Instead of buying Valentine cards to give out to her classmates, my daughter decided to make her own. She set up a little production table and got to work. She used easy-to-find materials including: plain white paper, a glue stick, scissors, stamps, watersoluble pastels, a paint brush and a bowl of water.
We use this set of water-soluble wax pastels a lot. They are made in Switzerland by a company called, Caran d'Ache. We have a tin of 30 colours and it's great because there are different shades of the same colour. The way these pastels work is like magic for children! You draw on a surface as you would with a crayon and then paint over your drawing with a wet paint brush and it turns to watercolour. You can also draw on wet paper with really cool results. Watersoluble Wax Pastels by Caran d'Ache
We also use this Fairy Stamp Set by Djeco quite often. It comes with lots of really beautiful fairy-inspired stamps, a stamp pad and a book for stamping.
Lily painted her sheets of paper, set them to dry by the fireplace and then cut them into heart shapes.
We used the scraps of paper from the big hearts to make little hearts to decorate with after. I helped cut out the little hearts. Some really pretty patterns come out just by chance when using the scraps of leftovers.
Later, she folded the hearts in half and then addressed each to the friends in her class.
And here are the finished Valentine Cards that Lily made for her class. Each is unique. What a fun way to spend an afternoon!
Fairy Stamp Set by Djecohttp://www.owlshollow.com/shop/by_brand.cfm?brand=143
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