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Easy Valentine's Day Cards for Kids To Make
On a scale of 99¢ Store perforated cartoon cards to Martha Stewart shadow box masterpieces, most of us really just want to help our kids make a few Valentines without using up all of the week's homework time to do it. No doubt some of the Valentine's Day activities on our calendar can offer ideas slightly closer to the Martha Stewart end of the spectrum; here we're volunteering to help with the other end of the scale. And so we present really easy, really fast, really cute Valentine's Day cards that can cover a whole classroom of kids in no time - and still leave time to treat your own little Valentine to a Valentine's Day Breakfast Parfait...
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1. Cut Valentine-ish colored construction paper into 3" x 6" strips. If you start with 12" x 18" paper, this task is finished in a few quick slices.
2. Fold each strip in half, making it into a plain, square card.
3. While you're doing all of the boring cutting, hand your child a plain sheet of paper and a ruler to create a grid. The little artist can then color the grid as creatively as he or she wants. Scattering a few heart outlines throughout the grid is fun, too. When all the coloring is done, your child can start cutting out hearts of different sizes.
4. A multi-colored heart is glued onto each card (we used glitter glue for the undeniable fun factor). No two are exactly the same!
(Note: All art work pictured was prepared by an 8-year-old)
Originally published February 9, 2012
