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Share the Love - Craft Style

Patch gives you three ideas for Valentine's Day crafts to do with the kids - or by yourself. Share photos of your projects, and your craft ideas, too!

Start your own love story, by sitting down at the craft table with a child. My 4-year-old son and I spent the afternoon with his grandmother this week making a variety of Valentine's Day crafts. 

I found all the ideas online. Take a look at the pictures, and check out the links. If you've got a great idea for a Valentine's Day activity, share a photo and the directions with us. Feel free to enter information in the photo gallery or the comment section. 

Here are the activities we did:

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1. Door hanger from Toddler Toddler 
Supplies needed: Piece of cardboard or other stiff material, foam heart stickers, yarn/ribbon/tulle. I made a mistake at the craft store and bought foam hearts that weren't stickers, so we glued those ones on. It worked well, but was a bit messier than if I'd only bought stickers. 

2. Crayon hearts from Martha Stewart 
Supplies needed: Wax paper, crayons, a pencil sharpener, newspaper/kraft paper, iron, thread. Put crayon shavings on the waxed paper, fold in half, iron, and then cut out the shapes and hang them in a window.

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3. Handprint cards from the Fun Handprint Art blog
Supplies needed: blank cards, construction paper, paint and glue or glue sticks. We haven't done this one yet, but we're planning to tackle it this week. I'm expecting delightful messes on my 4-year-old's hands, and maybe even the baby's feet, to make heart shapes on the paper before adding our own Valentine messages for family and special friends. 


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