattern

Crochet Baby Blanket With Heart Pattern

Crochet Baby Blanket With Heart Pattern

18. Crochet Heart Square With Scalloped Edge

Heart Square With Scalloped Crochet Edge

Heart Square With Scalloped Crochet Edge

Free crochet patterns are available for both the square and the edging, which can be used together as pictured, or separately in other projects. You can get the heart square pattern HERE and the scalloped edging pattern HERE.

19. Fabric Crochet Heart Trivets or Coasters: Free Pattern

Fabric Crochet Heart Coaster or Trivet: Free Crochet Pattern

Fabric Crochet Heart Coaster or Trivet: Free Crochet Pattern

20. Crochet Heart Applique with Beads

Crochet Heart Applique With Beads: Free Crochet Pattern

Crochet Heart Applique With Beads: Free Crochet Pattern

21. One Idea for Using the Crocheted Heart Applique: Make This Romantic Scrapbooking Layout

Scrapbooking Layout With Hearts and Paper Lace by Amy Solovay

Scrapbooking Layout With Hearts and Paper Lace by Amy Solovay

22. Valentine’s Day Scarf (Free Crochet Pattern)

Free Valentine's Day Crochet Scarf Pattern

Free Valentine’s Day Crochet Scarf Pattern

Looking for something special and unique to wear on Valentine’s Day (or, really, any day)? Check out this pretty Valentine’s Day scarf pattern you can use for crocheting your own lovely scarf.

23. Abstract Crochet Flower Motif

Abstract Crocheted Flower Motif Embellished With a Heart Pin

Abstract Crocheted Flower Motif Embellished With a Heart Pin

Finished crochet flower embellished with a red and white ribbon bow.

Finished crochet flower embellished with a red and white ribbon bow.

24. Octagon-Shaped Mandala Crocheted in Red, Pink and White for Valentine’s Day — From the Book Crochet Kaleidoscope by Sandra Eng, Published by Interweave


Octagon-Shaped Crochet Flower Mandala Motif: This 8-pointed crochet star has a flower motif in the center. The pattern is from the book Crochet Kaleidoscope by Sandra Eng, published by Interweave. This is a Valentine-friendly colorway of the design which is not included in the book. Crocheted and photographed by Amy Solovay.

Octagon-Shaped Crochet Flower Mandala Motif: This 8-pointed crochet star has a flower motif in the center. The pattern is from the book Crochet Kaleidoscope by Sandra Eng, published by Interweave. This is a Valentine-friendly colorway of the design which is not included in the book. Crocheted and photographed by Amy Solovay.

There you have it: A roundup of unique ideas for Valentine’s Day crafts. Hope you found some ideas you can use. Happy crafting!

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This page was last updated on 2-13-2024.

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