Need Valentine’s Day drawing ideas for a card, a classroom activity or your sketchbook? Here are 48 cute, easy ones: hearts with arrows and wings, a love letter, a box of chocolates, a bouquet of roses, lovebirds and a teddy bear hugging a heart.
They are small drawings made of a few lines, so they fit on a card, a gift tag or a lunch box note. Every idea has its own free download, and the PDF has the three idea sheets plus a practice page.
Pages from the free Valentine’s Day drawing ideas PDF.
What’s in the PDF
3 idea sheets with 16 drawings each: hearts and love symbols, Valentine treats and gifts, and cute Valentine animals
Your Turn: a practice page with six boxes
A cover page, all on US Letter paper
48 Valentine’s Day drawing ideas
Start with the hearts, because the treats and animals all use them. Click any drawing to open it full size.
Hearts and Love Symbols
Hearts are the base of almost every Valentine drawing. Practice one, then dress it up.
1. Heart Two round bumps that meet in a point. Free download2. Heart with an arrow An arrow going through a heart at an angle. Free download3. Two hearts A small heart overlapping a bigger one. Free download4. Heart with wings A heart with a small wing on each side. Free download5. Heart balloon A heart on a wavy string. Free download6. Heart lock A padlock shaped like a heart. Free download7. Heart key A key with a heart for a handle. Free download8. Mended heart A heart with a row of little stitches. Free download9. Heart with a ribbon A heart wrapped with a ribbon and a bow. Free download10. Heart-shaped box A heart-shaped box with a lid. Free download11. Sparkling heart A heart with little sparkles around it. Free download12. Heart garland Small hearts hanging on a string. Free download13. Bow and arrow A curved bow with a heart-tipped arrow. Free download14. Heart flower A heart on a stem with two leaves. Free download15. Heart in hands Two hands holding a heart. Free download16. Heart glasses A pair of glasses with heart-shaped frames. Free download
Valentine Treats and Gifts
Chocolates, flowers and letters: the classic Valentine gifts, all made from simple shapes.
17. Box of chocolates An open box with rows of round chocolates. Free download18. Chocolate strawberry A strawberry dipped halfway in chocolate. Free download19. Heart cookie A heart-shaped cookie with icing. Free download20. Heart cupcake A cupcake with a heart on top. Free download21. Heart lollipop A heart on a stick. Free download22. Love letter A letter with a heart peeking out of an envelope. Free download23. Sealed envelope An envelope closed with a heart. Free download24. Gift box A box with a ribbon and a bow. Free download25. Bouquet of roses A bunch of roses wrapped in paper. Free download26. Single rose One rose with a stem and two leaves. Free download27. Teddy bear with a heart A sitting teddy bear hugging a heart. Free download28. Ring box An open box with a ring inside. Free download29. Heart mug A mug with a heart on the front. Free download30. Balloon bunch Three heart balloons tied together. Free download31. Heart cake A heart-shaped cake with icing. Free download32. Milkshake with two straws A tall glass with two straws. Free download
Cute Valentine Animals
Animals in pairs or holding a heart make the sweetest Valentine cards.
33. Lovebirds Two little birds sitting close together. Free download34. Cat holding a heart A sitting cat with a heart in its paws. Free download35. Bunny with a heart A bunny hugging a heart. Free download36. Two bears hugging Two round bears with their arms around each other. Free download37. Penguin pair Two penguins standing side by side. Free download38. Swans Two swans whose necks make a heart. Free download39. Puppy with a rose A puppy holding a rose. Free download40. Bee with a heart A little bee carrying a heart. Free download41. Owl pair Two owls sitting on a branch. Free download42. Fox with a love letter A fox holding an envelope. Free download43. Hedgehog with a heart A hedgehog holding a small heart. Free download44. Ladybug on a heart A ladybug sitting on top of a heart. Free download45. Elephant with a heart balloon A small elephant holding a balloon with its trunk. Free download46. Sloth hugging a heart A sloth with its arms around a big heart. Free download47. Otters holding hands Two otters floating side by side. Free download48. Mouse with a heart A tiny mouse holding a heart. Free download
How to draw a perfect heart
Draw a V. Make it lightly; this is the bottom point of the heart.
Add two bumps. From the top of each side of the V, draw a round arch that curves back to the middle.
Check both sides. Turn the paper upside down; uneven sides are easier to see.
Smooth the outline. Go over it in one slow line and erase the V.
Your turn: the practice page
The practice page has six empty boxes with a light dot grid. Pick six ideas from this page, draw one in each box and write its name on the line.
The practice page.
Ways to use your Valentine drawings
Cards: draw one big animal on the front and a row of small hearts inside.
Gift tags: a single rose or a heart with a ribbon is enough.
Classroom valentines: print a sheet, let kids color and cut out their favorites.
Lunch box notes: a heart balloon or a lovebird on a sticky note.
Download the full sheets
Prefer whole pages? Click a link to open a full idea sheet, then print it or save it. The PDF with every page is in the download box.