Monster Valentine Box

 For quite some time now, Pinterest has been my "go-to" place for inspiration. There are so many talented crafters, bakers, decorators, and teachers out there and to have them all in one place is genius! Lately, Felicia has taken an interest in Pinterest as well. She'll search for crafts or birthday party ideas or whatever else she's looking to get her crafty hands into. It was no surprise when she asked if she could search for an idea for her Valentine box. I wanted to make an owl, but it was her project so I let her choose and she wanted to make this monster box from Giggles Galore.

So, I present to you, Felicia's Monster Box:

 

She finished it last night and  I think it turned out great! She's very proud of her work!

 

Tissue Paper Collage Heart

What toddler doesn’t love ripping paper? I know mine does any chance she can, so this was the perfect Valentine’s Day craft for her. She had a whole pile of tissue paper to tear up an nobody was telling her no!

{Supplies}

an empty cereal box, paper scraps(we used tissue paper), glue

1. Tear the paper into small pieces.

2. Cut a heart from the cereal box and cover it with glue.

3. Now, just let your child glue the tissue paper on the heart anyway they want to. Stella loved this part! When the paper would stick to her fingers, she would giggle and yell, “Sticky, sticky!”

All finished!

The Tree of Love

Did you know that love grows on trees? Well it does here!

{Here's how to make a Love Tree of your own!}
1. Paint your child's arm with brown paint and print it on a piece of construction paper.

2. Using a heart shaped sponge, print some "leaves" with green paint.

3. Using your thumb dipped in red paint, create some hearts for your Love Tree.

Now, you have a Tree of Love!

Love Birds

Heart Suncatchers

Yesterday I posted this picture of  Madelyn ironing and asked you to guess what she was making.

Jill guessed correctly! We made hearts with waxed paper and crayon shavings. I love doing classic crafts with my kids that I remember doing when I was younger and this is one of my favorites! 

First you will have to peel and shave some old crayons. We used a pencil sharpener to make our crayon shaving. *Funny story: Once upon a time, a co-worker and I wanted to speed up this process, we thought it would go much faster if we used my Salad Shooter, which by the way, it didn't. Um...R.I.P. my dear Salad Shooter....good times, really.

Lay a piece of waxed paper on some newspaper.

Sprinkle some crayon shavings on the waxed paper and cover with another sheet of waxed paper.

Place a towel over the top and iron on low heat to melt the crayon shavings.

Remove the towel and allow them to cool.

When they were completely cool, I cut them into heart shapes and added a piece of yarn to hang them.

Love Bugs

After a week of snowman crafts,  I think it's time for something with a little more color. So we are moving on to Valentine's Day crafts. Although, I might still sneak in a few more snowmen because they are just so dang cute. But for now, it's a Love Bug!

{You will need}
a toilet paper roll
construction paper
paint
pipe cleaners
tape, crayons, and anything else you want to embellish your Love Bug with

1. Paint the toilet paper roll. Madelyn chose red, but pick whatever color you like!
2. Cut out 2 hearts for wings.
3. Decorate your wings.
4. Tape the wings to the back of the toilet paper roll and attach some curled pipe cleaners to the inside of the top part of the roll.

Just add a face and you have your very own love bug. (Wiggly eyes would really look cute, but that's another thing we are out of here. I really need to re-stock!)

Some Valentine's Day Crafts

Here are a few links to crafts that we did last year! We will be working on more this week, so check back!

Love Bugs

"I Love You" Cards 

 

Sweet Feet

Candle Holder  

Felicia's Valentines

These are the Valentines that we made for the children in Felicia's preschool class. We made chocolate play dough and put it in cellophane bags. I then attached a card that read:

Although this may smell nice and sweet

It really is not good to eat.

Have some fun while you play

And have a Happy Valentine's Day!

I can't wait to hear what the kids think!

"I Love You!" Cards

I have always liked the idea of giving hand made cards for Valentine's Day. When Aaron was in kindergarten, he came home with this adorable I Love You symbol made from construction paper. I decided to make these this year as our card for the grandparents.

1. Trace your child's hand.

2. Cut it out along with a small heart to fit in the palm of the hand.

3. Glue the heart to the hand.

4. Bend the middle and ring finger down to form the "I Love You" symbol.

5. Glue them in place.

6. Glue the hand to a piece of construction paper or card stock that has been folded in half.

7. Here is Madelyn with her card. She drew a picture inside for her Nana and Poppy!

Valentines Candle Holder

These candle holders are made in the same way that we made the Snowflake Candle Holders.

1. Cut some white tissue paper into small squares.


2. Cover a clean glass jar with the tissue paper by "gluing" it on with liquid starch.


3. Check to make sure that the jar is covered by holding it up to the light.

4. Cut some hearts out of pink and purple tissue paper.

5. Adhere them to the jar with liquid starch.

6. Continue all the way around the jar.

7. Add a candle and you are finished!

Some Sweet Feet!

These hearts made out of your child's feet sure are sweet!

1. Paint your child's foot.

2. Press it on a piece of construction paper.

3. Do the same with the other foot placing it right next to the first one.

4. After the feet are dry, cut around the outside of them forming a heart.

5. Add some glue and glitter to the toes.

6. Mount your heart feet onto another piece of construction paper. Write "Are you my "sole" mate" along side and you have sweet Valentine:)