Valentine's Day Crafts For Adults

Looking for some cute Valentine's day craft inspiration? We've got you covered with cute holiday decor, thoughtful gifts and fun Valentine's Day crafts for adults.

Perfect for last-minute gifts or as fun crafts to make with the whole family.

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Easy Valentine's Day Crafts.

Valentine's day is fast approaching but don't worry, there's still time to make these easy crafts. Show your family and friends how much you care with a gift you made yourself.

All 30+ of these crafts are quick and easy projects that are perfect for adults, teens and older kids. They're simple, inexpensive and would make a great gift or decoration.

Homemade Valentines Day Crafts.

Valentine's day craft projects aren't just for little kids. Grown-ups can get in on the fun as well. You can make pretty wall hangings, cute coasters and stylish candle holders that any adult would love to receive.

You can keep them as decorations or give them out to friends and family members. Brighten up a room with a heart-shaped wreath or make a pipe cleaner heart garland. They're a great way to decorate for a party.

Valentine's Day Craft Ideas.

Valentine's day is the perfect time to let your friends and family know you care. And there's no need to spend a lot of money on chocolates and roses. Small handmade gifts made with care can be just as meaningful if not more.

All you need are a few basic craft supplies, some construction paper, origami paper, some card, a glue stick or two, acrylic paint some yarn and a sewing machine and fabric for anyone who wants more of a bigger project.

Collage of valentines day crafts for adults and teens.

Easy Valentine Crafts.

I've gathered together a whole bunch of adorable Valentine's day crafts that are hopefully as fun to make as they look. There's everything from easy origami hearts to sweet conversation heart Valentine’s Day bath bombs and mini crochet heart baskets.

There are easy paper crafts for beginners, a couple of sewing projects for the more advanced crafter and some slightly more complicated wreaths and cookies if you want a challenge.

Some will only take a couple of minutes and others are perfect for a weekend or evening project.

Collage of valentine crafts projects for grown ups

Valentine Craft Ideas.

You can make a card or gift extra special by adding some 3-D paper hearts. A sweet painted mason jar or even some cute little love bugs made using a heart-shaped cookie cutter would make a lovely gift.

There's something about a handmade gift that's hard to resist, don't you think? Especially when it's a cute craft in the shape of a heart.

Check out these easy craft ideas below.

Pink letterboard with red heart painted on it.

Painted Letter Board

This is such a great way to customize your letter board to something completely fun and unique! There are so many ways you can use this technique.

Origami Blossom Hearts

Learn how to make a sweet origami blossom heart. This simple tutorial shows you how to make a pretty paper heart out of a rectangular piece of paper.

Heart shaped pom poms hanging on branches in jug.

DIY Valentines Heart Pom-Poms

These heart pom poms are extra easy to make with this one simple but crucial hack! Wrap, cut, trim, shape and voila! You’ve got yourself the cutest heart pom you ever did see! Put these poms on anything from trees to valentines cards.

Red and pink valentines paper gift bags.

Printable Valentine Freezer Paper Treat Bags

Use this to create the most adorable printable treat bags that are food safe, because they are printed directly onto freezer paper!

3 pink woven paper hearts.

Woven Paper Heart Template

Looking for a simple Woven Heart Template? This clever paper decoration is perfect for Valentine’s Day or any other time you want to show someone you care. Weave the ends together to make a heart-shaped paper basket. Fill with candy and gift them to friends and loved ones.

Heart shaped coasters on marble tabletop.

DIY Conversion Heart Coasters

If you’re throwing a party for Galentine’s Day or just want to add a little love and whimsy to your coffee table throughout the year, I hope that you’ll give these DIY Conversation Heart Coasters a try!

Red heart bookmark on open book page.

Valentine’s Day Origami Heart Bookmark

Short on time? Don't panic. Here’s a cute Origami Heart Bookmark you can whip up in a couple of minutes. A quick and simple Valentine’s Day gift for the book lover in your life. Grab your prettiest patterned paper and get folding.

DIY Faux Latch Hook Heart Wall Hanging

This technique makes what looks like a complicated latch hook piece in a fraction of the time! The DIY faux latch hook heart wall hanging turned out so flipping adorable!

Red and white paper milk carton shape gift boxes.

Milk Carton Template - Free Printable

Make your own milk carton gift box using your favourite scrapbook paper and this free template. Giving a gift to a loved one? Why not use a DIY milk carton box to make it extra special?

Heart shaped cards decorated with bean mosaics.

Bean Mosaic Valentine’s

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, the punny phrase “you’ve bean on my mind” was the perfect fit for these painted bean mosaics!

Painted tissue boxes on black background.

DIY Painted Valentine Box

Valentine boxes are full of personality and character, so it’s sad that they’re only used for one day! Today, we have the perfect solution: DIY painted valentine box!

Wooden arrow wall hanging decorated with tassels.

