Love is in the air. Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Time to spread some love with your little one. Here's our first fun and splashy Valentine activity...ICY HEARTS! My son had a splash making these together and hanging them around the front porch.
Here's what you'll need: construction paper (red or pink), red ribbon, scissors, a hole punch, regular-sized muffin pan, water, freezing temps outdoors
1. Cut small hearts from the construction paper, small enough to fit in the base of the muffin tin, but large enough to be seen (about 2 inches tall).
2. Punch a hole in the top of each heart.
3. Loop 6 inch lengths of ribbon through each hole and tie. Your preschooler can loop the ribbon through the hole and you can tie it off.
4. Have your child place 1 heart into each muffin holder, but arrange the ribbons so they're hanging over the TOP of the muffin tin.
5. Help your child pour just enough water in to soak and cover each heart (about 1/4 of the way up in the muffin tin). You may need to gently hold the hearts down until they soak and sink into the water.
6. Place in freezer or outside for several hours until completely frozen. Once frozen, gently twist the muffin tin as you would an ice cube tray, to loosen the icy hearts. Carefully pull each ice heart ,out and hang them all over the front porch, in the windows, anywhere you want to spread a little love!
