35 Valentine Ideas, Crafts and Recipes

Grab regular pencils or holiday festive ones and add these free pencil toppers for classroom Valentine gift ideas

While it may be a bit of work for a full classroom set you can always use this Valentine slime recipe to make smaller batches of slime to gift for a few people.

Chocolate and hearts! Make them something they're sure to enjoy with these chocolate-dipped and red drizzle Rice Krispie treat hearts!

Create these cute little love bugs with regular nutter butter cookies as your base. Add pink chocolate and heart sprinkles with edible eyes to complete the faces.

Everyone will LOVE these 3-D hearts made from regular paper! These are a unique way to make a card or hide a smaller gift.

Add a little love bug to your Valentine candy with these free bag toppers. Just add black pipe cleaners (which are optional) and they're good to go!

Keep the kids busy with these fun free printable Valentine's Day word searches.

A new and fun twist on Rice Krispie treats, add some pink and red with carries and pink frosting to make unique Valentine's Day treats!

You can take brownies to the next level with this easy brown sugar blondies recipe! Add in seasonal candies like the pink, red, and white M&Ms.

Have scrap fabric laying around and not sure what to do with it? Turn it into something useful with this heart pin you can make at home.

Make these healthy Valentine treats with granola and frozen yogurt! Check out the full recipe and make these up in a flash.

Need a Valentine wreath or just regular holiday decor ideas for the home? This Valentine Heart Art is super easy and quick to make! Make up a few and give them as gifts!

Use up those old burlap scraps and make something festive and unique! This is a great craft to use recycled wood pieces and scrap fabric so nothing goes to waste!

Add some heart to those holiday drinks with this Valentine drink recipe we made at home!

Who remembers making mix tapes? Now you can dress up those "mixed CDs" with these homemade Songs from the Heart felt sleeves!

Give them something useful and festive by making homemade bath salts! Add a red heart spot on the top (it disappears when mixed though) to add that little extra love touch.

Ideal for colder outdoor locations, this heart garland is made with just food coloring, water, and twine!

You only need a few supplies to create a Valentine rock! Whether you buy your rocks or find them in nature all you need is love (and your Dremel tool) to customize a gift that will last forever!

Make a custom card with free Valentine printables!

Skip those expensive price tags at the store and create your own Valentine home decor with these Valentine wall prints!

Whether you have a fabric marker OR a Cricut cutting machine you make these custom his and her pillows to keep or give as gifts!

What a cool way to recycle old door locks!? Customize your background wood pieces in whatever color you like and clean up rusty hardware to give it a new life!

Make these quick and easy stencil hearts in a flash with this easy tutorial! Add keys to symbolize the "key to my heart" to make a cute gift.

Who needs store-bought when you can make it at home! Combine burlap, a frame, and a few more supplies to create this cute XO decor idea.

Don't forget to add some festive fun to the tables! This chalkboard table runner is so cute and the whole family can write on it or use it as a romantic date night way to share thoughtful memories.

Let the kids decorate with this Valentine table runner made from burlap and paint!

Need a frugal classroom Valentine idea? Make these quick Valentine bookmarks!

Grab some burlap and seasonal fabric to make this easy bunting banner for your home.

Bake up these sweet mini treats and stick them in a jar you might already have at home. You can fill the rest of the jar up with candy.

Colder weather means the need for lip care grows. Now you can give them something festive and useful by making this DIY peppermint lip balm!

Everyone uses magnets! You can never have enough it seems. This is a fun way the kids can create something to give as gifts to their friends or family.

Rolled paper art is a bit tricky but when done it creates these beautiful pieces! Make this heart in no time though to use as decor or a card!

Take your favorite pictures and make them into a gift with this DIY home decor idea.

Have a Cricut or other vinyl cutting machine? Make this Valentine's Day sign in no time. Grab a solid black board from your local store or take one you already have and paint it black.

Take rocks you already have (or buy a bag from your local dollar store) and turn them into these cute mandala hearts. This is a craft the whole family can do!