DIY Valentine’s Day Neon Yarn Wall Hanging

Create a DIY valentine’s day neon yarn wall hanging. It’s so fun and colorful and such a cute project for Valentine’s Day.

Decorated cookies in the shapes of hearts and x's and o's.

Decorated XOXO Cookies

These decorated XOXO Cookies for Valentine’s Day aren’t just super cute… they’re also super easy! Free full beginner friendly tutorial.

Red triangle shaped scarf covered in white hearts.

DIY Valentine’s Day Heart Dog Scarf

This is a super easy to make, no-sew pet scarf. It comes together in minutes and it is affordable to make so get crafting and make them of your pup and all their dog park friends.

Gnomes wearing red hats.

DIY Valentine's Day Gnome Gift Boxes

These are no ordinary little gnomes. They are in fact, little Valentine's Day gnome favours or gift boxes that you can fill with treats to surprise a loved one!

Wool wrapped letters in the shapes of x and o.

DIY Typography Wall Art With Roving

DIY typography wall art with roving yields large fluffy letters that can spell out any word or saying you want and in any color you need.

Paper heart garland hanging on the wall.

How to Make a Paper Valentine Heart Garland

Garland. Banner. Bunting. Whatever you call it, a few pieces of colorful paper strung onto some ribbon, yarn or baker’s twine is always a great way to liven up your holiday home.

Concrete candle holders in the shapes of x and o.

DIY Concrete Letter Candlestick Holders

If you’re hosting a larger Valentine soiree, or are looking for centerpieces for a banquet table, you could make a few of these to go down the center of a long table, and arrange flowers around them. A perfectly dramatic centerpiece for a wedding or party, and relatively inexpensive to make.

Heart shaped wreath made out of paper leaves and roses.

How to Make a Giant Valentine’s Day Wreath

There is always a good reason for a wreath, especially a giant heart wreath for Valentine’s Day.

Heart shaped crochet baskets filled with sewing threads.

Crochet Heart Shaped Storage Baskets

If you are like me, you can never have enough storage for bits and bobs. But why have boring old round baskets when you can have a cute crochet heart basket to brighten up your space?

Heart colouring page on clipboard.

Valentine Heart Colouring Page - Free Printable

Colouring is a great way to relax and unwind whether it’s for an hour or only a few minutes. Print out a few of these heart colouring pages, grab your pencils and colour to your heart’s content.

Giant heart covered in flowers hanging in a window.

Hanging Flower Heart DIY

I’ve had a lot of fun doing decorations for intimate Valentine’s Day dinners in years past, and this year I thought it would be fun to make some hanging decor to hang over our pink breakfast nook table. I love to use the inexpensive faux flowers from dollar stores to make a block of texture, and I thought they would be the perfect choice for a large floating heart above the table.

DIY Valentine’s Day Wall Hangings

Inspired by a banner made using real gold leather. This version uses gold pleather that can be found at most fabric stores.

Heart shaped wreath covered in pink flowers.

Valentines Baby’s Breath Heart Wreath

This wreath is as cost effective as possible by making the heart shaped foam wreath yourself. With a handful of floral foam, glue sticks, string, live baby’s-breath, spray paint, and cardboard we set out to make our wreath!

White mug covered in red hearts and filled with pink flowers.

Valentine’s Day Heart Mug DIY

Last week I made this adorable little Valentine’s day mug. I used polymer clay to make little hearts and I think it looks so cute.

Pink heart shaped clutch bag on white fluffy rug.

XOXO Heart Clutch DIY

With Valentine’s Day coming up, it’s the perfect time to make a bag you could take on a Valentine’s date and then wear it the rest of the year as well.

DIY Pipe Cleaner Heart Garland

You are going to love this DIY Valentine’s Day Garland made with pipe cleaners! Vintage-inspired, neutral decor and this simple DIY project requires zero tools!

Box filled with cakes in the shape of letters.

Homemade Valentine’s Day Treat Boxes

Put some alphabet cookie cutters and molds to good use for a typographic Valentine’s Day treat. With a quick paint job on some paper mache boxes and you’ve got a cute gift.

4 origami hearts.

How To Make An Origami Heart

Looking for a quick Valentine’s DIY to show that special someone that you care? Send a sweet note folded into a simple Origami Heart.

Love Bug Craft for Valentines Day

Butterflies, spiders or the discovery of a completely new species – this Love Bug craft is perfect for kids to let their imaginations go wild! Let them create their own individual bug that is truly one of a kind!

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30+ Valentines Day crafts for adults
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Emma

Hi, I'm Emma. I'm a crafter, blogger and paper enthusiast living in the North West of England.

Gathering Beauty is the place where I share craft tutorials and diy inspiration. I started this blog back in 2013 as a way of sharing all the things I love and make. I share paper crafts, clay crafts, origami, printables and desktop wallpapers as well as the odd crochet and weaving project.