The Cutest Cactus Valentine

Are you looking for a cute and simple Valentine’s Day card kids can create easily on their own? If so, you are going to love this adorable cactus Valentine card. In this post, learn how to make the cutest Cactus Valentine card you’ve ever seen with our helpful template, step-by-step tutorial and video.

You won’t believe how simple these darling cactus Valentine cards are to make. In fact, their simplicity makes them a perfect craft to make at a classroom Valentine’s Day party. All you need to do is grab our cactus Valentine template and a few supplies and you are good to go!

Supplies:

Cactus Valentine Card template <—- GET THE TEMPLATE HERE
green cardstock
kraft paper cardstock
pink or red cardstock
googly eyes
black marker
small heart punch
scissors
glue

Instructions:

1. Print out template and cut out craft pieces

Start by downloading and printing out the cactus Valentine card template. Cut out the pieces of the template.

2. Create folded card

Grab your green cardstock paper. Fold it in half to create a card. Line the cactus template piece along the folded edge of the green cardstock and trace it onto the card with a pencil.

Cut out the traced cactus, making sure to leave the folded edge uncut. Your cactus is now opens up like a card.

3. Trace template and cut out cactus arms and sand piece

Trace the cactus arms on the leftover edge of your green cardstock. Then trace the sand section on your brown cardstock. Cut each of the template pieces out.

4. Glue cactus card onto sand piece, glue cactus arms

Add some glue to the bottom back of the cactus and glue it onto the sand piece. Now glue both of the cactus arms on the back of the cactus.

5. Glue eyes, draw a smile

Glue two googly eyes on the front of your cactus card. Use your black marker to draw a smile on your cactus Valentine card.

6. Glue small hearts around cactus and arms

Grab your small heart punch and cut out 15-20 small hearts with pink or red cardstock. Glue the hearts around the cactus and cactus arms.

7. Write a message inside the card

Use a marker to write a fun message on the inside of your cactus Valentine. One cute option is “Stuck on You!” You can add a simple Happy Valentine’s Day on the card too. Another fun cactus themed Valentine saying you can write in your card is “Let’s stick together, Valentine!”

Our handy template and the simplicity of this darling Cactus Valentine card makes it a perfect craft for kids to make at a classroom Valentine’s party for their Mom, Dad or grandparents. Included with our template is a cactus card sheet where you can simply print it out on green paper, fold along the dashed line in the center and cut out along the cactus template.

Another fun option for this craft is to use a marker to draw the prickly spines all over the cactus and then cut out hearts and glue them on the top of the cactus or the cactus arms to look like pretty cactus flowers. You could also have children color in the hearts all over the cactus with a marker or crayons.