I have always loved Valentine’s Day. Something about the abundance of pink and red, and finding everything shaped like a heart has always made me smile. We even had our little heart-breaker take a few adorable shots for the holiday!
I also love any excuse to craft, but as we all know, it can be a very expensive hobby. Every time I do a project, I find myself with odds and ends left over. Things that aren’t able to be returned, but have too much left over to toss out. Holiday crafting is a great time to re-purpose your ‘leftovers’ along with other household items.
Here are a few fun things we crafted using only the supplies in our home!
We started simple with a Valentine’s Day card. My little man isn’t writing yet, so I started by writing ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ on a piece of scrapbook paper. He then glued on lots of fun hearts and phrases, which were just cut from old scrapbook paper. He also added in a few stickers, and his beautiful signature at the top!
During our crafting, we also made a candy heart wreath. I simply cut a heart out of card stock (construction paper or foam board would also work). We painted ‘LOVE’ in the middle and added a few paint dots. We finished the boarder with chopped up pieces of leftover tissue paper from Christmas! We love candy hearts in our house, so I imagine we will be making a lot of these. We went with a basic message on the heart, but you can certainly get creative with yours.
We also made a special painting for a present to share with Daddy. I used a large piece of card stock, and glued leftover birthday ribbon around the edges. Together we painted the letters, and used my little’s hand to finish it off. Glitter would be a great addition to this! Using a little one’s hands and feet is not only a messy fun thing for them, but it is a great memory to have long-term to see how much they grow each year.
The biggest hit by far was cookie decorating! We love a good excuse to bake and eat gluten and dairy free sweets in our house. My son LOVES to help in the kitchen, from adding spices to unloading the dishwasher, he is always my little helper. I let him help from the beginning, mixing the dough, rolling it out and cutting out the little heart shapes. We had a lot of sprinkles leftover from Christmas, so we mixed up some pink frosting, and used the red sprinkles to make the cookies festive. Ours turned out more like blobs than hearts, but they still tasted great!
Our Valentine’s fun doesn’t stop there! We also love using our heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut all foods (think sandwiches, cucumbers, cheese, etc.). We also love a twist of the classic root-beer float using Faygo Red Pop with vanilla ice cream.
Crafting with kids is so much fun! What do you love to craft with your little ones?
