As a nanny, I know the fastest way to a kid’s heart is through their stomach especially when dinner shows up in the shape of one. This Valentine’s Day, I’m turning tortillas into heart-shaped mini pizzas that are fun to make, fun to eat, and guaranteed to earn me major cool-nanny points. This tortilla pizza […]
Dried Flower Valentine’s Sun Catcher
February 11, 2026 Leave a Comment
Over the summer a child I care for and I used a microwave flower press to dry flowers quickly and efficiently to make crafts during the year. This week we used some of the pink and red flowers to make a heart-shaped sun catcher as a Valentine’s craft. You Will Need: Small FlowersMicrowave Flower PressConstruction […]
Thumbprint Heart Salt Dough Necklaces for Valentine’s Day
February 4, 2026 Leave a Comment
Thumbprint Heart Salt Dough Necklaces are the perfect Valentine’s Day craft. Kids love mixing the ingredients, rolling the dough, cutting out the shapes with cookie cutters, using their fingers to make hearts, painting their pendants, and creating a heartfelt gift that their friends and family can wear all in one sweet activity. Check out how […]
Heart-Shaped Bird Feeders
January 28, 2026 Leave a Comment
The children in my care loved making pinecone bird feeders so much this winter that I couldn’t resist finding a heart-shaped bird feeder activity to pair their love of feeding local birds with Valentine’s Day. I discovered this sweet idea on The Purposeful You web site, and it was a perfect fit. Watching winter birds […]
Pink Strawberry Waffles
February 14, 2025 Leave a Comment
Who wouldn’t love to wake up to some delicious pink waffles for Valentine’s Day? For over 15 years I have been making this strawberry waffle recipe a former Mom Boss gave to me for Valentine’s Day. The kids will absolutely love these sweet, pink waffles anytime during the year. They are easy to make. You […]
Heart-Shaped Watercolor Resist Paintings
February 12, 2025 Leave a Comment
This is a fun drawing and painting project to do with kids for Valentine’s Day. I found the concept at thecrafttrain.com. The children will find it magical watching their crayon designs become more vivid and change as they paint over them with liquid water color paints. You Will Need: Free Heart Template Water Color PaperWhite and […]
Valentine’s Heart-Shaped Pizza
February 7, 2025 Leave a Comment
Share the children’s love of pizza and Valentine’s Day by making this adorable homemade heart-shaped pizza. I just buy a pre-made fresh pizza dough at the store but you can make the dough yourself with the kids from scratch. If the little ones in your care like pepperoni, you can cut the pepperoni into little hearts […]
Valentine Dark Chocolate Pretzels
February 9, 2024 Leave a Comment
Kids love Valentine’s Day and making treats for the holiday! You can use milk chocolate or white chocolate instead of dark chocolate for these Valentine’s Day treats if you prefer. For the best results, use the highest quality of chocolate chips. You Will Need: 2 Bags Dark Chocolate Chips1 Bag Twisted Pretzels BagValentine-Colored Nonpareils or […]
“The Day it Rained Hearts” and Raining Hearts Craft
January 31, 2024 Leave a Comment
After reading “The Day it Rained Hearts” by Felicia Bond to children make a craft with raining hearts. In “The Day it Rained Hearts” by Felicia Bond it rains hearts, and the main character, Cornelia Augusta, catches the raining hearts. Cornelia decided the hearts would be perfect to make Valentines for her friends. She began […]
Valentine’s Day Egg in a Hole Breakfast
February 14, 2023 Leave a Comment
I simply use heart shaped cookie cutters to make the kids a Valentine’s Day breakfast. You can make the most delicious strawberry waffles, pancakes, sliced fruit, and egg in hole all in heart shapes. Here is how to make the egg in a hole: You Will Need: 1 Slice of Bread1 Tablespoon of Butter1 EggHeart […]
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