free-printable-valentine's-day-cards

Valentine's Day is a fun day for children to bring cards and treats to class and exchange them with their classmates.  But it can be a day of embarrassment for a child that is unable to bring in a set of cards.  In the story, Franklin's Valentines (by Paulette Bourgeois), Franklin loses his cards on his way to school and he is upset that he can't reciprocate while his friends give him cards.  As teachers, we've all had the "Franklin" student in our classroom.  This child makes amends the by bringing cards to school the day after Valentine's Day.  We've also had another kind of student.  I'll call this student "Riley".  Unlike "Franklin", "Riley" is not going to bring Valentine cards to school the next day.  "Riley" didn't lose cards on the way to school.  "Riley" doesn't HAVE cards.  As educators, we try to meet the cognitive needs of our students as well as their affective needs. Because of this, many teachers have scrambled on Valentine's Day to find an appropriate set of cards online to print for a child to enable him/her to participate in a card exchange. 

I made a few Valentine's Day cards that you can download.  You can find them near the end of this post.  Print as many as you need during a Valentine's Day "emergency".  I also made a set of Valentine cards that are available for purchase.  Both the free sample set and the priced set are easy to assemble.  There's no need for scissors - just fold each card twice.  The cards are gender neutral.  Both color and black and white versions are included.  The picture below shows how to assemble the cards:                                            

A toy can be taped inside the card.  Write the sender and the recipient's name on the back.

I used images from Laura Strickland from her website, My Cute Graphics to create the cards.  Below is a photo of what some of color cards look like.  There are 16 color cards and 15 black and white cards in the priced product.

Here are some of the black and white cards look like.  The children might like to color the pictures on the card they receive.

If you would like to view the priced cards at my Teachers Pay Teachers shop, click the image below.  Otherwise, view and click the final image for the free samples.

The picture below shows what's included in the free sample.  Click the image below to get them.                                                                 

Happy Valentine's Day!
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