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Heart Sun Catcher – Valentine’s Day Craft

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Christmas decorations are down and our house looks empty – time to focus on hearts and cupids!  I decided to try a fun Valentine’s Day craft with Jude this year.  Jude likes doing crafts but his attention span is pretty short which means I have to find crafts that are really interesting to him and that do not take a long time to set up or complete.  We made three of these Heart Sun Catchers and will be gifting 2 of them from Jude to both sets of Grandparents for Valentine’s Day.

Heart Sun Catcher – Valentine’s Day Craft for Preschoolers 

Supplies Needed:
Clear Con-Tact Paper
Red & Pink Construction Paper
Glitter and Sequence (or anything you want to add to your heart)
Scissors (not shown)

Heart Sun Catcher - Valentine's Day Craft

Directions:

Start by cutting hearts out of your construction paper.  Easiest way is to fold the paper in half and draw a half heart and cut it out.

Lay out a good amount of con-tact paper sticky side up.

Lay your hearts down on the sticky con-tact paper.

Time to let your little one decorate!  Jude added sequence and then glittered all of his hearts.  The best part about this craft – NO GLUE!!

Heart Sun Catcher - Valentine's Day Craft
One Jude was done decorating I put down another piece of con-tact paper (sticky side down) on the hearts.  This seals them, keeping all of the goodies locked inside!
Heart Sun Catcher - Valentine's Day Craft

Leaving a good 1/2 inch of con-tact paper bordered around the hearts I cut around the heart to create the sun catcher.

Simply tape or hang the creation in your window for easy Valentine’s decorations made by the little ones in your family.

Heart Sun Catcher - Valentine's Day Craft

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  1. Heather says

    January 15, 2014 at 2:11 pm

    Oh I love these! I am going to buy some contact paper this week!

  2. Janeane Davis says

    January 15, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    This is a cute craft idea. It is important to teach our kids crafts as they are young because it will help them with hand coordination as they grow older and need to do repairs and maintenance.

    • Censie says

      January 16, 2014 at 2:40 am

      I agree Janeane. I think crafts also help Jude focus longer too.

  3. Terra H. says

    January 16, 2014 at 11:26 am

    What a super cute and festive craft for Valentine's Day!

  4. EJ says

    January 16, 2014 at 4:22 pm

    Cute! Awesome idea 🙂

  5. HeidiTownMayor says

    January 16, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    Super cute idea!

  6. Laura Funk says

    January 17, 2014 at 5:00 am

    Great idea Censie! I have gotta figure out some crafty fun to do with Eyan!

  7. Judy Zeiders says

    January 20, 2014 at 8:18 pm

    I'm making these with my Day Care this week. Thanks for the post. My little ones are all different ages so this will be great for toddlers and preschoolers.

  8. The Maven says

    March 4, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    What a fun and simple craft for kids!

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