The 1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible verse is wonderful for children to learn. Make a Valentine wreath craft with kids!


1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids


1 Corinthians 13 (specifically 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a) is such an iconic and important passage on love that even non-Christians are often familiar with it.

It’s important that our kids know what biblical love is. After all, it’s easy to absorb the culture’s view of love, to believe that love is a warm, fuzzy feeling. That’s not what the Bible says about love.

You can make a Valentine wreath craft with your kids, do a short Bible lesson, and work on memorizing 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a in the ESV or KJV as a family, all in one quick project! 


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1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse

1 Corinthians 13, often called the love chapter, is an important text about what it means to truly love others. Consider reading and discussing the entire chapter (just 13 short verses) as a family. The Valentine wreath craft printable Bible verse frame covers 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a in both the ESV and the KJV:

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. 

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a, ESV

Read the passage above with your children and discuss:

  • What does 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a tell us love is?
  • What is love not and what does it not do?
  • What does love do?
  • The Bible is God’s Word to us. Does God’s description of love sound more like a feeling or an action?
  • What can you do today to love someone in your family?

Love is a verb! Loving others means something very specific biblically. Once you hang up your Valentine wreath, work daily on memorizing 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a as a family.


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Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids

Check out this quick video of the Valentine wreath craft for kids:


Tips for Art Projects with Kids

Doing art projects with kids can be a challenge. For that reason, many parents forgo this valuable time altogether. As an art major and a parent who has done frequent art projects with my four children, I have a few suggestions for you.

  1. Cover your space. Use painting drop cloths and plastic to keep your furniture and flooring protected.
  2. Cover your kids. Grab a couple of your old T-shirts and throw them over your kids, buy them painting aprons, or designate clothes specifically for crafting.
  3. Do the prep work in advance. Do as much prep work for a project as you can before you get the kids involved. Not everything on the page needs to be their work. It’s OK to help.
  4. Schedule several short sessions for one project. Children need several days to be able to create larger projects. Art is time-consuming and requires energy.
  5. Encourage your kids. Children are likely to be frustrated by the disconnect in the artwork they envision and the art they actually create. Remind your kids that they improve every time they create, and tell them how much you love their work (even if you don’t know what it is!). Also, stick figures are fabulous.
  6. Operate the hot glue gun. Hot glue burns are terrible. Until your kids are old enough to cook, I’d advise you do the hot gluing.

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Valentine Wreath Craft Supplies

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids
You’ll need a few supplies to make your Valentine wreath craft.

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Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids

Here are the steps for the Valentine wreath craft for your kids. Your children can help with most of these steps, and you can step in and help whenever necessary.

Grab your craft instructions and template in the Thinking Kids Press store.

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1) Make a Valentine Wreath.

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Use a paper dinner plate to trace the outside circumference of your Valentine wreath onto a piece of cardstock paper. Draw a circle inside the Valentine wreath base, leaving about two inches for your wreath base. Carefully cut out your wreath, and cut out the interior of the wreath. This will leave you a ring of cardstock.

Cut long strips of burlap fabric, then wrap your Valentine wreath base to cover it. Glue the beginning of each burlap strip to the cardstock ring, then glue the end of each strip before gluing a new strip to your Valentine wreath.


2) Cut Out Your Valentine Wreath Craft Bees, Butterflies, and Love Is Bible Verse.

Print the Valentine wreath craft template for your kids.

Cut out the template pieces. Trace the bug template pieces on colored cardstock. Cut out the traced patterns. Cut out the 1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible verse frame in ESV or KJV.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids

Valentine wreath cast of characters:

The scene on your wreath is simple:

  • 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a in either ESV or KJV
  • Two Bees
  • Two Butterflies

3) Make Two Bees for Your Valentine Wreath.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids
Allow your child to chose the color of paper they’d like to use for their bees. Trace the template pieces onto the colored cardstock as shown above. Cut out each piece. Do this for both bees.

Cut another small heart for each bee to be used on the body.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids
Glue a small heart-shaped wing inside a larger heart-shaped wing. You will have four wings.

Glue a tiny heart to the end of each antenna.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids
Glue three stripes along the bottom half of each bee body, horizontally as shown.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids

Trim the stripes along each bee body, then glue the heart antennas under the top side of the body. The little hearts should be at the top, as shown.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids

Glue the heart-shaped wings under each side of the body. Repeat for your second bee.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids

Use a permanent marker to draw a simple face on each bee as shown. You can glue your remaining small heart onto the bee body as shown in the final Valentine wreath image.


4) Make Two Butterflies for Your Valentine Wreath.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids
Allow your child to choose four different colors of cardstock for the butterflies. Trace the template pieces onto the colored cardstock as shown above. Cut out each piece. Do this for both butterflies.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids
Glue a small heart-shaped wing inside a larger heart-shaped wing. You will have four wings.

Glue a tiny heart to the end of each antenna.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids
Glue two heart antennas under the top side of each body base. Keep the little hearts above the body as shown.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids

Glue a heart wing under each side of the each butterfly body.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids

Glue two googly eyes onto each butterfly body, then use a permanent marker to draw a smile on each butterfly.


5) Finish Your Valentine Wreath Craft.

To finish your Valentine wreath, glue your Love Is Bible verse frame on the side of your wreath. Glue both bees and both butterflies onto the Valentine wreath.

1 Corinthians 13 Love Is Bible Verse | Make a Valentine Wreath Craft for Kids
Make a small loop with your burlap ribbon and glue it on the top of the backside of the Valentine wreath. Once the glue dries, use your loop to hang the Valentine wreath.


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Good Bible Investigators:

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There are a great many truths in life to be found—some interesting, some boring, and some that really matter. You can be the kind of investigator who spends time puzzling out important truth so that you can know all the knowable knowledge that God has given us. That’s right. God, the Creator of the Universe, gave you a great big letter from him to explore and study so that you can discover the truths that really matter to your life!”

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