With only a few days of January left, I thought it was a perfect time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day. Since Mila loves to paint, I incorporated that and my love for decorating in this project.
I also was inspired by this Instagram post to make Mila’s artwork into a banner!
This little banner looks simple, but took two days to make.
Older kids may be able to do the entire project by themselves. Younger children will need their parents help with scissors and a hole punch.
Here’s what you’ll need for this project:
- Paint
- Brushes
- Paper (we used craft)
- String
- Scissors
- Hole punch
- Bubble wrap (optional)
We started off doing some process art with bubble wrap. Anytime we can add new ways to create, we do.
I had Mila paint Valentine’s Day colors (pink, purple, and red) on bubble wrap. Then we set our big pieces of craft paper on top. After it was on top, she rolled her rolling pin over it. I told her to do this to make sure the paper picked enough paint up.
We did this for four pieces of paper. She did different strokes of paint for each.
They all came out so individual and Mila enjoyed how different this looked compared to her usual paintings.
Next, we had to wait for everything to dry.
To be honest, this probably would have taken a few hours. I might have waited a couple days. Oops!
Mila is still too little to draw hearts or cut them out, so I did the next steps by myself. If she was a little older, she could have done these steps too!
I drew and cut out different sized hearts. The size variety is interesting to me, but you can do whatever.
If you have extra painted paper leftover, keep it! I have a cute Valentine’s Day card you can make with them!
Next, hole punch two holes on the top of the heart.
Your child can help you put the string through the holes if you’d like. Mila thought it was cool to help put it together this way. It took her a little whole though!
After they’re all on the string, hang it up where ever.
This simple project is fun to do with a toddler and even older kids. You can showcase their art and have festive decorations that are handmade and cute.
The plan the rest of the wall is to put hearts around the canvas she made with reasons why I love her in them.
I can’t wait to make this February special for Mila.
Let me know if you try this project out and what projects you’ll be doing this Valentine’s Day!
Grey Skies & Rainbow Highs 
This looks like so much fun. I’m gonna have to head to the Dollarstore and grab some bubble wrap.
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Yes! It’s really cute for water/ocean activities/paintings too!
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Ooh I can’t wait to try this with my little! They are going to live it! And I’m going to love it decorating my mantle! ❤️
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Yes! Your little will be so proud seeing their artwork too.
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Oh man would my kids love this! I think I’m going to incorporate it with another idea that a fellow mama shared! Thanks for sharing!
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Yay! I can’t wait to see.
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I love the idea of using bubble wrap, it adds such a cute texture element to any painting. Great IDY!
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Thank you! It really does add such a cute texture to arts and crafts.
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I love this idea! I think this would be a great way for my boys to make Valentine’s for their grandparents! Cheap and fun!
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Yes! And we all know how much grandparents love seeing what they make.
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This is a great idea for cold weekends during this pandemic. Will def be trying it out with my almost 5 year old!
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Thank you! Bubble wrap can be used in a ton of different painting scenarios. I hope you have fun with it.
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I would love to do this with my son when he is old enough. It’s things like this that I look forward to doing with him as he gets older!
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He’ll get their quick. You can do a ton of Valentine’s activities with him this year. Like creating a ‘love bug’ with his footprint.
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This banner is too cute. I would love to do a craft like this with my daughter.
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Thank you so much. I hope you both have as much fun as we did creating it!
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Will do this with my toddler. It is sooo cute
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Thank you! If you remember, let us know how it went.
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Literally the cutest craft ideas! I can’t wait to try them out with my oldest!
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Thank you! Can’t wait to see what you guys come up with.
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Wow! This is another great DIY project that the family can do to have that bonding we want. What I loved about this project is that it’s easy to do that even our kids can do for themselves.
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Yes. They can do it themselves and help each other out. It’s a great way to talk about colors or you can even write people you love on the hearts too.
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Beautiful craft ideas that I definitely will be trying out with my kids. And bubble wraps are always so much fun!
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We love bubble wrap here. Whether it’s creating something or popping it!
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How adorable is this! Such a fun activity to do with the kids
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Thank you so much. We love creating!
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This looks fun and really creative. Would love to do the same with my daughter. Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea.
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Thank you! We had a blast making it. We hope you do too!
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My artistic daughter will love this
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I hope she does! She’ll do amazing.
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This turned out so cute and creative! I will try it with my son.
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Thank you! If you end up doing so, let me know how it goes.
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What a cute activity that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day! I love this!
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Thank you! Kids will love it too.
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