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Delight your family with fun Valentines advent calendar bags + free printables.  These darling bags are completely no-sew, easy as pie to make, and ready to fill with goodies or my 14 Acts of Love and Kindness printables.

An entryway table and decorative display hold a Valentines advent calendar countdown

*This post is sponsored by Therm O Web – my go-to source for fabric heat transfers . . . among many other things.  All opinions are always my own.

February is typically the longest and dreariest of months, at least here in the rocky mountains where we are all sick to death of cold and snow.  With the excitement of the Christmas holidays long gone, it’s hard to find much in the way of celebration.

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Thankfully, there is Valentines Day to save us all, and I’m out to make this years Valentines Day one of the best and most anticipated for my little family.  After all, shouldn’t a Holiday filled with all things pink, red and chocolate last much longer than a day???

I say so 😉

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A Valentines Advent Calendar for Everyone

I’ve never held the belief that Valentines Day was just for significant others (though that doesn’t give you a pass, Mr. TIDBITS). No, I think Valentine’s Day is an amazing opportunity to express love and kindness to all those who mean the most to you in life.

That’s why I designed this easy diy Valentine advent calendar and my free Acts of Love and Kindness printables. Let’s make it fun to spread some love this Valentine season!

Valentines Day Advent Calendar Countdown Bags and Printable | 14+ Acts of Love and Kindness

How Does this Valentines Advent Calendar Work?

This Valentine’s Day advent calendar is simple to make and use. It’s made up of 14 adorable Valentine bags. You’ll add one of the printable Acts of Love and Kindness to each bag. You can also fill each bag with candy, a small gift or other fun things.

Each day from February 1st-14th you’ll open a bag from your Valentine’s day countdown to see what act of kindness you and/or your family will try to accomplish that day. You can serve your spouse, siblings, other family member, friend, neighbor or even a stranger.

The fun comes in seeing the joy on other’s faces as you serve them.

Kids especially love the anticipation of advent calendars. Daily prompts like these are a great way to help family members find excitement in serving and loving others.

An image of printable Acts of Love and Kindness service ideas

How to Get the Free Acts of Love and Kindness Printable

I have a full tutorial for the simple Valentine advent calendar bags below.  But first, as a thank you to all my email subscribers (my absolute favorite readers), I have officially opened up a “TIDBITS SUBSCRIBER LIBRARY” with exclusive free printables, downloads, newsletters and other resources which I will add to monthly – if not more often.

To grab your free Valentines Day Countdown Printables, all you need to do is fill out this form below and it will be on it’s way to your inbox!


I hope you enjoy using these service ideas to spark acts of love throughout your home, neighborhood, and amongst friends.

Valentines Day Countdown Printable | 14+ Acts of Love and Kindness

Back to the bags . . . you won’t believe how quick these little bags are to make. They’re super fun to customize and darling to hang and dangle around your home.

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I don’t do a ton of Valentines Day decorating, but these bags helped me create a romantic vignette to ring in the month of February, and will hopefully do the same for you.

Valentines Day Advent Calendar Countdown Bags and Printables,hang on a window pane
Valentines Day Countdown Bags and Printables, by TIDBITS
Valentines Day Advent Calendar Countdown Bags and Printables, by TIDBITS
A Valentines advent calendar bag with a heart and number stamp
Valentines Day Countdown Bags and Printables, by TIDBITS
Valentines Day Countdown Bags and Printables, by TIDBITS

Let me show you what you will need, and how easy these are to make.  And remember, the sky’s the limit on the customization of colors and fabrics.

Please also note, you could sew up your own little drawstring bags, or you could save the time and buy them on Amazon 😉

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Let’s get started!

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Supplies for Your Valentines Advent Calendar

  • Mini Drawstring bags
  • Fabric for the Hearts – (I found my grain sack fabric from Joann’s Fabric a long time ago, and actually repurposed it from a crib skirt I made for my son.  But any fabric for the hearts will work just fine.)
  • HeatnBond – (more info below)
  • Heart Printable – (found below)
Valentines Day Countdown Bags and Printables, by TIDBITS

Therm O Web has created a fun new product in the HeatnBond line called EZ PRINT

I was thrilled to discover this ability to now print my shape right onto the HeatnBond, rather than having to sketch and trace my shape, much like I did on these T-Shirts HERE.  This alone has potential to save lots of tedious work and yields more consistent results for applique type projects. 

The fabric I used for my hearts was a lightweight fabric, so I selected the EZ PRINT LITE.

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How to Make the Valentines Advent Calendar Bags

Step 1

Once you have your supplies gathered, the first thing you’ll want to do is get the fabric hearts ready to put onto the bags.

You can certainly design your own shape of a heart, but to save that step, go ahead and CLICK HERE or on the image below to download and print these heart shapes right onto your HeatnBond, according to the package directions.

Illustrated heart shapes for making a Valentine Advent Calendar

Because I was planning to align my hearts individually on the grain sack stripes, I went ahead and rough cut my hearts out.

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But if you have a cohesive fabric, you could iron the whole printed sheet right onto your fabric and cut the hearts out after.

Step 2

Next, I placed the HeatnBond bumpy side down onto the back side of my fabric.

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Then very briefly ran my hot iron over the heart.  You could use pressing paper if you are worried about the delicacy of your fabric.

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Step 3

Once I was sure the heart was adhered, I cut out the heart shape, following the printed pattern.

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Then I carefully removed the paper backing, leaving the glue onto the back of my fabric.

Peeling the backing off a heart made using heatnbond

Step 4

Then I laid the heart shape, glue side down, onto the face of my drawstring bag.

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And pressed the heart down, according to the package suggestions for the weight of my fabric.

Valentines Day Countdown Bags and Printables, by TIDBITS

That’s really how simple it was to make these bags!

Valentines Day Countdown Bags and Printables, by TIDBITS

Step 5

You could use fabric markers to write the numbers in the corner of the bag, but I remembered I had some number stamps and used those.

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Then I simply hung them with mini clothes pins on a ribbon.

A Valentines Advent Calendar hangs above on entry table

And inserted a kindness prompt into each little bag.

Printable 14+ Acts of Love and Kindness ready to be used in a Valentine Advent Calendar

It’s as easy as that! The Valentine advent calendar is ready to roll!

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Remember to grab your free printables in the TIDBITS SUBSCRIBER LIBRARY from the form up above.

For more fun crafts to make with Thermo O Web products, visit the site HERE or follow on Instagram HERE.

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More Fun Valentine’s Day Ideas

Thanks for stopping by to see this Valentines Advent Calendar idea and tutorial.  I’d love to hear about the fun Valentines Day ideas that you enjoy doing with your family. 

To see more of my own Valentine projects, checkout one of the links below. Cheers to a happy Valentines Day!

TIDBITS Valentine Advent Calendar with printable act of love and kindness

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  1. Hi! I love this tutorial! You absolutely have the best diys and I just love your home and style! Can you tell me what type of treatment is on the window panes that the heart bags are hanging on? Thanks!!

    1. It was a DIY fail, trying to antique a mirror. Didn’t turn out anything like we hoped, but still pretty cool. Thanks for visiting!