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Valentine Crafts for Preschoolers

January 31, 2019 By Terri Thompson

We love to make crafts for Valentine’s day! Do you?

Here are some fun Valentine crafts for preschoolers that will be perfect for your little ones.

These ideas are fun and open-ended and allow your kids to get creative. They’ll be so proud of their finished products! And you’ll love to display them all over the house.

Keep reading for these fun ideas.

Your kids will love creating for Valentine's Day with this selection of Valentine Crafts for Preschoolers that are so much fun to make.

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Fun Valentine Crafts for Preschoolers

Below you’ll find a lot of fun Valentine crafts from collages to puppets to fun gifts to give. Or, maybe you want to make a wiggly armed heart.

No matter what you choose, your kids will have so much fun.

Grab some supplies and let’s get started! You won’t need anything complicated and you probably already have most of the supplies you need. You can even find some of the supplies in the recycle bin.

I can’t wait to have some fun with these Valentine ideas!

Valentine Crafts for Preschoolers

The best, most cutest Valentine crafts for preschoolers

Heart Collage Valentines Cards

Turn a simple collage into a pretty heart card.

Silly Heart Puppet Valentine Craft

Make and then play with these awesome Silly Heart Puppets.

Coffee Filter Valentine Heart Suncatcher

Decorate your windows with these beautiful heart suncatchers.

Stained Glass Window Valentines

Send a beautiful stained-glass window Valentine to your family and friends.

Dip-Dyed Valentine Banner

Make a banner with pretty dip-dyed heart doilies.

Heart-Stamped Valentines

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Use cardboard tube stamps to make a pretty Valentine card.

Valentine's Day Heart Craft for Kids - The Resourceful Mama

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Creative a fun and silly wiggly-armed heart person.

Love Bug Name Craft for Preschoolers

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Practice your name with this fun love bug craft.

Popsicle Stick Valentine Frames

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Use these awesome Valentine frames to display your handprint.

Conversation Heart Photo Frame

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Make fun frames with conversation hearts for a fun gift for friends and family.

Super Fun Craft Stick Love Bugs!

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These simple love bugs are fun to make and fun to play with.

Tin Foil Heart Valentine's Day Craft

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Make beautiful hearts using tin foil as your canvas.

Homemade Valentine Cards Using Celery as a Rose Stamp

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Use celery to make roses to decorate your Valentine cards.

Hole-Punched Heart Craft

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Decorate with these fun fine motor Valentine craft.

Easy Mosaic Heart Craft

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Create mosaics to make a beautiful heart craft.

Salt Dough Hearts

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These salt dough hearts would make a wonderful Valentine's gift.

Simple Kid Made Owl Valentines

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Hoot! Hoot! Who wouldn't love the cute cardboard tube Valentine owls.

Did you see an idea that you like? Which of these fun Valentine crafts for preschoolers do you want to try?

It’s too hard to decide on just one. You may have to make a few!

Our favorite Valentine craft resources:

In order to have fun creating our crafts, we like to have resources on hand.

From simple construction paper and glue to more fun Valentine’s items like heart stickers.

Here are some things we recommend keeping on hand for a successful Valentine craft session:

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Valentine Nonstandard Measurement Activity

January 28, 2019 By Terri Thompson

A couple of weeks ago, I walked into a craft store. I walked out with a couple of different sizes of heart doilies (and – ahem- several other things).

I had an idea for a Valentine’s reading game, but that was it. What else could I use them for?

Measuring, of course!

Grab those heart doilies and find a few things to measure. We’re going to have fun with a Valentine Nonstandard Measurement activity.

Use heart doilies for a fun hands-on way to practice measuring with this fun Valentine Nonstandard Measurement activity for kids.

What is measuring with nonstandard units?

Most of the measuring we do is with standard units, such as inches, feet, and centimeters. But, before we start using these standard units, the concept of measurement is introduced with nonstandard units. This is anything that is used to show a comparison in size. In this Valentine nonstandard measurement activity, we’re going to use small heart doilies.

Valentine Nonstandard Measurement

This activity is so simple and requires no set-up. All you need is a package of small heart doilies. The doilies stick together, so make sure to pull them all apart before beginning.

You can set up the learning by asking a simple question: How can we measure using these hearts?

