Celebrating 31 Days of Love this January – because you can say I love You at any time of year and don’t have to “wait” for Valentine’s Day to make Valentine’s Cards or Valentine’s Gifts. We have a fabulous 62 bloggers sharing their love crafts this January. A great for you to explore and discover new blogs this New Year. Today we haveย Krissy ofย B-Inspired Mama. Kirssy shows us how to make a DIY Squishy Card for Valentines day. I know my kids will go potty over these. Lots more great Valentines Card for Kids for you to browse here on Red Ted Art!
Hi, Iโm Krissy of B-Inspired Mama. ย Iโm so excited to be here at Red Ted Art sharing in the 31 Days of Love. ย Donโt we all just need a little more love?! ย I know Iโm always looking for more ways to be a better mama and show my kiddos a little more love. ย So I thought Iโd make them a special โSquishy Heartโ Kids Valentine Card with love, from Mama. ย Check it outโฆ
How to Make a โSquishy Heartโ Kids Valentine Card
Supplies:
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card stock
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heart template cut out of scrap paper or card stock
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pencil
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craft knife or scissors
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plastic sandwich bag
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hair gel
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glitter
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heart buttons
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duck tape
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metallic pen or marker
Valentine’s Card Steps:
Using the cutout heart template, trace a heart in the center of your cardstock card. ย (It can be any size youโd like, but we used a piece of 4โ x 6โ purple cardstock.) ย Use a craft knife or sharp scissors to cut the heart out of the center of the card.
Add a generous squirt of hair gel (we used about ยผ cup), a few shakes of glitter, and the buttons to the inside of the plastic bag. ย Try to keep it all in one corner of the bag while you squeeze out the excess air and seal the bag. ย Fold the empty edges of the bag in on itself and tape with duck tape to make a square or rectangle a bit smaller than your heart cutout card. ย Make sure when doing so that you only have duck tape on one side of the โsquishyโ bag.
Position the โsquishyโ bag rectangle tape side UP onto your heart cutout card and use duck tape to secure to the edges of the card. ย You can fold the duck tape neatly around the edges of the card if you need to; I didnโt need to. ย Flip the entire thing over and check out your โsquishyโ heart!
Use your metallic pen or marker to add a border, hearts, and a sweet sentiment to your little one!
This โSquishyโ Heart Card was inspired by this Squishy Heart Sensory Valentine Activity shared last year by Gift of Curiosity. ย I just adapted her clever sensory activity into a little sensory Valentine card.
Hereโs some more Creative Valentine Activities and Ideas from B-Inspired Mama, tooโฆ
โYouโre Topsโ Valentine Printable
Marble Painted Hearts Valentine Craft
Canโt wait to see more kids Valentine card and craft ideas over the rest of the 31 Days of Love!
Check out some fantastic Valentines Cards for Kids to make here:
Theres Just One Mommy says
So cute! We love little sensory bags like that, but haven’t tried to do one in a card! How fun!
Pinkoddy says
Hair gel what a great idea! My little sensory seeker is going to love this – thank you for sharing.
Red Ted Art says
So clever, isn’t it?!
Sam @happyhomebird says
This would be great for my little boy to squish – I must give this a whirl and pinch OH’s hair gel ๐
Liz Burton says
Hair gel!! Genius! x
Red Ted Art says
Clever, isn’t it?!
Louise says
This is great to do with blue hair gel and foam sea creatures to make an underwater scene x