Finger painting Valentine Pictures

Materials :

  • Glue
  • Paper plate
  • Food Coloring
  • Straw (or something to mix the glue & the food coloring with)
  • (click here for a heart template to print out)
  • Scissors
  • Construction Paper

Directions:

  • Have child squeeze glue onto paper plate in 4 different places
  • Have child put a drop of food coloring in each pile of glue, ask them what colors they would like to do
  • Have the child mix the food coloring and the glue with a straw or something else.
  • As the glue changes color the child can then finger paint their heart with the different colored glue on the plate
  • Let heart dry
  • Cut out heart and glue onto a colored construction paper
  • You can also have the child color the heart too.
  • Give the Valentine to someone you love!

Try these other fun Valentine's Crafts:

Heart flower (to color, paint, and decorate however you want)

Heart Butterfly (color, cut-out, and glue together on construction paper)

Heart Person (color, cut-out, and glue on the heart template)

Heart Flower (color, cut-out, and glue together on construction paper)

 

Other Crafts to try:

Here are some fun Valentine templates especially for Bingo Markers (Ashby loved doing these!):

Heart

Heart Butterfly

Heart Angel

Heart Flower