Encourage your kids to line the hearts up to see how long different things are.

You can measure anything that is larger than the heart doily.

Measure body parts, like feet, arm length, or even full body length.

Or you can measure furniture.

Measure the length of a room.

Or measure your toys.

Extend the fun

Add more depth to this activity by recording your measurements.

Write down the object and how long it was.

When you’re done, look at your data. Which item was biggest? Which was smallest? Order everything from smallest to largest.

Talk through your data and make observations.

Measure something smaller than our heart.

For example, take a paperclip. How many paperclips do you need to be the same length as the heart?

Find some other smaller objects you can use to measure your heart doily.

Translate your nonstandard units into standard units.

This is a great way to extend the fun for kids who have moved beyond simply measuring with nonstandard units.

First, measure one heart and record the measurement.

Next, take your measurement recordings. If my book is four hearts long, how many inches is it?

It’s time to use your addition skills, or multiplication skills, to find out.

Our hearts were 3.25 inches. Get out your calculator if you need to, or round down to 3 inches to make the calculations easier.

Measuring with nonstandard units is always a fun activity and it was a great way to use those extra heart doilies.

Our favorite math resources:

We love using games to practice our math. It definitely makes learning fun. Here are some great ones you’ll love playing.

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Heart Collage Valentines Cards

January 24, 2019 By Terri Thompson

Valentine’s Day always brings out the crafter in us.

We love to get out the red and pink paper, scissors, glue, doilies, stickers, and every odd and end imaginable.

Sometimes the result is just a lot of fun time creating.

And, sometimes the result is a pretty Valentine’s Day card we can send to family and friends like these Heart Collage Valentines.

Make beautiful Valentines cards out of textured collages with this Heart Collage Valentines craft for kids. They're so much fun to make!

For this craft, we used our scrap bits and pieces to make some amazing collages, which we then transformed into simple cards. When we got done, we had created these pretty Collage Heart Valentines.

Supplies Needed

Collage materials (paper scraps, fabric scraps, ribbon, tape, foam pieces, felt, magazine cut-outs, etc.)
Scissors (both plain & fancy if you have them)
Paper
Glue
Cardstock

How to make a Heart Collage Valentine

Our first step was creating our heart collage.

I presented my girls with a basket that was full of collage materials, all of which were either pink or red. We had shiny fabric scraps, felt pieces, scrapbook paper, magazine cutouts, pieces of red crepe streamer, and just about anything we could find in our crafting stash.

The girls arranged and glued until they were satisfied with their Valentine collages.

While we were waiting for our collages to dry, we folded our cardstock into note cards. If you plan on mailing these cards, simply cut them to fit in whatever envelopes you happen to have at home.

Then, using some scrap cardboard, we made a heart template to use for cutting our collages. I made a heart that was big enough to fill the space on our cards because we wanted only one heart collage per card.

After our collages were dry, we traced our heart template to the back of our collages.

Note: If you trace the heart on the back, once you cut it out you won’t have any pencil lines!

Finally, we glued our hearts to the front of our note cards, added a special message, and our Heart Collage Valentine cards were ready to go!

I love how a simple collage turned these hearts into works of art! This Valentines craft was so much fun to do. It’s perfect for both a large and small group of kids.

What kinds of Valentines are you sending out this year? I bet there’s a special person who would love receiving one of these Heart Collage Valentines!

Make beautiful Valentines cards out of textured collages with this Collage Heart Valentines craft for kids. They're so much fun to make!

Our favorite Valentine craft resources

This fun Valentine’s Day craft is a fun way to use up all the odds & ends in your craft closet. But, you’ll also want a few additional supplies to make these pretty cards. Here are a few things that you’ll need:

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Candy Heart Addition Math Activity

January 14, 2019 By Terri Thompson

Do you like candy hearts?

Some people love them. Some people love to hate them. Me, personally, I love them!

Even if you hate them, they’re a fun way to add a little Valentine’s twist to learning.

Grab a box of candy hearts and get ready to practice addition with this fun Valentine’s Day math activity, Candy Heart Addition.

Use a fun candy treat to practice math with Candy Heart Addition Valentine's Day Math Activity. It's fun way to practice adding!

The concept for this activity is really simple. We’re going to use candy hearts as a math manipulative to work on our addition skills.

