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L O V E Doorknob or Wall Hanging
The hanging ends up about 2 feet long.
There are four different templates to choose from when you make this
craft:
 | Doves in a Heart |
| Happy Valentine's Day |
| Jesus Loves Me |
| WWJD |
This is a great craft to make in Sunday School at Valentine's
Day. The Happy Valentine's Day template also gives a non-religious
option for public schools and such to use.
There are lots of options/modifications you can make to this craft to
customize it a bit. I've tried to add the ones I've thought up, but
be creative!
The more OPTIONS you use, the harder the craft will be. If you're
doing it with young kids, keep it basic. If you're doing it with
older kids, let them add some options.
I've also included some thoughts for making the craft a bit
educational. |
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Materials:
| printer |
| paper |
| glue |
| scissors |
| ONE OF: 2 foot ribbon OR 2 foot strip of construction paper (you can
tape a few strips together to make one that's 2 feet long) |
| ONE OF: thin ribbon OR raffia OR
string OR wool -- must be long enough to loop around the
doorknob |
| OPTIONAL: something to color with |
| OPTIONAL: craft foam or thin cardboard |
| OPTIONAL: glitter glue or sparkles |
Instructions:
| Print out the template of choice (we have three different templates
to choose from)
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| Color (as necessary) and cut out the template pieces.
 | An adult can cut out the pieces before hand. |
| If you want the children to be able to color them after cutting
them out, put a roll of masking tape on the back of each piece and
tape it to a scrap of paper. That way it won't slip around
when the child is coloring
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| OPTIONAL: fill in each of the letters in L O V E with glitter
glue or sparkles. Kids love sparkles but my kitchen floor
doesn't *grin*
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| OPTIONAL: cut out four circles of craft foam or
cardstock/poster board. You can trace circles using a cup or
lid.
| Make sure the circles are a bit bigger than the L O V E hearts. |
| Glue each of the L O V E hearts to one of the circles. |
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| Glue each of the L O V E hearts onto the ribbon, keeping them spaced
evenly (ish) -- try to get the kids to do them evenly and straight but
try not to be a control freak *laugh*. We started at the letter
E and worked our way up the ribbon.
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| You can use a strip of construction paper instead of a ribbon!
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EDUCATIONAL THOUGHTS:
| the hearts have one letter on each so this is
a perfect craft to use for letter identification with young
children.
| Instead of handing them the hearts in
order, set the four hearts out in front of them and ask them if
they can find the Letter E... |
| glue it on and repeat for the other
letters. |
| If they can't find it, point it out to
them. You can also talk a bit about the sound the letters
make and things that begin with that letter.
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| For slightly older children who are starting
to spell, you can have them arrange the hearts on the table to spell
LOVE before they start gluing them onto the ribbon |
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| You may find the edges of the paper hearts curl a bit or that they
don't stick to the ribbon as well as you'd hoped.
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| We resolved this by cutting a strip of thin cardboard, flipping the
ribbon over and gluing it to the back of the heart.
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| This helps keep the heart flat and adds extra reinforcement to
attach the heart to the ribbon (we had nice wide ribbon, so didn't
really need the reinforcement... if you were using thin curling type
ribbon you likely would). |
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| Glue the "top" image near the very top of the ribbon (I've
provided a choice of Jesus Loves Me, two doves in a heart and a heart
with Happy Valentine's Day as a message)
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OPTIONS TO TEMPLATE TOPS:
Here are some thoughts for template tops you
might like to make instead.
| Photo of child. Glue to a paper
doily. Write the child's name and the date underneath and give
to mom, dad, or grandparents as a Valentine's Day gift.
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| Photo of child. Glue to a paper
doily. Write the message, "Jesus Loves Me!"
underneath.
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| Small mirror or piece of tinfoil. Glue
the message "Jesus Loves You!" underneath (the person can
then see themselves in the mirror when they read the message).
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| Make a handprint dove and glue it to the top
(to make a handprint dove, just spread thumb wide and keep other
fingers together. Draw a beak and eyes on the thumb). See
the unity craft if you're
confused on how to make the dove. |
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| To finish the craft tie a bow of the string or raffia around the top
of the ribbon (or glue/tape it on if you're using construction
paper). Make a loop big enough to fit over the doorknob and hang
it up! (or hang it from a pushpin on the wall)
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| Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
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| Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one
page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). |
Doves in Hearts Template (color)
or (B&W)
Happy Valentine's Day! Template (color)
or (B&W)
Jesus Loves Me! Template (color)
or (B&W)
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