7 Easy Wintry & Valentine Crafts, Games and Books

Welcome friends!

Since Valentine's day is right around the corner, 

I'm stopping in briefly to share few of the fun,

tried and true crafts and resources that we've enjoyed over the past years

as we've celebrated Valentine's day and ole man winter!
I hope you find a few ideas that you'd like to adapt into your

own homeschool and family fun time!

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Somebody Loves You Mr Hatch!

Have you read this one yet?

Adorable for all ages!!

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Saint Valentine

Looking for a book with the origins of this holiday?

Look no further!

This is a family staple that we read every year!

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Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink

Got boys?

Say no more.

We read this one Valentine's day yeeeeeears ago and every year,

they want it again and again.

Some tradition. ( ! ) 

                               

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 Valentine Craft~

John 3:16

First time we've actually done this pretty popular craft. How cute, how easy and how fun!
My younger son created this one, which I found several Valentine's Days ago here. 

Some shots of the project:

                                    

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 "Hearts" Bingo~
Math/Art

                                  

Boards created by the boys, using  math skills, of course, in order to measure and to decide which factors and multiples would be written on the boards.  We played some fun, traditional "bingo," using "HEARTS" instead. ( Ex ~ H8 )

But we also practiced math facts.
For example~ "S  2x2x3" or "R 77 divided by  7" or "T 5 squared plus 3"

Of course, there were Valentine-ish prizes!

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Milk Gallon Snowman:

Isn't this project adorable for a winter afternoon? I found it at The Better Mom along with many other great, fun finds! And how perfect for a day such as today where my corner of the world will be hit with a little snow...just a little.....

Above, is a photo of the milk gallon snowman that one of my kids created. Cute, right?

 Just cut a hole in the back of the container and put a strand of white/clear Christmas lights in. Decorate the front, and there you go! I thought my kids may find this a bit juvenile, but they loved it. It looks very pretty on a table, as the sole light in the room, on a winter's night!

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 Marshmallow Snowman:

Here's another adorable, fun project for a day such as today~
I also stumbled onto this at The Better Mom.  

You just need white paint, black paint, pretzels for arms and of course, 

mini marshmallows!
This is unfinished...but here you go:
                     

I'm grateful to link to Jen's QTs as well
as the craft and homemaking hops featured on my sidebar.

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For my previous "Artful Friday" posts, 

you might like to click below.....

They're all here if you'd like to dust off something from the archives:

Study of van Gogh

Wisdom from a Violin Master

Everything You Need for a  Cezanne Study

The Arts in Our Homeschool This Week

 ( knitting, winter crafts, the theater and piano)

 Lenten, Valentine and Papal Crafts

Mercy Crosses, Lenten wreaths, Rosary Making, Music Lessons

Strings, Keys, Sketches

Strings for the Beginner

Yeats, Joyce and Watercolor with a Little Vivaldi Thrown in!

Crucifixion Paintings

A Few Resources on the Great Composers

Let's Have Some Elizabethan Fun!

Forever West: Caricatures and Street Performers on The Wharf

Autumn Tree Art

Violin School: Ode to Joy

The Art of Giving:

A Parade of Artwork for the Impoverished of Honduras

Orchestra Concert and  Fools for Christ Christmas Skit: 

Violin Resources for Fun, Classical Study and Christmas Solos!

Costumes and Monsters and Raggedy Doctors, Oh My! 
Sewing Fun for Kids!

Light up the Night with a Paper Lantern:
Doctor Who Torch!

And, my son's popular  guest posts on crafting rocket balloons,

 both of which include instructional videos:

How to Make a Balloon Dog

and

Shaping Balloons: A How-To 

I hope you get a chance to click over and enjoy one of his posts!

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