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Valentine craft ideas

litzo27litzo27 member
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What are you guys sending to pre-school as valentines??

 DS is 3 and has over 20 classmates. I thought of just doing cards but would like to have some fun creating something crafty but easy with him on the weekend. Most ideas I found are geared towards older kids (no-way can he cut a paper in a heart shape).

I really like these "melted-crayon-hearts" and may do them.

https://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crayon-hearts-671639/

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  • KL777KL777 member
    That is super cute!  I didn't get crafty this year---I did the traditional cards (Mickey Mouse Valentine's Day cards).

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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member
    For both of my kids for school we just bought cards that came with a temp tattoo and the kids signed their own names and my older DD also addressed them to her friends.  At my older DD schools, we are not allowed to bring in candy or anything edible that is homemade so this worked great and no way do I have time (work full time, kids in school full time) to make 50 crafts to cover both of their classes.  More power to those that do!
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  • litzo27litzo27 member

    Ok, I definitely think I'll do this with him now that I found dinosaur molds (way better than hearts!):

    https://www.amazon.com/Silikomart-Silicone-Chocolate-Dinosaur-Mold/dp/B002ZI0QHW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328806528&sr=8-1

     But I'm still looking for other craft ideas as well.

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  • litzo27litzo27 member

    imagejlw2505:
    no way do I have time (work full time, kids in school full time) to make 50 crafts to cover both of their classes.  More power to those that do!

    I'm definitely with you! I have a full teaching load (I teach MBAs) plus a 5 months old - hence I liked these crayon molds. I foresee spending 10 minutes max on them (and looking for similarly easy stuff). 

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  • smilejennsmilejenn member
    imagelitzo27:

    imagejlw2505:
    no way do I have time (work full time, kids in school full time) to make 50 crafts to cover both of their classes.  More power to those that do!

    I'm definitely with you! I have a full teaching load (I teach MBAs) plus a 5 months old - hence I liked these crayon molds. I foresee spending 10 minutes max on them (and looking for similarly easy stuff). 

    If you tackle the crayon molds, make sure you get crayons with wrappers that are easy to peel. I made three crayon molds for my toddler during Christmas, and it took much longer than 10 minutes to peel the wrappers off his Crayola crayons since they now glue the entire wrapper to the crayon. I definitely don't remember it being so difficult to get the wrappers off when I was a kid!

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  • katmacwvkatmacwv member

    We did heart shaped crayons last year and liked the project.  The hardest part is getting all of the wrappers off the crayons.  The crayons were too hard for DD to break more than a few of, so her main involvement was taking the small pieces and putting them in the pan.

    This year we're going to do simple Phineas and Ferb valentines with temp tattoos, but we also signed up to bring cookies in for the party.  I'm going to have DD help me use a cookie cutter to do a "cheat" heart cookie.  We're getting Oreo cakesters and will cut out a heart from each one.  I haven't decided whether we're going to roll the edges in any colored sugar or sprinkles.

    Do you have a pinterest account?  There are several good ideas I've pulled from pinterest but don't know if I'll get to many this year.

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  • litzo27litzo27 member

    imagekatmacwv:
    Do you have a pinterest account?  There are several good ideas I've pulled from pinterest but don't know if I'll get to many this year.

     I don't. I should, hm... I like your "cheat" cookie idea though.

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  • fjarilfjaril

    I did crayon hearts with photo cards :)

    I used crayolas, but I used a knife to to slice the wrappers open and peel them off.  I had to make 25 and used a box of 96 crayons. 

    I also now have a silicon pan only for melting crayons as I can't seem to get the ring of crayon off the mold :

     

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  • segeramasegerama member
    I cut out apple shapes and tied them to the Go-Go Applesauce pouches.  I printed out labels that said, "You are the apple of my eye! Happy Valentines Day! A."  My daughter helped stick the labels onto the apples.
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