Wanted to hop on the blog (still in the middle of our big move) and show you what the kids are making for their class Valentines. If you are looking for something your kids can make themselves this is it. My 7 year old did these pretty much on her own.

I did have to type up the text and print it out for her and use a wire-cutter to cut the pipe cleaner into smaller pieces. My daughter loved mixing and matching all the pom-pom ball colors and pipe cleaners to make different color combos and different looking warm fuzzies!

Supplies:

• 1.5″ Pom-pom balls in assorted colors
• Googly eyes
• Pipe cleaners in assorted colors
• Foam hearts (for feet)
• Wire cutters
• Craft glue
• Miniatures candy bars
• Pencil
• Printer and paper
• Ribbon (can be added to make warm fuzzy have a bow in her hair)

How To:

1. Glue the pom-pom ball to the foam heart (feet), let dry.
2. Glue googly eyes to pom-pom ball, let dry.
3. Cut a pipe cleaner into 4 pieces using a wire cutter. Use a pencil to curl each end of the pipe cleaner. Bend curled section in center to form V-shape. Glue antenna to top of pom-pom ball. Let dry.
4. Print text out on paper and trim to desired size and shape. Glue end of note between feet and pom-pom ball.
5. Glue entire warm fuzzy to miniature candy bar.
6. Pass out to friends on Valentine’s Day!

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My daughter always wants to make presents for everyone come holiday time. She came up with this Felt Heart Ornament project all on her own. I think she did an excellent job. I’m still waiting to receive mine! She gave everyone else their ornament yesterday. She had tucked them in their stockings for St. Nicholas day, so sweet that she is always thinking about others.

Handmade Holidays | How To | Felt Heart Ornament

Supplies:

• Pink Craft Felt
• Embroidery Floss
• Needle
• Scissors
• Poly-fil Stuffing
• Black Stamping Ink (We used Staz-on)
• Letter Stamps
• Assorted Picture Stamps
• Ribbon or Beads

How To:

1. Cut two identical heart shapes from felt.
2. Use your stamps and ink to personalize each side of the heart with an image.
3. Sew your hearts together using a needle and embroidery floss.
4. Add any embellishments such as beads and ribbon as you sew.
5. Before sewing the entire heart closed add some stuffing, then finish sewing the heart closed.
6. Use the embroidery floss to sew a loop at the top of the heart so it can hang.
7. Tuck in a stocking for a Christmas morning surprise!

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Don’t you just love a cute charm with a simple statement. My daughter and I made these for each other for Valentine’s Day. She wore hers to school and lots of other little girls wanted one too. So we spent another afternoon making more of these necklace charms.

How To | Clay Necklace Charm

Supplies:

• White Air-Dry Clay by Crayola (found in children’s craft section at Jo-Ann’s)
• Rolling Pin
• Rubber Stamp
• Toothpick
• Acrylic Paint
• Paint Brush
• Water
• Wax Paper
• Wire
• Ribbon

How To:

1. Choose a lump of clay and knead it in your hands until softened. Add a tiny bit of water if the clay is too hard.
2. Roll clay into a small ball.
3. Use rolling pin to flatten the ball to form a thin-ish circle.
4. Use rubber stamp to press image into clay.
5. Use the toothpick to poke a small hole through the top of the clay.
6. Use your finger to apply a small amount of water to the image to smooth out any rough spots.
7. Let dry until clay turns white.
8. Use acrylic paints to paint your charm.
9. Make a loop using your wire and thread the ribbon through to create the necklace.

Roll clay into small ball.

Flatten clay with rolling pin.

Press image into clay and poke a hole with toothpick.

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We made this clay magnet as a Valentine gift for my daughter’s classroom helper. It was fun to make and to paint. After it was finished we wrapped it in a cello bag and added a matching birdcage gift tag made with the rubber stamp.

How To | Clay Dish

Supplies:

• White Air-Dry Clay by Crayola (found in children’s craft section at Jo-Ann’s)
• Rolling Pin
• Decorative Edge Scissors
• Rubber Stamp
• Acrylic Paint
• Paint Brush
• Water
• Wax Paper
• Hot Glue and Gun
• Magnet

How To:

1. Choose a lump of clay and knead it in your hands until softened. Add a tiny bit of water if the clay is too hard.
2. Roll out clay on wax paper and cut into an oval-shape. Use rubber stamp to press image into clay.
3. Use a decorative edge scissors to cut clay off around edge of oval.
4. Use your finger to apply a small amount of water to the image to smooth out any rough spots.
5. Let dry until clay turns white.
6. Use acrylic paints to paint clay magnet.
7. Use hot glue to add magnet to back of dried clay image.

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