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Valentine's DayToddlers12 Comments
This is a super fun, active way for toddlers to make Valentine’s Day art! So, literally, get moving and get creative. A bonus, this Valentine’s Day art is also a no-mess art activity!
We’re kicking off with some Valentine’s Day art for this fun holiday with some shaken painted hearts, an idea I got 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.
I 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 though. We used purple, pink, red and white paint. Crayola washable paint rocks! (affiliate link).
Shut the box. I taped it to really seal it up.
Then… shake shake shake!
And shake some more!
Open it up and check out your results! Shake some more if you like.
Continue on until you’ve create enough Valentine’s Day hearts for a garland to hang up…
Clean up your toys while you’re waiting for the hearts to dry. Encourage toddlers and other young kids to clean up as part of the activity. This makes it fun plus you get the area cleaned up as well!
Once dry, you can hang up this Valentine’s Day art!
I 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…
We only made 4 this time – but we’ll be doing it again to add to our string.
Have fun shaking!
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Andi Ruch says
I use empty tennis ball tubes and marbles or those little coosh balls with my toddler class all of the time for art.
Jamie Reimer says
The tennis ball tubes would be awesome! I wish we had some to use!
andi says
My mom was a tennis player so I had a easy way to get them, but you could try the YMCA or a tennis club in your area.
Jamie Reimer says
Ahhhh. Makes sense. Thanks for the tips!
Cheryl says
Awesome!! Thanks!
Deborah Faust says
Hi I bought the heart book last year and can’t find the pdf that was sent to me.. I am a special education teacher and wanting to use some of the projects that were in this book. is there any way I can get another copy. thank you
Kristina says
yay! love how it turned out!
Jennifer says
I love this idea! It turned out great. I never tried using crayola’s washable paint. Silly me of course! Ill try that for our next art project. Thank you for sharing!