How to set up:

You’ll need three heart doilies, some candy hearts, and a set of math problems.

Pull your addition problems from the group of math facts your child is currently working on. Or, write down some problems from a homework sheet. This is a great way to use a set of flashcards sent home from school.

Write your math problems on a few index cards if you don’t have flashcards.

Once you have your math problems ready, lay out the three doilies and a pile of candy hearts. That’s it. This activity is ready to go.

How to play Candy Heart Addition:

Grab an addition problem. Use candy hearts to put the correct amount on two of the doilies.

In the example above, we need to solve 4+1. We put four candy hearts on one doily and one candy heart on another doily.

Add the two numbers together and put the correct amount of candy hearts on the third doily.

Word through your pile of math problems using your candy heart manipulatives to solve each one.

Extend the fun:

You can use this activity to practice subtraction too. It’s not just an addition activity. Use this activity to supplement whatever your child needs to work on.

Make the activity a little harder. Eliminate the third doily and do the math without the manipulatives.

This activity is a nice way to introduce the concept of addition. Demonstrate how you can count the candy hearts on the first two doilies to find the answer to the equation.

Grab your candy hearts for this fun Valentine’s Day math activity. Candy Heart Addition is a lot of fun – and you don’t have to eat them if you don’t want to!

Math resources you’ll love

We love using games to practice our math. Here are some great ones you’ll love playing.

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Stained Glass Star Suncatcher

December 7, 2018 By Terri Thompson

We just love to make stained glass projects!

We’ve made them for almost every holiday and now for Christmas, it’s time for a Stained Glass Star Suncatcher.

Make a Stained Glass Star Suncatcher to decorate your windows for Christmas or any time of the year. This easy craft is perfect for kids of all ages.

The process to make this Stained Glass Star Suncatcher is easy and is perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and even elementary-aged kids.

It’s not too messy and it’s a great quick craft for when you only have a small amount of time.

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Supplies Needed

Clear Contact Paper
Blue and yellow construction paper
Glitter in shaker bottles
Yellow tissue paper

How to make a Stained Glass Star Suncatcher

Use your blue and yellow construction paper to cut out star outlines.

I folded the paper in half before we drew the stars so we could get two stars from each piece of paper. Feel free to make these even bigger if you’d like!

Each girl made two stars, one yellow and one blue.

Cut 2 pieces of Contact Paper for each project, according to the size of your stars. Peel the backing off of one piece of Contact Paper and place it sticky side up on your table. Tape the corners down so that it doesn’t go sliding all over the place.

Place your star outlines on the Contact Paper. Try not to get too close to the edge, you’ll need a little bit of on overlap.

Use your glitter shakers to add a bit of sparkle to the inside of your stars. Use a little or a lot!

You’ll notice that we are working on top of an old sheet. I highly recommend this to help catch any extra glitter and make clean up easier.

After the stars are all glittered, Tear pieces of your tissue paper and layer it over the glitter. Try to keep all of the tissue paper inside the star outlines.

Add the second piece of Contact Paper over top, smoothing out all wrinkles as you go. I usually do this step myself because it can get tricky.

Cut out your stars leaving a bit of Contact Paper around the edge so that it doesn’t start unpeeling.

Hang your stained glass star in the window and let the sun shine through.

I love the final look! Don’t you?

It’s such a fun decoration on our big windows.

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Fun Valentine Crafts for Preschoolers

You may also like one of these Valentine activities:

Our favorite Valentine craft resources:

Do you want to do more activities with your kids?

What is measuring with nonstandard units?

Valentine Nonstandard Measurement

Extend the fun

Add more depth to this activity by recording your measurements.

Measure something smaller than our heart.

Translate your nonstandard units into standard units.

You may also like one of these math activities:

Our favorite math resources:

Do you want to do more activities with your family?

Supplies Needed

How to make a Heart Collage Valentine

You may also like one of these fun Valentine crafts:

Our favorite Valentine craft resources

Join our community for fun family activities!

How to set up:

How to play Candy Heart Addition:

Extend the fun:

You may also like one of these fun Valentine activities:

Math resources you’ll love

Do you want to do more activities with your kids?

Supplies Needed

How to make a Stained Glass Star Suncatcher

You may also like one of these Christmas activities:

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