Valentines Countdown {and easy kid crafts}

Happy Monday!  I hope you all enjoyed your weekends…I sure did!  My two older boys stayed the night with my in-laws and I was able to knock out a few projects…Yeah!  I’ll be sharing those soon, but now I’d like to show-off how I created this cute, easy, under 15 minute Valentines Countdown that will make your kiddos feel super special!

I realize it is already the 4th of February, but so what!  I just made mine on the 2nd…Great ideas don’t always come to me ahead of time.  I was sitting on the sofa looking at my Christmas card display thinking it was probably time to take it down.  I remembered seeing a lot of countdown ideas on Pinterest and an idea for showering your kiddos with love note hearts.  The lightbulb turned on and here is what I came up with…

I happened to have these foam hearts in all of the stuff I never throw away because I might need it for a project…Good thing because they were perfect!  I wrote numbers 1-14 with a black permanent marker on the front and a note on the back.  Each day, the boys can take the heart and turn it around to see what is on the back…I wrote things I love about the boys as well as special things we can do together.

When Oliver was two, I would always say to him “How much does Mommy love you?” and he would respond “Two Much!”  Now both boys say “Two much.”  Gosh, I LOVE these little boys!

Kids Crafts:

Now it’s time for a couple easy kid crafts…I cannot take credit for these ideas.  My 5 year-old made them while he was crafting alongside me.  He told me I should share them on my blog because other kids would like to make them too.  I couldn’t resist!

Beaded Heart Jewelry 

He has had sooo much fun beading jewelry for me, himself, his brothers, grandmas…I have been accessorized in hearts a lot lately.   Plus, it is a great skill working his little fingers.  If we can just keep the beads off the floor and out of a 1 year-old mouth!

I cut a length of twine for him and tied a bead to the end to keep the other beads from sliding right off.  Then he beaded to his hearts content.  I made a loop at the end so the first bead could slide on and off easily.  You could always just end with a knot.

Hanging Valentines

August colored these hearts with metallic pens, then glued beads to them.  The finishing touch was a little loop made of bakers twine so they could be hung.  He wanted to hang these everywhere!  They are cute, though.  I made sure to have him write his name on the back so I can remember how his first handwriting looked.

Have fun making memories with your kiddos!

If you like these ideas, be sure to check out my DIY Valentines Mantle HERE…many more cute {easy} ideas!

Ariean

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