Valentine's Day
Crafts
»Easy Hearts
You will need red, white, or pink construction paper. Pencil crayons or
markers. Scissors & glue.
Fold a small piece of paper in half. Place childs thumb near fold and trace
around it. Cut on the line and unfold paper to see your heart. Make many
small hearts. To make a card choose a different color of paper and fold
it in half. Glue hearts onto paper in any pattern you like.
»Valentine Animals
Cut out many different sized hearts. Glue them together in different ways
to make funny and cute valentine animals.
»Valentine Flowers
Cut out many hearts of equal size. Glue them on background paper in different
ways to make flower blossoms. Draw stems and heart shaped leaves.
Activities
»For meal times adding festive cups,
napkins, plates or table cloths can be fun. Serve heart shaped sandwiches
and red foods.
»Play Musical Hearts
Place hearts all around the room and play music for the children to dance
and move around the room to. When the music stops, the children sit down
on a heart.
Circle Time
"I'm a Little Valentine"
(Sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")
I'm a little valentine,
Made for you,
Of paper, lace, and a dab of glue.
I'm signed and sealed and on my way,
To say, "I love you" on Valentine's Day!
Books
Four Valentines in a Rainstorm by Felicia
bond
(Bk&Acces)
A Circle is not a Valentine by H. WernerZimmermam
(Stoddart Kids)
Lots of hearts by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
(Grosset & Dunlap)
Valentine Mice! by Bethany Roberts
(Houghton Mifflin)
Links
Visit Bonnie's Valentine Page for tons of valentine fun.
Colour your own valentines at Sears Portrait Studio.
Drop by Mrs. Bees for valentine activities and poems.
Special thanks to the following for the graphics on this
page:
Valentine bear provided by www.cutecolors.com
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