Valentine's Day is coming up, and with it the perfect chance to show your kids some love with these themed craft ideas. Make these Valentine's Day crafts with your kids to give to family, friends, or to decorate your home with. 

Making roses from coffee filters are not only simple to do, they are also fun! To begin, lay out paper coffee filters flat across wax paper. Let your kids color the filters with red, pink, and purple markers. When the filters are colored in completely, carefully add drops of water to dilute the marker ink and create a beautiful water-color effect.

When the filters are dry, fold each one in half once, then in half again. Use green pipe cleaners or craft wire as stems attached to the bottom of each filter. Spread the filter open to create a flower shape. Tie bunches of these flowers together for a fun Valentine's bouquet.

Old, broken crayon pieces can be given new life as Valentine hearts for kids. Fill a metal heart shaped cookie or muffin tin with broken crayon bits. Lets your kids mix and match colors to make unique swirls and designs in the finished crayons. Put the tin into an oven heated to 250 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes. 

Once the crayon hearts are cooled, remove them from the tins and smooth the sides with light sandpaper. These hearts can be great gifts to give along side Valentine's Day coloring books for young children.

Make these simple yet adorable frames with your kids to show off their favorite photos. Use craft sticks, construction paper, craft jewels, and glue to make these frames. Begin by gluing the craft sticks together into a rectangle shape. Across three sides of the the back glue a piece of construction paper the same size and shape. The forth, open side is left for sliding a photo into the frame.

Once the glue is dry, let your children paint and glue on the jewels to decorate the frame. When decorated your child can add his or her favorite photo and give the frame to family or hang on your walls. Gluing a small magnet to the back makes this frame a great fridge decoration as well.

A wreath is not just a great decoration at Christmas, you can make wreaths all year long for any celebration. Use a large paper plant and construction paper to create a Valentine's wreath with your kids.

Begin by cutting out your child's hand prints from red construction paper. Make enough hands to glue all the way around the paper plate, fingers pointing out. Next cut out the paper hearts from the construction paper. Your child may want a lot of hearts, or just a few hearts on their wreath. You can also offer to write words on the hearts, such as "love" "friends" and "Valentine's Day". Glue the hearts over the hands to finish the wreath.

Your child may want to add glitter, heart shaped buttons, or other decorations to the wreath. Glue a small piece of string or ribbon to the back to create a hanger for the wreath, then hang it above your door or on the wall. Many kids enjoy seeing their own hand prints each time they see them.

Making fun crafts with your kids is a great way to celebrate Valentine's Day and make the holiday even more entertaining.