10+ Valentines crafts and sensory play for kids

All the fun, simple and inexpensive Valentine fun we had in one place.

Melted pony beads 

Homemade stamps

 Valentine science

 Counting sensory bin

                                        

Button/canvas heart craft

 Candle light bath fun

 Homemade candy jar

 Melted crayon magnet

 Thumb keepsake

 Microwave scented puff paint

 Recycled valentine lantern

 Hand print keepsake

 Learning numbers dice game

Melted bead art 

 Homemade puff paint art

Homemade sand art

Hope you guys enjoy making and doing some of these fun Valentine crafts we have done. Please feel free to share if you do any over at our Facebook page. Would love to see them.

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Homemade sand art project for Valentine's

We were in the craft store the other day and "J" saw these cute plastic heart sand containers and asked could we get some for grandparent gifts. So we did. They were $1.00 each.

Then when we got home we made some fun scented sand and the kids made some fun sand art projects.

Materials:

Salt (1 used 2 26 oz containers) less than $1.00 for both

Kool-aid packet (strawberry and pink lemonade)

2-3 tsp of water for each color.....you don't want it too wet.

Plastic sand art container or you can use a recycled water bottle with lid

How to make:

1.Mix all 3 ingredients together

2.After I mixed it up I placed in the oven @ 350 degrees on a cookie sheet for 15-20 minutes to get the colored salt to dry like sand.

3. You want to check on the sand and stir it up a couple times while in the oven.

This is a great craft for kid parties, play dates, make to give someone or just for fun. Plus it is super inexpensive. The salt sand cost less than $1.00 to make.

Here are some other Valentine's craft you might like to try as well.

Melted pony bead

Scented puff paint art

Recycled lantern

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Valentine's bubbling scented potion

What kid doesn't like experimenting with baking soda and vinegar? I added a little twist to it to make it smell YUMMY and the kids had a blast. 

Doesn't matter how many time you mix the 2 ingredients together kids are always amazed at the bubbling and fizzing.

Materials:

Strawberry kool-aid mix

Baking soda

Vinegar

I mixed the baking soda and kool-aid packet together so when they mixed in the vinegar it turned red and they were surprised. Then we added some of our little valentine's toys into the mix.

We have done the volcano mixture over a dozen times and with a different twist they love it.

Love their excitement!!

Other fun ways to explore science.

 Glowing rock science

 Magic snowballs

Fizzing and bubbling goop

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Melted pony beads, Valentine's art

We made these fun Valentine's melted fuse beads last week and the kids had fun making them. We have LOTS of pony beads on hand and they are plastic so we melted them as well.

Lets just say they turned out VERY pretty and you can also hang them in the window like a sun catcher.

Materials:

Pony beads @ Craft project ideas

Metal cookie cutters

Old pan to place them on and put in the oven

You can make them into magnets, ornaments, sun catchers or you can glue them to wood to make a plaque.

This is a great fine motor and eye/hand coordination for kids of all ages

How to make: 

1. Place the pony beads in a metal cookie cutter on a cookie sheet

2. Heat oven to 350 degrees

3. Place cookie sheet in over or 15-20 minutes (make sure beads are melted)

4. Take out of oven and let them cool.

5. After beads are cool will pop out of cookie cutters.

Then you can place a magnet on the back or ribbon using glue gun.

Adult needs to do steps 3-4

Below are some other fun ways to enjoy Valentine's crafts

Homemade puff paint hearts

Salt dough thumb print keepsake

You color my heart melted crayon craft

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Make your own Valentine's stamps

Fun and simple way to have the kids make their own Valentine's Day cards. Stamp X's and O's all over the paper and then cut into a heart.

I took a potato and cut it in half then used a knife and cut out an O and X for the hugs and kisses. Then got pink and red paint and let "C" stamp on the paper. 

Simple and inexpensive. Also, after they are done stamping then you toss it and don't have a big mess to clean up.

"C" had a blast stamping, plus this is a great fine motor skill for her.

 

 

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Valentine's hand print keepsake

Fun and simple craft for a loved . 

Great keepsake to make with your little one to see how they have grown over time as well.

Materials: 

Wooden heart from craft store ($1.00)

Paint for the hand print

Paint brush

Sharpie marker for message

Mod podge to seal the paint and message.

The message I placed on this for my keepsake was 

"My heart belongs to mommy"

Click below to see some of our other fun keepsakes

Handmade Valentine's

Thumb print keepsake

Melted bead hearts

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Valentine's counting sensory bin

We have been working on recognizing numbers and counting for the last couple of weeks and so I put together this fun learning sensory bin.

I gathered some fun items from the Dollar Tree and then made our fun scented kool-aid rice it smells so yummy. We used strawberry for this fun sensory play.

Materials we used:

Rice

Kool-aid packet(I used 2 due to the amount of rice we used)

Measuring spoons

Valentine's table scatters

Dry white beans

Plastic hearts containers

Sharpie(I wrote numbers on the plastic hearts, you can also do letters) NOTE: marker will wipe off with rubbing alcohol. So you could use the hearts for other play.

