25 Fun February Craft Ideas for Preschoolers

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From Valentine’s Day to Groundhog Day, and even a little winter magic, there are so many ways to get creative and build fine motor skills during February. Let’s take a look at some of my favorite fun February craft ideas for preschoolers. I know you will find the perfect project for your kids.

February and Valentines Day Crafts for Preschoolers

Valentine’s Day Crafts for Preschoolers

Nothing says February like Valentine’s Day, so it should come as no surprise that most of my ideas are for Valentine crafts. These preschool-friendly crafts are a great way to encourage kindness, creativity, and a little hands-on learning this February.

Valentine’s Day Paper Plate Crafts

Dancing Ribbons – It’s easy to make Valentine dancing ribbons. Cut a circle from the center of a paper plate. Kids can decorate the outside of the plate with stickers and then staple streamers to one side. You can even attach some jingle bells with a pipe cleaner.

Dancing Ribbons - A February Craft for Preschoolers.

Paper Plate Wreath by Glitter on a Dime

Paper Plate Valentine’s Day Bag – Do you need a cute craft to hold your kids Valentines? You can help your kids make this cute bag from paper plates by Crafty Morning.

Paper Plate Threaded Heart – Cut a heart out of the middle of a paper plate and punch holes around the heart. Tape a large piece of yarn to the back of the plate, and kids can thread it in and out of the holes to create a cool string art heart design.

Threaded paper plate craft for Valentine's Day.

Valentine’s Day Pipe Cleaner Crafts

Bracelet or Heart – For an easy peasy Valentine’s Day craft, get out some pipe cleaners and pony beads. Kids can thread beads onto a pipe cleaner to make a bracelet, or you can help them bend It into a heart shape.

beaded heart craft made with pony beads and pipe cleaners - February Valentine's Day crafts for preschoolers

Heart Wands – Kids can also add beads to a pipe cleaner wand like this one from Ms. Stephanie’s Preschool.

Valentine’s Day PAPER Crafts

Valentine Tearing Paper Craft – Paper tear art projects are fun for kids…and they help build their hand strength. Give your kids some scrap paper and a glue stick to make this super easy craft. Kids can fill a simple heart shape with scraps of torn red and pink paper or tissue paper.

printable Valentine craft for kids - a paper tearing activity. A hear image is printed on pink paper and kids have torn red paper and glued it on the heart.

Love Bug Crafts – Are you looking for some easy printable Valentine crafts for kids? Check out these adorable love bug cut and paste crafts.

This fun craft gives your kids the opportunity to practice cutting and tracing lines. Plus, they can build strength in their little hands as they punch out some holes with a hole punch. Feel free to add stickers, glitter, or googly eyes to jazz them up. I love attaching crafts to a process art painted background.

2 love bug Valentine's Day crafts shown with crayons and a hole punch

Heart Hole Punch Circles – Speaking of hole punches, here are some hole punch circles that your kids can cut out, color, and punch. Use them for bulletin board, DIY valentines, homemade gift tags, or to make an adorable heart garland.

Heart hole punch craft - an example of February crafts for preschooelrs

Heart Cutout Crafts – Kids LOVE cutting out these fold-n-cut hearts. I LOVE watching the amazement on their faces when they unfold their printable cutting practice activity to reveal a perfect heart cutout.

Wanna take these to the next level? Provide crayons, stickers, glitter glue, or gems to make them gorgeous.

Heart cutout craft for preschoolers

Heart Cutout Flower – Take the heart cutouts and create a flower like this one from Preschool Teacher Toolkit.

Valentine’s Day Paper Chains – Use strips of construction paper or cardstock (We used strips from our Winter Dot Sticker Strips). You can make individual paper hearts, and you can even staple them together to make a gorgeous heart paper chain.

Heart paper chains - an example of February crafts for preschoolers

Wanna learn how to make a heart paper chain? Check out the video tutorial below.

Valentine Name Crafts and Literacy Crafts

Heart Name Puzzles – Your kids can complete their puzzle over and over, or they can glue the pieces together on a long strip of paper or sentence strip. I love attaching crafts to a process art background. Stop by this post to see 5 different ways to use the heart puzzles.

Heart name craft for preschoolers

Name Coloring Sheets – Use customized Valentine’s Day coloring pages to make a seasonal name art activity for your kids.

name coloring sheet for Valentine's Day - an example of February crafts for preschoolers.

Valentine’s Day Letter Collage – Use alphabet collage sheets for a fun Valentine’s Day craft that includes literacy learning. Use heart stickers, rose petals, or red paper or collage materials for a fun February craft.

Valentine's Day printable letter collage.  One sheet says R is for roses and the other say h is for hearts.

Valentine’s Day Process Art Activities

These open-ended process art activities are all about experimenting with materials, having fun, and creating something unique. I also like using the process art activity as a starting activity for a fun Valentine’s Day craft.

Collage – Provide a bunch of materials like streamers, yarn, scrap paper, tissue paper, and stickers so that kids can make an open-ended collage. We cut out the collage into a heart shape.

Valentine's Day collage - an example of February Crafts for preschoolers.

Heart Roller Printing – We made a special paint roller with a pool noodle and foam heart stickers. You can use this fun technique to create unique Valentine’s Day gift bags.

heart roller painting - an example of February and Valentine's Day Craft for preschoolers

Wanna make your own heart paint roller? Check out the video below to get the step-by-step directions.

Valentine’s Day Printing – You can use a variety of items to stamp paint onto paper. We created a stamp with a heart foam sticker, and use a pencil eraser and a plastic koosh ball ring to create interesting shapes and textures with paint.

printed heart process art activity and Valentine's Day and February craft for preschoolers

Bleeding Tissue Paper – Use a glue stick to lightly apply bleeding tissue paper squares to a piece of paper. Then, spray the page with water. After the paper dries, you can peel it away to reveal a colorful work of art. Cut the artwork into a heart shape or use it as the background for an art activity.

love bug craft on a bleeding tissue paper process art background.

Yarn Collage – Create a mixture of glue and water in a bowl. Your kids can dip strips of red, pink, or purple yarn and apply them to a piece of paper.

yarn collage process art activity for Valentine's Day

Additional February Craft Ideas for Preschoolers

While Valentine’s Day is the biggest theme for February. Here are some additional thematic crafts that you can work on during February.

Winter Animals CRAFT IDEAS

Polar bears and penguin crafts are perfect for the February. Check out my blog post about easy penguin crafts ideas for preschoolers.

paper penguin craft for preschool kids on a blue background with a glue stick and scissors

Groundhog Day Crafts

Use a paper bag to create a groundhog puppet….perfect for Groundhog Day. Cut a hole in a large cardboard box, and your kids can take turns poking their groundhog out to the hole to check for their shadow.

Mardi Gras Crafts

Do you celebrate Mardi Gras in your area? Get your kids ready for a classroom parade by creating these masks from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas.

Your kids will also enjoy decorating these paper plate crowns for the celebration as featured on Red Ted Art.

I hope you got some inspiration from these fun February crafts for preschoolers. Let me know if you give one a try.

Purchase the February Craft Printables

Valentines Day Name Art
heart name puzzles for valentines day
alphabet activity pages or collage sheets
Love Bug Valentine's Day craft and fine motor activities
winter dot sticker strips fine motor activity
peguin and polar bear craft
Valentines Day fine motor activities

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Additional Valentine’s Day Activity Ideas

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