Valentine's Day Kids Craft: Lollipop Heart Cozies

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Four more days to Valentines.  Yikes!  Do you have cards and goodies ready for your little one's class?  Do you buy them or do you make them?  We like to make ours.  This year for the Christian Formation class I teach on Wednesdays I decided to make these Lollipop Heart Cozies.  Aren't they cute?  I made them by combining ideas from from  here and here and a bit of my own creativeness.  They are so easy to make your little ones can make them too!

They really are simple to make, and you know I love simple projects.

Materials you will need:

To make:

Cut out many hearts using craft paper.  I used scraps.  If you don't have any crafting paper you can also use wrapping paper, a paper bag or even plain white paper and have the kids decorate them.

Glue the edge of the hearts together leaving a little pocket (big enough to fit the lollipop) at the bottom.  Let it dry for a while.  When you feel it is dry enough insert the lollipop and glue the remainder of the heart together (for this part you may need to hold on to the heart and lollipop until the glue sets a bit.)

Finally with a piece of washi tape make the leaves.    Add the name of each of the kids and listo!

Ready to spread the love!

For other Valentines Day craft ideas:
Washi Tape Decorated Valentine Mini Mailboxes
Valentine's Day Lunchbox Surprise
Tender Heart Vintage Book Page Ornament
Security Tinted Envelope Heart Garland
Glass Heart Pendant
Valentines Family Love Tree
And on Pinterest.

Happy love day crafting!

creative valentine week: tender heart ornament (a tutorial)

Technically, last week was over yesterday and today is almost over.  I know.  I know.  Even though,  I still had two more projects I wanted to share with you, but the last couple of days I've not been feeling to good (migraines) which impedes me to be on the computer for too long.    So here you have me, two days before Valentines Day sharing with you mentioned projects.  Two days is enough, right?  

So you get two tutorials in one day!  Yippe ya yey!

Remember the lovely heart ornaments my friend Carrie was making out of book pages?  As promised, here is that tutorial.

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This is a bit different than her's.  I added words to mine, but the process is just about the same. 

Materials:
♥  old book pages
♥  white crayon
♥  watercolor paints
♥  paint brush
♥  black sharpie
♥  Aileen's clear tacky glue or a glue gun
♥  twine

Begin by drawing spirals onto the book pages.  Like this:

As soon as you draw one spiral paint over with  a brush and red watercolor.   Repeat.  I highly recommend you follow these steps, because the crayon is hard to see.

Once you've completed painting all your roses.  Add the leaves.  Also using a brush and watercolors.

Let them dry.

 Using a stencil (I made my own by folding a piece of paper drawing a heart and then cutting it), begin to trace your hearts onto the painted pages.

Write your words.  One one side (heart) I wrote Love and on the other (heart) Amor.

Before you begin to glue your hearts back to back, make your hanging loops and set them aside.

Glue your hearts back to back (the unpainted sides facing each other), leaving a gap with no glue on top.  This is where you will insert your stuffing and loop.

Insert your loop and glue together.  Hold tight until it is nicely sealed. 

Finish!  Finito!  Listo!  Now go decorate your home...

Now if you don't happen to have any watercolors around, but still would love to make some of these lovely hearts.  Just go for it! It also looks very pretty, see...

What did I tell ya.  So vintage like. 

And what to do with all those lovely painted scraps you have left over?  I know I didn't have the heart (no pun intended) to toss them away.  So I made these:

Book Markers!  Some to give and some to keep!

I'll be adding the second tutorial post tonight!  So don't forget to come back either really late tonight or sometime tomorrow morning.  I'll also be posting a round up of all the tutorials, which you can also access by clicking the Creative Valentine Week button on the left column.  Or by clicking on the tutorials tab above.

Happy Crafting!

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creative valentines week: security tinted envelopes heart garland tutorial

Have you ever seen how pretty the inside of security tinted envelopes are?  I really hadn't stopped to notice, until Maya from Maya*Made mentioned them a while back.  So I looked, and I loved.  (Thanks Maya!)  From that day on I started collecting them and using them in different art/craft projects.  (They also make a perfect matching game for the little ones!) I love coming up with new ways to use it.

And that is how the Security Tinted Envelopes Heart Garland was born!

So to make this:

(Yes, my little fashionista totally wanted to be in the photo!  I couldn't say no.)

You need lots of these!

The rest is pretty simple.

Materials you'll need:

♥ Many security tinted envelopes.  I was able to cut out one heart per envelope.  For my garland  I used a total of 17 envelopes. 
♥ Assorted colors card stock or craft paper.
♥ Two heart stencils in different sizes.  (I made my own by folding a paper in half and cutting out half a heart.)
♥ Heart hole punch (optional) or you can make your own tiny hearts (using the same steps as the heart stencil.)
♥ glue (I used good ole Elmers glue)
♥ twine ( a bit longer than the length of the garland)
♥ clear masking tape

Tutorial:

Begin by tracing the larger heart onto the security tinted envelopes and the small ones onto the card stock.  Cut them out.  Then hole punch a bunch of tiny hearts from the remaining scraps of card stock and/or envelopes.

Time to start sorting!

I first sorted them out on the floor to see what pattern I wanted.  Once I was satisfied I then decorated several hearts by gluing the smaller card stock hearts and a couple of tiny hearts here and there.  Let it dry for a few minutes.  Then I taped the finished hearts to the twine.  Listo!

A festive heart garland to decorate your home.

Happy crafting!

creative valentines week: heart pendant tutorial

Well hello there!  Are you surprised to find two posts for today?  Technically the first one wasn't truly a post, more of an announcement (which by the way, if you entered any of my giveaways last week, you can check here if you won.)

This week I will be focusing on everything Valentine.  From making sweet little things for those you love, to decorating your home.  All simple, yet fun crafts for you and/or your little ones to make.  Make sure to stop by through out the week, there just might be that little something you were looking for to make for V day.

Are you ready?

 

A perfect gift for a friend, a sister, or mom.  Simple to make and lovely to wear year round, not just on Valentine's Day.

 Tutorial:

You can pick up the heart pendant just about anywhere.  I can't exactly remember where I bought mine (either Micheal's or Joann's) on clearance.  When I visit any craft store (or any store for that matter) I tend to hit the clearance sections first and see what treasures I can find for a good deal.  I buy them and save them for later. 

The strand I used is from some leather and suede stash my mom gave me years back.  But, you can very well use foe suede for this project.

To assemble the necklace all you need to do is:

That's it.  Easy peasy. 

Tie it in the back with a knot.  Wear it, or gift it to a special friend. I know I will.

Happy crafting,

hearts::corazones

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