Valentines Foam flowers

Here is a simple craft you can make with  your little one. There are two examples below. The hand print flower or the heart flower.  You can mix them here as I did to make a unique and keepsake bouquet.

What you will need:
-Craft foam in white and red
-Stickers,washable markers and any other item you wish to decorate them with
-Red non-toxic washable paint
-Green pipe cleaners

(Please skip step 1 if you are just making heart shaped flower)

Step 1: With white craft foam and red washable paint take your toddlers hand and make hand prints onto the foam and let dry

Step 2: Cut out heart or hand shapes out of foam.

Step 3:  Have your toddler decorate the shapes with stickers,crayons,markers or whatever you wish

Step 4: Bend pip cleaner into steam shape and poke through base of flower folding end over so the flower will not slide off.

There you have a beautiful bouquet for that special valentine. You can try foot prints as well as they work well in this craft also.

The Hand Print Quotes (Great Gift Idea)

Inspirational Quote Hand Print Keepsake
The best thing you toddler or young child has is there hand print.  There are so many great crafts out there that you can make just by using their hand print.  There are lots for different holidays,seasons and for keepsakes. Here is one idea I had this Christmas while making gifts with my son. His Daddy loves it :)

What you will need:
A picture frame
Water colour paints
Non-toxic Finger Paint Stamp Pad
Water colour paper or other strong paper that can hold the water colour

Step 1:
Paint in darker water colours several words in the background that discribe your quote or the person you are giving the gift too.
Step 2:
When the words are dry .Paint your background colour over the words with faint colour,
Step 3:
When the background is dry get your toddler to take thier hand on the finger paint stamp and stamp all over the background you have just made.
Step 4:
When dry. Find an inspirational quote online and write it on the paper in permanent marker.
Step 5:
Frame picture and wrap it up for that speical someone :)