Friday, February 10, 2012

Easy and cheap valentine crafts!

I needed a craft for my sons first grade class. I also needed it to be cheap and enough for 23 kids. So I went over to the dollar store to see what I could find. I discovered that I LOVE foam! I found a pack of 32 4x6 foam squares. Perfect for home made magnet frames. Then I spent $3 dollars on 200 count of self adhesive heart themed foam stickers, 140 count of foam bug stickers and a pack of pipe cleaners. I had a ton of magnet photo's ( the kind you get with ads on them that are super thin ad easy to cut up).
To make the frame I folded rectangle in half and cut a half heart. Then I stuck on some valentine stickers. I cut the pipe cleaner in fourths and curled it. I punched it through foam frame near the top of the heart to make bug antenna's, and folder them over in the back to keep secure. Then I wrote "my love bug" at the top and added bug foam sticker. I stuck a piece of magnet on the back and taper a picture behind it. And ta-da cheap, easy, valentine craft. The kids can take them home and put their own picture in it!  I had enough supplies for 32 kids for $4 and I didn't have to use glue... Whoo hoo!