Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids with Canva for Education
As teachers, it’s fun to mix up the day-to-day and celebrate holidays like Valentine’s Day. It’s fun for our students and for us, and it helps us all make the most of the little things. But we all know how exhausting it can be. So, why not take some of the burden off yourself with some Canva for education Valentine’s Day activities for kids?
These activities are mess-free, stress-free, and most are just plain free!
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Start Your Day
Welcome your students the minute they walk into your classroom with these exciting Valentine’s Day activities for kids and classroom decorations. They’ll feel the love before the first bell!
Put this sweet event invitation on your whiteboard to set the tone for a fun day of celebrating! Let them know they can expect a great day ahead.
Share this schedule on the whiteboard or projector so students can see all the exciting things you have planned for the day.
Everyone loves to color! Even 5th graders or even 9th graders would love to come in on Valentine’s Day and color. This Valentine’s Day coloring printable is just too adorable not to share.
After coloring, this creative activity will get your students’ brains working! Students must use problem-solving skills and their imagination to create different Valentine’s Day-themed items.
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Calm It Down
Need some engaging activities that will keep your students in their seats? Here are some great printables to help! Set the tone with calming music or a podcast while your students work away.
Students of all ages, and even adults, love coloring. And it’s good for you, too. Coloring can improve motor skills, boost focus, and even reduce anxiety.
Help students express love this Valentine’s Day! This activity asks students to draw the people and things they love.
This printable features several activities that students can quickly complete during subject changes or as a no-prep brain break!
Valentine’s Day Games
My family is big on game nights! They tie us together and keep us present with each other. Games can similarly affect your classroom by helping students bond and reconnect.
One of my favorites of family game night is Pictionary! This activity offers an easy and a hard sheet of Valentine’s Day items for your students to draw.
Mazes make for a fun brain break during a lesson or to get their juices flowing. Here, your kids will find the correct path for the messenger bird to reach the heart-eyed student.
Bingo is always a hit in the classroom, and this activity includes numerous boards for your whole class.
This activity helps both motor and problem-solving skills as students need to cut out their own adorable bear-themed Jigsaw puzzle and then put it back together.
What’s true and what’s a bluff about Valentine’s Day? Have your students compete with these adorable themed slides and offer a fun love day treat.
This game is an inviting and fun way to allow your students to express themselves. Have them write down their answers or, for more of a social game, have them take turns saying which they would prefer and why.
Language Arts Activities
Carry your Valentine’s Day theme into your lessons with these fun Language Arts activities!
With this activity, students will look for love, flowers, and other Valentine’s Day words to help with spelling and reading.
Engage your younger students with these themed, traceable words! Whether your students learn their letters or practice their handwriting, these are great for celebrating.
Math Activities
Math has never looked so cute with these adorable math printables for celebrating Valentine’s Day with your students!
Bring the fun of coloring into your math lesson! As students count each Valentine’s Day item, they’ll color them and add the total to the bottom of the page.
Use candy without the mess of candy! With this activity, students will find the probability of each outcome using the candy letters printed on the page.
This super simple counting worksheet is perfect for younger students and for a fun reinforcement activity.
Coloring is a fantastic way to teach students counting. It’s slow and simple and it’s always fun.
Perfect for beginners, students will divide each number by the number of Valentine’s Day items they see.
This activity for 6th graders is a fun brain teaser. Students will solve the math problems to determine what number each image represents.
