DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Heart Lacing Craft

Lacing projects are a great craft for preschoolers and kindergarten children to complete during Valentine's Day.  You can use the finished craft as a Valentine's Day card. 

Lacing gives a child fine motor skill practice and also let's them practice tying knots and bows (shoelaces!)

Materials:

• wool or ribbon,
• single hole punch,
• scissors,
• pencil,
• card stock, poster board or construction paper

Craft Instructions:

• ADULT:  print template of choice or make your own.
• ADULT:  Trace onto a thick piece of cardboard (cardboard backs from paper pads or old boxes work well).
• ADULT:  Cut out this template.
• Allow the children to trace the template onto a piece of card stock or poster board (or construction paper...  Though I prefer the thicker card stock for lacing projects).
  OR have an adult do this prior to craft time.
• Allow the children to cut out their card stock shapes
  OR have an adult do this prior to craft time.
• Allow the children to make holes around their shape (about an inch or two apart)
  OR have an adult do this prior to craft time.
• Provide the children with a length of wool or ribbon. 
  • You can wrap some scotch tape around the end of the wool to make it more like a shoe lace.
  • Have the child thread the wool through the holes.
• Practice tying knots and/or bows to tie off in the center.
   
• Optional:  Let the children use glitter, paint or stickers to further decorate their completed project.

Printable Craft Templates:

• After printing, close the template window to return to the main page.
• If the template doesn’t fit on one page, adjust your printer margins:
  • In most browsers: Print → More settings → Margins → Minimum
  • Or use Page Setup / Printer Setup in your printer dialog

Specific Instructions PLUS Templates:

Heart:

Heart Template