• 8 Valentine's Day Crafts for Younger Kids - includes step by step instructions - Our Little House in the Country
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    Valentine’s Day Crafts for Younger Children (Preschool and Early Primary/Kindergarten)

    8 Valentine’s Day Crafts for Younger Kids 8 Valentine’s Day Crafts for Younger Kids 1.  Heart Buddies: What you need: coloured paper/card – pink, red, purple, white scissors glue sticks stapler googly eyes pipe cleaners What you do: cut out a large heart – the easiest way to do this is to fold a piece of paper in half and draw half a heart shape out from the centre fold and cut along the line – unfold, voila – a heart! cut out a number of hearts of various sizes – two feet, two hands, a nose and two antennae cut four long strips of white card and fold concertina-like…

  • Toilet Roll Valentine's Day Love Bug Craft for Kids - Our Little House in the Country
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    Lola the Toilet Roll Love Bug Butterfly Valentine’s Craft

    Toilet rolls are so great for seasonal craft ideas and these cute butterflies are perfect for Valentines day or Mothers’ day! Toilet Roll Love Bug Butterflies – A Preschool Valentine’s Day Craft What you need: toilet rolls paint – pink or red paper – red, pink, purple googly eyes glue pipecleaners sellotape What you do: paint the tubes pink or red and leave to dry – may need two coats cut lots of various sized hearts out – small, medium, and 2 large hearts glue a medium sized heart onto the top half of the tube as a head glue two googly eyes onto the heart face curl two pipe…

  • Toilet Roll Penguins - Our Little House in the Country
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    Toilet Roll Penguins

    Toilet roll penguins – a cute and easy wintry craft for preschoolers!The weather has been pretty awful this week so we have been keeping busy in the afternoons with lots of toilet roll crafts!  Hope you enjoy our Penguins! Toilet Roll Penguins – A Winter Preschool Craft What you need: toilet roll tubes black paint paper – white, orange, black, yellow googly eyes glue sticks cotton wool scissors What you do: paint the tubes with thick black paint and leave to dry when dry, glue white tummies onto the tubes using either white paper or cotton wool glue on two googly eyes cut out feet shapes in black paper and…