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January 15, 2020 By Brandy 2 Comments

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Valentine Gift Ideas for Kids To Make And Give

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A collection of Valentine inexpensive or free gift ideas that kids can make and give each other. Little ways to spread the love all month long by periodically adding little notes and items to a mini mailbox in the home, or giving to friends at school. This post contains affiliate links.

 

A few years ago we started doing Valentine’s Day mail boxes. It has been such a fun tradition and the kids loved them.  Starting the beginning of February we set them out and leave little notes and small gifts for each other. We don’t pass them out every day, just when we think about, it so it’s always a surprise when they receive something. I found these mail boxes at Target, but you can order them from Oriental Trading, too.
valentine mail boxes lined up on table
If your flag is up, you’ve got mail! It is fun to see how excited they get (especially Kaylee who is so dramatic) when they open their box.

valentine mail boxes open with homemade valentines inside

Kaylee drew these little pictures for big brother, Dallin, who likes Phineas and Ferb. She also made a little Perry to go with them.  There was a lot of time and thoughtfulness that went into that little gift. Not bad for a 4 year old!

Valentine Gift Ideas for Kids

I thought it would be fun to do a quick round up of little Valentine notes and gifts that would be perfect to add to mini mail boxes. Many are free gifts that kids can make for eachother. I’ve also included some fun ideas from the grocery store and free printables.

Simple Valentine Gifts Found At Your Local Grocery Store:

  • dum dums
  • mini popcorn bags
  • fruit roll up
  • stick of gum

Free Ideas:

  • coupon for a night off of dishes (they can make their own coupons, or fill in these blank ones. So cute!)
  • coupon to play a game
  • coupon to read a story to a sibling
  • draw a picture of a friend or family member’s favorite animal

Valentine Printables and Small Gift Ideas to Make:

valentine fruit cups with printable valentine tags

  • Valentine’s Day Fruit Cups: a less sugary treat to give kids this year, and they come with cute printable labels! “Valentine, you’re a peach!” Print out the labels and let the kids use them as cute notes to each other, or add to a fruit cup to give as a snack.

heart shaped valentine printable jokes

  • Valentine Coupons and Printable Jokes: an inexpensive and EASY way to for kids to bring a smile to a sibling’s face!

valentine gum printable

  • “I Chews You” Gum Valentine: Tape a stick of gum on this cute little card before slipping it into the mailbox.

valentine sugar cookies on baking rack

  • Valentine Sugar Cookies: Our FAVORITE sugar cookie recipe in Valentine form. These little hearts wrap up perfectly to give out as little gifts for Valentine’s Day! A great recipe to make together.

valentine painted rocks

  • Valentine Friendship Rocks from Red Ted Art: These would be fun for kids to make for each other for their classmates, right?

valentine marble magnets

  • Thumbprint Heart Glass Magnets from Rhythm of Play: we’ve made glass marble magnets before and they are so easy and turn out great! You can put any hand drawn picture or photo behind the glass.

This is a refresh of a post originally shared in 2013.

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About Brandy

Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. Carrie Rudy says

    February 3, 2013 at 11:05 pm

    We do this too! I didn’t start it for valentines day but same idea!

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  2. Cheryl Kirkness says

    February 8, 2013 at 11:44 pm

    So super sweet! I’m going to be making my little guy a mailbox this weekend. Thanks for linking up today. You have so many awesome ideas for kids – I’d love to see what you create next week too!

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