Valentine's Day is just around the corner! Why not use this opportunity to make some Valentine's crafts with the children you babysit? Please spread the love with these fun craft ideas with the kids you work with! Don’t forget to get permission from the parents to do crafts at the family’s home.

Fingerprint Heart Valentines Day Tree

Draw around the child’s hand and forearm with a pencil then fill the arm outline with brown paint.

To make fingerprint heart shapes apply paint directly to the fingertip and press down at a 45 degree angle. To make the other half of the heart then press the finger down on the paper at another 45 degree angle the other way. Then you can fill the tree with fingerprint hearts with color combinations!

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Valentine’s Day STEAM: Paper Heart Sculpture

Make different lengths of paper strips from construction paper to create a various size of hearts. Use a glue stick to stick these hearts together in any formation you want creating your very own heart sculpture!

Give the kids different challenges using their paper hearts to build the tallest structure or the widest structure they can!

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Watercolor Surprise Heart Art Painting

Have the children to either draw a heart on watercolor paper or print a heart art template on heavy cardstock. Use crayons or oil pastels to draw designs within the heart. All colors will work, but only white will create hidden surprise heart art.

Paint the hearts with your preferred watercolor paint to reveal the hidden surprise designs!

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Yarn Wrapped Cardboard Hearts

Heart-shaped cardboard cutouts can be easily turned into adorable hearts by randomly wrapping them with yarn. Use a glue gun to secure the end of the wrapped yarn for a simple and cute DIY craft!

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A Heart Shape Math Puzzle

Combine Math and Art for a truly unique one-of-a-kind heart shaped math puzzle. Kids can challenge 20 congruent triangles to create a heart shape. You can check more details about how to modify activity for children’s age group.

See the original instructions here.