Looking for a great but simple Valentine’s craft that will be fun for all kids – toddlers and beyond? This tie dye coffee filter Valentine Heart Craft is super easy and very enjoyable. It’s also inexpensive to do, which makes it a complete winner. If you are looking for more ideas, why don’t you try this Valentine Cereal Box holder or these marbled hearts.
My sister-in-law gave me a bunch of coffee filters a while back thinking I could do something fun with them. We were able to do some cute butterflies with some of the coffee filters. They also worked great as angel wings. I enjoyed making the tie dye look so much that I thought it would be fun to make some art decor for Valentine’s Day. The great thing about this craft is that all ages are very capable of participating.
The first step is to fold your coffee filters (affiliate link) in half. I cut the hearts for Corban. I drew a line for Kenzie to be able to cut. Abby was able to learn to draw and cut her own.
The next step is to color with markers (affiliate link). We chose reds and pinks, and they were just able to color on the coffee filter hearts as much as they want.
The final step is to let the kids drip water onto the hearts. I put down a plate and then a paper towel underneath to soak up some of the water. As the water drips, the ink spreads and creates a really fun and beautiful tie dye look.
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Cute and simple! Great for toddlers and older children too! Thanks!
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Those are beautiful! Thanks for sharing at Mom’s Library. Pinned.
Those turned out so great! What a fun project for the kids. I would love for you to share this on our kids linky http://wemadethat.blogspot.com/2013/01/we-made-that-linky-23.html
I did this with my kids today! I will be blogging about it soon and linking back to you!
I like it, simple and fun…Will be doing this soon with my kids! 🙂
Thank you so much for posting this! I found it on Pinterest, and would love for you to know that I teach a 3 year old Sunday school class, and fully intend to use it Sunday as a fun Valentine’s day craft! Again, thank you!!
So cool you can use this! I hope you’ll peak around a bit more. I have a lot of Sunday School activities in my character development series. I think it could be really useful.
What a great idea! I can’t wait to try this with my kids! I’ve included this in my weekly roundup of useful sites at http://www.doomestic.com Thanks again!!!
This was the winning pin in our Pin it! Preschool Scavenger Hunt on Pinterest. So, today you are featured on our blog. Congrats! http://www.kidscreativechaos.com/2013/02/pin-it-preschool-scavenger-hunt.html
Thank you so much! That is so cool!
Hey Jodi – it’s Bug! Long time! I think Shannon or Edie sent your blog to me a while back. I just did this heart craft with Theodore (3.5) and we loved it! I’m amazed at how beautiful all the hearts look. We strung them up in a long row on ribbons and have them hanging by our fireplace. We also taped 3 to a ribbon, stacked them on top of themselves, and popped them in the mail to the kids’ Gaga as a Valentine 🙂 Just wanted to say thanks for the sweet inspiration and also all the beautiful messages in your blog. I’ll be checking back frequently. Take care – your family is beautiful!
Hey Bug – Long time! I’m so glad you guys had fun with this craft. I love how kids of any age can do it and it turns out beautiful. Thank you so much for checking out the blog! It would be so fun to see you. I wonder when we could make that happen. I hope all is well!
Hello Jodi,
Thank you for the wonderful idea. I used this in my classroom and just wanted you to know that I mentioned you on my blog!!
Hollie
Kindness Counts in Kindergarten
I have always enjoyed the Tie-Dye crafts, but I have not tried this technique using markers. So simple and fun, I will definitely make this our next Valentine craft. I will also let my readers know where I got this great idea. Thanks for sharing.
I hope you have a lot of fun with it. We just did it again. My advice would be to add a lot of marker. The more water you add the more it spreads and kind of disappears, so I would add little drops at a time, watch it spread and see what you think. I’m glad you are going to try it! Thanks for linking back.