Craft Fun
Valentine Crafts
Monday, February 08, 2010
Because you never know when you may need to entertain the little ones....
Suzy found this first craft idea (which she totally remembers doing in elementary school) online at Kaboose, which also has tons of other crafts for every occasion - coloring pages and lots of great parenting info.
PUFFY HEART
This fun puffy heart craft project is perfect for when your kids have friends over too!. Few supplies are needed and it can be altered for younger age groups.
What you'll need:
Pink and white tissue paper, cut into 1" squares
White craft glue
Scissors
Piece of card stock or construction paper
Pencil with an eraser
How to make it:
Cut out a heart shape from the construction paper or card stock.
Put white craft glue into the center of the heart, shaped like a heart.
Using the eraser end of a pencil, place the eraser into the center of a white tissue paper square. Twist the tissue paper square around the eraser and dot it onto the glue. Continue this process until entire middle of the heart is covered with white tissue paper. See photo. (For younger kids who have trouble working the pencil steps, allow them to wad up the tissue paper squares and press them directly onto the glue with their fingers.)
Repeat the process from step #3 with pink tissue paper for the border of the heart.
Suzy Tips: Here is a good excuse to SAVE the tissue paper from birthday gifts!
Here is another great idea...maybe the babysitter can help the kids with this craft while you are out for your romantic dinner!
PAPER CONVERSATION HEART WREATH
This paper conversation heart wreath is a great project for younger kids. It's easy to put together and fun to display!
What you'll need:
9" dinner plate or paper plate
Recycled cereal box or other thin cardboard
Pencil
Scissors
Construction paper: pink, purple, red, and blue
Markers, crayons or paint pens
Glue
How to make it:
Trace around the 9" plate onto the cardboard.
Use your pen or pencil to draw another circle inside that one, about an inch away from the outside circle.
Cut out the circle and the center of the circle to create a cardboard wreath base.
Cut 12 hearts out of colored construction paper (works best if you use all the same size).
Using markers, crayons, or paint pens, write conversation candy phrases on the hearts such as: "LOVE", "HUBBA HUBBA", "SWEET", "LOVE", "BE MINE", "KISS" and "PAL".
Arrange your hearts on top of the cardboard wreath shape without gluing them down. Once you have them where you want them, use the glue stick to attach each one.
Suzy Tip: for the younger kids, the hearts can be cut out for them and they can draw pictures of people they love instead of words!
Suzy found this first craft idea (which she totally remembers doing in elementary school) online at Kaboose, which also has tons of other crafts for every occasion - coloring pages and lots of great parenting info.
PUFFY HEART
This fun puffy heart craft project is perfect for when your kids have friends over too!. Few supplies are needed and it can be altered for younger age groups.
What you'll need:
Pink and white tissue paper, cut into 1" squares
White craft glue
Scissors
Piece of card stock or construction paper
Pencil with an eraser
How to make it:
Cut out a heart shape from the construction paper or card stock.
Put white craft glue into the center of the heart, shaped like a heart.
Using the eraser end of a pencil, place the eraser into the center of a white tissue paper square. Twist the tissue paper square around the eraser and dot it onto the glue. Continue this process until entire middle of the heart is covered with white tissue paper. See photo. (For younger kids who have trouble working the pencil steps, allow them to wad up the tissue paper squares and press them directly onto the glue with their fingers.)
Repeat the process from step #3 with pink tissue paper for the border of the heart.
Suzy Tips: Here is a good excuse to SAVE the tissue paper from birthday gifts!
Here is another great idea...maybe the babysitter can help the kids with this craft while you are out for your romantic dinner!
PAPER CONVERSATION HEART WREATH
This paper conversation heart wreath is a great project for younger kids. It's easy to put together and fun to display!
What you'll need:
9" dinner plate or paper plate
Recycled cereal box or other thin cardboard
Pencil
Scissors
Construction paper: pink, purple, red, and blue
Markers, crayons or paint pens
Glue
How to make it:
Trace around the 9" plate onto the cardboard.
Use your pen or pencil to draw another circle inside that one, about an inch away from the outside circle.
Cut out the circle and the center of the circle to create a cardboard wreath base.
Cut 12 hearts out of colored construction paper (works best if you use all the same size).
Using markers, crayons, or paint pens, write conversation candy phrases on the hearts such as: "LOVE", "HUBBA HUBBA", "SWEET", "LOVE", "BE MINE", "KISS" and "PAL".
Arrange your hearts on top of the cardboard wreath shape without gluing them down. Once you have them where you want them, use the glue stick to attach each one.
Suzy Tip: for the younger kids, the hearts can be cut out for them and they can draw pictures of people they love instead of words!
