Valentine’s Day Handprint Templates (8 free printables)
Valentine’s Day activities for kids will start before we know it. Love is in the air, so download our 8 free Valentine’s Day handprint templates below and create some wonderful keepsakes.
Nothing says I love you more than Valentine’s handprint art. These printable Valentine’s Day crafts make the perfect gift for mom and dad.
This is such a lovely way to get messy with the kids while creating happy memories. Grab the finger paint and get creating.
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Valentine’s handprint art
You probably have all of the supplies to make these fun little Valentine handprint crafts with preschoolers, toddlers, and your babies.
Supplies needed for the handprint crafts:
- cardstock
- washable paints (these are the ones we use for all of our handprint crafts)
- paintbrush
- Wipes!! It helps to have these handy so you don’t make a complete mess of your table!
How to make Valentine’s handprint art:
Print out the templates below, they will print out on eight full pages. They will print in portrait on 8.5″ x 11″ paper, so make sure to check the printer settings.
These free printable Valentine’s Day handprint craft templates are free to print but are for personal or classroom use only. Scroll to the bottom of the page to get the pdf file.
You can of course print this on normal copy paper, but with all of our crafts, they always look better on white cardstock.
Love handprint art
The first Valentine’s Day handprint is the I Love You template, and it will look like this:
Grab the supplies above and get creating!
Let the kids decide what color handprints they want to use. We opted for a black handprint and black footprints, but you could choose whatever colors you want.
Use a small paintbrush to add a thin layer of paint to their hands and feet. Make sure you have the wipes handy!!
Cover their hand with paint and place their hand upward on top of the letter O, and then paint both of their feet and add in a v shape over the letter V.
Press down all along their hands and feet to make sure the handprints transfer fully.
Pull the child’s hand and feet up carefully, ensuring you don’t smudge them.
Happy Valentine’s Day Mommy
The second and third Valentine handprint crafts for preschoolers are these Happy Valentine’s Day Mommy. No matter how big these hands grow, we will always love you, or I will always love you, and they will look like this:
I have also added exactly the same as above but saying Daddy too.
Grab the supplies above and get creating!
Let the kids decide what color handprints they want to use. We opted for red, but if you have 2 children then one could use a different color.
Use a small paintbrush to add a thin layer of paint to their hands. Make sure you have the wipes handy!!
Cover their hand with paint and place their hands on the page. Press down all along their hands to make sure the handprint transfers fully.
Pull the child’s hand up carefully to make sure you don’t smudge the handprint.
Happy Valentine’s Day parents
I just love this Valentine’s handprint craft for the parents. Happy Valentine’s Day to the best parents in the whole world, and they will look like this:
Grab the supplies above and get creating!
Let the kids decide what color handprints they want to use. We opted for red, but if you have 2 children then one could use a different color.
Use a small paintbrush to add a thin layer of paint to their hands. Make sure you have the wipes handy!!
Cover their hands with paint and place their hands on the page pointing downwards. Press down all along their hands to make sure the handprint transfers fully.
Pull the child’s hand up carefully making sure you don’t smudge the handprint.
Handprint flower for Valentine’s Day
The next Valentine’s Day handprint is this beautiful flower, and it will look like this:
Grab the supplies above and get creating!
Let the kids decide what color handprints they want to use. We opted for red again.
Use a small paintbrush to add a thin layer of paint to their hands. Make sure you have the wipes handy!!
Cover their hand with paint and place their hand upwards on top of the stem. Press down all along their hand to make sure the handprint transfers fully.
Pull the child’s hand up carefully making sure you don’t smudge the handprint.
I love you footprint template
The final Valentine’s Day footprint template is I love you, from the top of my head to the tip of my toes, and it will look like this:
Grab the supplies above and get creating!
Let the kids decide what color footprints they want to use. We opted for 2 red footprints. If you have 2 children you could use a different color foot for each child.
Use a small paintbrush to add a thin layer of paint to their feet. Make sure you have the wipes handy!!
Cover their feet with paint and place their feet in the middle of the heart with their feet pointing upwards. Press down all along their feet to make sure the footprint transfers fully.
If you love handprint crafts I think you will also love our alphabet handprint series. This is such a fun way to learn the alphabet.
You can also enjoy our free printable spring handprint templates.
Additional printable Valentine’s activities for preschool
You can also download and have fun with even more activities:
- Enjoy an exciting Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt looking for love-themed clues and surprises.
- Have a blast coloring in adorable Free printable Valentines coloring pages.
- Free printable Valentine bingo cards. Play an easy and enjoyable bingo game with cute Valentine’s pictures.
- Personalize and color unique printable Valentine’s Day cards to color for loved ones.
- Valentine’s Day memory game printable. Play a fun memory game with lovely Valentine’s themes to boost memory skills.
Tips for downloading the free files
Below you will see a large sign-up box where you need to add your name and email address, and press I NEED THIS NOW!
Within minutes you will be sent the free PDF directly to your email address, so you can print it out and start using it immediately.
Sometimes emails get a little wonky, so if you can’t see it, please check your spam folder where I am sure it is hiding.
Download the free Valentine’s Day handprint templates
Make sure you choose the correct paper size and click on the shrink to fit button. All of our free printables for kids work better when printed on cardstock (this is the one we use and love.)
Last Updated on 14 November 2023 by homeschoolof1