Fingerprint Valentines

I am so excited to share these adorable "mini" fingerprint valentine's cards E and I made yesterday! The best part? They are painted on index cards!

I don't know about you, but I just adore cards and letters sent to me that have been twritten on index cards. OK, it's probably just me but oh, they do make a fun canvas for small hands to work with.

To make these minimalist cards is super simple and something that both you and your toddler will enjoy. All you need are...

-A few Index Cards (ours have the lines on the back for writing a sweet love note)
-Water Colors
-Wee One's fingers
-Crayons
-Black Ball Point Pen (I like Jetstream Pens the best)

 

What to Do:
Wet the watercolor with a damp towel. Then, using a wet sponge press your child's pointer finger (or thumb for larger hearts) into the sponge to moisten. Dip the moistened finger into the watercolor and then press onto the index card twice side by side to create a "heart shape". Allow to dry. Trace the hearts with a black pen.

Draw hearts, roses, arrows, etc on some of the cards and hand them over to your toddler to decorate. You can see E's creation below:

Have fun!
XOXO

Collaged Heart Valentines Card Tutorial

I know, I know another Valentine's Day Card in the same week. What can I say? I heart Valentine's Day. Whether you do or not here is another quick and easy VDay card tutorial that is perfect for anyone with toddles. I came up with this card for the play group we belong to and we will be testing it out next week. Emory had a blast ripping all of the paper for me. I did most of the construction, but he had some fun interacting with the paper and trying to stick it into the heart shape.Hopefully your toddler and older children have as just as much fun as we did.

 Materials:

• Red, pink and purple construction paper
• Writing pencil
• School glue or glue stick
• Pre-made card or folded construction paper

 Step 1: Rip the paper into small chunks. Toddlers are great at this! Then using a pencil draw free-hand or use a stencil to draw a heart shape onto your card.

 Step 2: Fill in the heart with a glue stick or with school glue. I used school glue for this tutorial, but have used a glue stick in the past.

 Step 3: Begin to place the pieces of paper chunks inside the heart. You can alternate the colors in the heart or fill your heart in using just one color. As you can see, I used both red and pink paper.

 Step 4: Place some glue around the outside lines of the heart and place skinnier strips of purple paper to make the outline pop more.

And now you have a stunning hand made Valentines to give out! Enjoy!

XOXO,
Julia