Here at the house we have been getting excited for Valentines Day. The house was feeling a little empty without all the decorations and tree so we started with some Valentines decorating and this weekend we made some easy to do Valentines Cards.
I don't know if you remember but we used potatoes to make Heart prints last year while learning about the Letter H and I wanted to use that idea to make Potato Heart Print Valentines!
Its super easy to do, you get a potato and cut into it to make a heart (I did one on each end), grab some paint and paper and have fun making some prints! This weekend was so sunny that we had to go outside and soak up the sunshine so I took out a table and our materials to do the prints outside.
After we made lots of hearts we let them dry and enjoyed being outside on such a beautiful winter day.
Later during the day I cut out a bunch of the hearts in various shades of red and got paper and a glue stick to decide where I wanted them to go. You can put them inside, outside, everywhere! They all look pretty, trust me and its fun for the munchkins to be sticking them everywhere.
I then took out my stamps and started making some messages on the cards. You can always use markers or crayons to write out a special message if you don't have stamps.
They will be a special Home made treat for your loved ones and they are super easy to do so. Hope you make some of your own and have fun while doing them!
Need some ideas on Valentines Decorations?
Check out the two DIY Valentines crafts I made this year here:
1. Valentines DIY Heart Wreath
2. Valentines DIY Heart Wall Decor
And dont forget to check out my Valentines Day Pinterest Board for lots of other fun ideas!
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Hope you have a great Valentines day with your loved ones!
Too cute!!
ReplyDeleteThankyou Morena!
DeleteSo cute! I might try it with my toddler class tomorrow morning. Wonder how potatoes stamping would work with a stamp pad - I'm not brave enough for paint with a bunch of little guys...
ReplyDeletei wonder if that worked. Let me know and Thankyou!
DeleteLove it! Definitely will be trying this with my kiddies :)
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DeleteCool!! I bet my kids would love this!!
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DeleteYes, another awesome craft. Man, you are so creative! I'm pining this one too!
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DeleteCute little girl I like the Valentine's card :)
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DeleteI live with an Irish man, so we have plenty of potatoes in the house! Son is too young to do crafts so I may have to do this own on my own. hahaha
ReplyDeleteI totally understand I want to play with kids paint by myself too
DeleteHi Alvina, I thought potatoes would be good for something, lol. Great stuff you are teaching your children here. Its important they learn they can be creative without spending bucket loads of money :)
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Thankyou so much! And yes! You can be creative without spending alot!
DeleteFun activity!!
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DeleteHi Alvina! What a cute and inexpensive idea! Thanks for dropping by and linking up! Have a great day!
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DeleteThis is so precious and so creative! I found your blog over at the doing you well blog hop and am now following you on GFC. I'm looking forward to reading your future posts :)
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Thankyou so much!
DeleteHi Alvina,
ReplyDeleteThose are such wonderful crafts to do. My youngest would more than likely paint the wall instead of the poster board, but I guess I can always paint the wall over her. Thank you for sharing these crafts.
Thank you also for linking up with us at the Thumping Thursdays Blog Hop.
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Thankyou so much!
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Super cute :) I always forget simple fun things like this! Thanks for posting it early enough that we can do it!
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DeleteLoved this fabulous idea!!! I have never, ever made a potato stamp. I think today might be the day to start! Thanks for sharing ... and Happy Valentine's Day! Found you from Doing You Well Wednesday... clicked to follow. Make it a wonderful weekend!!!
ReplyDeleteThankyou! So sweet
Deleteahahah! that is really neat! i would not have thought of that!!
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I love your pictures Alvina, and your son is adorable!
ReplyDeleteI love these, so simple yet so pretty :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to the Kid's Co-op. I have featured your post this week and will be pinning it to the Co-op board on Pinterest.
Thankyou so much! This is exciting :)
DeleteI love how simple this is. I used to do crafts like this with my kids when they were little.
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