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Valentine’s Day
Service From the Heart
This is a fun activity to help children think about doing service. The service can be done for family or friends. Keeping your service a secret makes it more fun.Directions:1. Print out the “Service From the Heart Cards” and cut apart.2. Think of service that you can...
Graham Cracker Tic-Tac-Toe
This is a fun Valentine game and snack. You'll need Graham crackersconversation heartsfrosting in a tube Make a Tic-Tac-Toe shape on the graham cracker with the frosting. Each player has one color of conversation hearts. After a few games, enjoy the snack.
Crankenstein Valentine
This is a monstrously funny Valentine's Day story about the world's crankiest kid, written by Samantha Berger and illustrated by a Caldecott Medal-winning artist, Dan Santat.Who is Crankenstein? He may look like an ordinary boy, but he can turn into mumbling,...
Folded Paper Heart
I remember making these paper hearts with my children. Susan Gaylord makes them with can labels. You can get the step by step directions from her website. GET DIRECTIONS
Valentine Breakfast Ideas
Everything in the shape of a heart including the napkin. Well, it worked out to be easy for the toast and the fruit in a heart bowl, but the egg was another story. I put a cookie cutter in the frying pan and poured in the egg. I pressed the cookie cutter down hard...
Conversation Hearts Activity
This is a fun activity to do with any colored candy but especially fun at Valentine’s to do with Conversation Hearts.What you will need for each person:A graphing sheetConversation HeartsBefore you begin estimate how many Conversation Hearts you have then check to see...
Valentine Treat Can
This treat can is easy to make. All you need is a metal can, wire, paint, and embellishments. Clean your can and remove label. You'll need to take off the bottom of the can too. Be sure to use a can opener that doesn't leave sharp edges. > Using an awl or a nail,...
Valentine Envelope Placemats
For each placemat you‘ll need: Paper that measures 34 inches long & 13 inches wide (butcher paper, newsprint, large paper sacks, wrapping paper, wall paper). Scissors & glue. Items to decorate the envelope: stickers, crayons, markers, paper, glitter, etc....
Heart-Shaped Cupcakes
Aren't these darling. To create the heart shape, place a small marble or a 1/2-inch ball of aluminum foil between each liner and one side of the tin (a great job for kids). This will push the paper into the batter to form the notch in the heart.