Animal Valentines Crafts

Have fun celebrating Valentine’s Day with kids by making some adorable animal Valentines! These cute paper Valentine’s Day animal crafts are super easy for kids to make and they can be given as a gift to someone they love for Valentine’s Day.

Whether make these cute love themed animals at home or school, they are sure to be a hit!

We’ve created five different animals for you to choose from: A koala, skunk, panda, fox or raccoon. Fair warning, you’ll probably have so much fun making your first animal craft that you’ll decide to want to make all five!

Read our simple how-to instructions for making each of the animal Valentines below, and make sure to catch our full video tutorial inside this post.

Easy Paper Animal Valentines for Kids

We’ve designed these darling animals holding a red or pink 3-D heart in it’s hands. If you are making this fun Valentine Day craft with toddlers or preschoolers and feel the 3-D heart is too complicated for them to make, simply omit that step and have them glue one single heart on their animal.

This is also a great option if you want to write a personal message on the heart your animal is holding. You could also write a message on the back of the animal.

Supplies needed:

Animal Valentines Templates <— Get the printable pack in our shop!
colored cardstock paper or construction paper
large googly eyes
black marker (or crayon)
scissors
glue
pencil for tracing (optional)

How to Make a Koala Animal Valentine Craft

Koalas are a favorite animal amongst children so it makes them a fun choice for making an animal Valentine. This cute koala craft is super easy for kids to make and it is simply adorable!

1. Print and cut template

Print out the koala craft template. Cut out each of the pieces from the template and use them as a pattern to trace and cut out each of the pieces on colored cardstock or construction paper. You can also print out the pieces directly on colored cardstock, or have children color the pieces with crayons.

2. Make a 3D heart

Create the 3-D heart for your animal to hold. Start by folding each of the five hearts in half. Add glue on one folded side of each heart and glue the halves together to create a 3-D heart shape.

3. Glue heart to a koala body

Glue the 3-D heart at the bottom of the koala body. Close the 3-D heart and add glue to one side. Open it back up, position it in the center of the body and glue it down in place.

Close the 3-D heart again to reveal the unglued section. Add glue to it, open the 3-D heart again and press the glued section down onto the animal body.

4. Glue head and body together

Glue the koala head at the top of the body. Then glue the koala nose onto the koala face.

5. Make slits to create ears

Use scissors to cut small slits around the perimeter of each of the koala ears. Add glue to each of the ears and glue them on the koala.

6. Finish of with adding eyes

Glue two large googly eyes on the koala. Then add glue on the back of each of the arms and glue them on the koala body inside the 3-D heart so it looks like the koala is holding it.

How to Make a Skunk Animal Valentine Craft

You don’t typically think of stinky skunks as adorable but by golly, this skunk might be my favorite of all the animal Valentines we are sharing today. The contrast of the black and white against each other along with the bright 3D heart makes this animal craft stunning.

1. Print and cut template

Print out the skunk craft template. Cut out each of the pieces from the template and use them as a pattern to trace and cut out each of the pieces on colored cardstock or construction paper. You can also print out the pieces directly on colored cardstock, or have children color the peices with crayons.

2. Make a 3D heart

Create the 3-D heart for your animal to hold by following steps 2 and 3 in the koala craft tutorial above. Then glue the 3-D heart at the bottom of the skunk body.

3. Glue head and body together

Glue the skunk face at the top of the body. Add glue to the back of the white face strip and pink nose and glue them on the skunk face.

4. Add ears

Glue the ears at the top of the skunk.

5. Add ears and tail

Glue large googly on your skunk face. Add glue on the back of the white tail stripe and glue it onto the tail. Then glue the tail on the side of the skunk body.

6. Finish with adding arms

Add glue on the back of each of the arms and glue them on the skunk body inside the 3-D heart so it looks like the skunk is holding it.

How to Make a Panda Animal Valentine Craft

Have a polar bear fan? If so, they are going to love making this cute panda Valentine craft. Just like in the skunk, the contrast of the black and white mixed with the colorful pink heart makes this craft beautiful.

1. Print and cut template

Print out the panda craft template. Cut out each of the pieces from the template and use them as a pattern to trace and cut out each of the pieces on colored cardstock or construction paper. You can also print out the pieces directly on colored cardstock, or have children color the peices with crayons.

2. Make a 3D heart

Create the 3-D heart for your animal to hold by following steps 2 and 3 in the koala craft tutorial above. Then glue the 3-D heart at the bottom of the panda body.

3. Glue head and body together

Glue the panda face at the top of the body.

4. Add eyes, nose & ears

Glue the two black eye patches on the panda face and the nose. Glue a large googly eye in each of the face patches. Then glue the ears onto the panda.

5. Draw a mouth

Use a black marker (or crayon) to draw a mouth on the panda.

6. Finish with adding arms

Add glue on the back of each of the arms and glue them on the panda body inside the 3-D heart so it looks like the panda is holding it.

How to Make a Fox Animal Valentine Craft

This fun fox Valentine might steal the show with it’s cuteness. The body of the fox leaves enough room that you can easily write a small message on it to give to someone special as a Valentine. You could also try making your fox pink, red or purple to add to the Valentine’s Day theme.

1. Print and cut template

Print out the fox craft template. Cut out each of the pieces from the template and use them as a pattern to trace and cut out each of the pieces on colored cardstock or construction paper. You can also print out the pieces directly on colored cardstock, or have children color the peices with crayons.

2. Make a 3D heart

Create the 3-D heart for your animal to hold by following steps 2 and 3 in the koala craft tutorial above. Then glue the 3-D heart at the bottom of the fox body.

3. Glue ears

Glue each of the ears at the top of the fox body.

4. Add eye patches & nose

Step 4: Glue the two white eye patches on the fox face. Then glue the black nose on the fox..

5. Glue eyes and tail

Glue two large googly eyes on the white fox face patches. Glue the white tail patch on the end of the fox tail. Then glue the tail at the bottom and side of the fox.

6. Finish with adding arms

Add glue on the back of each of the arms and glue them on the fox body inside the 3-D heart so it looks like the fox is holding it.

How to Make a Raccoon Animal Valentine Craft

This cute raccoon craft is a perfect companion to our cute fox craft. Both have almost identical components to each other and are super cute made alone or together. Get ready to make someone’s day with this adorable raccoon Valentine.

1. Print and cut template

Print out the raccoon craft template. Cut out each of the pieces from the template and use them as a pattern to trace and cut out each of the pieces on colored cardstock or construction paper. You can also print out the pieces directly on colored cardstock, or have children color the peices with crayons.

2. Make a 3D heart

Create the 3-D heart for your animal to hold by following steps 2 and 3 in the koala craft tutorial above. Then glue the 3-D heart at the bottom of the raccoon body.

3. Glue ears

Glue each of the ears at the top of the raccoon body.

4. Add eye patches & nose

Glue the two black eye patches on the raccoon face. Then glue the pink nose on the raccoon.

5. Glue eyes and tail

Glue two large googly eyes on the black fox face patches. Glue the three black tail stripes on the raccoon tail. Then glue the tail at the bottom and side of the raccoon.