45 Best Valentine’s Day Gifts for Kids to Surprise Your Sweeties (2024)

This sweet paint-your-own stepping stone is more than just a craft: It's an entire building kit that gives your kids a place to mark their place on Earth.

Your little one will mix the cement, pour it into a mold, and then paint it with the provided paint. It's an outdoor toy, for sure. But it's one that will last them for years to come. One day it might sit in their garden beside their own child's stepping stone.

Sure, you can buy the Valentine's Day cards that your kiddo just has to sign their name to, or you can gift them this super cute Mad Libs Dear Valentine Letters Stationery. Your honey will be scribbling the sweetest love notes that their vocabulary can muster — and because it's a Mad Lib, they will be totally hilarious.

Plus, it's a sneaky way to teach them parts of speech. A win for everyone.

Wrap your child up in love with an oversized microfleece throw with glow-in-the-dark hearts!

There's never a bad time for a new blanket, or at least that is what my 12-year-old and I believe. (My husband may think we have too many.) This blanket is soft and lush, and those hearts on the blanket? They glow in the dark. It's perfect.

“You are the cherry on my cake; you make the sun shine brighter; you make my heart flutter.” The sweetness of this book is almost too cute to be real.

Eric Carle’s legacy lives on through his work, and this book is everything you’d expect from him. It just makes you happy to read it, and your little ones will want to hear it over and over again.

We love a classic conversation heart, and we love it even more in gently-scented heart soaps. And yes, these are made to be used, not just looked at. (Does anyone else remember the decorative soap trend?)

Let your kids lather in your love for them as they get the grime of the day off.

Kids are obsessed with LED lights, so a heart-shaped neon light is a great idea for Valentine's Day. They want them all around their rooms, under and behind their beds, at their desks — everywhere. This is a fun way to indulge that obsession while also celebrating Valentine's Day.

They double as a fun and trendy night light as well, providing a gentle pink glow in the room that is soothing and sleepy.

A fancy sticker and color page kit with over 750 stickers will really make your little artist feel exceptional.

Every kid who I've met who has been able to play with the Skillmatics set has loved it. Stickers and dots, it's the ultimate in no-mess art making. The colors are brilliant and vibrant, and the pages are full of inspiration and fun designs. It's so soothing.

Art that reveals itself to the artist is a magical thing, and scratch art is one way of gifting that feeling to your children. This 28-piece set lets your kids create art over and over again, finding new and more exciting avenues of rainbow-colored creativity.

It's a clean art project that really speaks to kids on their level. It lets the art create the artist as much as the artist creates the art.

Kids love temporary tattoos, and to be honest, they’re so much better than stickers because they’re water-soluble. Your little ones can give some of the 160 in the set to friends or use them to trade. Heck, you can even keep half of these and use them as prizes. (Bribery is a delight when used properly.)

We cannot be held responsible for any future tattoo sleeves of hearts that this might lead to.

Kids love fuzzy socks, but they can be downright slippery. Thankfully, you don’t have to worry about that with this six-pack of heart-patterned fuzzy socks because they have no-slip soles like the socks you get at the hospital. Even better, the no-slip soles have a very low profile, so kids can easily wear these under snow boots.

Warm their toes and their hearts with this gift.

Special pajamas that your little one can wear all year long (or at least until they grow out of them) is always a welcome choice for kids. It's one of those classic presents designed to both comfort and soothe.

We love that Burt's Bees pajamas just get better with every launder. They get softer, and more comfy each time. It's truly a hug in the form of jammies.

Kids will love this personalized neon night light with color changing and other customizations! You can get their name etched right on the front, or a little message.

Yes! It's an affordable, almost silly gift that is guaranteed to be a big hit with your kids. It's got a social media picture, and TikTok quality to it, which is pretty important to kids right now.

Honestly, any time is a good time to gift this quirky Toothpick Teddy Bear from GUND. This slimmed-down version of the traditional stuffed bear doesn't skimp on the plush softness that GUND lovers adore.

This bear will last for years and is built so much better than most other plushes. Who knows — one day, it might even become a family heirloom!