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Fun Valentine's Day Crafts

Puzzle of Love

1 14-oz. bag M&M's Candies for Valentine's Day
2 14-oz. bags M&M's Chocolate Candies for Valentine's Day
1 16-oz. can prepared vanilla frosting
Red food coloring
1/2 cup red decorative sugar
1 18-oz. package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
Rolling pin
3 heart-shaped cookie cutters
3 resealable plastic bags
1 12-inch square sheet construction paper or card stock
Cooling rack

Make a heart template by folding the construction paper in half. Draw a large, round half-heart along the fold-line. With the paper still folded, cut out the heart with scissors and then open it up. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Knead the sugar cookie dough and flour until smooth. Roll the dough on a sheet of aluminum foil into a 12-inch circle, 1/4-inch thickness.

Place the heart template on top of the dough. With the tip of a pointed knife, follow the outside edge of the heart template, cutting out the shape. Gently slide the heart-shaped cookie dough—with the foil still attached—onto a cookie sheet.

Bake for 15 minutes, then remove from oven. While still hot, randomly press the different size heart-shaped cookie cutters into the warm dough, taking care to leave a 1/2-inch rim of dough as the edge of the large cookie heart. Do not remove the pressed-out heart cookies—leave them in place.

Return the cookie sheet with the large cookie heart (and with the smaller cookie hearts still inside) to the oven, and bake for an additional 5 minutes, or until golden brown. Slide the foil with the large cookie heart onto a wire cooling rack and cool completely. Then gently transfer the large cookie heart to a serving platter, or to cardboard covered with foil.

Evenly divide the vanilla frosting between three bowls. Using the red food coloring, tint one bowl of frosting bright red. Next, using a little less food coloring, tint the second bowl pink. Leave the final bowl of frosting white.

Spoon each bowl of frosting into a separate, resealable plastic bag. Using scissors, snip a small corner from each bag and set aside.

Carefully remove the smaller, cut-out heart cookies from the large cookie heart and set them aside. If necessary, use the tip of the knife to gently loosen the smaller hearts.

Pipe red frosting over the large heart cookie once the smaller heart cookies have been removed. (Don't use it all; you'll need some for later.) Using a table knife, spread the red frosting evenly. Sprinkle with red decorative sugar, brushing any excess sugar away from the platter.

Replace the smaller heart cookies back into the large heart cookie. Using the red, pink and white frosting, decorate the smaller heart cookies and the top with M&M's Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for Valentine's Day.

Make a decorative rim, by first piping a line of white frosting around the outside of the large cookie, and then attaching white M&M's Brand Peanut Chocolate Candies for Valentine's Day to the frosting line side-by-side.

Tiny Treat Bags

Love can be bitter, or love can be sweet. This valentine, a neatly packaged sentiment containing a handful of sugary treats, is definitely the latter.

Designed, packaged, and labelled by FamilyFun readers (The Grahams) from Pleasant Grove, Utah, this card is perfect for classmates. For the labels, the Graham kids (Melody and Elise) use rubber stamps on card stock, then fill small plastic bags with valentine candies and staple them closed.

Valentine's Day Wreath

The diameter of the completed wreath is about 15 inches.

This craft is fun for older children (and adults!) - Age 6+. There are quite a few steps that younger kids (Age 2+) can help with, but they won't be able to do the craft independently. This is a good family project!

Wire coat hanger
14 to 16 tp rolls
OPTIONAL: Valentine's color paint like pink, purple or red
red, pink and/or white construction paper (you could also use craft foam or white paper painted or colored
tape
glue
scissors

ADULT: Take each tp roll and cut a slit HALFWAY through:

OPTIONAL: Paint tp rolls a valentine's day color. You can see from the finished craft that not much shows through, but my kids have fun painting, so we painted them all shades of pink and purple.

Let dry.

ADULT: Bend the coat hanger to form a circle

Using the slits cut halfway through the rolls, slide each of your tp rolls onto the hanger to form a big circle of tp rolls.

OPTIONAL: Take a bit of masking or scotch tape and tape the tp rolls together. (tape the openings of the tp rolls on the inside of the circle together). This will keep the rolls from spinning around while you're working. If you chose not to do this, the paper hearts will keep everything from spinning on the finished craft

Cut out many, many heart shapes. Show children how to fold construction paper in half to make a symmetrical heart.

One person can be doing this part while another is assembling the tp roll wreath base. This works well if you have crafters of different ages (the base is more difficult than cutting out hearts).

We made sets of fancy hearts by gluing hearts inside each other -- a large heart, medium heart, small heart and very small heart of varying colors were stacked and glued. Then we scattered around some small single hearts to fill in gaps

Tie a bow on the top if you want to.

If you're like me, right now you're envisioning all the different types of wreathes you could make this way... Halloween with jack'o'lanterns, ghosts and bats, Christmas with holly leaves and berries, Autumn with leaves, St Patrick's Day with shamrocks, rainbows and pots of gold, etc, etc. I'm sure you'll see templates/instructions for various wreaths made along these basic lines pop up on the site over the next year or two!

