Straightforward Valentine’s Crafts for Children

Valentine’s is a day for displaying others how a lot we love them, and that always entails Valentine’s Day playing cards and crafts. It is a nice time to drag out the crafts station for artwork initiatives and let the children have enjoyable. Listed below are some concepts for Valentine’s Day crafts on your little ones to make and provides! 

Valentine’s Crafts for Children

Most of us can keep in mind the dialog coronary heart candies and little paper Valentine’s Day playing cards that we exchanged as children. Our household limits processed sugar, although, and papercrafts can actually begin to pile up round the home. We at all times have pipe cleaners, pom-poms, and stickers available for artwork initiatives, however these children’ crafts go somewhat past that. 

I wished to do some initiatives with the children that may be enjoyable for them and in addition create a helpful reward for family and friends. Your little ones might additionally change these items in school or make some for siblings. A few of these initiatives would require somewhat extra assist from an grownup, however they’re simple sufficient for teenagers of all ages (even preschoolers) to do.

Wildflower Seed Coronary heart Valentines 

This Valentine’s craft for teenagers kills two birds with one stone. We’re upcycling paper and serving to to save the bees and different pollinators. They give the impression of being somewhat like sweet hearts, however with out the processed sugar and meals coloring. I used scrap white paper and threw in some crimson building paper to make a pink coloration. 

You gained’t need to plant these in February, however spring (and flower planting season) is correct across the nook. Embrace planting directions if these coronary heart crafts are a present, and make sure you use flowers native to your space. Listed below are a number of locations to get non-GMO seeds:

Wildflower Seed Coronary heart Supplies Wanted

Directions

1. Tear up the scrap items of paper and put them within the blender. If you would like pink hearts, you should use crimson and white, or you may simply do white paper. When you have a whole lot of paper in a sure coloration (like yellow), then you may make a number of batches. Experiment and see what you want.
2. Put sufficient water within the blender to submerge the paper, and let it soak for Quarter-hour or so. Mix till it’s a thick pulp. Add extra water as wanted if the paper begins to jam up.
3. Pour the paper water slurry onto a display screen and generously sprinkle in your wildflower seeds. You need to easy out the slurry some on the display screen so it’s not too thick.
4. As soon as the paper has fully dried (a number of hours), fastidiously peel it off of the display screen.
5. Lay a heart-shaped cookie cutter on the paper and hint round it with the pen or marker. Reduce out the center shapes.
6. Make a card with planting directions to provide with the center if it’s a present.

 DIY Valentine Handprint Coronary heart Tree

This mission is nice for the youngest ones within the household and makes an ideal reward for grandparents. Tracing their hand and slicing out the hearts helps children apply their effective motor abilities and teaches symmetry. As a homeschool household, these are simply a few of the abilities we cowl in a day! Right here’s the simple tutorial for this cute Valentine souvenir. 

Handprint Coronary heart Tree Supplies

• Pink, white, pink, and brown building paper
• Cardstock
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue or glue stick

Directions

1. Have your toddler hint their hand and down their arm on the brown piece of paper, serving to them if wanted. Their fingers are the tree branches and their arm is the trunk. 
2. Reduce out the handprint tree and glue it to a different sheet of paper, ideally cardstock. 
3. Fold the coloured building paper in half and hint out half a coronary heart. You’ll need it to make a full coronary heart as soon as it’s reduce and the paper is opened. Do that a number of occasions, making hearts of various sizes and colours. It is a good time to make use of up these little coloured paper scraps.
4. Have your little ones reduce the define of the hearts.
5. Glue the hearts onto the “tree branches” to make coronary heart foliage on the tree. It’s also possible to use a coronary heart stamp so as to add some extra visible distinction to the tree. 
6. Don’t neglect to have your kiddos signal their masterpiece earlier than gifting it!

DIY Coronary heart-Formed Crayons

Valentine’s crafts for teenagers that burn up scrap objects in the home are at all times a plus in my ebook. DIY crayons would possibly look subtle, however they’re simple peasy to make. You don’t even want any craft provides for this one. 

I’ve silicone molds that I particularly use for issues like lotion bars and sugar scrub cubes. If you happen to plan on utilizing a mildew for meals, like vitamin C gummies, then preserve it separate out of your crafting molds. 

DIY Crayons Supplies

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 275 levels.
2. Assist your baby take the paper off the crayons and snap or reduce them into smaller items in the event that they’re on the massive facet. 
3. Place the crayon items into the silicone molds. They’ll use one coloration for every mildew or combine and match for a multicolored crayon. 
4. Put the silicone mildew onto a baking sheet for extra stability, and bake the crayons within the oven for about 10-Quarter-hour or till melted. 
5. Permit the crayons to chill fully earlier than eradicating them from the mildew. 
6. You may give these individually or connect them to a chunk of cardstock with a Valentine’s message.

Fingerprint Coronary heart Valentine’s Day Card

This one might not be one thing to make use of like the opposite craft concepts, but it surely’s a pleasant contact to provide a selfmade reward with a selfmade Valentine card. Thanks playing cards are additionally large in our home. Older children might make a coronary heart collage with tissue paper, embellish it with stamps, and get artistic.

Coronary heart Card Supplies

• Paint (crimson, white, or pink)
• Cardstock
• Development paper (white, crimson, or pink)
• Markers

Directions

1. Put a layer of paint in your baby’s palms. Have them maintain their palms in a V form with their fingertips touching. Select a contrasting paint and paper coloration so the colours don’t simply mix collectively. You may do crimson paint on pink paper, white paint on crimson paper, and so forth.
2. Press the paint-covered palms onto a coloured piece of building paper. Let the paint dry.
3. As soon as it’s dried, hint a coronary heart form across the handprints and reduce it out. 
4. Glue the center cutout onto some cardstock and write a customized message. 

Extra Straightforward Valentine’s Day Crafts 

There are a whole lot of enjoyable Valentine’s Day crafts for teenagers on the market, so listed here are a number of extra concepts.

What actions do your children do on Valentine’s Day? Any particular traditions? Tell us within the feedback!