Paper + Glitter Glue = Sweet Hearts

Roses are red

Violets are blue

If I can make a craft

So can you...

I will tell you from the start that I am not a crafty person. The following may not even qualify as a "craft". When my kiddos want to do a project I usually see what we have in our cabinet and resort to pulling ideas from my mental files of kindergarten projects or solicit help from a teacher website or  pinterest.  I may even ask them ......what do you think we should do (isn't that higher level thinking).

Trying to be in the spirit of this loving season we made some paper hearts with glitter glue (some of our family members might be receiving these in the mail soon).

You may ask, why paper hearts & glue?  Well, I opened up the cabinet and we had construction paper and glitter glue. I'm sure you could do drops of paint or even put paint in old glue bottles that they can squeeze. 

So, I cut out a variety of heart shapes for my 2 and 4 year old, and they went to town with the glitter glue. My 7 year old even decided it was cool enough for him to join in too. To make it a little more interesting, we folded the hearts in half so we could get a symmetry effect.   I'm sure you could go a step further and turn them into sweet little heart critters or butterflies, but I was tired by that point.  We may write some special messages on them though :)

Here's a few pics of this complicated process.......

*I am slightly biased, but I love the chubby fingers squeezing the glue*

Squeeze the glue

Finished with glue

Fold in half and gently pat or rub

Open the heart

Lots of hearts !

Really I know this is nothing extravagant, but we all had fun. I could barely sneak away the glue from my 2 year old to make my own!  (9 for kids + 1 for momma = 10 sweet hearts)