Valentines Day is right around the corner and today, we’re getting ready with yet another love themed craft! These cute little paper plate love birds are really simple yet fun to make. My children and I each made our own little pair of birds using two colours and we just love how they turned out. This cute little craft idea is great for primary aged children who love to make.
Here’s what we used
Paper plates
Paint
Coloured card
Feathers
Pipe cleaners x 2
Glue/glue gun
Scissors
Paintbrush
How to make our paper plate love birds
Start by taking your paper plate and cutting out a section around 1/3 of the size of the paper plate. Round off one of the corners slightly to make the smooth edge of the lovebirds head.
Use your paint to cover and colour the paper plate to make the body of your cute little love bird. Pop it aside to dry.
Once dry, take your coloured card and cut out a smallish heart. Glue the heart central on the paper plate body with its point facing upwards toward the head to make the wing of your bird. Now cut out a triangular beak and glue it down in position on the front of the bird’s head as you can see in the picture above.
To make the eyes cut out a white circle for the outer eye and then a slightly smaller coloured circle for the inner eye. Glue the two pieces together, and then glue the eye down onto the bird.
Now we need to make the legs. Take your first pipe cleaner and twist three equal bends into one end as above.
Twist the loose end onto the main piper cleaner just above the bends that you just created to make the leg. Repeat this process with your second pipe cleaner and then twist the two together.
Glue the legs in place on the back of the birds body and then add some tail feathers to the back. Your little love bird is finished. Now all that’s left to do is make them a little lovebird friend!
These cute little tissue paper hearts are a super easy craft for both pre-schoolers and older children alike. These hearts look super sweet once they’re made and are perfect for children to make and gift for mothers day, valentines day, fathers day, birthdays and more. I’ve also made these to decorate preschool display boards for valentines dayand they looked beautiful!
here’s what we used
Card
Tissue paper
String/yarn
Scissors
Glue
Tape
pencil/pen
How to make our tissue paper hearts
start by taking your piece of card and folding it in half as if you were making a greetings card.
Take your pen and starting at the fold draw the shape of one half of a heart with the bottom point sitting in the bottom left corner. Now draw a second half heart just inside the first one trying to leave an equal gap between both hearts all the way around. We make our hearts around 2cm wide, that way they’re thick enough to look good but not so thick they take all day to cover!
Now its time to cut out your heart shape. Start by cutting out the larger outside heart that you drew and then cut out the smaller heart inside. Open up your piece of card so that the heart is full and flat.
Take your tissue paper and cut out several colourful squares, ours were roughly 4cm x 4cm. Cover a section of your heart in glue and then take your squares one by one, scrunch them into a ball and glue them down onto the heart.
Continue this process all the way around until your heart is fully decorated and looking fabulous and colourful! Pop it aside to dry until the tissue paper is secure.
once dry flip your heart over. Take a length of string or yarn and tie it into a loop of your desired size. Use a strip of tape to secure the loop onto the back of the heart and you’re finished! your super cute tissue paper hearts are ready to hang and display or to give to that somebody special.
These cute pompom heart shaped bookmarks are so easy to make and are great to make for your favourite book or for children to make and gift! These are great for Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day and a variety other occasions!
Here’s what we used
Coloured yarn
Scissors
Thick lollipop sticks
Glue gun
Coloured markers
How to make our heart shaped pom pom bookmarks
Start by taking your coloured yarn and wrapping it around your fingers several times until you have a good, chunky amount stacked up.
Gently remove the yarn from your fingers.
Take a small length of string and tie it across the centre of your Pom Pom ensuring that you pull it very tight.
Take your scissors and cut all the way around the edge of the Pom Pom at the centre of the loops.
Fluff your Pom Pom up and trim the scraggly ends, ensure that you don’t over trim as you will need to shape it a little later.
Repeat this process until you have 3 little Pom poms.
Take your glue gun and glue the three pom poms together into a triangular shape
Trim your Pom Poms down into your desired heart shape.
Once you are happy with the shape of your heart glue it down onto a thick lollipop stick and then add your special message to the front of the stick.
These simple penguin heart cards are just adorable! Each card only uses a small amount of resources which makes them the perfect craft for groups as well as to make at home to gift to family and friends.
Here’s what we used
Black card
White/yellow paper
Googly eyes
Scissors
Glue
How to make our penguin heart cards
Start by taking your black piece of card and folding it in half. Cut the card down into into a circular shape ensuring that part of the fold of the card is left intact. Cut across the bottom of the card to create a flat edge so that it can stand freely.
Cut out a heart shape to make the penguin’s white belly and glue it down in place towards the bottom of the penguins body.
Cut out a diamond shape from your yellow paper and fold it in half to make the penguin’s beak. Glue the beak in place just above the belly.
Finally add two Googly eyes to complete your card and once it’s fully dry you’re ready to add your special festive message inside!
This adorable handprint flower pot art is so simple to make and is a perfect keepsake to gift for birthdays, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day and many other occasions!
Here’s what you will need
Coloured paper
Scissors
Glue
Pencil
How to make our handprint flower vase art
Start by drawing around little one’s hand and then cutting out 3-5 handprints from your different coloured paper.
Next cut out an equal amount of green paper stems to match the amount of handprint flowers. Glue the stems onto the back of the flowers. Then glue the flowers down onto your paper with all the stems directing towards the middle of the page
Cut out the shape of your flower pot and add any extra decoration you would like. We used some ribbon to make a bow on ours! Glue the flower pot down at the bottom of your page across the stems.
Finish off by adding a few paper leaves and any optional extra message and your picture is done and ready to display once dry! Don’t these look adorable?
Please note this post may contain affiliate links. If you click on any of the affiliate links provided and make a purchase I receive a small commission at absolutely no extra cost to you. This helps me to keep this page up and running and provide free content.
