Valentine's Day craft

[Sammi1961]

I have a question. Does anyone have any ideas for a Valentine's Day craft that I can do with young children. I am a daycare provider and the children I care for range in age from 18 mos. to 4 years. I need something that is interesting enough for the older children but easy enough for the younger children. Any help would be appreciated!

[andyandlexismom]

:cupid:Do you happen to have any mini candy canes left over from Christmas? They are really cute when 2 are put together to form a heart and then they are used to decorated Valentines Day cards.

Draw a heart on a piece of construction paper and fill it in with different shapes of pasta (uncooked). The kids can then paint it, add glitter to it...etc. :arrowed:

Make cupcakes and let the kids go crazy decorating them! :hearttt:

[Sammi1961]

andyandlexismom, Thanks for the ideas. I love the candy cane idea and think I can still find some candy canes.

[Crafty Amanda]

There's a BUNCH of ideas for little ones here (http://www.theideabox.com/ib.php?web=special&id=vday)!

[Sammi1961]

Amanda, thank you so much for the link! I have found 3 different crafts I can do with my dc children for Valentine's day and even the littlest ones can participate!

[Crafty Amanda]

Glad it helped!

[Happy]

I lke the candy cane idea. It's so easy for the little ones. Cute idea. If I have candy canes left I'd let my Gd do that craft.

[Crafty Amanda]

Hey Sammi, here were are almost at Valentine's Day again! Just wondered if you made any of those crafts with the kids, and if so, which ones?

[Sammi1961]

Hi Amanda, Yes I did make a few of the crafts and the dc kids had a blast. I know one of them was the construction paper heart with ribbon woven around the edges which I then let them decorate with stickers, glitter etc. Another craft we did was a construction paper heart with torn bits of colored tissue paper crinkled up and glued to it (pink, white and red). I think we did one more but I would have to go through my files to remember which one. As Valentine's Day is almost here again, i am looking for more crafts to do this year. The crafts have to be interesting enough for a 5year old but easy enough so 2 year old can also do them. This site has been a great source of craft projects for my daycare!!!

[Crafty Amanda]

That's awesome! Did you happen to get any pictures? Would love to see them :)

[Sammi1961]

Sorry I didn't get to take any pictures of last year's crafts but if I can get a new memory card for my camera I will definitely take some pictures of this year's crafts

[Crafty Amanda]

That would be great. I really want to get some new projects added to this site too, so if you aren't subscribed to the newsletter, go to the main site and subscribe! http://www.theideabox.com

[Kathy]

You can get paper doilies cheap in packs of 50 or 100 at the $1 shop, You can fold them in half, then fold in thirds to make a pretty lacy cone for chocs or you can do the candy canes and tie with a ribbon and bow, like upside down umbrella.
The paper doilies also make nice box liners for chocs or the like. If you get large scalloped doilies you can cut a few lacy hearts using the scallops.
All that comes to mind right now ...

I'd like to see pictures