One of the best things about having a preschooler is that they adore holidays. As soon as Christmas was over, my little one began asking me about Valentine’s Day. So we had to break out the Valentine’s crafts.
Our friends from Craftprojectideas.com had sent me a great tub of one pound beads to try out with my youth group girls. Unfortunately, this pregnancy has me home bound most of the time, but my daughter gets excited about beads, so we made Valentine Bead Canvases as a kick-off to our Valentine’s crafts.
Supplies:
- Assorted beads, like {THESE} from Craftprojectideas.com
- Plain canvases- we used the smallest size
- Paint, optional
- Craft glue for the little ones
- Hot glue gun for the mom’s or much older kids
- Stencil
- Pencil
Begin by stenciling a design on the canvas. Since my daughter is small, we simply did a large heart.
Paint the inside of the heart. This is optional, but I found that it is a nice way to add more color and dimension. Allow the paint to dry.
Glue the beads onto the canvas. Play around with the colors of the assorted beads and the layout on the canvas. There are so many varieties that can happen with this kids’ craft! Let the little ones use a craft glue. For the moms, hot glue works great, too.
Let glue dry.
Display the canvases with your Valentine’s decor or give as grandparent gifts!
Very pretty! The beads are so much fun and so pretty.
Congrats on the pregnancy! But sorry to hear about being stuck at home.
Praying for a healthy baby for you.
xo
Alisha and Brandon {the blog}
What a fun idea! I bet the two year old I watch would enjoy doing this!
Awww, so sweet and she sure looks like she is having fun!! I love beads too… but I think that’s not a secret. 😉 I’m having fun with the Valentine’s Day crafting too!!
So cute! And so is the project 😉
Such a cute idea!
Great idea!! My daughter would have so much fun doing this!
These are wonderfully adorable!
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What a fun little project!!
Dawn
What a nice activity for kids! I have all boys, so they would totally destroy the prettiness of this. LOL. Thanks for sharing!
Oh my this is so timely. I’m looking for valentine project for my kids. Thanks
So pretty and looks like fun. Thank you for sharing.
Great craft to do with kids!! I know my boys would love to do something like this! Thanks for sharing 🙂
What a pretty craft! Thanks so much for sharing it with us. I’m going to share this one!
Those beads are gorgeous! I’m not knocking macaroni, but these are prettier 🙂
They both are so pretty!
Love it! It looks so sparkly and pretty!
How fun!! I can think of a few kiddos that would LOVE this.:)
So cute! Great kid’s craft!
Very cute! My two older boys (5 and 3) would love this! Visiting from One Dog Woof’s Facebook party!