Preschool coloring pages are best when they have large shapes in which the children can color. Young children are still learning how to manipulate the pencil and working on refining those fine motor skills. The free Valentine's Day coloring pages on Coloring.ws are perfect for those young hands. Plus, they are absolutely adorable.
Choose from a bunch of heart-shaped animals, including bear, bee, cat, bunny, butterfly, bird and Canada goose. You can also color an angel or a flower. Even older coloring fans will enjoy these cute designs.
Use these patterns as templates to help you design your own crafts out of hearts.
DLTK is a site that has been around for many years. They are dedicated to providing fun coloring pages and other printable ideas for kids to use throughout the year. For Valentine's Day, they have a number of fun coloring pages to print and use. Worksheets refine language and math skills. Make Valentine word walls to increase vocabulary and reading skills. Make different kinds of crafts such as doorknob hangers, as well as games, such as bookmarks, bingo games and dominoes.
Use their poems to inspire creative writing or as part of a larger project idea. Print off some recipes to try in the kitchen or as a classroom activity. And then fill up their treat bags with your creation!
Education.com is a great resource for both parents and teachers. In addition to their educational printables, they provide some fun free printable coloring pages for many topics.
Their available printables include games and coloring pages, as well as paper projects and mazes. Take a holiday spin on practicing math and language arts skills. Some of them are in black and white so that the child can color it in herself. Others will print out in full color. It is up to you which ones you choose.
The site also has a wealth of printables for other holidays, as well. Be sure to check them all out!
Family Fun is another website that is owned by Disney. They also have a magazine that you can get at your house. I love to read through their craft ideas as inspiration for in the classroom or for when I am with my friends' kids.
The website has plenty of free printables to keep kids occupied during this Valentine's Day season. Start by making a Valentine's Day card. You have the option of printing off a blank one to color or a colorful template. Some of them allow you to cut out a portion to turn it into a sort of picture frame. Some are bona fide frames.
They also provide a variety of other fun printable activities. Children will enjoy the coloring pages. There are also a bunch of printable games, such as a matching game, tic-tac-toe, connect-the-dots, and mazes. Laminate the matching games so that you can play them again and again.
Free Coloring Pages is a website that is dedicated to providing simple and fun coloring activities for young children. In their Valentine's Day section, they have 34 coloring pages based on love and hearts. One coloring page idea that I liked and seemed unique is the apple heart coloring page. I guess I never really thought about how an apple can resemble a heart shape.
Another option, should you want to save paper, is their online coloring book. While I am a fan of saving paper, I do think there is something to be said for actually coloring in a picture on paper. Kids improve upon those fine motor skills as they hold onto the markers or crayons and control their coloring. They also get to be more creative with their color choices and can make their own designs within the drawings.
So, break out that box of 64 crayons, fire up the printer, and get busy!
Children can make simple Valentine's Day-inspired aprons as gifts for their parents. And then they can use those aprons while working together in the kitchen.
This apron is made out of felt and require no actual sewing. That helps it to be a great project for even younger children to accomplish. The heart-shaped apron can be altered so that it fits both adults or children.
Another great apron craft for Valentine's day is to simply use fabric paint to decorate an apron with the child's handprints. Use the color combinations of red, pink, white and purple between the paints and the color of the apron fabric. Use adult-sized aprons to make gifts for parents and grandparents. Child-sized aprons are great to make at a Valentine's Day party and then use to make foods.
Need aprons for the craft? Several are available on Amazon. Check the widget below for some options.
Numerous sites have free printables for the Valentine's Day holiday. MES Cards is an interactive site that allows you to create personalized versions of their card templates. Simply choose a pattern that you like and then click on "simple card," "letter card," or "I have a lot to say." Fill in the fields and then your free printable card is created for you. Print it out, cut along the dotted lines and fold on the solid lines. You can also make matching invitation cards for your Valentine's Day party and envelopes for both.
A new feature added in the last year is the ability to add your own photographs to the cards, to further personalize it.
One of my writing friends was talking about having a series of holiday blogs for kids and I was inspired to make one of my own. I am not trying to take away from hers - I am simply adding to the information that is already out there.
My goal is to connect people with new ideas to do with their children or students for each holiday. I will try to update more frequently as the holiday approaches. And then if something pops up during the rest of the year, I will share more then. This way, you can have one place to come look for your holiday activities.
Please feel free to stop by at any time and to share with me your favorites and your own finds. :-)
