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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Conversation Hearts Valentine Craft


Conversation hearts are always a big part of our Valentine's Day celebration, so I thought it would be fun to do a craft made to look like them.  There are affiliate links within this post for your convenience.

Every year we do conversation heart math on Valentine's Day.  Graphing, estimating, counting, all sorts of fun manipulation of numbers happens there.  This year, we got to do a little bit of English as we made this craft together.


The kids painted wooden hearts using acrylic paints.  While they painted, we brainstormed all the sayings we could think of that we've seen on conversation heart candies.  We talked about what we would put on a heart, we talked about why 2 word sayings work best.


Once the hearts were dry, I used a red Sharpie to write "Happy Valentine's Day" as an example for the kids.  I used a post it note to keep my letters in a straight line.


I traced a plate onto a big Bristol pad and arranged the hearts in a circle to make sure they would all fit.


Hannah and Jack wrote sayings on the rest of them.  There were a couple of "oopsies" of course, so we just painted the backside of those hearts, and I wrote on them later.


I cut my Bristol paper circle out and arranged them all until I got a layout that worked.  Then I used white glue to glue the bottom layer to the Bristol circle and the top layer to the bottom layer.


The finished wreath is very lightweight, and currently hangs in our school room next to last year's St. Patrick's Day picture frame.  This was a fun and easy craft that we could work on together, and I know it will make me smile when I put it up each year.


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23 comments:

  1. What a fun idea. We love sharing candy heart sayings with each other. Now I need to run out and get some. Thank you for sharing with us at Sitting Among Friends on Wednesdays. Have a great week.

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    1. My teen son was saying, "Those things taste like chalk!" and then I reminded him of candy corn, lol. As seasonal stuff goes, it's not that bad. Could be fruitcake or mooncakes, right?
      Maybe this year I'll try the Sweet Tarts ones instead of traditional.

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  2. Cute idea and I'm loving your blog. Thanks for linking to Tuesday Talk this week. You are an inspiration.

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  4. I love this idea! Adding to my list of Valentine's Day fun. So happy to have found you on The Homeschool Link-Up!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Amy! :) I'd love to hear more about what else is on that list. I've been Valentine crafting like crazy lately, lol. I really love the glitter heart shirts I made my girls. :)

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  5. What a cute Valentine's Day wreath this is!
    My kids love those conversation hearts, and they both need some writing practice. I think we may need to make one!

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    1. I'd love to see it, if you care to share a picture! :)

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  6. This is a fabulous craft! LOVE IT! Thanks so much for sharing!

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    1. Thanks, Lisa. It makes me smile when I walk past it in the school room. Although I did a double take yesterday... I thought one of the hearts said, "You're SWEAT" instead of SWEET, lol.

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  7. Conversation hearts are so tasty (yummm). Cute craft idea. You have lots of those. Thank you for linking up with us this month :)

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    1. I'm not usually quite so crafty! I don't know if I'm finding a new niche, or if I'm just particularly inspired by Valentine's day right now. Thanks for hosting! :) I'll be back to check out some of the other posts as they link up.

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  8. Such a sweet idea. I bet my girls would enjoy this!

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    1. We did an apple wreath in 2007 with each of my kids painting an apple and writing their name on it in black sharpie. It still hangs in my school room. I love it. :)

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  9. Love it - cute and easy! (and I agree that conversation hearts are NOT tasty. Neither are peeps or candy corn IMO. LOL)

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    1. You're so right! Candy corn and peeps are both nasty!

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  10. This is a really cute idea! I think I might have my people make one of these to hang on our front door.

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