Cookie Cutter Valentine Printing

Its been a while since I have been crafting with the children. Things are now getting back to normal in our house and this morning we managed to start our Valentines crafts to making Little Mans teacher a Valentines card and gift. We are taking it slowly doing a bit each day hopefully so this is stage one. 

I decided this year to make every thing including the present its self so we started by making the wrapping paper by printing with cookie cutters and paint. I laid out a large piece of paper to make sure it would definitely be big enough for what we planned to wrap. 

I started off by showing little man how to use the cutters, dipping them in the paint and printing one in the corner of the page. He then went on to pick one up him self and give it a try. As he was stamping them on the paper we discussed the sizes of the cutter as they were all different. I introduced words such as above, below, under and next to. He understood them was able to use the vocabulary himself which really surprised me. It's amazing what children know some times. Little man has really had a boost in his development lately since his speech has come on. 

Once Little man had finished painting with the cutters he picked up the paint brush and filled each of the hearts in using the different shades of red and pink. He had fun making circular movement and was even able to form a heart using the brush. 

Its lovely to be finding the time to be crafty again with the children.