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 in their own sweet message.
For this project, I created a printable to make this craft even easier for you. Scroll down to the bottom of this post to instantly download the PDF template.
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
- 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 sharpie
Instructions to make your watermelon craft
1. First, download and print out your 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, pencil crayons or even crayons to color in their watermelon card.
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 sharpie 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!
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How to Make an Easy Watermelon Valentine's Day Card
This watermelon Valentine's Day card is so cute and easy for kids to make! It's a great Valentine's Day craft that kids of all ages will enjoy creating.
Materials
- Watercolor paint, markers, pencil crayons or crayons
- White cardstock
- Black cardstock or construction paper
- Printable template (available below)
- Glue stick or white glue
- Eye stickers or googly eyes
- Fine point black sharpie
Tools
- 1/4 inch heart paper punch
- Paint palette
- Paintbrushes
- Scissors
Instructions
- Print out your template onto white cardstock and cut it out.
- Mix 3 colors of watercolors for the watermelon. Bright green, light green, and pink.
- Paint in the bright green part of the watermelon first using a small brush.
- Paint the light green part, again with a small brush. Using a small brush makes it easier for kids to paint in a small area.
- Use the bright pink to paint in the inside of the watermelon. Let the card dry completely, this should only take about 5 - 10 minutes.
- Kids can also paint or color in the hearts on the other half of the card.
- Stick down eye stickers or glue googly eyes down on the watermelon.
- Use a fine point black sharpie to draw in a mouth.
- Punch out the heart seeds with a 1/4 inch heart paper punch. You can use black cardstock or construction paper for this step.
- Glue down the heart seeds with a glue stick.
- Finally, glue on the back of the card with a glue stick or white glue.
