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Valentines Day Crafts
Fun, Affordable Valentines Day Crafts For Kids With Construction Paper
Back in Grandma's day, kids loved to make Valentines Day crafts, and St. Valentine's Day still offers the perfect opportunity for kids to create a colorful Valentine party decoration or a Happy Valentine's Day card that parents and grandparents will always treasure.
Kids will always try to do their best, but the finished appearance of the craft really doesn't matter to the recipient, as it's appreciated and cherished for the love that has gone into its making.
Vintage St. Valentines Day Crafts For Kids
Colored construction paper has long been a favorite material for making Valentine crafts. It's very affordable, and a pad of construction paper offers the best value for the money compared to purchasing single sheets. Start with a pad of red sheets, pink sheets, and white sheets as these colors are most associated with Valentine's Day. Also get a pad of multicolored sheets. Your local craft store, department store, or office supply should have all the construction paper you need for the job.
Now, let's make some Valentines Day crafts.
Paper Valentine's Day HeartsPaper hearts are an obvious first project for kids. Younger kids can use children's safety scissors to cut out hearts traced on the construction paper. If the children are old enough, show them how to fold a small sheet of paper in half and then starting near the fold trace the outline of half a heart which, when carefully cut and opened, will reveal a perfectly shaped heart for Valentine's Day.
Heart patterns in various sizes cut from stiff cardboard can be used as tracing templates by the younger children. Encourage the kids to trace and cut large and small hearts out of pink, red, and white construction paper. You can help them to use pinking shears to give some of the hearts a unique ragged-edged design -- call them "alligator teeth" scissors and the little kids will love it.
Although pink, red, and white are the usual colors associated with St. Valentine's Day, the kids may want to make Valentine hearts using different colors as well. Try not to discourage this as they are simply being creative, and an orange or purple heart will be made with just as much love as a pink one and might be treasured even more.
White paper hearts with a slightly smaller red heart glued onto them make beautiful Valentine Day greeting cards that the child can give to anyone. A suitable St. Valentine's Day message can be added to the card with colored pencils, crayons, or washable markers.
Valentine's Day BannerHave a set of alphabet stencils on hand so the kids can make large letters that spell out "Be My Valentine," "I Love You Valentine," or "Happy Valentine's Day!" Plastic stencils are more durable than cardboard stencils and much easier for children to use. The letters they cut out of construction paper can be any color they want, so some projects might turn out to be quite colorful.
Once the letters are cut, they can be either taped or glued to a string of yarn and made into a banner. The addition of a bit of decorative glitter or some small stickers can make the paper letters stand out even more. Finished banners can be proudly displayed in a doorway, above a window, or on the wall with an adult's help. They make terrific Valentine decorations.
Valentine Party DecorationKids can also use the construction paper to make Valentine decorations for a party. Narrow strips of red, white, and pink paper can be circled on a vase or lamp to decorate it for the holiday. Cut heart, cupid, and arrow shaped pieces from the paper for use as table decorations and place-cards. Short strips of red and white paper can be taped in a circle and linked to form a colorful garland that's perfect for a Valentine party decoration.
"LOVE" Buttons And BadgesIf your kids have rubber stamps with hearts or love designs on them, they can be used with construction paper to create badges or buttons for the whole family to wear. Once the button shapes are cut out, the kids can stamp them to their heart's content and then give the decorated buttons to friends and family members. The "LOVE" buttons can be fastened safely to any shirt or dress with a bit of rolled tape.
Thankfully, construction paper is relatively cheap, and paper Valentines Day crafts are a great way for children to have fun at Valentine's Day, or even on rainy days when there is little else to do. When used with simple items found around the house like scissors, crayons, and washable markers, construction paper crafts are easy to create anytime, even at a moment's notice.
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