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January 15, 2014 by Bre

“LOVE” Popsicle Sticks and Photo Valentine’s Day Kids Craft

Yesterday was extra special because an old friend of mine came for a visit – all the way from Iowa.  I was so excited to see her!  To pass the time until she arrived, however, the kids and I had a little coloring and crafting time at the kitchen table.

Since Valentine’s Day is less than a month away (and since my daughter talks about it incessantly), we decided to make our first V-Day project of the season – LOVE photo and popsicle stick art!

This was the perfect project for my preschooler because it involved letters (which we’re working on a lot these days), fine motor skills (gluing in a straight line and affixing popsicle sticks in the correct places), and creativity (which is always important).  It also didn’t involve a lot of mess and it kept her attention.

To make this project, we gathered supplies that we had on hand, including:

  • construction paper
  • popsicle sticks (you can get packages of 100 colored popsicle sticks for $1 at Dollar Tree!)
  • Elmer’s Glue
  • a photo (I printed mine on regular copy paper, but you could obviously use a professionally printed photo)
  • embellishments of your choice (we used glitter glue and heart stickers – also purchased at Dollar Tree)

Then, we used a heart-shaped cookie cutter to turn our photo into a heart shape.

Next, we used our popsicle sticks to trace the letters L, V, and E on our paper.

In the spot where the “O” should have been, we glued our heart-shaped photo.

Next, my daughter put glue over the L, V and E letters.  She concentrated very hard to get her lines straight!  Check out that look of determination!

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Then, she glued her popsicle sticks to the paper.

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Finally, she decorated with stickers and glitter glue.  I helped outline the photo heart with glitter glue.

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Easy!  Fun!  Inexpensive!  All attributes of a great kids craft.

And now I have a sweet decoration hanging near my kitchen sink.

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– Bre

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  1. thepinterestedparent says

    January 21, 2014 at 4:51 pm

    Awww! Love. This is a super cute idea.

    Reply
    • Bre Eggert says

      January 21, 2014 at 8:08 pm

      Thanks girl! BTW, where you have been?! I haven’t seen any new posts from you recently. 🙁 I was worried about you, LOL!

  2. Maisy Goldberg says

    February 13, 2016 at 7:23 am

    this is a great thing but what if your printer does not work?

    Reply
    • Bre says

      February 15, 2016 at 7:10 pm

      Hi Maisy – aaaah, that is the story of my life! Seriously, my printer never works! 🙂 I guess if you planned ahead you could print a photo at the drugstore or Target and cut that out into a heart! Thanks and have a great day.

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