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Tag Archives: Valentine’s Day crafts

Glow Stick Heart and Arrow Valentines

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Glow Stick Heart and Arrow Valentines | Mama Papa Bubba

When I asked Gracen what she’d kind of valentines she’d like to make for her friends this year, she quite surely responded with ‘Something fun with glow sticks!’, which is how our glow stick heart and arrow valentines came about.

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Washi Tape Heart Art

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Washi Tape Heart Art | Mama Papa Bubba

This little project totally came about on a whim this morning while Miss G and I were hanging out at home, but I think it turned out adorably and Grae had a blast making her washi tape heart art piece, so I’m calling it a win.  Not to mention that the project is great for building fine motor skills too, so double win.

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Simple Heart Resist Art

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Simple Heart Resist Art | Mama Papa Bubba

Gracen and I had so much fun with today’s art project that we actually ended up doing it twice!  It’s the simplest technique, but the results are absolutely stunning and in this case, perfect for Valentine’s Day too! {Though my original thought was to use the pieces as art in Miss G’s bedroom…}

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Simple Origami Heart Garland

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Simple Origami Heart Garland | Mama Papa Bubba

Gracen is all about holiday decorations.  So needless to say, when we announced that it was nearly time to dismantle our tree and put our Christmas things away a while back, she was not really happy about it.  After talking about why we put Christmas things away come January, she asked, ‘So what’s next then?  Like what should we decorate for?’  Hahaha – my little planner. ☺

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Sparkly Heart-Shaped Wands

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Sparkly Heart-Shaped Wands | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

In addition to our annual Valentine’s Day tea, Gracen and I have a couple of other Valentine’s parties and classes to attend this year.  And since we don’t do the whole candy thing just yet, it means getting a little bit more creative with the ‘treats’ she hands out.  When I asked her what she’d like to give her friends, she responded with Valentine’s slime (thanks I’m sure to our Halloween version for her ballet class friends) and heart wands (thanks to a Kiwi Crate package we received from our most recent PBK story time).  And because both take a little bit of prep work, we started early…  More time left over to figure out what we’ll bring for the 30+ kiddos in her Strong Start class, right?

These little wands are beautiful and easy to make, and although some may think they’re a little ‘girly’, we believe that hearts and magic are for everyone. ☺

Heart Wand Materials

Here are the materials we used for the project…  Wooden dowels, adhesive glitter foam sheets, acrylic paint, a paint brush, and some ribbon.  The best part is that we picked up all of these things at our local dollar store, so not only were they inexpensive, but we only had to make one stop – always nice with a toddler in tow.

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First off, we started the project by painting our wooden dowels.  Miss G does not always enjoy having her hands covered in paint, so we attached clothespins to the ends of the dowels so she could rotate them as she painted without painting her fingers.  When she declared a dowel done, I went over the stick with a couple of quick strokes in order to smooth out the globs.

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Then, because the tips were not painted where the clothespins were, I was able to stick the dowels into chunks of {gingerbread} play dough to dry upright.

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A couple of days later, when our paint was good and dry (it actually only takes about an hour), we came back to our project.  We started by drawing a heart shape onto a piece of cardboard and cutting it out to use as a tracer.

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Next, using our newly-made tracer, we traced hearts onto the backs of our foam sheets.  Gracen was happy to do the first few, and let me do the others when it came to this job.

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With some strategic placement, we were able to fit 4 hearts onto each of our foam sheets, but of course it depends on the size of your tracer and the size of your foam sheets.

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Next, we cut out the hearts.

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Now to actually assemble a wand, you need two foam hearts, a wooden dowel, and a cute little helper.

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This right here was Grae’s favourite part of the whole project… Peeling the backings off of the hearts!

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With one heart shaped peeled, we placed the sticky side up on our work surface and placed the unfinished end of our dowel in the centre of the heart, up maybe an inch or inch and a half from the bottom.

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Then Grae peeled the backing off of another heart, and we carefully placed it on top of the dowel, making sure to line up the hearts as closely as we could.

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With the heart in a good position, Grae pressed everything together firmly.

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Next up – the ribbon!  We chose 3 colours, looped them in half, and cut them slightly shorter than the length of our exposed dowel .

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Then we stacked them up and tied them onto the dowel at the base of the heart, giving them a little tug to coax them into falling downwards nicely.

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Then, with a different, slightly narrower ribbon, we tied a bow right above the previous ribbon knot…

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And finished off all of the ribbon ends with v snips.

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And there you have it.  Sparkly heart-shaped wands for Miss G’s little friends.

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