Enjoy this holiday of love by sharing these fun Valentine’s Day
activities, crafts, games, and gift ideas with each other.
Make some thumbprint heart cookies. This is a great recipe for little
ones to help with! Use a roll of readymade sugar cookies dough. Place
cookies on an un-greased cookie sheet. Dip thumb or index finger in egg
mixture to generously coat with color. Press finger onto each cookie at
an angle twice to make heart shape. Sprinkle with red sprinkles and
bake. Create a small baggy with some colored cellophane, and add some
cookies. Tie with a special ribbon and card. Share these tasty treats
with your neighbors and friends.
Make a family photo book. Cut a cover page out of red craft paper and
write the title “I Love My Family” on the top of the page. Cut a heart
out of pink craft paper and decorate with glitter pens. Each family
member creates a page for the family book. Have each family member add a
photo(s) to their page and decorate. Laminate for extra strength. Punch
holes in the pages and tie them together with ribbon or string. Cut out
a small heart and attach to the end of the string. This makes a great
coffee table book.
Create a Valentines Mouse Bookmark. Make this easy Valentine’s Day
Bookmark to give to someone special. Use a wooden craft stick and paint
red. Trace and cut one large and two small hearts out of red and pink
craft paper. Glue small hearts to the top of the large heart as ears.
With marker draw eyes and whiskers onto the face. Glue onto craft stick
and add a conversation heart just below the face.
Play and learn with Valentines Conversation Hearts. Use a muffin tin and
add colored circles to the bottom of each tin. Have children sort the
conversation hearts and fill into the correct colored tins. Let your
child be the candy store keeper and you are the customer shopping for
candy. Example: I would like to buy 3 pink candies and 2 green candies.
Have children count them out and hand them to you. Add them up to see
how many candies all together you bought.
Have a family game night. Enjoy some quality family time and share some
laughter over a game of Candyland.
Gifts from the heart. Make homemade valentines to share with your
classmates. Buy some lollipops and make your own lollipop cards. Find
patterns and prints on www.kidssoup.com. Be sure to remember special
people to have your child make Valentine’s for, like elderly neighbors.
Valentine's Day is a wonderful celebration of love to be shared with
friends and family. Make this Valentine's Day a fun and sweet memorable
day.
Article by:
Jolanda Garcia is a former teacher and educational content designer and
runs several websites. Her goal is to provide parents and teachers with
great resources to increase their children's development and creativity.
Visit her websites at: kids arts and crafts at
Kids Soup and
resources and activities to promote healthy eating habits in young
children.
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