With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, our home preschool time has turned to all things love and hearts. I’ve gathered 20 fabulous ideas for Valentine’s Day play to try with your preschooler. Most of these are easy to do and don’t take a ton of prep. Pick a few and create some holiday themed fun with your little ones.
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Today I’m sharing a fun activity that pairs art, creative play, and fine motor skill practice for your preschooler. We painted cardstock hearts and then practiced lacing with yarn. The kids had a blast and were so proud of their finished hearts. Be sure to check out all the other Creative Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids from my friends in the Kid Blogger Network at the bottom of this post.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we read “The Biggest Valentine Ever” this week and worked together to create a giant Valentine, just like in the book. The idea behind our Read and Play series is to take a fun book for kids and encourage further learning through play. Check out our past Read & Play ideas here and find great Valentine’s Day Read & Play activities from other Kid Blogger Network bloggers here. Read on to find out how we used the ideas from the book for a fun and easy art activity with my toddler and preschooler.
We love to celebrate holidays at our house, and having a curious preschooler makes it even more fun. Today I’m sharing the top ten preschool activities for Valentine’s Day I’ve found to help you celebrate love with your little ones. They are all super easy and give your kids room for creativity. Read on to find fun ideas to use at home with your preschooler.
We’re practicing patterns right now in our home preschool, so I thought it would be fun to bring that practice in to practical use making a Valentine’s Day heart garland with the Bear. I found these felt hearts a few years ago on sale at Target, but your could easily make your own or grab felt hearts
I bought a straw wreath form at Hobby Lobby using their eternal 40% one item coupons. I had a ton of burlap left over from other projects, so I cut it into 4-5 inch wide strips. I kept the plastic on the wreath form after searching all over for tutorials. I started gluing and wrapping the burlap strips, pulling them super tight to keep the wreath looking neat. Every time I work with burlap I forget that it is super messy. Seriously, consider yourself forewarned. You will have burlap dust EVERYWHERE. It is itchy and insidious. Bring out the vacuum.
After letting the burlap dry, I went through my scrap ribbon and pulled out all the reds and whites. The big white poof in the middle was the bow on a Christmas gift I received. I used straight pins to attach the poof to the wreath, then started pinning the looped ribbon to the wreath around the poof.
I had a few fabric roses made from vintage fabrics lying around, so I pinned them on the wreath as well. I cut scrap ribbon into workable lengths and looped each piece 3 times before pinning it to the wreath. I kept pinning ribbon loops onto the wreath until it felt right. I was inspired by lots of burlap wreaths and ribbon wreaths that I’ve seen around the internet on Tatertots and Jello, Pinterest, and other fabulous sites.
You can see one of the pins I used in the photo above. My plan is to remove all the ribbon and switch to a springy wreath this weekend. I’ll toss the scrap ribbon back into my pile and start over.
I couldn’t decide if I liked it better without the felt heart hanging in the middle (3 for .30 at Target after Christmas). I took it down and liked it much better.
I tied a loop of ribbon to the top so that I could change that out easily as well. The whole thing will change to a new season with very little effort.
