If you’re looking for Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids, we have a fun little project for you! Valentine stitching boards are a great way to keep little fingers busy and practice motor skills! Here’s how to make them!

Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids: Valentine Stitching Boards

Stitching boards have been a major staple in our bag of tricks for as long as we can remember. They are great for a range of ages and help kids be creative while developing a range of skills. Our first set we ever made were these painted wooden boards that were pretty, functional, and a favorite with our kids. However, you don’t have to get out a power drill to make stitching boards–we made our latest set from a soda box!

What are fun Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids?

These boards are such a great Valentine’s Day Craft because not only can your kid’s help make these stitching boards by cutting, painting, and punching holes in the cardboard, they can stitch a variety of designs, and stitch them over and over!

How to make a homemade Stitching Board Valentine card?

You can use these boards as a quiet activity, but we also love the idea of making them into Valentine cards. Write a note on a heart-shaped piece of card stock and hot glue it to the back of the stitched heart!

Supplies Needed to Make Valentine Stitching Boards

To make your own Valentine’s stitching boards you’ll want to gather cardboard that is thick enough to hold its shape while it is being stitched, but not so thick that you can’t cut it with scissors or punch it with a hole-punch. We found that a soda box was the perfect weight.

Once the pieces are cut and punched it’s so fun to let kids paint and design their own heart before the stitching begins!

For this tutorial, you will need:

Step by Step Tutorial for Valentine Stitching Boards

Step 1: Cut cardboard into hearts using scissors.

Step 2: Punch your desired designs into the hearts using a hole punch. (We did some around the perimeter, some in the center, etch.)

Step 3: Let kids paint the hearts in their desired colors. Let the paint dry completely.

Step 4: Cut a length of yarn and let kids stitch away, creating their own designs, or those you imagined!

Step 5: Remove yarn and repeat!

Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids: Valentine Stitching Boards

If you’re looking for Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids, we have a fun little project for you! Valentine stitching boards are a great way to keep little fingers busy and practice motor skills!

Materials

Cardboard
Scissors
Hole Punch
Craft Paint
Paint Brushes
Yarn

Instructions

Cut cardboard into hearts using scissors.
Punch your desired designs into the hearts using a hole punch. (We did some around the perimeter, some in the center, etch.)
Let kids paint the hearts in their desired colors. Let the paint dry completely.
Cut a length of yarn and let kids stitch away, creating their own designs, or those you imagined!
Remove yarn and repeat!

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That’s it! Such a fun way to create together for Valentine’s Day! You can reuse these over and over as stitching boards or once they are stitched they can be used to make a garland or to be given as Valentines!

Happy Making!
ox. Liz and Sam

Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids: Valentine Stitching Boards