Despite the coronavirus pandemic, this year should not be a year to let go of February Valentine's day activities.
In this article, you will find 20 heart arts and Valentine's Day activities for children.
These heart arts are crafts that may serve as decorations or even gifts for loved ones. The Valentine's day activities are those that may also poke kids' imagination and creativity.
These suggestions can be beneficial since spending time at home during this day is much safer than going out, like how you usually celebrate hearts day.
Heart Arts for 2021 (decorations)
Even with the pandemic, children should not feel that they miss out on classroom decorations if they are taking online classes.
During this time of the year, classrooms are normally filled with cute decorations. These decorations were created during art classes and plastered all over the classroom.
This year, you can change a portion of that tradition by putting together decorations in the room. This way, you are also spending some bonding time with your children and discovering their creative side as well.
Some of the heart arts decorations that you can do are:
1. Create some heart Papel Picado
2. Make some Suncatcher heartstrings
3. Do your heart crowns from scratch
4. Use coffee filters as hearts for the window.
Heart Arts for 2021 (gifts)
What makes a gift more impressive is when you see the effort in it. That is something that kids also love to do - create gifts for their loved ones. If not for their parents, they might want to share it with relatives or their siblings.
These ideas can also be a good bonding activity since you could discover their interests and dislike about a person and their crafts.
Kids will also learn the value of patience and effort in doing the heart arts they chose.
Here are some of the heart gifts that kids can do on their own or could be done with supervision from parents:
1. Cardboard hearts from
2. Clay coil hearts
3. Shirts with heart designs (could be painted or drawn)
4. Heart ornaments
5. Heart splatter painting
6. DIY notebooks with heart designs
If your kids are not very much into crafts but are inclined into cooking, baking some sweet treats for giving away can be a great idea as well.
Here are some of the treats that you might want to try baking with your children:
1. Heart-shaped cherry pies
2. Peanut butter chocolate cups that are made in heart molds
3. Heart-shaped pretzels
4. Heart-shaped cookies
Valentine's Day Activities
Celebrating this day as a family can be an excellent way to help kids cope with the new normal brought by the coronavirus pandemic.
Here are some of Valentine's day activities that parents and children may try doing at home:
1. Heart drawing activity that is interactive
2. Symmetry painting
3. Movie night
4. Meal preparations
5. Family dinner
6. Read books about Valentine's Day
