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Valentine's Day the Preschool Way
Heart-y Activities for You and Your Child
By Marie-Helen Goyetche
You'll need:
Red and pink pipe cleaners
Ribbon scraps
Thread
Take a red and a pink pipe cleaner and twist them around each other from top to bottom. When done, form it into the shape of a heart. Tie different pieces of ribbon to the heart so they hang down. Attach a piece of thread to the top for hanging. Let your child make lots of these hearts and tie them to a wooden dowel or a small tree branch to make a heart mobile.
You'll need:
An unsharpened pencil
Yarn
Glue
Ribbon, feathers, beads and other small items for decoration
Take a piece of yarn and tie it to the end of the pencil. Add a dab of glue to secure. Carefully wrap the yarn around the pencil until the whole pencil is covered. Tie a knot at the other end and secure with a dab of glue. Attach feathers, beads, ribbons or other charms to the pencil to create a Friendship Stick. Let your child give it to a friend. Make sure he tells them that it brings good luck to the one who receives it and to the one who made it.
