This watermelon Valentine’s Day card is just adorable and so easy for kids to make! Kids will love making this card craft with just a few simple supplies. This project is easily adaptable to kids of all ages.

Older kids can use watercolors to paint their watermelon and younger kids can use markers, pencil crayons or even crayons for preschool-aged children.

For more great Valentine’s project ideas check out my collection of creative Valentine’s Day arts and crafts for kids to make!

This would be a cute card for kids to make in the classroom for their parents or for kids to make at home for their teachers and friends. There is room on the back of the card for kids to write their own sweet message.

This template is available in my shop as part of my printable Valentine’s Day card bundle that includes two different printable card crafts. 

Take a look at these adorable Valentine’s donut cards for another fun and easy idea for kids to make!

Create your own watermelon Valentine’s Day card

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Supplies

• Printable available here in my shop
• Watercolor paint, markers, pencil crayons or crayons
• White cardstock
• Black cardstock or construction paper
• Printable template (available below)
• Paint palette
• Paintbrushes
• Scissors
• Glue stick or white glue
• Small 1/4 inch heart paper punch
• Eye stickers or googly eyes
• Fine point black marker

Instructions to make your watermelon craft

1. First, print out the watermelon template onto white cardstock and cut it out.

2. If you are using watercolors to paint the watermelon, mix up your 3 colors. You will need pink, bright green, and light green. Remember to test your colors on a scrap piece of paper first to make sure you have the shade that you want.

Kids can also use markers, colored pencils, or even crayons to color their watermelon cards. 

3. Using a small brush, paint the outside of the watermelon a bright green. Using a smaller brush for this step will help make it easier for kids to paint.

Next, paint the light green area, again using a small brush.

4. Paint the inside of the watermelon a bright pink color and let the card dry completely. Kids can also paint the hearts on the other part of the card with any color they like.

5. Stick down eye stickers or glue googly eyes down on the watermelon.

Use a fine-point black marker to draw in a mouth.

6. Take your heart paper punch and black cardstock or construction paper and punch out some heart seeds for your watermelon. Use a glue stick to glue the heart seeds down onto the front of the card.   

7. Finally, glue on the back of the card with a glue stick or white glue to finish off your Valentine’s Day card.

This watermelon Valentine’s Day card is so cute and so fun for kids of all ages to make!

>> CLICK HERE TO GET THE PRINTABLE AND PDF VERSION OF THIS ART PROJECT.

PDFs of each project that are perfect for printing out or projecting onto a whiteboard in the classroom for kids to follow along! Each PDF includes a lesson plan overview, materials needed, step-by-step instructions and photos, and a printable template.

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