We’re kicking off Valentine’s Day with some Shaken Painted Hearts.
Idea from Toddler Approved!
This was such a fun no-mess craft to do – with crazy pretty results!
Use some sort of container that you can close up tightly – we just used a box we had lying around.
Cut some paper hearts out of construction/scrapbook paper – we used purple, pink, bright pink and red. I double-sided taped them to the inside bottom of the box.
Dump in some random toys you have lying around that you can clean up easily – or you don’t care if they get messy.
Put a few blobs of paint in the box – not on the hearts. We used purple, pink, red and white.
Shut the box – we taped it to seal it up.
shake shake shake
and shake some more.
Open it up – check out your results – shake some more if you like.
Clean up your toys while you’re waiting for the hearts to dry.
Once dry, hang them up – we cut slits in the tops and strung a pretty pink ribbon through them and hung them on our mantel. Or you can make cards with them… I thought about it, but already have our cards ready (crazy, huh? I’m ahead of schedule for once!)
We only made 4 this time – but we’ll be doing it again and add to our string.
Have fun!
I'm a baker's wife and a stay at home mom. Hands on : as we grow is all about the activities that I do at home with the kids [Henry, 4, and George, 1 1/2]. We're full of energy and excitement and we sneak in learning opportunities wherever we can. But most importantly, we like to have fun with all of it. [Read
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