Valentine's Day crafts for kids

Preschool and Kindergarten teachers, daycare providers and even homeschooling parents are planning out their projects for Valentine's Day. We've been adding some cute new Valentine's Day kids crafts, and here are some examples!

Love Bugs

Heart Doily Valentine

Craft Stick Heart Frame

Cone Treat Holders

Heart Hug Flowers

Conversation Heart Banner

This Week's Crafts, Music, Activities & More

Valentine's Day is right around the corner! Today I've gathered some fun ideas for this heart-filled holiday.

Previously I mentioned a question that had been posted on our message boards. I found out later that our new upgrade was preventing new registrations. That has been corrected, so I am reposting the question in hopes that some of you will come to this reader's aid! :)

Random Acts of Kindness
The week of Feb. 15 is Random Acts of Kindness Week. For my preschool class we want to do some ACTS with the kids. We've already decided to make valentines to send to area nursing homes and Send Thank Yous to members of the community. We're thinking about doing a cookie give away where we give two bags of cookies to a person with instructions to keep one bag for themselves and give the other bag to someone else.

Does anyone have any other ideas that preschool age children would be able to do and understand?  

This Week's Issue

Music: Love Love Love 

Sung to: "3 Blind Mice" Love,love,love, love,love,love, See how it grows, see h ...

Recipe: Edible Valentines

Use graham crackers for the base of the card, and stick the candy conversation hearts ...

Craft: Footprint Valentine

Place child's feet in to white paint and place on red construction paper (creating a ...

Game: Memory Hearts Game 

Glue a different colored heart on 10 notecards and then make a matching set. This ca ...

Activity: Hide the Hearts Treasure Hunt

After your children finish their breakfast or dinner on Valentines Day, give them a s ...

See all of our Valentine's ideas here!

Coming Up:

February 8th is...

Boy Scouts' Day

February 10th is...

Umbrella Day - Make an April Showers Umbrella

February 11th is...

White T-Shirt Day

February 12th is...

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday - See our patriotic ideas!

February 14th is...

Chinese New Year - Make some Chinese Nutty Clusters
Ferris Wheel Day
Saint Valentine's Day - see all of our Valentine's ideas

February 15th is...

Family Day - Make an Apple Family Tree
National Flag Day in Canada
National Gumdrop Day - See some ideas using gumdrops!
President's Day - See our patriotic ideas!

See all of our Winter Ideas here and please be sure to submit your favorites as well!

More from Our Forums:

Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day will be here before you know it.
Anyone have any fun finger plays, songs, crafts, or activities for this holiday?

11 year old birthday
Last year when Dominic turned 10, I took him and a few of his friends to the movies. They spent more time going to the bathroom, chatting, and playing with their handheld games under their jackets than they did watching the movie! UGH Dominic's birthday is at the end of the month and he wanted me to take them to the movies again. I told him no, even though he swore no one would bring games. LOL He wanted to go see Avatar. Well i just saw Avatar, it's an excellent movie and I am sure they would enjoy it, but it's very long. I don't think they can sit through it.

The boys are very athletic, they like to play sports, etc, but it's very cold outside, lots of snow and ice, so outdoors is probably not an option.

Anyone have any ideas? I wonder if I could find an open gym somewhere??

See you next week!

~ Amanda

This Week's Crafts, Music, Activities & More

In honor of National Oatmeal Month, I've built this week's ideas around oatmeal! Hope you and your kids enjoy it, and as usual, feedback is always welcome. See the list of dates at the end of this post to see more special days!

However, before I share these with you, I'd like to ask all of you to help out one of the members of our message boards. Below is her question, hopefully some of you can help her out!

Random Acts of Kindness
The week of Feb. 15 is Random Acts of Kindness Week. For my preschool class we want to do some ACTS with the kids. We've already decided to make valentines to send to area nursing homes and Send Thank Yous to members of the community. We're thinking about doing a cookie give away where we give two bags of cookies to a person with instructions to keep one bag for themselves and give the other bag to someone else.

Does anyone have any other ideas that preschool age children would be able to do and understand?  

This Week's Issue

Music: Eat Your Oatmeal 

Sung to the tune of Frere Jacques ...

Recipe: Oatmeal Dough

Gradually add water to flour and oatmeal in bowl. Kneed until mixed (this dough is sticky, but unique in texture. Model as with clay ...

Craft: Junk Box 

Take a box like a round oatmeal container and cover with wrapping paper or contact paper ... 

Game: Bucket Toss 

Line up oatmeal containers in a single file line. Place a line of tape where child sh ...

Activity: Texture Fun

Place some of each ingredient into separate bowls. Child should be blind folded then ...

Coming Up:

January 25th is...

Opposite Day

January 26th is...

Australia Day

January 27th is...

Chocolate Cake Day

January 28th is...

