Valentine's Day Paper Craft from Holiday Wrappings

While many of us are still deep into the Holiday season or the on-going celebrations of the New Year, we'd like to remind you that there are plenty of beautiful, future craft-box materials and projects in all of those holiday wrappings that linger in your home. While you may be in a hurry to take a large plastic bag and empty out the residual wrappings, we ask you to look at the materials you are disposing of and consider the possibilities.

In this early Valentine Craft we are recycling with an abundance of great materials and having a ton of fun in the process!

Decorative Valentine Swags

Materials:
Holiday Wrapping Paper
Cardboard from Soda-Can Boxes and Mailed Packages
Pre-Trash Bag Ribbons
Glue and Tape
Scissors (only to be used by or under the supervision of a grown-up)
Paper Plates and Cotton Swabs (to be used as glue applicators)
Hole Puncher

How To Put It All Together:

Cut out Heart-shaped pieces in many different sizes and shapes.

Cut the Holiday wrapping paper into squares and the crumbled pieces into tiny confetti pieces that are useable as textured decoration on the valentines.

Pour a little glue onto the paper plate and, with the cotton swab applicators, dab small amounts onto the cardboard so that you can make places to put the confetti pieces.

When all of the Valentines are covered, punch out holes in the tops of the Valentines and string them together with the leftover ribbons to make a beautiful swag!

There are so many potential resources that we dispose of in our world today. When we look at all we have and use our resources creatively, we are teaching our children to find opportunities where we might otherwise be wasteful.

It's all about what you do with what you've got!