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In our home we love to celebrate holidays, friends, family and just life! This year, we decided to have a Valentine´s Crafting Kids Party with my sons and 10 of their friends.
Who doesn’t need fridge magnets! This is a practical and easy gift to give to your child’s teacher for Valentines day (or Día del Amor y la Amistad!)!
Okay Chicas, ready to get your craft on?
You will need:
- Metallic crafting paint for a glossy look
- Paint brush
- Air dry modeling clay
- heart shaped cookie cutters (various sizes)
- magnets
- Stamp block of your choice
Instructions:
1. Roll out your clay flat, just as if you were making cookies. If you roll it out too thin, it will easily break.
2. Use cookie cutters to make your heart shapes.
3. Press stamp block over heart to create your design.
4. Let dry according to instructions on the modeling clay package.
5. Once it is dry, paint.
6. Attach the magnet to the back. You will need a thick magnet to hold your hearts. Otherwise, they will just slide down the fridge.
7. Wrap ribbon around them and package them in these easy to make Valentine’s Day Pillow boxes.
Note: Clay will crack and break if dropped or bent.
Check out all the Valentine’s goodies we have for you here and our Valentine’s Pinterest board is really cute too!
Your fotos turned out so pretty, Mari! Thanks for the fun!
Beth, I am loving your spanglish. Thanks for stopping by!
love the cute wrapping – well done. x
Party Craft Secrets,
Yes, that is one of my favorite parts of gifts- making the package pretty! I esp. like that this little cute box can be reused since it opens from the end!!!
Very neat idea!
I’ve never thought of that although there are so many little ceramics available all the time that would be very cute as fridge magnets!
Tammy,
Thanks, I was very excited to make it once the idea popped into my head. Obviously nothing genious but easy and pretty!
These are so cool! I hope you will link this up to I Heart Projects Linky Party.
http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com/2012/01/i-heart-projects-linky-party.html
Thanks so much for the head´s up!
Cute! Thanks for sharing at Shine on Fridays!
Amy, Thanks for stopping by!
My daughter chose your project to click on off a linky, she wants to make these! They really are cute- I never think to buy clay at the craft store but there are so many possibilities! Thanks for the idea!
Come by for a visit sometime
Catherine
tbc-tobecontinued.blogspot.com
Such a cute idea! I would love for you to share it at my Valentines Party @ http://www.cheapcraftymama.com!
Catherine, Awww, it totally makes my day to know when families are inspired! You can also make salt dough but clay was so much easier for my big group of boys. Yes, I am loving your superbowl recipes, yum!
Enjoy, Mari
Cheap Crafty Mama,
Thanks, for the info and for stopping by!
This would be a great addition to The Pretty Packages Party! Would love for you to stop by and link up!
http://blackberryvine.blogspot.com/2012/02/pretty-packages-party-12.html
Smiles!
Jami
The Blackberry Vine
Thanks Jami, I will stop by!
Thanks for linking up to Fabulous Friday! I will be featuring you tomorrow.
Kelly thank for the feature! I love it!
I found you on Tip Junkie. Would you please share this with my readers for
our Fun Stuff Fridays Valentine’s Linky Party? I think it would be a great fit. http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/02/14-days-of-valentines-fun-stuff-fridays.html
Very cute valentine magnets, and such an easy project. Your pillow boxes are also adorable. Thanks for showing us how! Great project with the kids. Also, Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration at Sunday’s Best party!
Ladies, thanks for all the encouraging words on this project!
Thanks so much for linking up to CountryMommaCooks Link & Greet Party!
Hope to see you next Saturday……Have a blessed week:)
Excellent gift idea! I host a weekly meme called Thematic Thursday. Each week has a theme and this would be perfect for this week’s Valentine’s theme.
Thank you for sharing at Potpourri Friday!
These are so cute! So fun at a party! Thanks so much for joining us on “Strut Your Stuff Saturday.” We loved having you and hope to see you back next Saturday with more great ideas! -The Sisters
These were so adorable I had to feature them on my them on my blog’s Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/MakingLemonadeBlog
Thanks so much for linking up to last week’s Refresh Your Nest Friday, hope to see you back today!
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