{"id":1570,"date":"2010-02-16T08:33:46","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T16:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.makeplaydough.com\/blog\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts\/"},"modified":"2010-02-16T08:33:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T16:33:46","slug":"preschool-valentine-crafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts","title":{"rendered":"Preschool Valentine Crafts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day is a holiday that celebrates love. Legend has it that priest Valentine went against the orders of Emperor Cladius II from third century Rome, and was put to death as a result. What were those orders? Well, Claudius II wanted to build up a strong military, and he felt like young single men fought better than married men, so he outlawed young men from marrying. Valentine thought this unfair, and so married people in secret, putting love above his own safety.<\/p>\n<p>While this is a great story, it does not necessarily mean that your preschooler is going to care that much about Valentine&#8217;s Day. A few fun Valentine&#8217;s Day crafts will help spark their interest, and help them love the day about Love! <\/p>\n<p><u>Here are just a few Valentine&#8217;s Day crafts ideas:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Candy heart collage: For this activity you are going to get your kid&#8217;s taste buds drooling, and their creativity roaring. <\/p>\n<p><em>What You Need:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\t<\/p>\n<li>Poster Board Cut into 4 pieces<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>Glue<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>Popsicle sticks<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>Red food coloring<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>Candy Hearts of many varieties: red hot hearts, conversation hearts, etc. (use the candies most people don&#8217;t love to eat)<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p>Take your four pieces of poster board and cut them into big hearts. Then have your preschooler write their name across the heart. Take your red food coloring and dye your white school glue so that it is red or pink. Give each kid a popsicle stick to use to apply, and let them paint the hearts with glue, and place them on their name and around the heart poster board to make a candy heart collage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day is a holiday that celebrates love. Legend has it that priest Valentine went against the orders of Emperor Cladius II from third century Rome, and was put to death as a result. What were those orders? Well, Claudius &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts\">[Continue]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2997],"tags":[3739,3610,3740],"class_list":{"0":"post-1570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-valentines-day-crafts","7":"tag-preschool-crafts-2-3","8":"tag-valentines-day","9":"tag-valentines-day-crafts-2","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Preschool Valentine Crafts &#187; Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Valentine&#039;s Day is a holiday that celebrates love. Legend has it that priest Valentine went against the orders of Emperor Cladius II from third century\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Preschool Valentine Crafts &#187; Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Valentine&#039;s Day is a holiday that celebrates love. Legend has it that priest Valentine went against the orders of Emperor Cladius II from third century\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/surfnetkids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-02-16T16:33:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Barbara Feldman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@barbarafeldman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@barbarafeldman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Barbara Feldman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/1570\\\/preschool-valentine-crafts#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/1570\\\/preschool-valentine-crafts\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Barbara Feldman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3e2f1212635f23a64b4a3daf3083d77e\"},\"headline\":\"Preschool Valentine Crafts\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-16T16:33:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/1570\\\/preschool-valentine-crafts\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"preschool crafts\",\"Valentine's Day\",\"Valentine's Day crafts\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Valentine's Day Crafts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/1570\\\/preschool-valentine-crafts#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/1570\\\/preschool-valentine-crafts\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/1570\\\/preschool-valentine-crafts\",\"name\":\"Preschool Valentine Crafts &#187; Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-16T16:33:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3e2f1212635f23a64b4a3daf3083d77e\"},\"description\":\"Valentine's Day is a holiday that celebrates love. Legend has it that priest Valentine went against the orders of Emperor Cladius II from third century\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/1570\\\/preschool-valentine-crafts#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/1570\\\/preschool-valentine-crafts\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/1570\\\/preschool-valentine-crafts#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Early Childhood\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crafts\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/childhood\\\/crafts\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Valentine's Day Crafts\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/childhood\\\/crafts\\\/valentines-day-crafts\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Preschool Valentine Crafts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/\",\"name\":\"Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids\",\"description\":\"Surfing the Net with Kids\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/early\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3e2f1212635f23a64b4a3daf3083d77e\",\"name\":\"Barbara Feldman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Barbara Feldman\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Preschool Valentine Crafts &#187; Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids","description":"Valentine's Day is a holiday that celebrates love. Legend has it that priest Valentine went against the orders of Emperor Cladius II from third century","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Preschool Valentine Crafts &#187; Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids","og_description":"Valentine's Day is a holiday that celebrates love. Legend has it that priest Valentine went against the orders of Emperor Cladius II from third century","og_url":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts","og_site_name":"Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/surfnetkids\/","article_published_time":"2010-02-16T16:33:46+00:00","author":"Barbara Feldman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@barbarafeldman","twitter_site":"@barbarafeldman","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Barbara Feldman","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts"},"author":{"name":"Barbara Feldman","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/#\/schema\/person\/3e2f1212635f23a64b4a3daf3083d77e"},"headline":"Preschool Valentine Crafts","datePublished":"2010-02-16T16:33:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts"},"wordCount":269,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["preschool crafts","Valentine's Day","Valentine's Day crafts"],"articleSection":["Valentine's Day Crafts"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts","url":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts","name":"Preschool Valentine Crafts &#187; Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-02-16T16:33:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/#\/schema\/person\/3e2f1212635f23a64b4a3daf3083d77e"},"description":"Valentine's Day is a holiday that celebrates love. Legend has it that priest Valentine went against the orders of Emperor Cladius II from third century","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1570\/preschool-valentine-crafts#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Early Childhood","item":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Crafts","item":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/childhood\/crafts"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Valentine's Day Crafts","item":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/childhood\/crafts\/valentines-day-crafts"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Preschool Valentine Crafts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/","name":"Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids","description":"Surfing the Net with Kids","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/#\/schema\/person\/3e2f1212635f23a64b4a3daf3083d77e","name":"Barbara Feldman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Barbara Feldman"}}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}