Today’s learning activity for preschoolers is easy to set-up, fun, and educational. Our heart tissue paper by number activity helps reinforce a child’s understanding of basic numbers, color matching, as well as improve fine motor skills. All it takes to get started is a few basic materials you probably have lying around craft table + love! C really enjoyed our turkey tissue paper by number craft, so we thought we’d try it for Valentine’s Day too!
Materials:
- Heart Template (scale 140%)
- Tissue Paper – Red, Pink, White
- Black Marker
- Glue
- Scissors
- Numbers 1, 2, 3
Print out your heart template above and add your numbered sections. We chose three colors of tissue paper, but to make it more complex just add more colors and numbers. C helped me cut the tissue squares, but ripping them would be a beneficial sensory activity as well. Assign your color order – great for the kiddos to do!
Squeeze the paper into small balls, add glue, than match each number with its corresponding color. This helps improve their basic number recognition skills.
C really enjoyed all the ripping and scrunching! He’s a sensory seeker, so the pressure and texture helps him regulate and focus.
Just continue around the heart until you’re all done. This makes a fun valentines card as well, big or small. SImply scale the heart template before printing, than cut and glue it to a folded blank card.
Paper crafts are so beautiful! I love all the bright colors and textures!
Does your child love hands-on math activities? Our DIY Geoboard is great for learning math, shapes, and developing fine motor skills. Looking for more Valentine’s Day crafts?
Heart Sensory Collage exploring red loose materials.
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I love this idea! I have done the tissue paper scrunched up on heart shape, BUT I love the number recognition you included! So great for toddlers and adaptable for any season/Holiday. Thanks, #melmar http://imhereshesthere.wordpress.com/
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Thank you Melmar! It’s our favorite. We did it for Thanksgiving with more numbers and colors and my son loved it so much, we’ll continue for holidays! Thanks again! Off to check out your blog. 🙂
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Pinning this from Kids Co-Op linky party, which I also host on Generation iKid! Thanks for sharing.
Jennifer @ Generation iKid
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What a great idea!! I love it! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!
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This is such a cute idea! And the heart turned out so pretty! I featured it this week on TGIF. (http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2014/02/valentines-day-crafts-for-kids-and-tgif.html)
Thanks for sharing your creativity with the rest of us! Hope to see you linked up again later today.
Have a great weekend,
Beth =)
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thank you Beth! I appreciate the feature too! Off to share! 😉
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HI I made a similar craft from your design and I am linking back to you!
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I love this so much I had to share it again on my blog! This will be featured in tomorrow’s Hands-On Play Party! Thanks for linking up! Also be sure to link up here http://www.stirthewonder.com/ultimate-guide-tissue-paper-crafts-activities/ 🙂
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Thank you so much Samantha! That’s great! I’ll be sure to stop over, share, and link-up! Thanks again! 🙂
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This is an adorable idea! Adding it to the must try list!
Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!
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HI Jill! Thanks! Thanks for hosting and stopping by!
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This is a fabulous activity, I think we might just have to do this at our Playgroup! Thanks for linking it up on Mummy Mondays and apologies for commenting so late.
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HI Eva! Thank you! And thanks for hosting. No worries, not late at all. 😉
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Not only is there some really learning potential with this activity, but the final result is stunning! Thanks for sharing this at the After School Linky Party!
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Thank you! I appreciate it. It was a lot of fun.
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Heather, can I tell you how much I loooove this? I am seriously so excited! The possibilities with this are endless. You could do it for any holiday or theme, and with any medium! And there’s so much learning going on, numbers, colours, matching, fine motor, texture. This activity is a real winner! Not to mention, your photos are so gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing Thank you so much for sharing!
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Thank you Jackie!!! I really appreciate all your amazing comments! We did it for Thanksgiving and my son loved it! So, I figured it would be a win win for Valentine’s Day! 😉 Thank you SO much for sharing – so many new readers! You rock!!!!
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Thanks so much , this is such a wonderful activity, we will try this with our preschoolers and post the results soon 🙂
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Thank you Mounthawk Montessori! Do share the pictures please!
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This is such a great idea – fab for my son’s fine motor and number development – thank you for sharing on Motivational Monday 🙂
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thanks PinkOddy! My son kept saying, “scrunch, scrunch!” So glad you enjoyed the activity.
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