Supplies
Needed
*
Red and Pink Construction Paper
(and any other colors you would like to use)
* Scissors
* Glue or Tape
* Crayons
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| Valentine's
Day is a great way to introduce card giving to your toddler,
have them make a Pop Up Valentine Heart for all of their friends
and family. |
| Step
1: Fold two pieces of construction paper in half,
to form the outside sheet of the card and the inside sheet
of the card. Holding the two pieces together cut a heart shape
to create a card that opens at the top of the top of the heart.
The construction paper pieces can be the same color or different,
use the color of paper of your choice. |
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| Then
cut out out other hearts that are smaller, these hearts will
be used for decorating the card and so they should be much smaller
and different colors from the two large hearts. |
| Step
2: Take the inside of the card heart and cut two slits
in the center of each of the hearts arches, have each about
an inch wide and two inches long. This will create the pop up
strips for your card, ideally you want the strips that you cut
to be in the center of the arches of the heart and not to close
to the edge. |
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| You
can also just have a wider pop up strip that you cut in the
center of the heart. |
| Step
3: Open the card and bend the pop up strips so they
will sit up freely when the card is open and so they will
lay flat when the card is closed. It helps to open the card
and slightly pull on the strip (or to push it through the
back when you have the card sitting open) and then pinch it
in the center and at the bottom and top of it. |
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| If
you have any doubts about this step, it is a good idea to test
it on a scrap piece of paper. |
| Step
4: Help your toddler paste or tape the smaller hearts
that you cut out on the cover of the card and the inside of
it. Glue or tape a heart on each of the pop up strips. Write
any message that you want to have in the inside of the card
and on the outside piece. Lastly glue the cover onto the card
and your done. |
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| You
can write the message that you want the card to say and then
have your toddler "sign" it in their own unique way. |
