A Colorful Valentine’s Day Card
We’re planning ahead for Valentine’s Day. Since it was a gloomy weekend, the kids and I made some melted heart crayons for my first-grader’s Valentine’s Day cards. If you haven’t ever tried this project, it’s simple with great results and is a nice way to recycle broken crayons. We followed the directions from Marie at Make and Takes. The only advice I have is that the brighter colors look much better, so hide the browns, blacks and dark blues from your kids. I also used a knife on one batch to cut the crayons into even smaller bits, which I think worked well.
I made two versions of this card. One can be used without the crayon in the center, and the other has an open middle to attach the crayon. We used foam adhesive tape to attach the hearts to the cards. Simply click on an image below to download the .pdf file, print it out on card stock and cut. We also used a corner punch to create rounded corners.
My daughter is going to send the crayons with her own drawing below, which we scanned in and will print out. That way she can decorate them as much as she likes, but if she gets tired of it, they are still done. I’ve got another idea for my five-year-old’s valentines because she really requires that everything be covered in glitter. The teachers will love that.
Hi! Just wanted to thank you for the freebie. It is super cute. I linked to them on my blog:
http://delicious-ambiguity-nennyk.blogspot.com/2010/02/some-more-of-best-valentine-cards-gift.html
Cheers!-Jenn
Teachers WILL love this! I am a teacher, I know! I loved this idea so much that I’m making these for my students for Valentine’s Day. I’m thinking of attaching the crayons to black and white valentines, so that they can color them in with their new crayon. Thanks for the fabulous idea!
Thanks for sharing…You are awesome!!! Blessings,hc
We had already started making the crayon hearts a couple of weeks ago and when I saw this blog post shared by “kind over matter” I new we had to use this printable! Thanks so much for sharing. My daughter’s Kindergarten Valentine’s are going to be so cute. We found cellophane treat bags in the wedding/cake section at Michael’s to put them in.
Thank you so much for the colorful card. My daughter loved making the crayons and putting them on the little cards. She even decorated the backs. Thanks again I gave you credit on my blog
Thank you for sharing the card for the crayons! We had a nice afternoon making hearts for friends and neighbors. They turned out great.