Fabric scrap hearts: easy window decorating for kids

by Jen (February 5, 2008)

Spotlight Post: turn fabric scraps into hearts, tape them to windows for Valentine’s Day.

I got out all my fabric and told him that Valentine’s colors are red, pink and purple. We picked out any fabric with those colors and spread them across the floor. I cut symmetrical hearts by folding pieces in half and then cutting a tear-drop shape. Our quick and dirty method of decorating was to tape the hearts to our front window. If my partner in crime were seven- or eight years old instead of three, I would have cut smaller hearts to glue in the larger ones, and then safety pinned them to a long piece of ribbon. But my son has no patience for a 30-minute project. Our method took about ten minutes.

You could probably take this in a hundred other creative directions. Add some fabric paint pens in for decorating or writing messages. Layer fabric hearts on top of each other. The beauty of this one is that it can be as simple or complex as you feel like making it, or as your kids can handle.

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