Valentine Fun for your Daycare
 With Valentines Day just around the corner, I have been getting a lot of requests for some Valentines ideas.
I always give my preschoolers invitations, everyone love getting a party invitation no matter what your age. Here is a great website that offers FREE Printable Valentines Party Invitation, I like this website because you don’t have to download anything they just pop up in PDF form to print them out.
http://www.hooverwebdesign.com/valentines-party-free-printable-invitation.html
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Valentine Necklace
Supplies needed                                        
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Foam hearts, straws, string and a hole punch.
Punch holes in the middle of the foam hearts. I had my preschoolers try to punch the holes themselves, but sometimes this can be difficult for little hands. Have children cut a straw into small pieces. Have children lace the hearts and straw pieces with the string.
Heart Marble Painting
Supplies needed
Large paper heart, marbles, red and white paint and pop case box.
Place paper heart in bottom of pop case box (minimizes mess) place some of the marbles in the white paint, some in the red paint. Have children spoon the marbles onto the paper, move box from side to side so the marbles roll around.
Valentine Games
Circle Time Heart Match Game
Make a valentine for half the number of children in the group. Cut each heart in half in a zigzag or swirly fashion, so that each cut is fairly unique and identifiable. Each child is given part of a heart and must find his/her partner by matching the valentine halves.
Flying Hearts
Glue a red and a pink heart together back to back. Put this special heart plus about three dozen plain hearts in the center of an old bed sheet. The children hold onto all sides of the sheet and gently toss the hearts up and down. At the shout of “Hearts high!” the children toss the sheet high into the air, making the hearts fly. The child who picks up the most hearts and the one who finds the special pink and red heart are the winners.
Postman, Postman
Everyone gets to participate in this game involving a hidden valentine. Choose one child to be postman and give him or her the postman’s hat. (Red strip of paper with pink heart that says Postman.) The postman must hide his eyes while you give another child a valentine to hide behind their back. Then the postman uncovers his eyes and faces his classmates who say, “Postman, postman, where’s the mail?” The postman gets three guesses to find out who is hiding the mail. If he guesses correctly, he continues as postman. If he guesses incorrectly, the person with the mail becomes the postman.
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