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Valentines Day Activities

Crafty Lady — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:17:32 +0000

We haven’t had any time to make any Valentine’s Day projects this year. So, here are some links to last years activities that we did:

We made this Heart Shaped Fish.

Hailey made Valentine’s Day Cards for her grandparents.

We did some Cookie Cutter Painting.

Hailey enjoyed the Heart Sponge Painting.

This Heart Sun Catcher turned out pretty.

A Heart Wreath makes a nice Valentine’s Day decoration.

And an H is for Hearts is a good letter activity to do.

Heart Fish

Crafty Lady — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:03:56 +0000

I didn’t know what to do for a craft today and since we have been busy getting our house ready to put up for sale I was just going to skip an activity for today. But then I saw this really cute (and very easy) heart fish over at Totally Tots (which if you are not reading yet, you have to start!) and just had to do it.

Here’s what you’ll need: background piece of paper, 1 large heart, 3 medium sized hearts, 1 small heart, 1 teeny-tiny heart, glue and something to decorate your fish with (we used sequins).

Glue your fish together. The large heart is for the body of the fish, the 3 mediums are for a tail and fins, the small one is for his mouth and the teeny tiny one is for an eye.

Add some decorations to the fish.

The finished fish.

Valentine's Day Card

Crafty Lady — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:01:14 +0000

We made Valentine’s Day cards to send to Hailey’s grandparents the other day. I found a cute idea over at Ramblings of a Crazy Woman and we went from there. It was really simple and Hailey loved it.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper, glue, crayons, heart shapes and a little circle cut out of cute paper (I used scrap book paper).

Write your message on the inside of the card and then have your child “write” something too.

Then we glued the hearts to the front of the card in the shape of a flower.

Our finished card.

Cookie Cutter Painting

Crafty Lady — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:01:25 +0000

We did another really simple painting project for our Valentine’s Day theme.

Here’s what you’ll need: paint, paper plates, paper and some Valentine’s Day cookie cutters.

Spread the paint thinly onto the paper plates and dip the cookie cutters into the paint.

Stamp onto the paper.

Hailey’s finished piece of art.

Heart Sponge Painting

Crafty Lady — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:39:27 +0000

This craft is so simple, but definitely one of Hailey’s favorite things to do. While she does love our activities that are more directed by me, she really loves when she can just do whatever she wants. I try to remember to do a lot of crafts where she can just be creative and we don’t have to worry about following directions.

Here’s what you’ll need: paper, paint, a heart shaped sponge and a paper plate.

Spread the paint thinly on the paper plate and enjoy sponge painting.

The end result.

Heart Suncatcher

Crafty Lady — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:50:45 +0000

Today we made this very simple and pretty heart suncatcher.

Here is what you’ll need: tissue paper, scissors, contact paper, a piece of paper to use as your outline for your heart.

Tape a piece of contact paper down on the table with the sticky side up. Put your heart outline on the contact paper. (There is a pretty design on the other side of the heart outline.)

Cover the inside of the heart with torn up tissue paper.

The finished heart suncatcher.

Heart Wreath

Crafty Lady — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:01:09 +0000

I had planned to wait until next week to post our Valentine’s Day crafts, but I’m in the mood to start now. So, we’re starting today instead.

We made this very easy and cute Heart Wreath.

Here’s what you’ll need: paper plate, paper, scissors and glue.

Cut the center out of the paper plate and cut hearts out of the paper.

Glue your hearts onto the plate.

The finished Heart Wreath, which you can proudly display with your Valentine’s Day decorations.

Letter of the Week- Letter H

Crafty Lady — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:01:19 +0000

Our letter this week is the letter H- which is Hailey’s favorite letter. When I told her we were doing the letter H she said, “That’s for Hailey. ‘H’ is in my name!”

Here is our art project for the letter H this week, which I once again found at No Time for Flashcards.

Here’s what you’ll need: the letter H on construction paper, another piece of construction paper to glue your finished H on, some glue and some hearts.

Glue the hearts onto the letter H.

The completed letter H.