Valentine’s Day is the perfect time of year to share your love with playful gifts.

We’ve created the list below with lots of ideas for educational Valentine’s Day gifts for kids of all ages (adults love them, too)! Just click the links for more information about each item.

Make sure to visit our store for more great gift ideas – we have over 800 gifts for under $10!!!

For the Artist:

• Water Wizard Buddha Board – Paint with water with this bright red buddha board!


• Wax-O-Glass Window Crayons – Decorate your windows this holiday with these easy-to-use (and clean) window crayons. Oh… and kids love them, too!


• Mini Buddha Board Gift Card – This handy buddha board makes a unique Valentine’s Day gift card!


• 3D Drawing Pad – Draw a pageful of hearts, then put on the special glasses and watch your drawings jump off the page!


• Wikki Stix Valentine Fun Favor – Instead of a typical Valentine’s Day card, give these fun favors – so many possibilities for play!


• Designs for Coloring, Flowers, Designs for Coloring, More Flowers, and Color Your Own Flower Seed Packet Illustrations – Real flowers fade so quickly; give a gift of flowers that will last and last!


• Paint Your Own Tea Set – Paint a tea set, then share a cup of tea with your smallest sweetheart! Don’t forget to serve fun heart-shaped cookies!


• Stitch It Bedtime Bear – This adorable stuffed animal kit is a fun way to share special time with your child. Includes a large heart you can add to your bear.

For the Do-It-Yourselfer or Crafter:

• DIY Blank Postcards – Create your own unique Valentine’s Day postcards to send to your favorite Valentine’s!


• Magnetic Paper – Make your own magnets for Valentine’s Day! Click this link to download our FREE Conversation Hearts templates and Valentine Heart templates.


• Precut Vinyl Magnets – Write all the reasons you love someone on these do-it-yourself magnets. Perfect for creating magnetic love poems for your refrigerator door!


• Glassine Bags – Use these simple and elegant glassine bags to create party favors and to package special treats for Valentine’s Day. Available in two sizes.


• Blank White Craft Box – No Valentine’s Day is complete without a special box to keep your Valentine cards in! Keep it white or have a blast decorating this quality cigar-style box.


• DIY Playing Cards – Use this deck of blank playing cards to create small, unique Valentine’s to give to your family and friends.


• Hardcover Blank Board Book – Why send just a regular Valentine’s Day card, when you can create an entire book! Fill this book with all the reasons you love someone, then seal it with a kiss and mail.


• Polyshrink Film – Remember “shrinky dinks”? Now you can create your own small works of art with this polyshrink film! Create small charms to use to decorate your Valentine’s Day cards. Create dozens of small hearts to use as table decorations. Be creative!


• White Wire Handle Box (Chinese Take Out Box) – This box is not just for take out anymore! Use the box for party favors or for packaging small gifts. Easy to decorate, and so many possibilities!


• DIY Valentine’s Day Puzzle and Gift Box Kit – “I go to pieces without you!” This is the sentiment you can convey with this unique Valentine’s Day puzzle and gift box kit! Be creative!


• DIY Valentine’s Day Puzzle and Envelope Kit – Create your own Valentine’s Day puzzle and mail it to your special Valentine!

For the Builder:

• 3D Heart Shaped Puzzleball – Learn to say I Love You in various languages as you build this 3D heart puzzle! Don’t forget to hide a special trinket inside the heart!


• DIY Drinking Strawz Construction Set – This crazy, wacky straw set is fun to build, and even more fun to use to share a special Valentine’s beverage!

For the Thinker:

• Scramble Squares, Roses and Scramble Squares, Pansies – These flower puzzles last longer than real flowers, and they are challenging to solve!

For the Game Player:

• Photo-Opoly – Relive favorite Valentine moments and make your own Monopoly-style game!

For the Scientist:

• Candy Factory Science Kit – Learn about the science that goes into making candy while making a batch of treats for your Valentine!


• Spectra Stone – It changes colors with your mood!


• Thinkonium, Brain Putty for Creative Play – Squish it, squeeze it, bounce it – it’s the Thinking Element! This Molten Magma color is perfect for Valentine’s Day!


• HEXBUG Echo – This robotic “love bug” is sure to put a smile on your Valentine’s face!


• Heart Throb Magnetic Attraction Buzzing Magnets – Show your special someone how attracted you are to them with these extra strong magnets!

For the Nature Lover:

• TickleMe Plant – Your kids will be tickled with this classic TickleMe plant!


• I Love You Message Bean – Tell them how much you love them with this special I Love You bean plant!


• Fairytale Garden, Jack’s Magic Beans – This unique garden kit is perfect for young children!


• Fairytale Garden, Cinderella’s Magic Pumpkin – A unique garden kit for children!


• Fairytale Garden, The Princess’ Pea – Grow your own peas with this unique kit!


• Garden Kit, Stone Soup – Grown your own garden and make Stone Soup!

For the Music Lover:

• Music Wand – Tap it gently and hear it’s sound!


• Mechanical Music Box Set – Make your own music box with this quality kit!

For Physical Fun:

• The Top – Show your kids you think they’re “tops” with this incredible spinning play top!


• Heart Silk Streamer – Dance, twirl, run – have fun!

Just for Fun:

• Vintage Valentine Postcard Book – Send vintage Valentine greetings to your friends and family!


• Origami From the Heart – This fun book set shows you how to make hearts and other paper models for Valentine’s Day!


• Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses: The Story of the Valentine Symbols – Learn about the symbols of Valentine’s Day with this engaging book!


• The Story of Valentine’s Day – Learn the history and the story of Valentine’s Day with this delightful book!


• Red Play Silk and Pink Play Silk – Not only are these large play silks fun for dancing, costumes, and play – they provide an elegant, unique way to wrap your Valentine’s Day gifts! Click this link and download our FREE folding instructions for unique ways to wrap your gifts.


• Ice Dessert / Lantern Mold – This mold allows you to create delicious iced desserts or beautiful lanterns!


• Ice Lantern – Create unique, beautiful ice lanterns to light up your Valentine dinner table!


• Cool Jewels Diamond Ice Cube Tray – Everyone loves diamonds on Valentine’s Day – now you can make your own and serve them in your favorite beverage!


• Heart Cookie Cutter Set – This set of heart-shaped cookie cutters is perfect for making delicious cookies! They can also be used for tracing hearts on hand-made Valentine cards. Fun with play dough, too!


• Sweet Treats Candy Kaleidoscope – Design your own kaleidoscope with yummy candies!


• Red Tubtrug and Pink Tubtrug – Our Tubtrugs make perfect gift baskets! These unique tubs have so many creative uses – make sure to click this link to read our ideas!