Post Valentine’s Day Craft To Extend The Fun

If your kids are like mine, they come home from school after their Valentine’s Day party with tons of small cards.  They never want to throw them away so here is an easy craft to do with your kids that is a fun and creative way to turn those Valentine cards into cute wall decor or a scrapbook page.

Supplies Needed:

• Small poster board, sheet of construction paper, scrapbook page or regular printer paper

• Elmers glue, a glue stick or even tape will work

• Valentine cards brought home from school party

• Scrapbook accents or stickers (not necessary)

 

How-To Create a Valentine Collage:

• Draw a shape on your poster board {we created a heart and initial of my son’s name}

• Scatter out the Valentine cards in no particular order on your work table

• Cut cards to form shape or in several small pieces to create collage effect

• Place glue on back of cards at random to place on poster board

• If working with younger child then spread glue on board instead of card

• Once shape has been filled with Valentine cards feel free to add stickers or scrapbook accents to complete

After you finish your collage then you can add scrapbook letters to make the word Valentine at the top as shown above.  You can easily do this to add your child’s name and date for a scrapbook page as well.  These make great keepsakes or just wall art for the season.  An easy craft to turn cards into a fun activity for the family and nice project for viewing before throwing out.

*Tip featured in All You Magazine on page 135 in Issue 12, December 18, 2009.  Listed by Dwan Perrin.