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Sparkling Heart
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 Fingerprint Hearts
Cut heart shapes out of white or pink
construction paper. Give the children washable
red ink pad and let them
decorate the hearts with their fingerprints or thumbprints.
Encourage them
to make pics with their thumbprints such as hearts,
love bugs, and so on.
Valentine Person
Trace child's hands and feet. Cut out a big size
heart and let the child make a face on it.
Then take paper
and make an accordion out of it. Use the accordion strips for arms
and legs.
Glue their hand and feet prints and you have a valentine person with their
prints.
Heart Straw
Trace and cut out heart from colored paper. Use a
hole pinch and make 2 hole
in center of heart, not side by side, but one under
the other, about an inch or
two apart. Thread a drinking straw into one hole and
back out the other.
Heart Rubbings
Cut out different sizes of hearts from sandpaper.
Tape hearts to table and
lay a sheet of white typing paper over them. Use side
of crayon
to lightly rub over hearts, making a pattern on paper.
Variation:
Set out a large square of
plastic lace (available where self-stick paper is sold). Cut heart
shapes out of
plain white paper. Let the children take turns placing their hearts on top
of
the plastic lace square and rubbing across them with red crayons. If
desired, let them glue
their lacy heart rubbings on folded sheets of red
construction paper to make valentine cards.
Heart Texture Collages
Cut heart shapes
of different sizes from a variety of textured materials (corduroy, flocked
wallpaper, sandpaper, velvet, foil, etc.) Cut heart-shaped centers
out of some of the shapes,
if desired. Set out glue and pieces of white construction paper.
Let the children select
the heart shapes they want and glue them all over their papers to make
texture collages.
Love Bugs
Cut out a supply of pink and red construction
paper hearts. Then direct each child
to arrange a line of hearts in a
pattern and glue them together. Have the child
add wiggle eyes and
construction paper antennae and legs. If desired, invite
the child to use
glitter glue pens to give the love bug a little extra sparkle.
Vinegar Hearts
Pour white vinegar
into small bowls. Set out brushes, pieces of white construction
paper and small red tissue paper hearts. Let the children brush vinegar on
their
papers. Then let them cover their papers with the tissue paper hearts.
As it dries, the hearts will fall off leaving red heart prints.
Translucent Hearts
Cut a large heart shape for each child out of
waxed paper. Pour vegetable
oil into shallow containers and set out cotton
balls. Let the children tear red
tissue paper into small pieces.
Have them dip the cotton balls into the vegetable
oil and brush it over their
waxed paper hearts. Then let them press the red tissue
pieces all over
their hearts until the shapes are completely covered. The oil will
help
the tissue pieces stick to the hearts while making the red color translucent.
Photo submitted by: Denise
Hand-some Heart
Cut out a heart
shape. Draw face on heart. Encourage the children to water
color the heart. Then using tempera paint, paint each child's hands
and stamp next to heart to create this hand-some heart!
Heart Prints
Pour small amounts of red and pink tempera paint
into separate shallow containers.
Set out heart shaped cookie cutters and
sponges cut in the shapes of hearts.
Let the children make heart prints by
dipping the cookie cutters and sponges
into the paint and pressing them on
sheets of white construction paper.
Tissue Heart Collages
Set out sheets of white construction paper, small
bowls of liquid starch and
brushes. Give each child a number of heart
shapes cut from red tissue paper.
Have the children brush the starch on
their papers. Then let them
arrange their tissue paper hearts on top of
the starch to make collages.
3-D Hearts
Have the children cut three hearts the same size
and fold them in half.
Glue the hearts together and decorate them with glitter.
Use a
hole punch to put a hole in the top and hang around the room.
Shiny Valentine
Mix white glue with dry red tempera. Cut a
three inch square of oak tag paper.
Cover the square with foil. Paint
a valentine picture on the foil with glue.
Frame or glue on a large red
heart.
Valentine Sticker Collage
Cut big red hearts out of construction paper.
Give
children Valentine stickers to put on the heart.
Heart Mobile
Make different sizes of hearts.
Attach
hearts to strings.
Finger Paint Fun
Set out red, white, and pink finger paint for
the
children to let their creativity run wild.
Friendship Chains
Let each child glue strips of red, pink and white
paper together to make a chain.
At one end of the chain, staple a paper
heart shape with the child's name printed
on it. Then ask the child to
name his or her friends. As the child does so,
print the names on the
loops of his/her chain.
My Heart Is In Your Hands
Spread some love with these valentine keepsakes.
To make one,
a child dips his hands into washable red tempera paint. Then
he
presses them onto a sheet of white construction paper so that the
palm prints
are side by side and the thumbprints and fingerprints overlap.
When the
paint is dry, cut around the heart; then add a message,
the child's name, and
the date.
Valentine Mice
Fold a paper heart in half and find the mouse.
The nose and whiskers are at the
tapered end, draw them in. For the tail,
glue a 3" long string on the inside of the fold
(opposite the end with the
nose and whiskers), and let it hang out. Add a greeting on the inside.
Variation:
Cut a large heart shape
from construction paper. Glue a small length of yarn for a tail
at the top of
the heart but let it hang off of the heart. Fold in half like a teardrop.
