Is there anything nicer than receiving a handmade Valentine card? We don’t think so and have made an early start on our cards this year. I wanted to make a little something to send the Grandparents and we’ve been playing around with wax crayons and watercolour paint to make some super sweet cards, a fun STEM Valentine craft for kids.
Materials needed to make wax resist Valentine cards:
Wax crayons
paper
watercolour paints
How to make wax resist Valentine cards:
Draw your design on a piece of white card. Use a light coloured wax crayon such as white or pink. I found my 3 year old couldn’t see what she was doing with a white crayon but my 4 year old could.
When you’ve finished your design choose your watercolour and mix a small amount of the paint with some water.
Lightly paint over your wax design and it will magically appear as the wax repels the water in the paint. Blot with a piece of paper towel if there’s too much paint.
Leave to dry before making into a card. We cut out our design and glued it to a piece of coloured card. All ready for writing a little note for Nanny and Grandad!
More Creative Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids:
Preschool Fun: Painting and Lacing Hearts from Bare Feet on the Dashboard
Simple Heart and Kisses Valentine Card from Witty Hoots
Paper Heart Bunting from Peakle Pie
Sensory Valentine’s Day Hearts Guessing Game from Mama Smiles
Heart Cracker Crisps from Betsy’s Photography
Valentine’s Day Blessing Activity from Betsy’s Photography
Valentines Heart Painting with Waterbeads from Multicraftingmummy
Valentine Sensory Soup from Learning and Exploring Through Play
Salt Dough Hand Keepsake from Learning and Exploring Through Play
Heart Sensory Bag from Learning and Exploring Through Play
Salt Dough Heart Candle Holder from Messy Little Monster
Sensory Friendly Valentines from Mosswood Connections
Paper Weight Rock Valentine’s Day Gifts from Teach Me Mommy
Paper Bag Tea Cups from KidPep
Ten Fun Valentine Ideas for Tots from My Bright Firefly
Valentine’s Heart Mobile from Must Love Waffles
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This is super cool! I know that my toddler and preschooler will enjoy this.
This is such a fun idea! I can’t wait to try it with my kids.
Lovely! I am a big fan of crafts and arts activities which are realistic for all ages to participate in, and I can see my 2, 4 and 6 year old all really enjoying this.
I found you via the #pintorials linky – thanks for sharing.
Love the idea of wax-resist painting, it’s one of the activities I have planned to try with my two girls. These hearts look so effective – such a great idea for Valentines Day.
Ah these look lovely! We tried something similar but couldn;t see the wax through the paint, not sure what we did wrong! Lovely idea for valentines though 🙂 xx #letkidsbekids
That happened to us too. I just played around, going over the wax lots of time until it was really thick. I found blotting the paint with some paper towel helped too 🙂
Lovely idea and craft. They look fab and fun to do.
Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
What a great idea! My son will have fun with this, thanks for sharing #letkidsbekids
Brilliant idea, my little girl would love it too. Thanks for linking up to this weeks #parentingpinitparty
This is brilliant.
These are so pretty, I think I’d be rather pleased if I’d made them! Thanks for joining in with Tuesday Tutorials #pintorials