Lolly
Stick Valentine Jar
Materials Needed:
Instructions:
Wash the jar clean and let it dry.
Make a heart-shaped 'stencil' and
tape it onto the front of the jar.
Spray jar with the spray paint and
let dry.
Spray a second coat, let dry.
Once dry, take maroon paint and
old toothbrush, and splatter paint around your heart design.
Let dry.
Pull stencil off gently, and tie
ribbon or raffia around the top of the jar, secure with bow.
Place a candle in jar or fill it
with sweets
Make Your Own Valentine's Day Cards
This year, give your Valentine a
special, home-made card. You can get spectacular results using easy techniques.
The easiest way to make a
Valentine's Day or any card is to fold a sheet of paper in half and decorate it.
Sound boring? Well, it doesn't have to be
One of the simplest ways is to cut
a variety of heart shapes out of paper and glue them to the front of the card.
Make different designs, animals, people, etc.
1.
Take the heart idea one step further! Instead of cutting
heart shapes out of paper, cut them out of fabric, wallpaper samples, tissue
paper, wrapping paper, or anything else you can think of. Outline your
hearts/designs using 3d fabric paint!
2.
Recycle last year's cards! Cut around the shape on the card.
Glue it to a piece of construction paper, and trim around the picture leaving
about a 1/4-inch border. Outline your hearts/designs using 3d fabric paint!
3.
Use collage techniques. Cut pictures out of magazines and
glue them to your card. Try to find a collection of pictures that will tell a
story! Cut words out of magazines to use - great for a secret admirer!
4.
Use stamping/printing techniques. You can get a wide variety
of rubber stamps on the market today, along with custom ink pads. You can also
make your own stamps by cutting a heart design out of a potato, apple, sponge,
cookie cutter, or even a piece of styrofoam.
5.
Cut small squares and/or triangles out of different coloured
paper, wallpaper samples, fabric, etc. Glue them onto the front of your card to
form a mosaic/quilt like picture.
6.
Use stencils, either store-bought or home-made, to make nice
pictures on the from of the card.
7.
Use clip art to make Valentine's Day cards! There are many
fun sites that offer free clip art for personal use. Outline your hearts/designs
using 3d fabric paint!
8.
Use a colouring book page on the front of your card! You can
cut one put of a colouring book you have, or choose from several online
colouring pages to print. Outline your hearts/designs using 3d fabric paint!
9.
Paint a design on your card! Use fingerpaint to make a
personalized design. You can also use tempera or acrylic paint. While the paint
is still wait, you might want to sprinkle a little bit of glitter on your card
to add a special finishing touch.
Photo Valentine Card
Materials Needed:
Instructions:
Fold a piece of construction paper in half to form a card. Write a message on
the inside.
Make a sign on another piece of
paper. Using large writing, make it a message to your valentine. Something as
simple as "I love You" will work. Have someone take a picture of you
holding the sign. Either make this soon enough before Valentine's Day that you
have time to develop the film, or use a polaroid camera or digital camera and
print out the photos on your PC.
Cut out a large heart for the
front of your card. You will want it big enough to have room to cut out the
centre of the heart and frame your picture with it. Glue your picture on the
front of the card, and then glue the heart frame over that.
Butterfly card
Materials Needed:
Lolly
Stick Instructions:
Cut 2 hearts out or red paper, about as tall and wide as the lolly stick. Trim
off the bottom of each heart as shown in figure 1. Lay the 2 hearts down so the
bottom edges are slightly overlapping - figure 2. Glue the hearts together on
the bottom edges, and then glue the lolly stick on the hearts as shown in figure
3.
Use the marker to make eyes and a
mouth. You can also write a Valentine's day message on the wings of the
butterfly. Cut two 2 inch pieces from a pipe cleaner. Tape them on the back of
the lolly sticks to be the butterfly's antenna - figure 4.
Simply have the children decorate their paper bags and tie
on a string handle. You can have them put cards in each other's bags afterwards.
(easy but fun!)
Make a cut out of cupid to display.
Play "Stick the Arrow" like pin the tail on the Donkey.
Use Blu-tack and blindfold Beaver Scouts and have then try to get the arrows in
Cupid's quiver!
Cupid has lost his arrows!
There can be no Valentine's Day without Cupid's arrows!
Tell the Beaver Scouts that they are going to help save valentine's day!
Hide cupid's arrows (attach 2 paper hearts to a straw for arrow cover juice can
with pretty paper for the arrow quiver) around the room and have each Beaver
Scouts find one.
When they have found one hidden under a chair or behind a book have them come
put it in the quiver.
When all arrows are found have the Beaver Scouts hand out treats or exchange
valentines cards.
Hide one golden arrow in the room. The Beaver Scout who
finds this arrow gets to play Cupid! He/She gets to hand out the Valentine's
treats or cards !
(perhaps while arrow hunt is going on)
"Who Could it Be?"
I had a little valentine sent to me. From someone....
Who could it be?
Could it be _____, ______, or ______?
_____, or _____, I don't know!
I had a valentine sent to me.
From someone ....
Who could it be?
Notes: Fill in children's names in the blanks.
Sung to tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"