Tissue Paper Flowers
This would work well for a rainy day recess idea.
Flowers may be overpriced on Valentine's Day, but these easy to make tissue paper ones won't be -and they never die either.Take green pipe cleaners and some sheets of tissue paper in different colors. Cut the tissue paper into squares. Layer the different colored pieces of tissue paper so that the corners all point in different directions. Then insert a green pipe cleaner through the center and carefull scrunch the paper to make a flower. Bend the top of the pipe cleaner in the center of the flower to hold it in place. I would send the tissue paper home with studens and have parent volunteers cut the tissue paper into squares.
Valentine Mailboxes
Your kids need a place to keep all those valentines from friends and family, and a unique valentine mailbox is the perfect choice. Ask parents to send in a shoebox-the smaller ones that kids' shoes come in are a great size. Pick up a couple of rolls of wrapping paper in Valentine's Day themed colors like pink and red, or anything featuring hearts or flowers. Cover the exterior of the box in wrapping paper. Then let the kids decorate the exterior with stickers, glitter etc. Finish it off by adding their name so their valentines will be delivered to the right place.
Lollipop Bouquets
Create a tasty bouquet that's as pretty to look at as flowers but tastes a lot better! Turn a Styrofoam cup upside down and let your kids decorate it with Valentine's colors, hear stickers and anything else you can think of. Them help them to carefully insert the sticks of a variety of colored lollipops into the base for the cup creating a beautiful bouquet.
Check out these links for Valentine's Day themed math activities!
Valentine's Day Math Find the Number that Comes Between the Given Numbers
Number Bonds and Missing Addends
Math Word Problem for Valentine's Day PowerPoint
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