Valentine Crafts

Homemade Cards
What You Need
Old Beanie Baby Magazine to cut up
Scissors
Glue
Markers, Crayons or Colored Pencils
White construction paper or 3x5 cards
Envelopes, optional
Valentines stickers, optional
Small paper doilies, optional
How To Make It
Cut out some pictures of your favorite stuffed animals. Price list pages and the ads throughout the magazine are all good places to find pictures. Use a 3x5 card to make little postcards, or use construction paper to make large or small cards as you desire.
Be creative - combine your cutouts with stickers or draw your own background or decorations around them. Be sure to let the glue dry all the way before flipping the card over to write on the back.
Funny things you can write on the cards These should get you started - make up some of your own!
BEanie MINE
For the rabbits - Some bunny loves (or likes) you
For the bears - You're a beary good friend
For Bumble - Bee Mine
For Whisper - You're a deer
For Bones - No bones about it, I like you
For Fleece and Ewey - Will ewe be mine?
For Splash and Waves - Whale you be mine?
For Smoochy - How about a little smooch?
For Valentino or Valentina - Be my Valentino/Valentina

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Mosaic hearts:

Supplies:
Construction Paper
Scissors
Glue
Crepe Paper or Tissue Paper
Cut out a large heart. Cut up small pieces of construction paper (either pink or red but not the same color as the heart) and glue them all over the heart. You can also use pieces of crepe paper which are crumbled up.

*****************************Heart Art
1. Create Valentine window clingies with this fun art activity. You will need the following materials: paper, drawing pencils, crayons or felt pens, ziplock baggie, colored glue or dimensional fabric paints, glitter.
The student draws a heart design on the paper and then inserts the design into the ziplock baggie. Close baggie. On the outside of the baggie, trace the heart design with colored glue or dimensional paints. Sprinkle with glitter If a change of color or layered effect is desired, the student will need to allow the design to dry before adding a different color or secondary details. When the design is completely dry, carefully peel away the ziplock bag. The heart design should stick to flat surfaces.


2. Paint beautiful symmetrical designs by folding a sheet of sturdy paper in half. Using acrylic or tempera paints, paint a Valentine design on half the sheet of paper. Fold the unpainted half over the wet paint. Press gently taking care not to smear the paint. Open paper to view your picture. Mat and frame.

**********************************Bean Bag Heart Toss
You will need to make up a box ahead of time for this center. Take a cardboard box and cut out Valentine hearts 5-6, make them big enough for the children to throw bean bags through. Decorate the rest of the box in a Valentines Day pattern. Have the children practice throwing bean bags in.

Heart Puzzles
Decorate large hearts. Cut the hearts apart in as many pieces as you feel your children can put back together. Store the pieces in plastic ziplock bags.

Heart Sponge Or Cookie Cutter Painting... Using cookie cutters and sponges dipped in paint to create pictures.

A picture says a thousand words
Make simple frames - heart shaped - from cardboard and red or pink construction paper. Use the cardboard shape for the back. Use the construction paper for front. Cut out shape so picture can be put between both. (Choose picture of your favorite sweetie or children) Glue edges when all together. Glue a magnet to the back for hanging on the refrigerator.

Heart broochUse Play Dough (or Play Dough recipe) to make heart shaped broaches. Make the dough then shape into hearts. Before dry press pins into backs of hearts (these can be bought at any craft store). When dry paint with Valentine colors and had out to friends.


Valentine Bookmark
What you need:
Cardboard- this should be textured or colored for a nice background
Sequins
Magic markers or crayons
Glue
Contact - laminated plastic
Wool
Hole punch
Scissors
What you do:
Cut out the cardboard so that the bookmark will be 2 ½ inches wide and 8 inches long.
Decorate it with sequins, markers, crayons- let those creative juices run wild.
Contact (laminate) the cardboard after the glue is completely dried.
Put a hole with the hole punch up the top and in the middle of the cardboard.
Tie wool through the hole to form a tassle.
Get a good book and READ !!!!

Valentine PlacematsGather up Valentines cards from past years. Glue onto light cardboard or construction paper in decorative fashion the size of a placemat. Cover this collage with clear contact paper to seal the placemat. Be sure to have your child date and sign it. These make great gifts for grandparents.

Fancy mobile
Have your child punch holes in his/her valentines, thread and hang them from a hanger to create a mobile. Or take two hangers and cross them together then hang valentines from them. Hang finished mobile from a curtain rod or picture hook.

Magic Valentines
Materials: CrayonsPaper Clips, Sheets of White Paper Various Sizes of Paper Hearts
Put hearts on 1 sheet of paper and place other sheet on top, paper clip together to keep them from slipping, rub the side of the crayon over the surface of the paper. Hearts will appear like "magic".

Amazing Sparkling Valentine Heart
Heavy paper
Red, pink or white paint
Table salt
Paint a large heart with red, pink or white paint. While the paint is still damp, sprinkle some salt over the painting. The heart will sparkle when it dries.

Valentine's Day CardsMaterials:Red, white, pink or purple construction paper
White glueCrayons or colored pens
Scissors
Cut two large hearts for the main part of the card, one red and one white, with the white one just a little bit smaller than the red. Fold a piece of construction paper in half lengthwise (so it's still tall). Then cut out half a heart shape.Unfold the hearts and glue the white one inside the red one. That's your basic Valentine's Day card. Now you can decorate the front, back and inside any way you want.