Click the heart to view the Valentine's Day Songs from Songs 4 Teachers Potato Print Valentines Cut a potato in half and cut a heart shape on one end of the cut ends. Paint the heart shape red and press it onto white paper. Children can make all different pictures from the "Valentine Potatoes". Valentine Fish Each child will need one very large heart, one large heart, three middle sized hearts, and one little one. The very large heart becomes the body. The large heart becomes the tail. The middle sized hearts become the fins on top of the very large heart. The little heart becomes the lips of the fish. These "Valentine Fish" make a great classroom display. Heart Prints Pour white vinegar into small bowls. You will need brushes, pieces of white construction paper and small heart shapes from red tissue paper. Children will use the paint brushes to brush vinegar on their white construction papers. Then students will cover their white papers papers with the red tissue paper hearts. As the white paper dries, the hearts will fall off leaving red heart prints. Translucent Hearts Cut a large heart shape for each child out of waxed paper. Pour vegetable oil into shallow containers and give each child a cotton ball and red tissue paper. The children will tear red tissue paper into small pieces. The students will dip the cotton balls into the oil and brush it over their waxed paper hearts. Then students will place the red tissue pieces all over their wax paper hearts until the heart shapes are covered. | |
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