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Fun and Easy Valentine’s Craft with Foil and Paint

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Last Updated on January 16, 2022 by Sheryl Cooper

Inside: One of our February art activities is this easy Valentine’s craft with foil. Seriously, you just need tin foil and my easy homemade paint (scroll down to get the recipe). That’s it!

Our toddler and preschoolers have had so much fun creating Valentine’s over the years. You might recall:

We are excited to add these foil Valentine’s hearts to the collection! An easy way to work on fine motor skills while using Q-Tips!

Fun and Easy Valentine's Craft with Foil and Paint

Fun and Easy Valentine’s Craft with Foil

Foil Valentines Hearts

What you will need for this easy Valentine’s Craft:

  • Tinfoil
  • Our homemade paint (scroll down for recipe)



Foil Valentines Hearts

Getting started:

  • Mix as many colors of paint as you wish to use
  • Cut tinfoil into heart shapes
 
Foil Valentines Hearts
 
Then, start painting on the foil! What I love about this activity is the texture. The foil is slippery, and yet the creases create bumps. I noticed the preschoolers enjoyed running their fingers over the creases before applying paint. Some sensory fun added to this Valentine’s art activity!
 
Foil Valentines Hearts
 
Notice that we chose to have them apply paint with Q-tips?
 
We are always working on getting the hands and fingers ready to write.
 
Using Q-tips forces the use of just the finger in a tripod grasp.
 
You can even break the Q-tip to make it shorter, keeping the fingers from wrapping around the stick.
 
 
Foil Valentines Hearts
 
Another plus to this activity is that it allows some color mixing exploration.
 
Foil Valentines Hearts
 
Once our foil Valentine’s hearts were thoroughly dry, I gently poked a hole at the top of each one and hung them in our classroom window. I love how the light hits them!
 
Foil Valentines Hearts
Foil Valentines Hearts
Foil Valentine's Hearts - Art for Little Kids for Valentine's Day - Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
 
 

Our homemade paint recipe that was used for this activity:

(Mix up this amount for each color you will be using.)

Combine flour and salt in a small container.

Slowly add liquid watercolors until you get a thin paste.

Make sure to keep stirring until it is smooth.

Squirt a small amount of dish detergent into the mixture. (This helps keep the paint from flaking off the foil, although there still might be a bit of flaking depending on how it’s handled.)


Fun and Easy Valentine's Craft with Foil and Paint

More Valentines activities for young children:

Valentine’s Learning Activities for Preschoolers

15 of the Best Toddler Valentine Crafts

Foil Valentines Hearts
Foil Valentine's Hearts - Art for Little Kids for Valentine's Day - Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
t p t Valentine's Day Post Office Packet
Printable Valentine's Day Learning Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 25 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  2. jackie @ happyhooligans

    They’re absolutely beautiful, Sheryl! All that shine and shimmer. I love it! Thanks for the mention too! The only reason mine look so “neat” is that I made them myself! The Hooligans’ looked much like yours, which in all honesty, are far more personal and heart warming than a grown up’s version. 🙂

  4. Michelle

    Sheryl,
    How much glue did it take to get the heavier beads to stay on?? That looks like a great project to do with my little ones.
    Thanks 🙂

  6. Sinea Pies

    Found this craft on G+ and just had to come by to tell you how sweet it is! Pinning it for sure. Please stop by my Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop and share this post. My readers will love it. 🙂
    Blessings,
    Sinea
    Ducks ‘n a Row

  8. Jill

    This is such a cute idea! I am trying this with the kids tomorrow!

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!