“You color my heart” DIY Valentine Cards for Kids

Oh, oh, oh, do I have an AWESOME idea to share with you!  Last year I bit off a little more than I could chew with a snow globe Valentine idea.  While they were very cute, they were pretty time consuming and Big M was NOT interested in the process.   This year my plan was to make cute, easy, kid made valentine cards.  SUCCESS!

We made “You color my heart” valentine cards and I bet you are going to be making them too!

Don’t those make you want to grab a crayon and color?!?!

DIY Valentine Cards for Kids

What you need: cardstock, Sharpie, crayons , ribbon and printer (affiliate links)

I asked M and M to draw a heart with a pencil and then make some designs inside for their friends to color.  (Tips 1. I gave them a piece of paper the size I wanted the card to be, that way I wouldn’t have to deal with a heart that was too big.  2.  I doodled a few design ideas so they would know what I was talking about.)

My plan was to draw over their pencil drawn heart with a sharpie.  Little M opted to use the sharpie right off the bat.  Both ways worked!

Once the hearts were drawn I asked them to write their names.  I wanted Big M to write the entire thing… he wasn’t interested.

I did the next couple of steps on the computer.  I’m not really all that tech savvy, there is probably a better way to do it but all I can tell you is how I did it.  (My hubs will probably tell me an easier way when he reads this! 🙂 )

1. Scan the image onto the computer (If you don’t have a scanner just take a picture of the image and load it up that way.)
2. Edit the pictures in PicMonkey.  Add the words “You color my heart.” and “From”.
3. Add the edited image to Microsoft Word and re-size them until 4 will fit onto one page.
4. Adjust your printer so that the margins are as small as possible.
5. Print as many copies as you need.

Once I had the images printed out I cut card stock big enough to work as a border.

Then glued the two together.

I used a hole punch to punch two holes.  Laced a ribbon through the holes and tied a crayon to the card.

That’s it.  So easy, fun and CUTE!

More Valentine Fun

Funny Valentine’s Day Cards (each one has a special Valentine’s Day joke)
Homemade I Spy Valentine Card
10 Super Cool Valentine Card Ideas
Valentine Gift Ideas (that don’t include candy)

This DIY Valentine Cards post originally appeared on January 12, 2012.