Valentine Activities

Valentine’s Day is coming up and a perfect way to show your child your love is spending some quality time with them. While it can feel messy and overwhelming to do crafts and activities with your child, we have found a few activities that are easy to create with little cleanup. Motherhood is exhausting and messy, but many of these fun activities can serve multiple purposes. While you are spending time with your child they are learning, occupied, and creating something that can be used as a Valentine card for loved ones, friends, or even classmates. We hope you have an amazing Valentine’s Day and spend it doing something you love with the people you love!

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Valentine Heart Scrape Painting Craft

This easy craft is a fun way for your little one to be creative and make fun decorations! There are so many different ways these hearts can turn out that each heart made will be unique and different. The results are beautiful and fun, your little ones may want to decorate or use the hearts as cards for Valentines Day. This is also a great grandparent gift!

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Love Potion #9 Science Activity

Science can be fun and interesting, and this activity is just that! This valentines day science activity is simple, yet engaging. Your little one will love playing scientist and creating Love Potion #9. While the activity is going to keep your little one’s attention, the activity is simple enough to explain the science behind it in terms your child will understand.

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Absorbing Hearts

Another fun science activity, with art mixed in. Your little one can see and learn about absorption and saturation, through this activity. While your child will be seeing science in action, they can also learn new terms as you talk to them about what they see, like: saturate, absorb, repel, etc. After finishing the activity you can clean up, or keep the little hearts to make a fun Valentine card.

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Love Bug Bookmark

These adorable little bookmarks are easy and fun to make! Your child can create their own, or make a bigger batch and use it as their Valentines for classmates and friends. This is a fun creative way to keep your child busy but also get them excited about reading and using their new bookmark!

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Watercolor Conversation Hearts

This is a fun activity for you and your little one to create together. You can even leave fun secret messages to your little one to increase their curiosity of completing this cute activity. Encourage your little one with some positive affirmations, while they are able to be their creative self! If your child is beginning to write, this is a great activity for them to practice writing. Make it fun by sending secret messages back and forth.