Make February math fun, hands-on, and meaningful with these First Grade Valentine’s Day Math Crafts. This low-prep math craft set helps first grade students practice key math skills while creating engaging Valentine-themed projects that are perfect for bulletin boards, math centers, or whole-group lessons. These crafts focus on addition, subtraction, and number sense through cutting, gluing, and explaining math thinking—no worksheet overload and no prep stress. Mainly used in first grade but can be used as review in second grade.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

This resource includes First Grade math crafts:

Love Our Fact Families
• Build addition and subtraction fact families
• Understand how numbers work together

Love Number Changes
• Find 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, and 10 less
• Strengthen number sense and mental math

Each craft includes:
• Student craft page
• Cut-and-paste pieces
• Teacher directions
• Answer key
• Differentiation ideas

SKILLS COVERED

• Addition and subtraction

• Fact families

• 1 more, 1 less

• 10 more, 10 less

• Number sense

• Explaining math thinking

Perfect for:
• Whole-group math lessons
• Math centers
• Small groups
• February math activities
• Valentine’s Day classroom fun

WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS RESOURCE

• Hands-on and engaging
• Low prep – just print and go
• Developmentally appropriate for first grade
• Bulletin-board ready
• Easy to differentiate

FILE DETAILS

• PDF format
• Black-and-white friendly
• Easy to print and use

FILE DETAILS

• PDF format
• Black-and-white friendly
• Easy to print and use

TEACHER TIP

Display finished crafts on a Valentine’s Day bulletin board to celebrate student learning and boost engagement!