Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays for crafting! I love the colors and all the hearts. Here are a few simple Valentine's crafts my kids and I tried this year: Upcycled Heart Stamp Art For this craft you will need: -several toilet paper rolls -several paper or plastic plates -white paper  -washable paints Start by covering your work space, this activity can be a little messy. Then choose a few paint colors to use. We used red, pink, and purple since they seemed like good Valentine's Day colors. Pour some paint onto the plates, one color per plate. Fold the toilet paper rolls so that they are shaped like hearts. Have your kids dip the ends of the toilet paper rolls in paint and use the them to stamp hearts onto the white paper.  Fingerprint Heart Tree For this craft you will need: -white paper -a brown marker -watercolors or tempra paints Start by helping your kids draw a tree trunk with some branches growing off it, then color it in with the brown marker. Or grab...

My oldest daughter has been learning how to make dreamcatchers, so naturally my younger girls asked to make some too. They're too little to learn how to weave a dreamcatcher the traditional way, so I put together this cute little Valentine's Day themed paper and yarn dreamcatcher craft for them to do instead. For this activity you will need: -a file folder -scissors -string or yarn -a hole punch -watercolors or tempra paint -a paint brush -beads -craft feathers Start by cutting a large heart from the file folder, then cut a smaller heart from the center of your heart, so that you have a heart shaped frame. Paint the heart frame with bright Valentine's colors and then set it aside to dry. After your heart has dried, punch holes around the inside edge of your heart. Tie a piece of yard or string through one of the holes and then thread it through the other holes, making a web with the string. Tie a knot holding the web in place when you get to the final hole. On the outside b...