any ideas for an activity for valentines day we can do at playgroup?
i know theyr only kids, but as the leader i like to add in every special day into our craft activities
our playgroup is in a catholic building, so considering valentines day is for st valentines day, we could even just colour in a picture or page with a poem or something about st valentine , i just need ideas, thankyou! xxxxxxxx
depending on the age of the child you can either pre-cut hearts out of construction paper or allow them to cut them out.
Have the children decorate the center of the heart with either a traced hand-print, and actual hand print, or a digital picture on regular paper (if you have access to a digital camera and a printer).
Then you set out lots of valentines cut-outs, confetti, and some valentines candy.
You can either have them make the valentines for God or allow the children to decorate their own hearts and give them to whatever family member they choose. (Quick tip when using glue with 3 and 4 year olds, I have found that pouring a little of the non-toxic white glue in little bottle lids or cups and allowing students to use q-tips to glue things works wonderfully as the children have more control of the glue – kinda like painting the glue on)
It’s a little late for valentines day (unless you want to pay huge shipping fee’s), but Oriental trading company is great for getting crafts for little ones at cheap prices. You may want to check it out for Easter.
Each child could bring Valentine’s cards to hand out to the other children. Before passing them out, they could use markers, stickers, even glitter and glue if you want to clean up the mess afterwards, and decorate a white paper bag to put their cards in.
You could have each child make a Valentine’s Day card for someone-such as their mother.
You could in fact tell them the history behind Valentine’s Day, education is always good!
How about some traditional games with a Valentine’s Twist? Pin the heart on cupid’s arrow? I am sure you could find some inexpensive supplies at a party or arts and crafts store. Get creative.
Most of all, have fun!
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Here are some links that explain the history of the day, taking in consideration the catholic point of view (I’m catholic)
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=ush-ans&va=st+valentine&sz=all
http://www.history.com/minisites/valentine/viewPage?pageId=882
You could also have a craft activity where kids use crayons, glitter, etc, to give each other valentine cards.
Have fun! and take some pics.
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me, catholic mom
how about making some paper valentine hearts as pins(badges) for the kids in the group??you could make a bigger one for urself as ur the leader and for the other parents involved.
get lots of heart shaped ballons filled with helium
you could get a cut out or image of st. Valentine and get kids to write names(or small notes) on paper of the ppl tht they love and have a stick board…
throw some rose petals on the floor..make it fun and CHEAP…all the best!
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depending on the age of the child you can either pre-cut hearts out of construction paper or allow them to cut them out.
Have the children decorate the center of the heart with either a traced hand-print, and actual hand print, or a digital picture on regular paper (if you have access to a digital camera and a printer).
Then you set out lots of valentines cut-outs, confetti, and some valentines candy.
You can either have them make the valentines for God or allow the children to decorate their own hearts and give them to whatever family member they choose. (Quick tip when using glue with 3 and 4 year olds, I have found that pouring a little of the non-toxic white glue in little bottle lids or cups and allowing students to use q-tips to glue things works wonderfully as the children have more control of the glue – kinda like painting the glue on)
It’s a little late for valentines day (unless you want to pay huge shipping fee’s), but Oriental trading company is great for getting crafts for little ones at cheap prices. You may want to check it out for Easter.
References :
http://www.orientaltrading.com/application?namespace=browse&Ne=90000&sp=true&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&cm_re=TOP-_-HD-_-HD&event=catalog&N=377636&Ns=BEST_SELLER%7c1&origin=catalogCategory.jsp&tabId=Holidays
http://www.freeprintable.net/
http://www.freeprintablevalentines.net/
Lots of glitter, pencils, crayons, etc. And more importantly mess.
I got a heap of print outs from here, and that is what we are doing. A big craft day…..
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