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DIY Pirate Valentines for Kids

The count down to Valentine's Day has started in my house. My little girls are ready to bring Valentine's to all their little school friends. 5 More Days! On February 14, my youngest daughter, Jade, has to dress fancy and wear her best dress for 'Ladies and Gents Day'. The teachers are going to teach the kids manners. My oldest, Loran, did 'Ladies and Gents Day' last year when she was in Kindergarten and I think it's simply adorable :-)

I have another Valentine Card Craft for your kiddo's! This one is for the Pirate Lovers!!

Arggggggggg!

While searching the web a few weeks ago I ran across a blog that had a printable template for these Pirate Valentines but my printer is out of ink so I couldn't print anything out.

Here's the original post and the photo below 

Mer Mag's Pirate Valentine's

So I tried my luck at free-hand drawing the little pirates! Mine didn't turn out just like the original, I left some stuff out and did things my way but I love the way they cam out!

Here is what I came up with and How I did it

What you will need

Card-stock or Old Valentines

Glue

Markers

Pencil

Scissors

Small Heart Sticker or Small Fabric Heart

White Paper optional

Cut out a square or rectangle out of cardstock in the size and shape you want your valentine.

I used old Valentine's from last year traced them on plain white paper. If your using cardstock you don't need to trace onto more paper. (I traced them twice because my paper was thin and I didn't want to see the design on the card through the paper)

Since I used thin paper, I glued one layer of paper to my valentine, you may skip that step.

Draw a 1/2 circle like the photo below

Add Hair, I did pigtails like the original

Finish the top of the circle for the Bandana

Draw on the bandana (or Pirate hat if your making a boy). Add a face and decorate.

I used markers to color in a little bit on the pirates and wrote a pirate saying at the bottom.

You can either cut out a heart out of fabric or use a heart sticker that is bigger than the eye you drew. Stick or glue the heart over one eye and use a colored pen to draw the strings.

Here are my Pirate Kid Valentines! Aren't they cute?!

I'm very happy with hoy they came out and so are my girls!!

Have fun making your own Pirate Valentine's!

Make a Valentine's Bookmark ~ Kids Craft

DIY Valentine's Day Bookmark ~ For the Kiddo's!

Valentine's Day is just 9 days away and soon kids will be taking all their little friends Valentines to school. Why not mix things up this year? Instead of buying Valentines this year, why not make them? I have a few projects for Valentine's Day, you can find them at the bottom of this post. How about Valentine's Day Bookmarks? They're easy enough that your kids could make them for their classmates as Valentines! You can even add a photo to them!


All you need is:
An empty cereal/gummy box
2 Colors of Construction Paper (We used red and pink)
Glue
Scissors
Small Photo (optional) 

*Crafty Tip* ~ If you have old bookmarks laying around the house, you can use those instead of the box but you will still need the cardboard for the heart.

Cut a rectangle in the size that you want. (I used a credit card to measure the width and left the length as the size of a normal sized gummy box - 5 1/2 to 6in is a good bookmark size) 

Cut a Heart shape that is a little bit bigger than the width of your bookmark. 

Trace your bookmark shape onto the color of paper you chose. If your bookmark has writing or pictures on both sides and you don't want those pictures to be a part of your finished bookmark then trace the bookmark twice, side by side. Make sure you have a double bookmark drawn onto your paper (Like the photo)

 Trace your heart onto the color of  Paper you chose. It's best to trace it twice. One on each side (trace once, flip it and trace again) so that your colored paper will fit perfectly on both sides of your heart. 

Glue the paper to your templates. Make sure that if you doubled your bookmark color then you need to fold on the center line and glue the bookmark in between the fold to cover the whole rectangle. 

 Glue your heart to the top of your bookmark.

 You can leave it the way it is now and be finished or you can decorate it.

 If you would like to add a photo then all you have to do is cut a small rectangle that covers your photo and fits on your bookmark. 

Cut a small square in the center of your  rectangle and place it over your photo. (You just made a frame)

Glue the photo to your bookmark (acid-free glue works best with pictures) 

Once your photo is glued down, glue the 'frame' over your picture and your DONE!! 

This craft takes all of about 10 or 15 minutes and it helps get kids wanting to read so they can use their new bookmark!  


Other posts you may enjoy!

 Getting Ready for Valentine's Day
 Easy To Make Valentine Rings out of Chocolate Kisses
Valentine's Day Heart Dog Craft



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