Laced Heart

Materials:

• Poster board or heavy construction paper in valentine colors (white, pink, red, purple)
• Hole punch
• Tape
• Ribbon in contrasting colors
• Photo of your child (optional)
• Glue (optional)
• Magnet (optional)

Directions:

1. Cut a large heart shape out of poster board or heavy construction paper.
2. Punch an even number of holes around the outside edge of the heart.
3. Tape one end of a ribbon between two holes, leaving an inch or two free to make a bow later, and show your child how to weave the ribbon through the holes, starting at either the bottom or top of the heart.
4. Tie the ends in a bow.
5. Help your child write a valentine's message on the heart.
6. If you like, glue a photo of your child to the front of the heart and a magnet to the back.

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Copyright © 1998 by Patricia Kuffner. Excerpted from The Preschooler's Busy Book with permission of its publisher, Meadowbrook Press.

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