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Valentine’s Day
Submitted by Songs for Teaching®
February is certainly the time of year for cold hands and a warm heart. Valentine's Day is often regarded as a commercial holiday that exists simply to sell cheesy cards and questionable chocolates. Perhaps Cupid has gone a little mainstream, but he still makes time for archery practice. Show your loved ones and your friends how much they mean to you with something homemade that they will cherish for a long time to come. My dad still has a paper valentine I made for him when I was five. I covered it in rhinestones and lace, then decorated it with watercolors. It hangs proudly in his Man Cave one month of the year. Maybe you're a domestic god or goddess and can whip up some elaborate Valentine's display that would make Martha's jaw drop, or maybe you're still mastering scissors and paste. Regardless of skill level, these activities will be sure to please everyone and add a little personal touch to this Valentine's Day.
by Jamie McElroy
Classroom Party Ideas for Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day Sewing Cards:
Materials: white card stock, heart template, crayons or markers, scissors, yarn in various colors, tape.
- Print out the card templates on card stock and cut out each heart.
- Use a hole punch to make the holes.
- Color the hearts and write a message inside.
- Use yarn to sew around the edge of the heart (tape the end like a shoe lace so it doesn't fray.)
- Tie the ends together on the back side of the heart.
- Give it to your Valentine!
Class treat: Valentine's Day Parfait
Materials: clear plastic cups (one for each person), sliced strawberries, sliced bananas, sliced kiwis, plain yogurt (or pink yogurt if you're feeling extra festive), vanilla wafers - crushed and whole, spoons.
- Add a thin layer of yogurt to the bottom of the cup
- Add a layer of fruit
- Another thin layer of yogurt
- A layer of crushed wafers
- Another thin layer of yogurt
- Add a layer of fruit
- Another thin layer of yogurt
- Repeat until the cup is full
- Garnish with a whole vanilla wafer and a slice of fruit
Enjoy!
Musical Valentines Game:
- Print the game templates on the card stock. There should be one piece of card stock for everyone playing. Secretly mark an X on the back of one of the cards.
- Lay the pages on the floor in a random assortment.
- Everyone walks around, dances, and moves however they like while the music is playing.
- When the music is stopped everyone has to find a piece of card stock to stand on and jump the amount of times equal to the number of hearts on their piece. (If yours has five hearts, jump five times.)
- When you're ready to end the game, have the children flip their pieces of card stock over. The one with the X gets a special prize.
Valentine's Day Music:
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