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EASY DIY Kid-Made Valentines Butterfly Bookmarks

EASY DIY Kid-Made Valentines; Butterfly Bookmarks

Need a QUICK, CREATIVE, BUDGET AND TIME FRIENDLY Valentine?

My daughter really enjoys making home-made things for others. Valentine’s Day is a great way to let her creativity shine, while telling her friends and family how much they mean to us. As a parent, I try to find a balance between finding the time to make things and the ease of store bought.

This activity is great because children can sit at the table to draw while making dinner. Need for speed?

Make one page of bookmarks and then photo copy them several times onto card stock.

EASY DIY Kid-Made Valentines; Butterfly Bookmarks

Activity: Butterfly Bookmarks Valentines

Materials:

  • Colored Pencil
  • Card stock
  • Access to a computer writing program
  • Hole Puncher
  • Ribbon
  • Something to cut the bookmarks out

Directions:

  1. Have your child draw small pictures on the plain card stock paper.  We talked about the things that make people smile and she decided to draw butterflies, birds, and flowers.  Go as detailed or as simple as your child wants.  Heart finger prints would work well for a younger child.
  2. Make a word document with your message typed in (use either columns or a text box) so that it is repeated over the entire page in landscape view.  I wrote ours 6 times.
  3. Slide your child’s artwork into the printer and print the words on top of the drawing.
  4. If you want more than 6 bookmarks, make a copy of this sheet.
  5. Cut the sheet into bookmark shaped rectangles.
  6. Punch a hole at the top.
  7. Tie on a pretty string.
  8. Hand them out to your friends and family!
EASY DIY Kid-Made Valentines; Butterfly Bookmarks

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Filed Under: Arts, Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: #afterschool, Activities for Preschoolers, Amanda, Creative Crafting, reading activities, Valentine's Day, Winter

About Amanda Boyarshinov

K - 12 masters reading teacher, author and mom to 3. Amanda is a National Board Certified teacher with oodles of experience in early childhood education.

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