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This is a quick and easy Valentine’s Day craft that my two-year-old loved and I am so excited to display in my house!
Supplies:
Keep in mind this list of supplies includes things I think would be fun or helpful; however, these painting supplies are not needed. Work with what you have or let your child be creative and choose what they prefer to paint with. (My son’s favorite painting utensil is monster trucks!)
For this activity, I simply cut out hearts of varied sizes on cardstock and taped them to a canvas.
I then got a piece of cardboard and put all the paint out on that and collected the painting utensils. If you notice the name of my blog is “Wild Child Crafts,” this was most definitely inspired by my son. I have had to adapt how I want to do crafts with him, as he simply is just not interested in getting handed a paintbrush or only getting to have his hand painted and stamped on a canvas. For my wild little man that is not enjoyable, he wants to have fun with the paint. He uses his hands, monster trucks, sponges, paintbrushes, and any other fun utensil I can produce at the time. Giving him options of how to paint and letting him take control has made crafts much more enjoyable for him, and that is really the whole point of them! So, let them take control and do it their way, even if this is not how you envisioned it.
After I let him go to town with paint and he is satisfied with his work, I let the canvas dry and peel the hearts off. That’s it, so simple, yet so cute, and something I will set out for every Valentine’s Day.
Bonus Tip: I also saved all the hearts I had removed since they were also painted over. I made my son a gift bag for his Valentine’s gift and added the hearts in with the tissue paper. He LOVED it and was so proud of them, even hauling them around in his Tonka truck after.