National Kazoo Day

January 29th is...

National Puzzle Day

January 31st is...

Backwards Day

 

See all of our Winter Ideas here and please be sure to submit your favorites as well!

More from Our Forums:

Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day will be here before you know it.
Anyone have any fun finger plays, songs, crafts, or activities for this holiday?

11 year old birthday
Last year when Dominic turned 10, I took him and a few of his friends to the movies. They spent more time going to the bathroom, chatting, and playing with their handheld games under their jackets than they did watching the movie! UGH Dominic's birthday is at the end of the month and he wanted me to take them to the movies again. I told him no, even though he swore no one would bring games. LOL He wanted to go see Avatar. Well i just saw Avatar, it's an excellent movie and I am sure they would enjoy it, but it's very long. I don't think they can sit through it.

The boys are very athletic, they like to play sports, etc, but it's very cold outside, lots of snow and ice, so outdoors is probably not an option.

Anyone have any ideas? I wonder if I could find an open gym somewhere??

See you next week!

~ Amanda

This Week's Crafts, Music, Activities and More

This week is proving to be cold again, so you'll need plenty of indoor activities to keep the kids busy. I've built this week's ideas around some special days during January. See the list of dates at the end of this post to see those special dates!

Music: Five Little Squirrels Fingerplay 

Five little squirrels sitting in a tree. The first one said, "It's getting cold for ...

Recipe: Cheese Tortilla 

Take a tortilla, spread with cream cheese, then sprinkle some shredded cheese on top ...

Craft: Jester's Cap 

Cut petal shapes around the open end of a paper bag. Cut away the bottom of the bag ...

Game: Musical Hugs 

This game is very similar to musical chairs, except everybody wins. The teacher play ...

Activity: Animal mix-ups 

color on poster board (recipe cards work also) or cut out animals from construction p ...

Coming Up:

January 15th is...

Hat Day - so make Pirate Hat & Eye Patch 

Trace a pirate hat shape onto a piece of black craft foam - use the picture to get an idea of the shape. Cut out. Put the hat up to your child's ...

January 17th is...

Benjamin Franklin's Birthday - make a Paper Kite 

Cut construction paper into a diamond shape. Cut the scraps into small bowtie shapes ...

January 18th is...

Winnie the Pooh Day - make Pooh Sandwiches 

Put together and eat. Quick, easy and fun to eat. I call them Pooh Sandwiches because the kids in my day care love Winnie the Pooh ...

January 19th is...

Popcorn Day - so make a Chewy Popcorn Balls 

Add the popped popcorn to the mixture, stirring until all the popcorn in entirely coated. Remove from the stove and let cool ...

January 20th is...

Cheese Day (see above recipe!)

Penguin Awareness Day - make a Paper Plate Penguin 

If using paint, paint top and both sides of the plate black. If using paper, glue bla ...

January 21st is...

National Hugging Day (see above game!)

Squirrel Appreciation Day (see above music!)

See all of our Winter Ideas here and please be sure to submit your favorites as well!

Winter Theme Ideas

This week on The Idea Box we are experiencing cold winter weather! So what would be more fitting than some fun winter themed activities to engage your kids. If it's too cold to play outside, try some of these fun ideas:

Music: I'm A Little Snowman 
I'm a little snowman, Short and fat. Here is my broom (pretend to hold broom handle ...

Recipe: Edible Snowman 
Using a toothpick, dot on eyes and a nose and mouth on one marshmallow for the snowma ...

Craft: Shining Snowflakes 
after the paper is cut to look like a snowflake, place it on a piece of wax paper or ...

Game: Indoor Toddler Relay 
Put one shoe (boot, sock, glove) of each pair in ...

Activity: Garbage Sack Snowman 
Stuff the garbage sacks with newspaper making a large, medium and small sack. Draw a ...


Coming Up:



January 8th is...


Bubble Bath Day - so make Bubble Bath Art 
Cut the paper plate in half. Glue half of the plate to the construction paper, cut si ...


January 9th is...


National Apricot Day - make a Handprint Apricot 
Paint child's palm with peach colored paint and press onto construction paper. Immedi ...

January 11th is...


Milk Day - make Condensed Milk finger paint 
Pour condensed milk on fingerpaint paper adddrops of food coloring. We like to use r ...


Secret Pal Day - make a Clothespin Pal
On the top (head) of the clothespin, draw or paint a face for your pal. Decorate the ...


January 13th is...


Rubber Duckie's Birthday - so make a Baby Chick 
Paint the pinecone yellow and let dry. Then cut out yellow feet a little larger than ...


January 14th is...


National Dress Up Your Pet Day - so play Cat and Mouse 
One child is the cat and hides. The rest of the children are mice and sneak up to the ...




See all of our Winter Ideas here and please be sure to submit your favorites as well!