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Love Monster Valentine Card Craft

Looking for a sweet Valentine for your little monster to make? I swear that there is nothing cuter than this awesome Love Monster Valentine Card!

Love Monster Valentine Card Craft for school age kids

Love Monster Valentine Card Craft

As well as being super adorable, these monster cards are simple to make, especially for school age crafters, requiring just a few, common craft supplies.

You will need:

  • Cardstock – red + your choice of assorted colours
  • White paper
  • Black marker
  • 1.5” circle paper punch*
  • 1” circle paper punch*
  • ⅝” circle paper punch*
  • Glue stick
  • Scissors

* The use of paper punches is optional. Alternatively, circles in a range of sizes can be free cut with scissors.

Love Monster Valentine Card supplies

 

How to Make Your Love Monster Valentine Card

1. Begin with a square of cardstock. The squares shown here were 20cm/8in. Cut a 2cm/1in strip from one side of the card. The strip will become the monster’s arms, the remaining rectangle the monster’s head and body.
Love Monster Valentine Card strip cut

2. Cut the strip in half and cut a wavy hand shape on one end of each half.

Love Monster Valentine Card cut hands

3. From a different coloured cardstock, cut some crazy, jagged edged monster hair.

Easy Love Monster Valentine Card

4. Glue the hair in place on the rear side of the monster body paper.

Love Monster Easy Valentine Card

5. Now, draw fun monster eyes and a mouth on the white paper. Get creative and have fun with it! Be sure your facial features have a nice, thick black outline.

Love Monster Valentine Card for school age kids

6. Cut out the eyes and mouth.

Love Monster Valentine Card for elementary age kids

7. Glue the eyes at the top of the card.

Love Monster Card Valentine tutorial

8. Glue the mouth in place, as well.

Love Monster Card tutorial

9. Next, use the circle punches to punch a bunch of circles from the same color cardstock as the hair. Alternatively, cut some circles free hand.

Love Monster Valentine tutorial

10. Glue the circles all over the monster.

Love Monster Card Valentine

11. Then, glue the arms in place, around the monster’s middle.

Love Monster Card tutorial

12. Finally, cut a heart out of red cardstock. This is the perfect place to write a Happy Valentine’s Day message.

Love Monster Card DIY

13. Slide the heart into the arms of the monster.

DIY Love Monster Card

And you’re done creating the sweetest love monster Valentine!

DIY Love Monster Valentine Card

Of course, Valentine monsters come in a wide array of different colours and styles…

Valentine Love Monster Card Craft for school age kids

Now you just need to decide who to gift your love monster too!

Valentine Love Monster Craft for school age kids
For more sweet Valentine craft ideas, be sure to check out our Origami Heart Bookmark and DIY Heart String Art.

How to fold paper origami hearts String art tutorial: Make a String Art Heart

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Valentine Love Monster Craft for school age students

Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.

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