Surprise Students with 3 Sweet Valentine’s Day Classroom Activities!

Valentine’s Day is a heartbeat away! What better way to celebrate and boost creativity than with a few sweet activities designed to engage students in 3D thinking?

Whether you’re looking to boost collaboration, or offer up a creative outlet for your students, we’ve got you covered.

These heartwarming Valentine’s Day classroom activities will have your students full attention, while teaching communication and problem solving skills all while using their 3D pens!


Heart charm bracelet with 3d pen art

Spring Flowers In Bloom

Add a touch of whimsy to your classroom and dive into STEM with lessons about flowers, their function, and a plant’s lifecycle. Explore the different shapes and sizes or how they attract pollinators. There’s so much to explore and a fun 3D activity to accompany the lesson!

Spring Flowers


Lego Animals in Snow 3D Pen Art

Heartwarming Artistic Expression

Students can explore their artistic style and develop one-of-a-kind 3D or multimedia art projects. 3Doodler’s 3D heart-shaped balloons are easy to design. Use them as pendants, key chains, or even added onto a card for a whimsical greeting. Follow our tutorial or explore your creativity with more complex patterns, swirls, or multiple layers!

Balloon Hearts


Close up of heart & love sign 3D pen cookie art.

Sweet Custom Valentine’s Day Treats

Add a tasty and personal touch to Valentine’s Day celebrations with custom cookie cutters students can create and use at home! Explore our tutorial or encourage students to come up with their own designs. The project could involve students collaborating as they brainstorm ideas and share 3D printing techniques. Students might want to give the cookie cutters as gifts for friends and family once finished. It’s a sweet hands-on project your classroom is sure to remember!

Cookie Cutters

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Handmade Christmas Cards & Decor Ideas (made with a 3D pen!)

Get in the holiday spirit with these fun and simple 3D Pen Christmas Projects! Grab your 3Doodler Create+ 3D pen and Doodle your own decorations and greeting cards with our free stencils. These projects are easy to make, and look absolutely fantastic!

  • Colorful wreath with ribbon and bow - 3D pen art

1. DIY Christmas Wreath

Learn how to make a wreath with the video tutorial below! This handmade creation adds a welcoming touch to any door, wall or cozy fireplace. Print out this stencil and follow along with the video for a fun DIY evening! Add a flying reindeer for a cute Christmas touch, or customize it in any way you want.

Download Stencil

Tips:
  • Keep it simple with a variety of leaves or add some dangling stars and reindeers.

  • Blue surface with string ornaments & red ball - 3D pen art

2. Simple Holiday Ornaments

These modern-looking ornaments are great for 3D pen users of any level. Simply trace over the outline of any shape from this stencil to make a frame. Then add a dot of plastic to one edge and start wrapping extruded plastic around it, circling your pen around the frame as you hold it in place. Finish by Doodling a loop on the tip of your frame and thread a ribbon through it.

Download Stencil


Tips:
  • Draw your own frames to make some unique ornaments for your home! Make ornaments with the initials of your family members, and hang them beside their stockings!

3. Handmade 3D Christmas Cards

Handmade cards always provide that thoughtful and unexpected touch. Try out this easy technique to add embossed details to your cards! All you need is a card, a 3Doodler Create+ pen, and some plastic filaments. Simply use your 3Doodler pen to draw out your design (like you would with a normal pen and pencil), and create a beautiful card with detailing that you can run your fingers across!

Tips:
  • You can also use a 3Doodler Create+ pen to add pop up elements to your card, like a star that pops out when you open the card.

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