There's a really cute, fun, and educational craft for Valentine's Day (or any day) on the Mommy Savers website. Aside from learning a little bit about shapes and letters, what your little one will wind up with when this craft is all said and done is a piece of construction paper with a heart draw on it, with the outline of that heart covered in Conversation Hearts candies. Let me link you to the details and then I'll go ahead and give you some thoughts on modifications:
MODIFICATION: This may seem like and obvious one to you but it is definitely something to consider before starting a task that uses food - will your little one use that food for the craft or will he try to eat it? You can go a couple of ways to avoid having too much trouble when it comes to using delicious food. One is to let your child know that, first you will be using the glue and then, when the picture is all done, you will be eating the candy. What I would do, however, is have two different bowls of candy set up. One bowl will have the candy for the craft while the other will have candy to eat. You can even draw a couple of pictures, one with a picture of a heart (to represent the heart craft) and one with the picture of a person eating or a mouth, etc. In my experience, this kind of thing has helped a ton and has helped me to avoid having a child with a gluey candy in her mouth!
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