Valentine's Crafts with Kids by Hannah Prismon

Valentine’s Day has to be one of my favorite holidays for crafting. It’s romantic, a little frilly and it’s a great opportunity to talk about love with your kids while you're making something special for someone special. Here are some projects we’ve been working on at our house.

1) Handprint Heart

Since this is the first Valentine’s I’ve had three kids, I wanted to do something personal to commemorate the occasion. Since I’m a sucker for anything with my kid’s handprints, I decided to make a sign with all three of their prints in the shape of a heart. I mixed a dark pink for my oldest son’s print, mixed a little white in my paint for my middle son’s print and added a bit more white for my baby girl’s print. Then I painted a rough heart in white around all the prints. If I had it to do over, I definitely would have waited until my husband got home to help get her to hold her hand out flat! Still, it worked out! You could also do this with your own handprints above your child’s or do their hands and feet together. I made mine on wood, but you could do this on white canvas, burlap canvas or on the back of the glass from a picture frame.

2) Heart Box

I have to give all the credit to my Kindergartener for this one. We were walking through the craft store and he saw these paper heart boxes and told me he’d like to make a box for his teacher for Valentine’s. When we got home I gave him the option of covering it with tissue paper and Mod Podge or with washi tape. He chose the washi tape and I think it came out really cute! If you have a kiddo like mine who doesn’t seem to be that much into making crafts, try taking them to the craft store with you and letting them pick out something to make. You might be surprised how inspired they get when they see all of the fun supplies!

3) Window Hearts

We have this 9-paned window in our front door, and in the fall we gathered leaves and stuck them to contact paper to cover the panes. They look neat with the light shining through them and they make a good privacy screen, too! Right now we’re working on some new designs for Valentine’s Day by cutting out hearts from tissue paper and sticking them to the contact paper. You could use a variety of colors of paper for the hearts or use confetti or glitter to decorate. Get creative! This is a simple craft that even the littlest hands can help create.

Have a LOVEly time crafting!
Hannah