Last year in preschool, Toby’s teacher taught him (and me) a neat way to draw a heart. It’s so ingenius that I had to share. And since this trick about how to make a hear is so short and sweet, I thought I would also share an idea for making a photo Valentine’s Day card too.
But first, this trick for drawing a heart.
If your child is learning their letters, this method will be something they can do — Toby learned how to draw hearts this way at the age of three.
You need two letters to make the heart. First you draw a big “V” — and then you put a little “m” on top of it. I’ve included a diagram below, that shows the heart with the “V” and the “m” not-quite-put-together, as well as the final heart.
Pretty simple, huh?
It’s amazing what kids gravitate towards.
So, now onto part two of this post. The photo Valentine craft.
We usually have some holiday cards left over every year, so I let the kids turn them into photo crafts until we run out. Last year we made photo valentines with pictures, and my toddler had fun, so I decided to make a photo Valentine’s Day card a little early so I could share the idea with you!
Toby was taking a rare nap when we created this card, so I had an 18 month old’s help putting on glue and decorating. But hopefully this rendition will inspire you, in the very least!
As you can see, I cut out some heart shapes, and cut out the photo of our family in a heart shape as well. With an older child, I would have drawn the heart outlines and handed over a pair of scissors. Toby would’ve loved that. But, Zack just enjoyed helping my hands open and close the scissors as I cut. And he wanted to use the marker too, so I let him have free reign of the inside of the Valentine’s card. We kept it pretty simple. “Happy Valentine’s Day” on the front of the card, with “love Zack” on the inside.
Then we digressed to other activities. Zack found the paper I had gotten out, and a pen. He had fun drawing on the paper, and wanted more hearts. So I drew him a few.
After tearing up some paper, grabbing the scissors, and exhausting his young attention span, we were done with our photo Valentine craft activity. Zack is a little young to do more than help push the cut out objects onto the card, but he did really enjoy the portions of this activity where I let him help.
Do you make homemade Valentine’s Day cards? Have you ever included photos in your Valentines? What do you think about the “trick” for drawing a heart? I’d love to hear from you in the comments below.
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