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			Fun Valentine's Day Crafts Puzzle of Love 1 14-oz. bag M&M's Candies for Valentine's Day 2 14-oz. bags M&M's Chocolate Candies for Valentine's Day 1 16-oz. can prepared vanilla frosting Red food coloring 1/2 cup red decorative sugar 1 18-oz. package refrigerated sugar cookie dough 2/3 cup all-purpose flour Rolling pin 3 heart-shaped cookie cutters 3 resealable plastic bags 1 12-inch square sheet construction paper or card stock Cooling rack Make a heart template by folding the construction paper in half. Draw a large, round half-heart along the fold-line. With the paper still folded, cut out the heart with scissors and then open it up. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Knead the sugar cookie dough and flour until smooth. Roll the dough on a sheet of aluminum foil into a 12-inch circle, 1/4-inch thickness. Place the heart template on top of the dough. With the tip of a pointed knife, follow the outside edge of the heart template, cutting out the shape. Gently slide the heart-shaped cookie dough—with the foil still attached—onto a cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes, then remove from oven. While still hot, randomly press the different size heart-shaped cookie cutters into the warm dough, taking care to leave a 1/2-inch rim of dough as the edge of the large cookie heart. Do not remove the pressed-out heart cookies—leave them in place. Return the cookie sheet with the large cookie heart (and with the smaller cookie hearts still inside) to the oven, and bake for an additional 5 minutes, or until golden brown. Slide the foil with the large cookie heart onto a wire cooling rack and cool completely. Then gently transfer the large cookie heart to a serving platter, or to cardboard covered with foil. Evenly divide the vanilla frosting between three bowls. Using the red food coloring, tint one bowl of frosting bright red. Next, using a little less food coloring, tint the second bowl pink. Leave the final bowl of frosting white. Spoon each bowl of frosting into a separate, resealable plastic bag. Using scissors, snip a small corner from each bag and set aside. Carefully remove the smaller, cut-out heart cookies from the large cookie heart and set them aside. If necessary, use the tip of the knife to gently loosen the smaller hearts. Pipe red frosting over the large heart cookie once the smaller heart cookies have been removed. (Don't use it all; you'll need some for later.) Using a table knife, spread the red frosting evenly. Sprinkle with red decorative sugar, brushing any excess sugar away from the platter. Replace the smaller heart cookies back into the large heart cookie. Using the red, pink and white frosting, decorate the smaller heart cookies and the top with M&M's Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for Valentine's Day. Make a decorative rim, by first piping a line of white frosting around the outside of the large cookie, and then attaching white M&M's Brand Peanut Chocolate Candies for Valentine's Day to the frosting line side-by-side. Tiny Treat Bags Love can be bitter, or love can be sweet. This valentine, a neatly packaged sentiment containing a handful of sugary treats, is definitely the latter. Designed, packaged, and labelled by FamilyFun readers (The Grahams) from Pleasant Grove, Utah, this card is perfect for classmates. For the labels, the Graham kids (Melody and Elise) use rubber stamps on card stock, then fill small plastic bags with valentine candies and staple them closed. Valentine's Day Wreath The diameter of the completed wreath is about 15 inches. This craft is fun for older children (and adults!) - Age 6+. There are quite a few steps that younger kids (Age 2+) can help with, but they won't be able to do the craft independently. This is a good family project! Wire coat hanger 14 to 16 tp rolls OPTIONAL: Valentine's color paint like pink, purple or red red, pink and/or white construction paper (you could also use craft foam or white paper painted or colored tape glue scissors ADULT: Take each tp roll and cut a slit HALFWAY through: OPTIONAL: Paint tp rolls a valentine's day color. You can see from the finished craft that not much shows through, but my kids have fun painting, so we painted them all shades of pink and purple. Let dry. ADULT: Bend the coat hanger to form a circle Using the slits cut halfway through the rolls, slide each of your tp rolls onto the hanger to form a big circle of tp rolls. OPTIONAL: Take a bit of masking or scotch tape and tape the tp rolls together. (tape the openings of the tp rolls on the inside of the circle together). This will keep the rolls from spinning around while you're working. If you chose not to do this, the paper hearts will keep everything from spinning on the finished craft Cut out many, many heart shapes. Show children how to fold construction paper in half to make a symmetrical heart. One person can be doing this part while another is assembling the tp roll wreath base. This works well if you have crafters of different ages (the base is more difficult than cutting out hearts). We made sets of fancy hearts by gluing hearts inside each other -- a large heart, medium heart, small heart and very small heart of varying colors were stacked and glued. Then we scattered around some small single hearts to fill in gaps Tie a bow on the top if you want to. If you're like me, right now you're envisioning all the different types of wreathes you could make this way... Halloween with jack'o'lanterns, ghosts and bats, Christmas with holly leaves and berries, Autumn with leaves, St Patrick's Day with shamrocks, rainbows and pots of gold, etc, etc. I'm sure you'll see templates/instructions for various wreaths made along these basic lines pop up on the site over the next year or two!			arts & crafts archive Friendly Sock Snowmen Leaf Motifs for the Table and Salt Dough Cornucopia Pumpkin Carving Ideas Strawberry Mice Make Your Own Barn Star Fun Easter Crafts Valentine Hearts and Wreaths Save Snowflakes Paper Ornaments Roll-up Pencil Kit Bandanna Clothing Edible Easter Nests with Jelly Bean Eggs Easter Egg Coloring Formulas Eggshell Plant Pots Candy Animals Scented Ornaments Marshmallow Blowgun Backyard Teepee Pioneer Cabin Fourth of July Fun Folded Shirt Father's Day Card Floral Patchwork Tote Fairy Houses Flower Friends St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Cups Crazy Crayons Fun Valentine's Day Crafts Paper Christmas Tree Display Give Thanks Cornucopia Pressed Leaves Pictures Sideways Jack-O-Lanterns Sandwich Puzzles

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