DIY Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids

Maria Provenzano is making some fun DIYs that kids will love.

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Level:

Beginner

How-To:

Kids crafts

Seasonal Event:

Valentine's Day

MATERIALS:

Fill the party bag with marshmallows and tie off the end
Glue the party bag onto the paper cup, upside down
Glue your ribbons in front of and behind the marshmallow bag, creating the mane
Cut hearts out of your foam sheets and cut them in half. (I actually found foam hearts at the store and cut those in half)
Glue the half-hearts (ears) on either side of the marshmallow bag and mane
Use your marker and draw eyes on either side of the cup
Optional (add any of your favorite rainbow or glitter unicorn embellishments!)

Love Bug Bags

Cut the crepe paper to the same size as the width of the bag
Use the scissors to cut fringe into one side of the crepe paper leaving about a 1/4-1/2 inch uncut at the top
To speed up the process, you can cut about 3 sheets at a time
Place the double-sided tape, or glue, on the uncut part of the crepe paper
Place onto the brown bag, starting at the bottom, and working your way up
Repeat until the entire bag is covered
Fill with candy, and use tape to secure the bag shut; optional
Use the glue gun to add the eyes to the front of the bag and the antennas to the back of the bag.

Candy iPods

Wrap and glue the candy heart box with your construction paper and cut it to fit the candy box
Cut out and glue template to the front of your ipod (Fill the ipod template with your favorite songs, either on the computer or with pen.)
Cut and glue a 12 inch piece of yarn onto the top of your candy box (This starts the headphone wire)
Cut a 4 inch piece of yarn. Tie the end of this yarn piece 4 inches down from the other end of the longer yarn piece. Cut away excess.
Tape two mini reese’s cups to the ends of the yarn pieces
Gift to your favorite music lover!