 |  |
Michelle Holly | Macaroni KID Winter Garden-Ocoee, Fla.
Homemade Valentines
Do you have children who love to paint? Whenever we craft, my daughter's first request is paint, so we often incorporate it into our craft time.
Here are three ideas to make homemade Valentine cards, perfect for sharing with family, friends, and acquaintances on Valentine's Day. Last year, my daughter loved giving cards out to the cashier at the store, the librarian when we went to story time, and her friends and family members. I love that she is learning to be kind and thoughtful.
What you'll want on hand:
- Construction paper in Valentine's colors
- Paint in Valentine's colors
- Circle-shaped sponge brush, or cotton balls/paint markers/paint dot pens
- Rolling sponge brush with a pattern
- Heart-shaped sponge for painting
- Glue and scissors
Three options:
1. Cut a heart out of paper. Use painter's tape to secure it in place on a second piece of paper. Use a round-shaped sponge brush dipped in paint to make dots all around the paper heart. Once dry, remove the paper heart to reveal a heart-shaped blank space on the card.
2. A favorite tool of my daughter's is the rolling sponge brush. Let your child use a rolling sponge brush to apply paint, perhaps with added glitter, onto a large piece of construction paper. After drying, you can cut this into four pieces for four unique card fronts.
3. Dip a heart-shaped sponge into paint and sponge it on the front of a blank card. (You can use a pre-cut heart-shaped sponge or cut out a heart shape from a clean sponge!)
Holiday Crafts, Early Elementary Crafts, Upper Elementary Crafts, All Ages Crafts,
