Valentine's DayPreschoolers13 Comments
DIY a fun Valentine's Day decoration with a textured yarn heart craft that's perfect to do with your kids!
George wanted to make something with yarn. So we made a yarn heart craft with it!
We’ve done a few yarn crafts in the past, so I thought making a heart for Valentine’s Day would be a fun twist! I quickly drew a large heart on a piece of scrapbook paper.
Simple Textured Yarn Heart Craft Decoration
George and I then cut long pieces of yarn in various colors. I had red, pink, blue, green, and orange.
Then we squirted glue all over the heart to get started.
Our glue for some reason is impossible to squeeze. I even struggle getting it out.
Apparently, I need to do some of our activities for strengthening fine motor skills! George, too!
I started him by outlining the heart with a piece of yarn.
And then George filled the heart in with the strands of yarn, in whatever direction he wanted!
He filled in the heart with yarn, piling it on, adding layers and texture.
I squirted more glue on as he went along. Just every once in awhile to make sure the yarn stayed in place.
I love how it has so much depth to it!
When George was finished with adding the yarn, I set it aside to dry and added a bit more glue to the top to once again make sure it stayed put.
Once dried, I cut the heart out of the paper and glued it onto another contrasting color to put on display for Valentine’s Day!
If you missed the wrapped yarn hearts shared by Bambini Travels, be sure to check it out!
We even did another version of this yarn heart craft again that I hope to share with you soon!
What are your favorite Valentine’s Day art projects? We’d love to add a few more to our list!
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Mary says
This is a great activity to promote Fine & Gross Motor, Sensory, Cognitive, Eye and Hand Coordination, Language, Communication and for the ones needing help some following Simple Directions Skill. This brings out their creativity.
Francine Joy Allen says
Also, I have a cool idea to go with this craft;. Since the yarn heart forms like spaghetti you could show the kids the famous spaghetti romantic scei from “Lady and the Tramp stamp” while the glue dries. Then read them the rest of the story (I am big on reading to children from the time they are born). Maybe serve spaghetti for lunch or dinner with lots of healthy vegetables and lean meat (or even substitute lentils and white cheese).
Francine Joy Allen says
Looks nice, but how much glue do you have to use per kid? I’ve done some crafts like this, and because the yarn is relatively bulky even if you use a thin yarn) I’m guessing you have to go through about 1/4 cup of glue per child and then really slather it on. Do you know of any good “recipes” for homemade glue, and if so can you recommend one that is durable and doesn’t attract bugs (so that we can save the kids’) artwork for the future so that they and we can look back on it in coming years?