These coffee filter hearts are the perfect Valentine’s Day craft for kids to make at home or school.
They are easy to make, use common craft supplies and only take less than 20 minutes (not including drying time).
We also have a printable heart template you can use to keep all of your hearts the same size and shape.
Get creative and see how many different things you can make and decorate with these hearts!
Looking for more coffee filter crafts? Check out this coffee filter rainbow and this coffee filter ladybug.
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Valentine’s Day Coffee Filter Heart Craft
This is a great Valentine’s Day project to make at home, as a family, or at school for a simple art center activity.
Working on these will help preschoolers and kindergartners practice fine motor skills as they color and spray the coffee filters with water.
Older kids can complete this project with little to no assistance.
All children can practice folding, tracing the template, and cutting with scissors.
Children will love spraying the colored coffee filters with water and watching the colors blend too.
Once complete, there are a few ways to use your coffee filter hearts.
You can create a gorgeous garland to hang on the wall, mantel, or across the window by stringing them along a length of twine or string.
Or put them up in your window for a fun suncatcher decoration.
Kids can also glue them onto construction paper for a simple and lovely DIY homemade Valentine.
Make these along with our felt conversation hearts and stained glass heart cookies for a super special day of crafting.
Coffee Filter Heart Craft Supplies:
- Round White Coffee Filters
- Washable Markers
- Scissors
- Water Spray Bottle (for color blending)
- Paper Plate, parchment paper, ziploc bag or craft mat
- Heart Craft Template PDF File #124 (our free printables are available in the free printable resource library – get the password by filling out the form at the bottom of this post)
How to Make Coffee Filter Hearts:
Print out the heart template (file 124 in our free printable resource library.) Cut out the heart patterns to trace on the coffee filters.
Please note: The template includes a couple different sizes. The smaller size was used for the hearts in these photos.
You can trace and cut the coffee filters into heart shapes before starting or after they’ve been tie dyed with markers.
Start by flattening out round coffee filters. Draw on them with washable markers in a variety of patterns or simply lightly color the entire area.
Children may use whichever colors they want. Some pretty combinations include reds, pinks, and purples, but they do not have to be limited to traditional Valentine’s Day colors.
Place the colored coffee filter on a paper plate, sheet of parchment paper, craft mat or large zipper baggie and spray with water.
Have fun watching the magic of the colors move and blend! Then set aside to dry.
The drying time will vary depending on how much water is sprayed on the coffee filter during the blending stage.
Once your coffee filters are dry, it’s time to cut out the hearts if they were not pre-cut before coloring.
Now your coffee filter hearts are ready to be used as decorations or to create a homemade card!
Tips for Making Coffee Filter Hearts:
These may require additional drying time depending on how much water is sprayed on the coffee filter during the blending stage.
If you don’t have a paper plate or parchment paper, a zippered bag can also be used as a work surface. Placing the filter paper on one of these surfaces helps so the color doesn’t run out onto your table.
You can also freehand any hearts by folding the dried coffee filter in half and tracing half a heart (lining up the middle of the heart with the folded end) and unfolding.
More Valentine’s Day Crafts:
- Felt Conversation Hearts
- Heart Suncatcher
- Valentine Slime
- Pink Fizzy Bath Bombs
- Heart Transfer Homemade Card
- Home is Where the Heart Is Popsicle Stick Craft
- 15 Valentine Crafts for Toddlers
GET THE FREE PRINTABLE HEART CRAFT TEMPLATE
Coffee Filter Hearts Craft
Make these pretty coffee filter hearts for a quick and easy Valentine's Day craft for kids.
Materials
- Round White Coffee Filters
- Washable Markers
- Heart Craft Template PDF File #124 (our free printables are available in the free printable resource library)
Tools
- Scissors
- Water Spray Bottle (for color blending)
- Paper Plate, parchment paper, ziploc bag or craft mat
Instructions
- Print out the heart template (file 124 in our free printable resource library.) Cut out the heart patterns to trace on the coffee filters. Please note: The template includes a couple different sizes. The smaller size was used for the hearts in these photos.
- You can trace and cut the coffee filters into heart shapes before starting or after they've been tie dyed with markers.
- Start by flattening out round coffee filters. Draw on them with washable markers in a variety of patterns or simply lightly color the entire area.
- Children may use whichever colors they want. Some pretty combinations include reds, pinks, and purples, but they do not have to be limited to traditional Valentine's Day colors.
- Place the colored coffee filter on a paper plate, sheet of parchment paper, craft mat or large zipper baggie and spray with water.
- Have fun watching the magic of the colors move and blend! Then set aside to dry.
- The drying time will vary depending on how much water is sprayed on the coffee filter during the blending stage.
- Once your coffee filters are dry, it’s time to cut out the hearts if they were not pre-cut before coloring.
- Now your coffee filter hearts are ready to be used as decorations or to create a homemade card!
Notes
These may require additional drying time depending on how much water is sprayed on the coffee filter during the blending stage.
If you don’t have a paper plate or parchment paper, a zippered bag can also be used as a work surface. Placing the filter paper on one of these surfaces helps so the color doesn't run out onto your table.
You can also freehand any hearts by folding the dried coffee filter in half and tracing half a heart (lining up the middle of the heart with the folded end) and unfolding.