DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Valentine's Day Cups

There are two versions of the same basic Valentine's Day Cup Craft.  You decide which you prefer!

Heart Cup Version 1

Materials:

• styrofoam or paper cup
• aluminum foil
• popsicle stick or straw
• paper,
• scissors,
• glue

Craft Instructions:

• Cover cup with aluminum foil.
• Poke a hole in the top of the cup with scissors or a sharpened pencil.
• Cut a heart out of pink paper.
• Cut two leaves out of green paper.
• Draw a face on the heart.
• Glue or tape the heart to the top of the popsicle stick or straw.
• Poke the straw/popsicle stick through the cup.
• Glue or tape the leaves onto the popsicle stick.

Heart Cup Version 2

Materials:

• styrofoam or paper cup
• aluminum foil
• popsicle stick or straw
• paper,
• scissors,
• glue,
• red paint
• optional:  green tissue paper

Instructions:

• Cover cup with aluminum foil.
• Cut a heart out of pink paper.
• Using red paint, make thumbprints on the heart.
• Glue or tape the heart to the top of the popsicle stick or straw.
• Fill the cup with green tissue paper.
• Put the popsicle stick/straw in the cup full of green tissue paper.
• Optional:  Make a second heart flower
  or
  Attach a second heart to the front of the cup with a paper clip
  with the message:

Thumbody Loves You!  It's Me(Us)!  Love _____

I'm providing templates, but in this case, I think it's great for the kids to trace and make their own hearts.  You can use a cookie cutter or make a cardboard tracer OR you can teach the children how to fold a piece of paper in half to make a symmetrical heart.

Template 1:  2 blank hearts
color       or       B&W

Template 2:  heart with face + leaves
color       or       B&W

Template 3:  2 hearts with "thumbody loves you"
color       or       B&W

Printable version of these instructions