If you want to give a Valentine’s Day gift that isn’t just a heart-shaped box filled with chocolate, these adorable DIY Valentine’s Day Crazy Straws Gift is it. You can get a free printable for the gift tags in the post too.
For more ways to make this the best holiday, check out all of our Valentine’s Day content.
Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays because it’s focused on chocolate. And love. And if you know me, I love chocolate. And love. So it’s perfect.
But, when I’m putting together gifts for the littles we know, I try to avoid filling them with chocolate. That’s what I would want, but I really don’t want to fill them with sugar. So, the perfect way to do this is to add little toys or Valentine’s Day books to my gift.
That’s where this DIY Valentine’s Day Crazy Straws Gift came from.
When I was a little kid, I absolutely loved silly straws. They made drinking out of glasses so much fun. So of course, I love giving them out as an adult. With these, I add cute Valentine cards to them, in the form of a little tag with a Valentine’s Day drink on it.
To make your life so much easier, I added the free printable at the end of the post so you don’t have to design your own. You just have to print mine.
If this looks familiar to you, it’s because we made almost the exact same craft for Halloween. So, if you stumbled here because you were looking for Halloween ideas, check out our DIY Halloween Crazy Straws Gift instead.
DIY Valentine’s Day Crazy Straws Gift
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DIY Valentine’s Day Crazy Straws Gift Supplies:
You can get the full list of supplies in the how to card below.
- Free “Have An Ex-Straw Special Valentine’s Day” printable – The free printable is later in this post.
- Scissors
- Single hole punch – If you only have a three hole punch, that’s fine.
- Crazy straws – The ones with twists at the top work best.
- Tape
How To Make A Valentine’s Day Crazy Straws Gift:
Start by printing out the printable below.
Cut out each individual tag.
If you’re making these for class valentines, you can leave a little extra paper at the bottom of the card when you’re cutting so your child’s name can fit there.
Use the hole punch to punch a hole on the side of the tag. You want the hole to be positioned in the foam of the drink so it looks like an actual straw sticking out.
Quick note: If you don’t have a single hole punch, you can either use a triple hole punch and just position this in a way to punch one hole or you can use a pair of scissors to cut a hole for the straw to fit through.
Stick the top of the crazy straw through the hole, stopping where the twists of the straw starts.
Put a little piece of tape in the back to hold the tag in place.
Keep going until you’ve made enough for all your kids or the entire class, whoever you’re making this for.
Free Valentine’s Day Crazy Straws Printable
To make your life so much easier, we already made the Valentine’s Day tag for you.
Quick note: These are for your personal use only. We don’t allow downloading for commercial use.
The good news for you is that you don’t have to make it. The bad news is that it says “Have And Ex-Straw Special Valentine’s Day” on it and that pun is all it’s gonna say because the tag isn’t editable.
The digital file is a PDF formatted to fit an 8.5- x 11-inch piece of paper, which is standard printer paper size.
Right click the link below, then save it however you typically save PDF files, then print it at home when you’re ready to use it.
Each print has nine tags. So, if you’re making these for classroom exchanges, take your total number of kids and divide that by nine, and that’s how many you need to print.
When you print, go into your print settings and choose “fit to page” and full color so none of the graphics get cut off. Also, if you want to make the tags a little more sturdy, you can print onto card stock instead of regular paper. But, if all you have is plain white paper, that works too.
DIY Valentine’s Day Crazy Straws Gift: Frequently Asked Questions
Any reusable drinking straws work for this gift. The plastic straws with the twists are a little thinner than the plastic straws with the top part that stretches, so these will fit in a hole punches hole better than those.
Don’t use paper straws. First, those are my nemesis and I don’t understand the point of them because they fall apart so quickly. And second, since they fall apart easily, they’re not really much of a gift.
The tags I made aren’t editable. So you’re stuck with the color version it prints as. If you know anything about graphic arts and can edit these, you have my permission to change it to different colors as long as you’re using them for personal use.
More Non-Candy Valentine’s Day Ideas:
I love candy, but I don’t always want to give a ton of it for Valentine’s Day. Kids are gonna get enough candy. They don’t need more from me.
If you agree, you’ll love our list of Non-Candy Valentine’s Day Gifts For Kids. It’s filled with a bunch of non-candy items, like small toys and sunglasses, that you can give instead, or in addition to, some chocolate.
More Valentine’s Day Crafts:
If you want to make more crafts this holiday, check out our list of Easy To Make Valentine’s Day Crafts. You’ll find tutorials for treat holders, homemade Valentine’s Day cards, and more.
DIY Valentine’s Day Crazy Straws Gift
If you want to give a Valentine’s Day gift that isn’t just a heart-shaped box filled with chocolate, these adorable DIY Valentine’s Day Crazy Straws Gift is it. You can get a free printable for the gift tags in the post too.
Materials
- Free “Have An Ex-Straw Special Valentine’s Day” printable (at the end of this post)
- Crazy straws
- Tape
Tools
- Scissors
- Single hole punch
Instructions
- Start by printing out the printable. Cut out each individual tag.
- Use the hole punch to punch a hole on the side of the tag. You want the hole to be positioned in the foam of the drink so it looks like an actual straw sticking out.
- Stick the top of the crazy straw through the hole, stopping where the twists of the straw starts.
- Put a little piece of tape in the back to hold the tag in place.
Notes
Have you made this Valentine’s Day Crazy Straw craft? Let us know how it went in the comments.
Carol
Thursday 12th of February 2026
These are adorable!
Jennifer Wise
Tuesday 10th of February 2026
This is so, so cute, Lisa!