All this stuff can be purchased at the Dollar Tree, but you can also use things around your house as well.

Teaching number order and counting. 

Other fun Valentine's we have done

Melted bead art

Make your own scented puff paint art

Thumb print keepsake art

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Homemade microwave scented puff paint art

We made this fun Puff paint over Christmas and decorated foam trees, but you had to let the paint sit for several hours to let it dry. So today I tried a new way by adding self-rising flour and placing it in the microwave. "J" got the biggest kick out of what happen when you placed it in the microwave.

No joke we must have made 25 hearts and placed them in the microwave to make the paint puff.

Materials:
Self rising flour 2 cups
Salt 2 cups
Water 2 cups
Kool-aid packet or Frosting Creation packet
Heart lollipops...pack of 8 for $1.00 @ Wal-Mart

This craft is super inexpensive to make. You could make a class of 25 for less than $5.00 and the nice thing about this is it has a personal touch from the kids.

NOTE: Kool-aid works good when mixed with the water first. My favorite was the Frosting Creation cause the smell was so YUMMY!!

How to make:
1.Mix all ingredients in a bowl and stir til all is blended well, no clumps
2. Then pour into the squeeze bottles
3. Once you are done with your art you place in the microwave for 5-10 seconds and take out. You have dried puff paint art.

You can also make it without the scent like Mom's craft space did and they used baking powder along with flour.

"J" was so excited when he took it out of the microwave and saw the paint puffed up.

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DIY recycled Valentine's lantern

We love doing recycled crafts and at Halloween we made these super easy and fun Ghost/pumpkin lanterns. "J" still has these out to light and loves them. So the other night I asked him if he would like to make a Valentine's lantern and he was excited.

So I picked up some fun Valentine's tissue paper at Target in the dollar section and we made them.

Materials:

Baby food jar (glass)

Tissue paper

Mod Podge

Foam paint brush
Tea light candle or I use the fake tea lights so the kids can put them on and off.

Then just layer using the mod podge and let it dry. This is a great craft to do with kids. After it is dry you light them or put the fake candle in the jar and let them turn it on for a candle light dinner or even a fun bath (see picture below).

We did a fun bath. I decorated the bath all up for Valentine's using our stuff from our Valentine's counting bath and made it a candle light bath. The kids loved it.

We are having so much fun doing all these fun Valentine's Day crafts and play, be sure to check back for more fun things we come up with.

Check out our Valentine's link to see all the fun you can have with your little ones.

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Make your own soft scented puff paint

We love doing crafts so today I mixed up this fun scented puff paint. It is super easy and so neat to feel once the art work is done drying.

Materials:
Shaving cream
White glue
Packet of kool-aid

I used about 2 cups shaving cream to 1 cup of white glue mixed together, then added alittle kool-aid to scent  and color the paint for our hearts.  Yes it is that simple.

Then after "J" and "C" were done making their pretty hearts, they had some sensory play. I gave them chopsticks and they played and drew in the mixture.

"C" was smelling it and got some on her nose and they thought that was the funniest thing.

If your kids like sensory play and exploring be sure to check out 

Magic snowballs

Snowman sensory play

Fizzing and bubbling goop science play

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Valentine themed learning dice bath game

We have been working on counting and number learning. So I put together a fun dice game for "J" and "C" to do in the bath. They really liked it. The nice thing is there is so many different things you can do with this fun game.

Materials:

Heart dice (2 for $1.00 at Target)

Heart shaped foam (10 for $1.00)

Plastic heart table scatter pieces (20 for $1.00) These can be reused to make a fun Valentine's sun catcher.

Plastic heart containers (10 for $1.00 at Dollar Tree)

We rolled the dice and "J" had to fine the numbers and count the Valentine treasures. We did some simple math problems. He had a really fun time with this bath.

We love doing learning baths so be sure to check out some of the other fun ones we've done.

Fall number learning tree

Wintery spelling bath

Alphabet puzzle bath

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Melted Valentine's bead art

We love doing art projects and with Valentine's Day around the corner this week we will be having a week of fun love projects.

We have a whole bunch of fuse beads on hand cause I scored a great deal at the thrift store. Since they melt with heat we tried this project out and it worked great and they look so pretty.

Materials:

Cookie sheet

Fuse beads(you can order these online from Craft project ideas as well)

Small spoon or plastic tweezers

Magnet(we used the ones from Craft project ideas because they have the adhesive to stick to the craft)

Heart shape metal cookie cutters (you can use any shape)

How to make:

Place the metal cookie cutters on the cookie sheet, then fill the cookie cutters with the fuse beads, make sure they are filled with no holes, then place in the oven on 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Take the cookie sheet out of the oven and let it cool. 

Then the melted bead art will pop right out of the cookie cutter and then you glue the magnet on the back you can also make ornaments to hang in the window as sun catchers.

Great fine motor and eye/hand coordination craft for kids. 

 This was a super fun craft and turned our so pretty. Below are some other fun crafts you might like as well.

Homemade scented puff paint

Homemade sand art

Melted pony bead art

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