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How to Teach Your Kids to Sew With this Valentine’s Day Craft

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Inside: Try this fun Valentine’s Day Craft and teach your kids beginning sewing skills at the same time. All you need is a few supplies and your kids will be sewing in no time.


These Kindness Notes for Kids are perfect for Valentine's Day to spread some love in your home. Help build a sibling connection by having kids write kindness notes to their siblings every day leading up to Valentine's Day #valentinesday #vday #kindness #kindnessactivities #coffeeandcarpool


My grandma was an incredible seamstress, but she didn’t pass down the skills to my mom or to me.

I can sew on a button, and I can hem curtains if I have to, and I figured out how to make cute felt ornaments.

To even obtain these skills, I had to take a sewing class at a craft store to figure it out. With my mom.

But my kids have been dying to learn how to sew ever since I made my purple pajama pants in the sewing class.

This simple Valentine’s Day craft is how I taught my kids the concept of beginning sewing. We’re still a few years off from the purple pajama pants, but this is the best way to get them started.

Beginning Sewing Craft for Kids with this super cute and simple Valentine's Day craft for kids. #beginningsewing #kidscraft #Valentinesday #Valentinesdaycraft #kidssewingcraft

Other ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day: 

Since my kids love holidays we lean in and really enjoy February and Valentine’s Day: 

To help my kids share love and kindness, we use these Kindness Love Notes for the 14 days leading up to the holiday. It’s perfect for families with siblings. 

We also help them spread kindness to their classmates and teachers with these Kindness Valentine’s Day Notecards. 

Spread kindness this Valentine's Day with these kindness valentines for your classmates and for teachers, principals, and aides at school. February will be kinder with these Kindenss Valentine's Day Cards #valentinesday #valentine'sdaycards #valentines #printablevalentines #kidvalentines #valentinesforclassmates #valentinesdayprintables

We also love to encourage our kids to volunteer with our Monthly Volunteer Challenge and the February Challenge is perfect for Valentine’s Day. It takes less than 5 minutes, costs zero dollars, and helps kids who are sick and stuck in the hospital. Get the directions here. 

Join our 2020 Family Volunteer Challenge as each month we teach our kids the art and the heart of giving back, donating, volunteering, and community service. It doesn't matter what you call your donations or your volunteering. It's teaching them to give to others because kindness matters. These are 12 kindness activities for kids #kindnessmatters #volunteer #communityservice #giveback #donating #kidvolunteer #tikkunolam #tzedakah #

We have the Kindness Elves bring them Valentine’s with ideas of how to spread kindness during February. 

After Valentine’s Day has passed, we turn their Valentine’s Day cards into placemats they can use year after year. 

Valentine's Day Craft to make placemats for kids. #valentinesdaycraft #valentinesday #valentinesdaycraftforkids

We also love doing Valentine’s Day crafts like this Valentine’s Day Pointillism and this Valentine’s Day Countdown Calendar. 

Teach your kids how to beginning sew with this simple Valentine's Day Craft for kids easy. Beginning sewing for kids can be simple and fun! #valentine'sdaycraft #valentine'sday #beginningsewing #kidscraft #coffeeandcarpool

Best Valentine’s Day Books for Kids:

We love to sew and craft and spread kindness, but we also love to read. Here are our family’s favorite Valentine’s Day books:

The Runaway Valentine

0807571784

You Are My I Love You

039924395X

A You’re Adorable 

0763653322

The I Love You Book

0316247561

Oh, Valentine, We’ve Lost Our Minds (chapter book)

0062284037

The Valentine Bears 

0899193137

Valentine’s Day

0060277947

Lego City Wrecking Valentine’s Day

0545859840

Supplies Needed for the Sewing Valentine’s Day Craft

  1. Styrofoam meat trays, or use one from the meat you purchase at the grocery store and wash them well
  2. Red yarn and pink yarn
  3. Beginner, blunt needles 
  4. Masking tape
  5. Mechanical pencil to make small holes or a regular pencil to make larger holes

Valentine’s Day Craft Instructions 

1. Cut a long length of yarn and tie a knot at the end.

2. Thread the yarn through the eye of the beginner needle.

To start the beginning sew craft for kids, tie a knot in the end of the yarn.

3. Draw a large heart on the backside of the meat tray.

4. Every half inch, poke a small hole around the heart with a pencil.

Draw on the meat tray and poke holes in it to begin the simple beginning sewing craft for kids. Celebrate February 14th with this fun Valentine's Day Craft for kids.

5. Starting from the underside of the meat tray, thread the needle through, so it comes up through the top of the meat tray.

6. Tape the knot to the bottom of the tray with the masking tape.

7. Using the holes as a guide, thread the needle through to the top of the tray and then back through the next hole to the bottom of the tray until you reach where you started.

Beginner sewing craft for kids with this cute Valentine's day craft for kids easy

8. On the bottom side of the meat tray, tie a knot in the yarn as close to the tray as possible.

Last step of the beginning sewing craft for kids. Tape the yarn to the underside of the Valentine's Day craft for kids.

9. Cut off the excess yarn, and tape down the knot.

To change the design for more advanced sewers:

You can add a border of yarn around the outside of the tray.

Or you can add an arrow to the heart.

You can write the word LOVE on another tray, or try smaller hearts all over the tray (to write words, you need to write the letters backward on the bottom of the tray!)

Beginning sewing craft for kids to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Sewing yarn on meat trays is the first step towards learning how to sew purple pajama pants.

For now, we’ll stick to the meat trays.

Beginning Sewing Craft for Kids with this super cute and simple Valentine's Day craft for kids. #beginningsewing #kidscraft #Valentinesday #Valentinesdaycraft #kidssewingcraft

Beginning Sewing Craft for Kids with this super cute and simple Valentine's Day craft for kids. #beginningsewing #kidscraft #Valentinesday #Valentinesdaycraft #kidssewingcraft


These Kindness Notes for Kids are perfect for Valentine's Day to spread some love in your home. Help build a sibling connection by having kids write kindness notes to their siblings every day leading up to Valentine's Day #valentinesday #vday #kindness #kindnessactivities #coffeeandcarpool

 

 

Beginning Sewing Craft for Kids with this super cute and simple Valentine's Day craft for kids. #beginningsewing #kidscraft #Valentinesday #Valentinesdaycraft #kidssewingcraft

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I’m Nicole and I am a recovering elementary school teacher, a mom to three super busy kids, and I mostly survive on strong coffee.

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