DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Valentine's Day Cups
Two versions of the same basic craft:
(see below instructions for templates)
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Materials:
- styrofoam or paper cup
- aluminum foil
- popsicle stick or straw
- paper,
- scissors,
- glue
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Instructions:
- cover cup with aluminum foil
- poke a hole in the top of the cup with scissors or a sharpened
pencil
- cut a heart out of pink paper.
- cut two leaves out of green paper.
- draw a face on the heart
- glue or tape the heart to the top of the popsicle stick
or straw
- poke the straw/popsicle stick through the cup
- glue or tape the leaves onto the popsicle stick
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Materials:
- styrofoam or paper cup
- aluminum foil
- popsicle stick or straw
- paper,
- scissors,
- glue,
- red paint
- optional: green tissue paper
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Instructions:
- cover cup with aluminum foil
- cut a heart out of pink paper.
- using red paint, make thumbprints on the heart
- glue or tape the heart to the top of the popsicle stick
or straw
- fill the cup with green tissue paper.
- put the popsicle stick/straw in the cup full of green tissue
paper.
- Optional: Make a second heart flower
or
attach
a second heart to the front of the cup with a paper clip
with the message:
Thumbody Loves You! It's Me(Us)! Love _____
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I'm providing templates (because I always try to provide templates),
but in this case, I think it's great for the kids to trace and make their
own hearts. You can use a cookie cutter or make a cardboard tracer
OR you can teach the children how to fold a piece of paper in half to make
a symmetrical heart.
Template 1: 2 blank hearts
color or
B&W
Template 2: heart with face + leaves
color or
B&W
Template 3: 2 hearts with "thumbody loves you"
color or
B&W
Printable version of these instructions
