Paper Cupid Gift for Valentines - Red Ted Art

Today we welcome back the fabulous Box of Ideas! And once again he has created the most adorable Valentine’s Printable for you today! The best thing? Not only are these Paper Cupid Gift ideas adorable, but you can use the printable in 4 different ways – as a treat, a bookmark, a Valentine’s Card or a classroom display. SO CUTE!

DIY Paper Cupid Craft: Easy Valentine’s Day Idea for Kids

Hello! I am Rodrigo Macias, the Early Childhood Educator behind Box of Ideas, a website full of fresh activities and inspiration for outstanding early childhood education.

I am happy to be back on Red Ted Art for the second time in their fantastic love series. Last year’s idea was for pets, and this year’s craft is more focused on Preschool children but can also be done outside of the classroom since the craft is so darn cute and easy to make.

Today’s Valentines Craft

In this tutorial you will find out how to use one single free Printable of a chunky and adorable cupid to make:

A Valentine’s day chocolate favor
A Valentine’s 3D cupid card
A Valentine’s cupid-themed classroom display
Valentine’s Bookamrk

Developmental opportunities

This Valentine’s day craft is a good fine motor skills activity for kindergarten children because it uses scissors for simple cutting and the way to curl cupid’s hair helps kids to work on their pencil grip.

The activity can also be linked to the literacy aspect of the curriculum if you encourage the children to write “Mum”, “Dad”, etc. or their own name (or the first letter of their name) in the cupid’s heart.

What you need to make your Cupid Crafts

For all the craft options:

A copy of the free printable by Box of Ideas.
Scissors
Coloured pencils
Glue stick

And depending on each craft, you also need:

Favor: For the Valentine’s day candy favor: a popsicle stick, tape (or a rubber band) and a yummy treat (like a chocolate bar).
Card: For the Valentine’s 3D cupid card: a sheet of A4 card.
Display: For the Valentine’s cupid-themed classroom display: a board on the wall!

TUTORIAL: How to make a DIY Paper Cupid:

Print out the free template
Colour in your cupid buddy.
Cut out the cupid and add colour to the back part of its hair.
Make cuts following the dotted line.

Use one of the coloured pencils or anything else around that is cylindrical and slim to roll cupid’s curly hair.
Write the name of your s inside the cupid’s heart

Make a Valentine’s day chocolate favor

Follow the steps above, then stick the cupid to a popsicle stick and use clear tape (or a rubber band) to add a chocolate bar or any other suitable treat to the popsicle.

Gift it to your lucky valentine!

Make a Valentine’s Day card

Follow the steps 1-6 from this tutorial, then glue your chunky friend to an A4 card folded in half to make your 3D Valentine’s card. Personalise the card as you wish and add a little message to make your valentine’s heart skip a beat.

Make a cupid-themed classroom display

As an idea to decorate your classroom for February, you could let the kids make their cupid and place them all together to make a beautiful Valentine’s day display that shows the diversity of your classroom. If the children ask for glitter say you ran out. Just kidding! Remind yourself how much you love your students and give them all the glitter!

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