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Home » Holidays » Valentine's Day Ideas » Valentines Day Ideas for Kids - Love Bug Fruit Cups

Valentines Day Ideas for Kids - Love Bug Fruit Cups

January 29, 2015 by Jenny 32 Comments

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I absolutely love my holidays, and I have some super cute Valentine's day ideas for kids.  Valentine's day is one of my favorite holidays and I think it's largely due to the colors; I love the pinks and reds and so does Riley.

With Riley in a preschool that has a strict policy on bringing in homemade foods, I've taken to creating cute holiday-themed characters from fruit cups. It only seemed appropriate that we have Love Bug Fruit Cups as a great Valentines day idea for kids.

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  • How To Make Love Bug Fruit Cups
  • What makes Love Bug Fruit Cups a great craft idea?
  • More Holiday Fruit Cup Ideas
  • More Valentine's Day Treats
Love Bug Fruit Cup

Our Love Bug Fruit Cups are just one of the great Valentines day ideas for kids and are so cute.  It took me a total of 20 minutes to make 12 of these for Riley's class.  The supplies that you need are:

Supplies Needed:

  • 12 Dole Pineapple in Sugar-Free Strawberry Gel Fruit Cups
  • 12 Sparkle Pipe Cleaners cut in half to make 24
  • 1.3" Pom Poms for ends of Pipe Cleaners
  • 12  ½" Pom Poms for nose
  • 24 Assorted colors and size of Googley Eyes
  • 2  Pink Foam Sheet for heart-shaped feet to create 24 heart-shaped feet
  • 4 Hot glue sticks & Gun
Love Bug Fruit Cups Supplies for Valentines Day Ideas for kids

For these Valentines Day ideas for kids, I freehanded our hearts for our feet because I happened to already have pink foam leftover from our Bunny Tail Mix Push Pops.  The Bunny Push Pops are from when Riley was in daycare and I was able to make homemade foods for the children at daycare.  

This Valentines Day ideas for kids is so simple yet it'll make you look like mom of the year! Also, instead of free handing the foam hearts, you could always purchase pre-cut foam hearts as well.

How To Make Love Bug Fruit Cups

  • Hot glue the sparkle pom poms to the end of the pipe cleaners to make antennae.
  • Next hot glue the googley eyes and small pom pom as a nose the fruit cup.
  • Then hot glue the foam hearts to the bottom of the fruit cup as feet.
  • The final step is to hot glue the antennae to the back of the fruit cup.
The Valentines Day Ideas for Kids, Love Bug Fruit Cups Face on a table

In order to put together these Love Bug Fruit Cups, you're going to start by gluing the sparkle pom poms to the ends of the sparkle pipe cleaners, which I cut in half before beginning.  You'll also want to hot glue the googley eyes and tiny pom pom onto the front of the fruit cup to create the face.  

Next, hot glue the hearts onto the bottom of the cups so that the hearts are sticking out.  The final step is to glue the antenna to the back of the fruit cup so that it will stick straight up. Ta-Da!

What makes Love Bug Fruit Cups a great craft idea?

These are great Valentines day ideas for kids and a great alternative to candy crafts.  Plus, it's a craft that the kids can get involved in, minus the hot gluing part of course.

The Valentines Day Idea For Kids, The completed Love Bug Fruit Cup on a table

More Holiday Fruit Cup Ideas

If you're like me and looking for holiday themed treats that ARE NOT candy, then you'll love these other fruit cup ideas. For example, for Christmas we had Reindeer. This past Halloween we had Frankensteins because last year we had Pumpkins. Endless possibilities!

More Valentine's Day Treats

Now if you are in the mood for some sugary treats on Valentine's Day, I'm right there with you too! A few faves I often make include these yummy Valentines Day cake pops, a Strawberry Crunch Cake that is sure to wow kids and adults alike, and my famous Valentine's Day breakfast of choice: Strawberry Crepes with Cream Cheese Filling

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  2. Amanda H.

    January 31, 2018 at 11:28 am

    I've been looking for something my girls and I could make together for their Sunday School and Children's Church classes. I love these little Love Bugs! Super easy for them to help make. They are two and love crafting - Thanks for sharing! We will definitely be doing these!!!

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  3. Susan freels

    February 02, 2017 at 11:49 pm

    Are these suppose to be to eat? With all the glue on them and the glitter I can't see how you could easily it them.

    Reply
  4. Nikki Carstens

    February 09, 2016 at 12:53 pm

    could you do this with pudding cups as well?

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  5. Rayne

    January 16, 2016 at 10:00 am

    I love the idea! I am going to share with my readers the link to this post. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Theresa @DearCreatives

    January 11, 2016 at 2:12 pm

    Super cute idea! Would be fun for the toddler or little kids.

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  9. Allesha

    February 15, 2015 at 5:46 pm

    I loved making these! Took me awhile, as this is my very first time crafting. I had to buy everything, including glue gun! I made 25 of them for my twin boys 2 preschool classes at school. They were a hit as soon as I walked thru the school's front doors! I told ev1 that I got them from a website with the name Melrose, as I couldn't remember the entire name. The kids and teachers LOVED them! Will definitely be doing more things like this, and getting ideas from here! Superb!

    Reply
  10. Fotini Roman

    February 03, 2015 at 7:52 pm

    These are absolutely adorable!!

    Reply
  11. Jenetta Penner

    February 02, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    Oh, these are all so cute and adorable. I'm sure my daughters will love making these... especially the love bugs.

    Reply
  12. Mel

    February 01, 2015 at 6:01 pm

    Completely adorable and I love it 🙂 pinned

    Reply
  13. Becky Dempster

    January 29, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    What a cute and creative idea! I've had to get creative as well with our "no homemade treats" policy. Thanks so much for sharing!

    Reply
    • Jenny Melrose

      January 30, 2015 at 1:32 pm

      I'm so glad that you liked them Becky!

      Reply

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