Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be all about romance. One of the best things about this holiday is the reminder to showcase our love and care for our family and friends. The Day can be enjoyable for kids!
If your family chooses to recognize this holiday, we encourage you to use it as an opportunity for communication, sensory exploration, and reinforcement. It’s a chance to allow your children to learn, play, and get a little messy, all while creating something from the heart.
1-Collage Valentines
Start by offering your child a few sheets of construction paper to rip into smaller pieces. Once they create piles of torn paper, help them trace a large heart on another part of blank paper. Then, cut the shape out. Finally, give them a glue stick or liquid glue to paste the smaller torn pieces of paper onto the larger heart in any design they choose.
2-Wrapped in Nature Valentines
Walk outside to gather pretty pieces of pine, flowers, or other small nature finds. Once you have your floral embellishments, have your child help you trace hearts on some pieces of cardboard. Once the hearts are ready, it’s time to decorate them with floral details!
3-Sweetheart Ice
Grab a large heart mold or cake pan and fill it with water. Add a drop of red food coloring, heart candies, or pink sprinkles. Once content with your creation, place it in the freezer overnight. When you’re ready to play, pop it out of the mold into a larger plastic bin or baking dish. Let your child explore the ice with their senses.
4-Love Bugs Fingerprint Cards
It's time to get messy! Lay out some plain paper, either already folded, or you can direct your child to practice folding it. Next, set out some ink pads or palettes with washable, non-toxic paint drops. Guide your child to press their finger into one of the colors before making a fingerprint on the paper. Finally, if their developmental abilities allow it, give them a pen or marker to draw faces, legs, and antennae onto their little love bugs before enamoring friends with their new artwork.
All in all, the main goal of these activities should be enjoyment!
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