11 easy ways to make your own heart shirt for Valentine’s Day or any day. Just a quick post today since it’s on my mind… I often make heart shirts as Valentine’s Day gifts for the kids and am thinking of doing the color-your-own heart idea or maybe the heart cut-out shirt idea. Anyway, here […]
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11 Ways to Make Your Own Heart Shirt for Valentine’s Day
30 Valentine Crafts and Activities for Kids (with Printable List!)
30 Valentine crafts and activities for kids, including heart art ideas, class Valentine’s, handmade gifts, and a list of favorite picture books about Valentine’s Day It’s February! And you know what that means, right? It’s time to start thinking about heart art and Valentine crafts! If you haven’t already, that is. I don’t know about you, but […]
How to Make Suncatcher Heartstrings with Melted Crayon Hearts
How to create a Valentine’s Day garland with melted crayon hearts. We love making melted crayon hearts to hang as suncatchers and make a new batch almost every Valentine’s Day. They look so pretty hanging in a sunny window! We’ve also done this with all kinds of shapes and seasonal ideas (flowers, leaves, pumpkins, stars, […]
Heart Symmetry Painting
Use this symmetry painting technique to create unique heart art for Valentine’s Day. An easy and fun art activity! Hello, my friends. Surely you’ve tried some version of symmetrical painting with your kids, right? You may also know it as blotto painting, smush painting (with or without string), or squish painting. No matter what you […]
A Valentine Activity (Free Printable!)
I have a little gift for you and your family. It’s a printable Valentine activity that you can do today or any day. Now, I realize it’s a bit late for Valentine’s Day this year as it’s the afternoon of February 14th as I post this, but! This is an activity that you can do […]
An Interactive Heart Drawing Activity
This heart drawing activity is a sweet way to to celebrate love and connect through creativity. Take turns adding layers to the collaborative heart drawing. Doing an interactive heart drawing is one of our family’s favorite activities for slowing down and connecting through creativity this time of year. These are a Valentine take on the […]
10 Valentine Craft Ideas to Make from Kids Process Art
I’m going to share some Valentine craft ideas you can make with your new DIY marbled paper (you’ve been making some, right?) or with most any kids’ process art. This is one way to turn a process art activity, such as the shaving cream marbling we did the other day, into the base for a […]
How to Make Lace Hearts from Air Dry Clay for Ornaments & Magnets
How to make lace hearts from air dry clay to use as ornaments or magnets. Okay, so we’re getting a bit obsessed here with our lace hearts. Making lace prints in dough is awesome! The process is very, very satisfying (for kids and adults alike) and it creates such a lovely relief of the lace. We’ve been […]