St. Valentine's Day Activities for Kids

100+ Valentine’s Day Books for Kids

March 7, 2025January 30, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Can you believe that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner? Take a moment to get in the Cupid spirit and take your kiddo to go find discover some new books to love at your local library!

Valentine's Day Activities for Kids

March 8, 2025January 28, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

This mother-lode of Valentine activities for kids (toddlers, preschoolers, and any other hands-on kids) covers everything you need to bring joy to your child’s Valentine’s! With an ever expanding list of Valentine’s Day activities, this should keep us all busy until St. Patrick’s Day! {More activities will be added as we do them}! If you’re so … Read more

Candy Heart Goopy Slime

March 8, 2025January 27, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Conversation Hearts Goop! Some messy gooey Valentine’s Day fun! These candy hearts make for perfect Valentine’s early learning play! We have used them for a quick color sorting game, observation science, and in our love potion #9! This time we made a great science sensory activity of goopy candy heart slime or sometimes called oobleck!

Goop is a pretty amazing sensory experience! Is it a liquid or a solid? Or is it Both?!

Oobleck is what is called a non-Newtonian Fluid. When pressure is exerted on it like squishing it or scooping it up, it acts like a solid. When there is no pressure exerted on it, it flows like a liquid. Scoop it up with a spoon like a solid and watch as it slowly melts off the spoon like a liquid. Amazing!

Valentine’s Day Cookie Cutter Stamping

April 8, 2016January 26, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Cookie Cutter Stamping: A simple way to add in a process art activity for Valentine’s Day. This activity is a great way to explore different textures and color mixing! It can get a tad messy, but we promise you it’s worth it!

Valentine's Day Cookie Cutter Stamping One of my favorite investments from my teaching days was a kit of 101 Cookie Cutters. The kit came with letters, numbers, seasons, animals, holidays, sports…you name it, it had it. We have used these cookies cutters for an array of activities from arts-n-crafts to sensory play and everything in between. I seriously have a love affair with these things!

Melting Hearts! Dissolving Conversation Hearts Science Experiment

February 25, 2025January 26, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Looking for science ideas for Valentine’s Day? Or even just something to do with all that left over candy? Try your hand at some candy science with this dissolving conversations hearts experiment.

Melting Hearts! Dissolving Conversation Hearts Science Experiment

Dissolving candy hearts is a quick and easy comparison experiment that will get children exploring how fast conversation hearts dissolve in different water temperatures. This experiment does not require scalding hot water and to keep this experiment safe to play with please keep water temperatures under 100°F (38°C).