Hands on kids activities for hands on moms.
A Valentine art project for toddlers includes three methods of painting! Pick one, or do all three with your toddler!
Since George keeps wanting to paint hearts, I’ve been trying to come up with different ways to make some Valentine art for toddlers that’s 
Recognizing letters and learning their ABCs is one thing for a preschooler to learn, but learning both upper and lowercase letters I found is completely another.
I had no idea what Henry knew at this point when
I love it when the kids make something to decorate our windows, and a Valentine window just had to be done!
Since George has been asking non-stop to paint more and more hearts, I dug out some
Henry matched upper and lowercase letters to make a bracelet for Valentine’s Day using letter beads and Valentine’s Day words.
He often comes home from school with a bracelet that he made. He is always so incredibly proud of it, and wears it
A simple way to get creative for Valentine’s Day, especially great for toddlers, is with a heart shaped cookie cutter painting activity!
It can get a bit messy, but no messier than any painting activity really!
I grabbed these heart shaped cookie cutters on
A Valentine’s Day art project that kids and even toddlers can do on their own! Upcycle a toilet paper towel tube to make an abstract heart art project!
Be sure to be inspired by all our Valentine’s Day projects we’ve been doing!
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
The Heart Book is chalk full of heart projects for the kids to create, play with, display and cook. I’ve showcased a few of the Hearts on It’s Playtime, as well as in a heart feature post. Here’s a few more
Whip up some foam using just dish soap and your food processor! Let your kids explore the foam! Its a wonderful sensory activity for kids of all ages.
I knew when I saw this snow sensory activity from dish soap, from You
CraftProjectIdeas.com is showing the love this February.
On top of graciously adding a $1 donation to the American Heart Association for every Heart Book sold in February, they sent me this fun stamp kit! [And one to giveaway to one of
Earlier this week, Cathy of NurtureStore and I hosted a very hoppin’ Valentine’s Day party for The Heart Project!
A bunch of moms joined the party and swapped ideas for Valentine’s Day, including family celebrations and traditions, as
The Heart Project has been kicked off great.
A week into it and we’ve raised well over our initial goal over $1,000 for the American Heart Association. We’ve now re-evaluated our goal, and lifted it to $2k, will you help us
I’m not sure what it is about this Heart art that I like so much.
Maybe its because both the boys did it together.
Or maybe its because I found out how nicely Henry can cut and follow a line.
Or maybe its just because
I decided that we needed some kind of Valentine’s Day activity to do, instead of just crafty and artsy ideas.
We did a heart hunt last year, with great success.
But this year, I wanted to make Henry think about love a little.
So
February is the month of The Heart Project here on the blog. [and 70 other blogs too!]
Every Friday through February, I’m going to give you a sneak peak into the “The Heart Book”,
A learning Valentine craft for kids to this Valentine’s Day! String up some pretty [and easy!] hearts to your dining room chandelier and it’ll set the mood with every meal.
I cannot tell you all the levels of learning that Henry worked on
Feeling the love?
Hope so! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.
And so is The Heart Project!
We have 60+ bloggers creating a terrific ebook of heart projects!
These hearts caught my eye.
They’re beautiful.
And the clothespins are such a nice touch!
I apologize, but I
