Salt Dough Hearts

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Here’s another craft standard that we’re using for Valentine’s Day. After seeing these polymer clay hearts that I linked to yesterday, I found this project. So we decided to make these little salt dough hearts for my five-year-old’s class.

Though I think it would have been adorable to make them shaped like candies and it would have made a useful gift to add a magnet, I questioned the wisdom of giving small children something shaped like candy, particularly with a magnet attached. Then my husband proved how delicious these hearts look when he actually attempted to eat one, thinking they were cookies. (Take note, April Fool’s Day pranksters). See, don’t they look delicious?

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We used a small heart-shaped cookie cutter and this standard salt dough recipe: 1/2 cup salt, 1/2 cup warm water, 1 cup flour. My five-year-old enjoyed rolling out the dough and cutting the hearts. Then we poked large holes for the string, baked them at 250 for around two hours (until hard all the way through), painted with acrylic paints and dusted them with glitter while the paint was still wet. Easy!

Hearts Handmade

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Looking for ideas for handmade Valentine’s Day cards? Making cards with the kids seems like such a chore when we have to mass produce them for every kid in the class. Check out my post over at Alpha Mom for seven easy heart-themed craft ideas.

Valentine’s Day Crafts

Here’s a round-up of some of my Valentine’s Day projects from the past. Look for more card ideas tomorrow.

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Lovebirds Printable Card (cut-out version and printable for kids).

Lacing Card.

Felted Sweater Flowers from my post for Alpha Mom.

NY Times Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Recycled Valentine’s Cards for kids to make.

Doily Cards.

Hugging Heart Softie.

Heart Soaps.

Stamped Hand Towels.

Valentine’s Cans.

Photo Hearts Printable Cards.

Felt Hair Clips.

Plus more ideas for baked goods for Valentine’s Day.

Heart Hair Clips

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I thought I’d re-post these little hair clips I made last year.  A simple project to make a little girl smile on Valentine’s Day.  Click here to see the original post with template.