STEM and seasons match perfectly with fun challenges that involve candy hearts and more! If you are looking to keep the kids busy and give them something to work on during the led up to Valentine’s Day, these printable Valentine’s Day STEM challenge activity cards are the solution! Get the kids away from the screens and encourage them to invent, design, and engineer their own worlds. Simple STEM is perfect year-round.

PRINTABLE VALENTINES DAY CHALLENGE CARDS

 

Use special occasion holidays like Valentine’s Day as a way to try out themed science and STEM activities with your kids or in your classroom. I made these printable Valentines Day Challenge Cards go along with our 14 Days of Valentine’s STEM Countdown. All you need to do is print, cut, and enjoy!

Many of our printable Valentine’s Day challenge cards are open for interpretation, imagination, and creativity. That’s a big part of what STEM is all about! Ask a question, develop solutions, design and test, and retest! STEM is science, technology, engineering, and math.

Fun Valentines Day STEM Activities!

Explore the changing seasons with STEM. These free Valentines theme STEM activities are perfect for engaging kids in science, technology, engineering, and math as they complete fun challenges!

You need easy ideas for the kids right?

I want these printable Valentine STEM activity cards to be a simple way to have fun with your kids. They can be used in the classroom as easily as they can be used at home. Print, cut, and laminate to use over and over again.

What do Valentines Day STEM challenges look like?

STEM challenges are usually open-ended suggestions to solve a problem or challenge meant to get your kids thinking about and using the design process.

What’s the design process? I’m glad you asked! In many ways, it’s a series of steps an engineer, inventor, or scientist would go through to solve a problem. Learn more about the steps of the engineering design process.

How to set your kids up for Valentines STEM challenges

Mostly, you can use what you have and let your kids get creative with simple materials.

My pro-tip is grabbing a large, clean, clear plastic tote or bin. Whenever you come across a fantastic item you would normally toss into recycling, toss it in the bin instead. This goes for packaging materials and items you may otherwise throw away.

Standard STEM materials to save include:

  • paper towel tubes
  • toilet roll tubes
  • plastic bottles
  • tin cans (clean, smooth edges)
  • old CDs
  • cereal boxes, oatmeal containers
  • bubble wrap
  • packing peanuts

Make sure you have:

  • tape
  • glue and tape
  • scissors
  • markers and pencils
  • paper
  • rulers and measuring tape
  • recycled goods bin
  • non-recycled goods bin

Plus, you can make up an inexpensive Valentine’s Day tinkering kit with seasonal items!

Also, read about STEM on a budget for more ideas.

 Try a Valentine’s Day STEM challenge!

If you check out our Valentine’s tinkering tray, you will find a great list of supplies that are pretty common and easy to pull together. I love making themed tinker kits. Young kids really get a kick out of novelty activities and put a little excitement back into everyday projects.

Check out our main science activities page for all our holiday theme collections. There’s something for everyone.

Start with these ideas and build from there. We will have new challenges for each new season and holiday. Print out your Valentine’s Day STEM challenge activity cards.