Valentine Crafts

Sparkling Valentine Heart

What you'll need

Heavy Paper
Rec,Pink, or White Paint
Tablesalt

Paint a large heart with red, pink or whtie paint
White the paint is still damp, Sprinkle some salt over the painting.
The heart will sparkle when it drys.

Valentine Soap Balls

What you'll need:

4 cups of Soap Flakes
1 cup of warm water divided in two
Half tsp, Food Coloring
Mixing bowl, Measuring Cups and Spoons, Large spoon, Cookie sheet
Foil Wrap
Half cup Shampoo
Baby Oil

Soap Balls:
1. Measure the soap flakes and put then in the mixing bowl
2. Add food coloring to the soap
3. Add small amounts of water,. Stir until the soap pulls away from sides of the bowl. It will form a ball, the mixture should be thick not sticky
4. Roll small amounts of the soap mixture into balls. use your hands to do this.
5. Place the finished soap balls on a foil covered cookie sheet.
6. Allow the soap balls to dry for a week.

Soap oil:
1. Combine 6 teaspoons of baby oil, half cup shampoo, and half cup water in a container
2. Put a lid on the container and shake it.
3. Write directions: on a note to go with the bubble bath, it should read "Add a few tablespoons of bubble bath to warm bath water"

Tree can be made out of driftwood, or a bare branch cut from the backyard

Base can be a can filled with sand or a flat round piece of styrofoam trimmed with a Valentine motif

Use red heart and arrow cutouts for decorating the tree
they can be already made up ones or you can make them yourself out of construction paper
Attach hanging loops of white thread or yard to hearts and decorate with gummed Valentine seals and flowers cut from whtie paper doilies
Hang from small branches
Arrows are attached to branches with a drop of glue
Add a small paper cupid figure at base of tree
Use it as centerpiece on your dining room table or coffee table