Valentine Cookie Cutter Craft
August 14, 2008
This cute Valentine cookie cutter craft is perfect even for a young child, who might otherwise have trouble drawing a perfect heart. They will make cute Valentine decorations, or could be used to make a card.
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You’ll Need
* Heart-Shaped Cookie Cutters
* Construction Paper
* Scissors
* Glue
* Pencil
Directions:
Use the Valentine Cookie Cutters to trace hearts of different sizes on red, white and pink construction paper.
Cut out the hearts, then glue the smaller ones on top of the larger ones. Vary the color of the construction paper for a nice effect.
You can poke a hole in the side of the heart, add a ribbon and turn these Valentine Cookie Cutter Crafts into cute gift tags.
Add them to a piece of construction paper that you fold in half to make a quick and easy Valentine’s Day card.
You can also use different colors of fabric, felt or craft foam to make these heart stacks. If you use craft foam, turn them into a pin by adding a pin needle to the back.
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Valentine Card Craft
August 14, 2008
Making this Valentine Card Craft with your child is a lot of fun. Make just one card, or a whole bunch for your child to give to classmates and friends. Making the Valentine’s Day cards is a lot more fun than buying a box of cards at the store. Plus you get to spend some quality time making these crafts with your child.
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You’ll Need
* Construction Paper
* Markers
* Scissors
* Magazines (Valentine Themed)
Directions:
Find dome magazines that have Valentine items in them including hearts, roses, pink cupcakes etc. Take a look at the shopping inserts that you get this time of the year. Many of them have plenty of Valentine’s Day “stuff” you and your child can cut out.
Cut out as many valentine items as you can find and lay them out at the table in front of you.
Fold a piece of construction paper in half to form the card. Now let your child make a collage of the items you cut out on the card. Glue them in place and decorate even further with markers.
Use the markers to write a Valentine message on the inside of the card.
Tip - you can also pick up some inexpensive Valentine’s stickers to further decorate the cards.
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Star Banner
August 14, 2008
These simple star banners make a great decoration for Fourth of July or even Christmas.
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You’ll Need
* Construction Paper
* Star templates or Cookie Cutters
* Ribbon
* Scissors
* Hole punch
* Glue
Directions:
Start by tracing the stars on cardboard. You want to have two different sizes of stars that you can glue on top of each other.
For example for a Fourth Of July banner, make some large red stars with small white stars and large blue stars with small red ones etc.
For A Christmas banner use large green stars with small red stars and large red stars with small green stars.
Glue one smaller star in the center of each larger star.
Punch two holes on opposite points of the big stars, then thread the ribbon through them to connect all stars into one long banner.
You can hang this banner over the fireplace, on the porch, over the kitchen window etc.
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