Valentine’s Day is a day to share with the ones that you love. If you’re like many people,
this includes your children. There are many ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day with the
whole family…this ideas gives you plenty of ideas to do just that.
1. Children love to celebrate Valentine’s Day with their friends. This is the day of the
year that they can show their friends how much they mean to them. One of the
best crafts that your children can do is to make homemade Valentine’s Day cards
to hand out at school. There is no need to spend money on the boring store bought
cards when your children can make cards.
Start out by helping your children to cut out card sized hearts for the cards. The
hearts can be cut from red and pink construction paper. The front of the heart can
decorated with stickers, glitter and even ribbon to make each homemade Valentine
card special. A personal note written on the back and signed by your child finishes
the back of the card.
2. Your children will need a way to carry their homemade Valentine’s Day cards to
school. A special Valentine’s Day tote bag will be the best thing to carry cards to
school and bring all of their cards back home. Start this simple craft with a paper
grocery bag. Attach ribbons to the top of the bag to make handles for the
Valentine’s Day tote bag. The tote bag it self can be decorated with cut out hearts,
markers, ribbons, glitter and stickers.
3. Your children can make special treat bags to go with each of the Valentine’s cards
that they hand out. Start by choosing either chocolate candies or conversation
hearts to fill the treat bags. You can get pink and red color tulle from your local
craft store that can be cut into squares to make the treat bags. Place the square of
tulle on the table. In the center of the square, you can help your children to place a
small pile of candy. Finish off the treat bags by pulling up the sides and tying
them together with ribbon.
4. Create homemade chocolate candies for friends. The school may not let you bring
these treats because they are homemade but your child can take them to a
Valentine’s Day party at a friend’s house or a church gathering. Many stores offer
kits that include the candy molds and instructions for melting the chocolate.
Another idea is to create chocolate spoons. They can be used as stirrers in hot
chocolate since February is technically still the winter season.
5. Many children like to give Valentine’s Day gifts to their teachers. There are a few
gifts that your children can make for the many teachers that they have. The first
gift idea is to give the teacher her own special candy stash. This usually works
best with small chocolate candies but can be done with any type. Start with a
clean dry mayonnaise jar with the label removed. Fill the jar with the candy that
you have chosen to use. Cover the lid with a square piece of fabric in colors that
remind you of Valentine’s Day. Tie the cloth onto the lid with a ribbon. You can
help your children to print up labels for the jar saving a special message for the
teacher.
6. The second gift that you can help your children make for their teachers is cookie
bouquets. Start by helping your children to bake heart shaped sugar cookies.
Before you bake the cookies you will want to place a wooden dowel into them to
make the stem for the heart flowers. Ice the cookies with red and pink icing and
allow the icing to set. Place a piece of floral foam in the bottom of a container to
set your flower cookies in. Arrange your heart cookie flowers to finish this gift
with your children.
7. A final gift option for your children to give their teacher is a Valentine’s Day
apron. Start out by getting a plain apron from a craft store or cooking store. You
will want to make sure that the fabric that you choose for the aprons will take
paint. Have your children use paint pens to decorate the Valentine’s Day apron for
their teacher. This is a great craft to let your children’s creativity flow on.
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