Activities Page 2

Valentine Treat from Teacher
Make a heart for each child cut from a full sheet of red construction paper. On the heart place this message:
Here's a treat for you!
I'm glad you're in my class this year!
You make my day each day you are here!
Love, ____________
Then tape a heart-shaped lollipop on the heart and near the lollipop write
"You are a Sweetie!"

Valentine Mailboxes
Materials:
Red construction paper
Shoeboxes (one per child)
Paper scraps
Valentine Stickers
decorations for  the outside of shoe box (glitter, stickers, pompoms,jewels,beads,lace,etc)
Directions: Glue red construction paper on the shoeboxes ahead of time.  Have the children decorate their shoebox any way they want to with the decorations that are available. Put  the valentines they receive in the mailboxes.Another good idea: Put treats in as well.

Ideas for Activity Centers
Heart
Sponge Painting
Heart Cookie Cutter
Painting
Red Playdough
Water Table With Red Water
Valentine Sticker Collage

"Red Hot" Spelling words
Use cinnamon red hot candies to spell out their spelling  words at an activity center.

Love Bug Bookmark
A special gift children can make for a special someone that they love. red yarn (32 " long),red/white colored paper, small picture of student,scissors,glue,crayons   Cut out 2 red and 2 white hearts. Glue picture of student onto 1 white heart. Write "I love you" on the other white heart. Color 2 red hearts to look like "love bugs". Spread glue onto the back of 1 red and white heart. Sandwich one end of red yarn between the two hearts. repeat this with the other two hearts on the other end of yarn. Let dry.

Valentine Heart Mobile
Materials: Yarn (different lengths)
Wire Hangers
Construction Paper
Hearts
Glitter
Markers
Stickers
Directions: Have the children cut out hearts. They can decorate them as they wish.
Attach hearts to wire hanger.

Hanging Valentine
Make 2 huge hearts and let the children decorate them as desired.  Staple edges together, leaving an opening, and stuff with scrap paper or newspaper. Staple edge completely.  Streamers (pink, red, and white) can be attached to the bottom, a string or ribbon on top, and hang them up.

"Thumb-body" Loves You
Cut various shaped hearts from white and pink construction paper.  Using red paint decorate the hearts with children's thumbprints.  Set hearts aside to dry.  On a 4 ½ by 8-½ inch paper write out "Thumb-body Loves You".  Tape the paper to an empty 12-oz. Juice can.  Glue a painted heart to the can, then glue the remaining hearts to Popsicle sticks.  Press a small amount of clay into the bottom of the can.  Then tuck a small amount of red tissue into the can, and then insert the sticks through the paper and into the clay.

Valentine's Day Card
Prepare a big red heart with a smaller heart in the middle of it  with "I Love You" written on the smaller heart. Have children sit in a chair and hold the heart in front of them.  Take an individual close-up picture of each child. Then have the children make the following card. Materials: Red construction paper White construction paper or white doily Glue Poem (from below) Directions: Fold red construction paper in half.  Cut out a white heart or use a white doily and glue on the front of the card. Then glue the following poem on the front of the card.
Someone loves you Do you know who?
Take a look inside and see The one who loves you is me!
Inside the card glue the picture of the child that you took with the heart.

Love Is...
Ask children what they think love is.  Record each of their responses on a white heart shaped piece of paper, with the caption "Love Is…" above it. Let the children mount the white hearts on red construction paper.  Doilies and glitter can be used to decorate the "Love Is" hearts even more.

Valentine Dolls
Valentine dolls can be made with a small heart for the head glued onto a tongue depressor or Popsicle stick for the body.  A small lace doily can be used for a dress.  Have the children add facial features with a crayon or marker.

Heart Flowers
Materials: Red, pink and green construction paper
Glue
Scissors
Tongue depressors
Markers
Directions: Cut out hearts (either red or pink) for the flower.  Cut out two smaller green hearts for the leaves.  Glue the flower to the top of the tongue depressor and the leaves to the middle of the tongue depressor.  Draw a face on the flower and give as a gift to your favorite valentine!  You can also collect all the hearts and place them in a vase for a centerpiece for a Valentine's Day party. When the party is over, the children may take their heart flowers home.

Valentine Bracelet
Make the bracelet from a strip of construction paper. Glue small hearts on the paper or use cute valentine stickers. Staple or glue the strip to fit over the child's wrist.

Heart Fold-Overs
For each child cut various sizes of heart shapes out of white construction paper and fold them in half. Let the children lay their hearts out flat and place drops of red,pink, and lavender tempura paint on one side. Have them fold their hearts and rub the tops with their hands. Then let them open their heart shapes to see the beautiful designs they have created. Don't forget tho display the works of art!

Torn Hearts- Game
Give each pair of players one sheet of red construction paper and tell them to keep one hand behind their backs throughout the game. At the signal, they must tear a heart shape from the paper. Of course, the catch is that they can only use one hand each, so they have to work together. One must use the right hand and the other the left. Give little prizes for the smallest, largest best-looking most unusual hearts.(or any other type of heart you can think of)

Just a minute- Game
Give each child a sheet of blank paper and a red crayon. At a signal, everyone must outline hearts on their paper for one minute. When the time is up, the one with the most hearts drawn is the winner.

Sponge Heart Prints
Give each child a large heart cut from glossy paper and let them use a heart shaped sponge to paint heart prints on the paper.

Heart Lacing
Cut a large red heart shape from posterboard.  Punch holes around the perimeter using a hole punch.  Let children lace yarn through holes.

Heart-y Fish
Cut out 1 large heart and 2 smaller ones At the tip of the large heart, glue the small heart for the fish tail. The other small one will be the fin. Glue this one inside the large heart. Add eyes and mouth to finish the fish.

Broken Hearts
Make several pairs of matching hearts. Cut in zigzag or any shape line. Have children find the matching pairs. Can also do this with a capital letter on one half and a lowercase letter on the other half.

Heart Headband
Make a headband out of heavy paper for each child.  Trace 2 heart cookie cutters onto pink or red construction paper for each child and let the children color and cut them out.  Tape them to pipe cleaners to make antennae and attach to headband.

Heart Rubbings
Cut out different sizes of hearts from sandpaper.  Tape hearts to table and lay a sheet of white typing paper over them.  Use side of crayon to lightly rub over hearts, making a pattern on paper.

Heart Straw
Trace and cut out heart from colored paper.  Use a hole pinch and make 2 hole in center of heart, not side by side, but one under the other, about an inch or two apart.  Thread a drinking straw into one hole and back out the other.

Trivia Question
Who's got the biggest heart of all? The blue whale, with a ticker the size of a small car!

Perfumed Card
Cut a red satin heart (maybe you have some left over ribbon from Christmas) and apply glue to edges. Press onto a white, card and before gluing down insert perfumed cotton ball in the heart.

Stuffed Heart
Draw a large heart onto double thickness of newspaper.  Cut out and staple all around, leaving a small opening.  Let kids decorate their hearts with fingerpaint.  After drying, stuff with crumpled newspaper.  Staple opening shut.  Cut long pieces of pink or red crepe paper streamers and, making a tail, staple to bottom point of heart.

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