We’re already thinking about Valentines Day for the family. I saw a brilliant tutorial from Rust & Sunshine which I knew would be perfect for the toddler – heart stamps.
The instructions were quite simple – take a toilet roll, slightly flatten it so it creases on both sides then invert one side to form a heart, dip in red paint and get painting. Couldn’t be simpler?
The toddler loves painting, it’s his favourite thing to do so I knew he would enjoy this. He was very patient and made lots of heart stamps on a sheet which we then set aside to dry whilst he went mad with the paint.
When our sheet had dried we traced around a heart cookie cutter and I cut out the hearts. I then drew around them with a red pen and we stuck them to blank notecards. Perfect Valentine cards for the grandparents.
10 Comments
Aly
January 23, 2013 at 2:18 pmA fab craft to do this weekend! I love your new header 🙂
jenny
January 23, 2013 at 8:44 pmThanks! I didn’t think anyone had noticed 🙂
maggy, red ted art
January 30, 2013 at 2:22 pmSuper cute. Lots of fun and a gorgeous result.
Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty.
Maggy
jenny
January 30, 2013 at 9:49 pmThanks, you can’t go wrong with craft and paint in our house!
Pinkoddy
January 30, 2013 at 8:29 pmWe did these last year great fun
jenny
January 30, 2013 at 9:52 pmThanks, I love the idea of using recycling in crafts and of course my toddler loves to paint 🙂
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