Valentines Day Cards for Kids – DIY Scratch Off Cards
These DIY Valentine cards for kids are perfect to give to your children, grandkids, grandchildren, or anyone you love!
Looking for a thoughtful, cute and EASY Valentine’s day card for your kids, grandkids or anyone you love? This valentines card is personal yet also fun for whoever receives it! You will write four reasons you love them and then they will get to scratch off to reveal the reasons on Valentine’s Day.
Best of all, you can print the cards from home and create the scratch-off paint with materials you most likely already have at home.
In This post You’ll find:
Supplies Needed
- printable card (link later in this post)
- Packing Tape
- Acrylic Paint
- Dish Soap
- Paintbrush
How to Make Scratch-Off Cards
1. Print the card
If you’re making these Valentine’s cards, click the link listed later in this post to download the card template. When making DIY scratch off cards, it’s best to print them on cardstock, but regular paper will also work fine.
2. Write the message
After printing, write the message or note underneath the area that will become the scratch off circle. If you are using a premade card that already has the message printed, you can skip this step.
For these kids valentines cards, you can write a few of your favorite reasons you love the person in the hearts.
3. Cover the message with packing tape
Use a strip of packing tape to cover the area that you want to be scratched off later. This is what allows the DIY scratch off paint to be scratched off later.
4. Make the scratch off paint
To make the DIY scratch off paint, mix 2 parts acrylic paint with 1 part dish soap (for example – 2 tsp. acrylic paint with 1 tsp. dish soap). Even latex wall paint will work – use what you have laying around the house!
I like to use metallic acrylic paint to make it look closer to a lottery card, but you can definitely use any color of paint in this step!
5. Paint the scratch off paint on the cards
The last step is to paint the areas you want to be scratch off areas with the paint. You will be painting over the packing tape in this step.
Let the paint dry completely before giving the card away for someone to scratch off to reveal the hidden message!
As a adult, I’ll admit that I even love scratching off savings coupons and lottery tickets, so you can imagine that kids absolutely love it.
Free Printable Valentine’s Scratch-Off Card
I’m offering this printable Valentine’s card free, with no strings attached!
But to be sure we’re clear on this, these cards are for personal use only. Share the love with your family and friends, but don’t steal this image as your own to make a profit or drive traffic to your own site.
I’m not asking for anything (not even your email!) in exchange for this printable file! Simply click the link below and get right to printing.
However, if you’d like to share the love for Valentine’s, I’d sure love for you to follow me on your favorite social media platform!
Click here to download the Printable Scratch-Off Valentines
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
I hope these printable cards make your special someone feel loved this Valentine’s Day!
Just for fun, I took a picture of my daughter this year scratching off her card, 5 years after the original photos I took for this post!
Here are a few more Valentine’s DIY projects:
Post by Jenny Leads
Jenny is the voice behind Refresh Living. She has a passion for helping people to create a home they love without spending a lot of money.
What a cute idea for the kids for Valentines day.