Stuff
with a little cotton. Glue edges of heart shut all around. Tail should be
hanging out. Cut a small heart for his ears. Fold heart in half. Glue on rounded
part
of big heart so they form an ear on each side. Add whiskers, eyes, and a
little pink nose.
Variation:
Fold a large piece of construction paper in half. Cut out a half-heart on
the fold.
The folded paper heart is the body of the mouse. The nose and whiskers are
at the tapered end. You can draw them in or add pom-poms and wiggly eyes.
Next glue a small length of yarn at the other end of the folded heart (the
top of the heart) Be sure to let it hang out some. Glue on smaller
hearts
for ears. I usually fold the top of the smaller heart down towards the
point
and then glue the rounded edges onto the paper to make the ears stand
out. Don't forget to add whiskers. Another cute touch is to sandwich
the end of the mouse's tail between two hearts. I use pink crinkle paper.
You can stuff these critters, or open them up and add a message,
or use them as a mailbox for valentines.
Heart People
Cut out many small and large heart shapes.
Each child glues a small heart above a large
heart onto a piece of paper.
The children then use markers to draw faces, arms, and legs.
Loveable Animals
Make a caterpillar, fish, bunny, and mouse with heart shaped cutouts.
Show the
children how to trace around heart patterns. Then let children
cut them out,
combine them into loveable animals, and paste them on white sheets
of paper.
I Love You Candy Container
Have the children trace their hands on pink,
white or red construction paper
and cut them out and after sponge painting a
clay pot (about 4") with little hearts,
glue the hand to the back of the
pot with the middle two fingers glued down
(the universal hand symbol for 'I
love you') Fill with little candies.
Valentine
Smoosh
Trace a large heart onto white paper and have the child cut it out. Using
squeeze bottles, drizzle red and white paint on one side of the heart then
fold it over. Have the child open it up to see their creation. Then mount
the heart on red construction paper.
Heart Designs
Take a
construction paper heart and let children use eye droppers to
drop paint onto the heart, fold it in half and have them slide their hand
over the heart to mix colors. Open it up and you have a neat design!
Valentine Crown
Using paper plates, red paint,
paintbrushes, scissors, white glue and conversation
hearts candy make
a Valentine Crown. Begin by cutting a slit across the middle
of the plate,
starting about an inch inside
the outer rim and stopping about an inch
from the outer rim on other side of
plate. Starting at the center
of plate, cut four
more slits to create six pie shaped sections. Fold sections
up to make a crown.
Paint the plate on one side and let dry. Paint other side of plate and let dry.
Decorate
crown by gluing conversation hearts to each point. Now Crown your King
or Queen.
Pom Pom Luv Bug
Using
red, pink, or white pom poms (of varied sizes),foam
heart shape pcs., wiggly
eyes, and pipe cleaners, encourage the children to
create their very own luv bug.
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Smelly Valentines
Have the children cut two paper lace hearts then sew them together with yarn
and plastic yarn needle. Leave a small opening to stuff with cotton balls that
have been sprayed with perfume. Finish sewing and tie the ends together into
a
bow. Punch a hole at the top and attach yarn so it can be hung up. "Happy
Valentine’s Day" can be written on it with a fine tip permanent marker.
Valentine Holder
Use two paper plates; cut one in half. Staple the half piece onto the
bottom
of the whole paper plate. Children can decorate them with hearts
cut from
construction paper or they can draw and color hearts on them.
Punch a hole
in the top of the whole paper plate and attach a piece of yarn for
a hanger.
Valentine Walkers
Have the kids cutout a valentine shape and add
accordion folded arms
and legs. The kids can be as creative as they wish with
the decorating.
Valentine Tree
A decorative centerpiece may be a group project.
The tree consists of a small tree
branch set in sand or clay. Trim the
tree with paper flowers, hearts, birds, and ribbons.
Sweet Sentiments
Here's a sweet way for youngsters
to send their valentine messages.
To make one of these imitation candy kisses,
begin by crumpling and
molding aluminum foil into the shape of a candy kiss.
Then write a loving
message onto a strip of white paper. If desired, draw
seasonal designs on
the strip or decorate it using an appropriate stamp and ink
pad. Embed
one end of the strip into the top part of the candy kiss form.
Rose Print Bouquets
Stock your art area with silk roses and shallow
pans of tempera paint.
If desired, add a few drops of rose potpourri oil
or perfume to the paint.
Invite the children to dip the roses into the
paint and then press them onto
large sheets of paper to create rose prints.
Everything is coming up roses!
Valentine Placemats
For each child cut two identical placemat ovals
out of clear self stick paper.
Remove the backing from one of the ovals
and place the oval in front of the
child, sticky side up. Set out
different sizes of red, pink and white hearts
cut from tissue paper. Let
the children arrange the hearts on their sticky
ovals any way they wish.
Have them add sparkle by sprinkling on gold,
silver, and red glitter. To
complete each child's placemat, remove the
backing from the second oval.
Then carefully place the oval,
sticky side down, over the child's decorated
oval.
Marbled Heart
Painting
Cut large
heart shapes out of white construction paper. Place the heart into a
clothing gift box along with 1 or 2 marbles that have been dipped into red
and/or
pink paint. Close the lid and let the kids shake/tilt the box for a minute
or so.
When they open it up, they will have a heart with a "marbled" design on
it.
They look really cool and the kids love seeing what happened to the heart.
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