If you're looking for Valentine craft ideas to make the day a bit
more fun, we've got some sweet little ideas here that are simple and
easy to accomplish.
Let's start with these adorable
molded lollipops. If you've never made molded chocolate candy before,
you aren't going to believe how easy it really is.
There are
plenty of heart shaped lollipop molds in various sizes and designs, so
I'm sure you won't have any trouble finding something you'll love.
You can make small chocolates, chocolate lollipops, even molded chocolate pretzels, all in a cute Valentine design.
You'll find all the supplies you need, including the chocolate, the
molds, the lollipops sticks, even the cellophane wrappers and ribbon all
at Candyland Crafts.
There are really only 2 important rules that you need to remember when making molded candies...
All
you need to do is melt your chocolate and fill your molds. If you are
using lollipop sticks to make Valentine chocolate suckers, place the
stick in the melted chocolate and give it a twirl. That will cause it
to be more secure in the sucker when it sets.
Don't worry! I've got some more great Valentine Day crafts for you to
consider. First let me give you one more "chocolate" craft and then
we'll move on to some paper craft ideas for Valentines Day.
Now, aren't these chocolate covered valentine cookies delightful?
I saw these cute treats over at the Frugal Upstate blog. Jenn gives step by step photo instructions there if you want to pop over and have a look.
I
happen to adore chocolate covered Oreo cookies, but you can use any
type of sandwich cookie to make these beautiful cookie treats.
Yes,
it can be a little messy, but it's worth the mess to let your kids help
out by turning this recipe into a Valentines Day craft that they can
make for their friends, grandparents, classmates, etc.
What you'll need:
Just
like mentioned above, carefully melt the chocolate. Once it's melted,
dip your favorite cookies in the white chocolate and place them on a
waxed paper lined tray to set.
***Be sure to add the sprinkles as you go
along before the chocolate dries, or they won't stick the way you'd
like.
Whether it's your own kids at home, or the children in your Sunday
School class or class at school or somewhere else, it's a great idea to
give them some Valentine craft supplies and let them use their own
imagination.
Set up a work station with scissors (if they're
old enough), glue, tape, glitter, markers, construction paper, heavier
card stock, stickers, felt, foam, pipe cleaners, yarn, string, ribbon,
lace and/or anything else you might have available.
Give the young people a list of ideas to get their creative juices
flowing. You might even like to make up some samples for them to copy
if they are very young.
When
I'm working with young children, I like to pre-make some hearts for
them out of construction paper, or buy those small paper heart doilies.
They really love those (especially the girls) to add a bit of daintiness
to their designs.
You'll probably also need to give them a template to follow if you want to make a Valentine hanging mobile.
Start with a large circle and then begin cutting it from the outside inward in a spiral fashion, with about an inch wide strip.
They
can then attach hearts and other designs at various locations along the
spiral to create their own unique Valentine craft hanging mobile.
Another easy but lovely Valentine craft idea is to create your own
decorative Valentine garland or streamers to hang around your home, your
office, your classroom, or anywhere you want to add a bit of pizzazz.
You'll need:
Create
a template by folding a piece of paper in half and drawing half a heart
along the fold. Cut along the drawn line and unfold. This will be the
heart template that you use to trace hearts on your colored paper to
create your garland.
You can use a variety of colors and
patterns to make whatever "look" you want. Once you have your hearts
cut out, you'll need to cut a small slit on each side of the heart to
weave your ribbon through.
If you have a cutting mat and a
razor knife, you'll get the best results - nice tight slits that will
keep your hearts from sliding all around. If you don't have that handy,
you can use a hole punch, but you may end up needing to place a small
piece of tape on the back of the heart to hold it firmly to the ribbon
or string that you use.
If those aren't enough Valentine craft ideas for you, we DO have more! In fact, we've just had this really cute non-fattening crochet chocolate craft idea added to our Valentines Day ideas page.
You'll find more ideas there, like this hand made Valentine box idea, and also on our older Valentine ideas page and our Valentine chocolate gifts page.
Whatever
you decide to make for Valentine's Day, we'd love to see the results.
Show them off or add your Valentine craft ideas using the form below.
Happy Valentines Day!
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