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I love celebrating Valentines Day, and using this opportunity to speak words of encouragement and love into my little girls and husband.

I recently started reading “The Five Love Languages of Children” by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell, M.D., and it is just as good as the Love Languages book that was written for adults.

Every child needs to know that they are loved and valued, and this book focuses on learning how to express that love in a way that your child can understand it in their own unique way. I highly recommend this book as a parenting resource to check out!

To summarize the Five Love Languages, these are the common ways that each person receives and gives love:

• Quality Time
• Words of Affirmation
• Gifts
• Acts of Service
• Physical Touch

“We believe a child’s need for love is basic to all other needs. Receiving love and learning to give love is the soil out of which all positive human endeavors grow.” -Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell

Other Love Language books that I love from Gary Chapman:

• 5 Love Languages for Men
• 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts (Couples)

Applying this to our Home:

Since my oldest was about 18 months, I have kept up this tradition for her and my husband as a way of speaking and affirming words of encouragement for them:

Every day, for the 14 days leading up to Valentines day, I put a heart on their doors with a word that I feel describes part of who they are. I always end on the 14th day with a red heart saying: “You Are Loved”.

This particular year, we joined an online Homeschooling Valentine exchange group on facebook to make and sends cards to other homeschooling students all over Canada. The idea was to incorporate a little geography learning of our country for my 5-year-old, and also understanding more about the postal system.

The result: my particular online group had 30+ students that we needed to make cards for! (Honestly, a little mind boggling in addition to the other valentine cards for family and friends that we were ALREADY going to make!)

So the girls and I decided to create something that would be relatively simple, yet creative, customizable, and could easily be in a flat envelope (not a bulky card, and less expensive to post).

I also wanted to make something that my youngest (not yet 2) could participate in (and for it to look somewhat still pleasing to the eye!).

I have included here the free template that the girls and I used to paint and cut out for the cards, as you’ll see more in the directions below on how to use this template.

I hope your kids have fun with this creative activity as much as mine did!

How to Make Valentine Balloon Cards:

Supplies Needed:

• Heart Template Free PDF
• Paint & Brushes
• Glue sticks
• Scissors
• Cardstock paper
• String, yarn or embroidery thread
• 2 Envelopes

Directions:

1. Print and paint on heart template.

2. When paint has dried, cut out painted hearts.

3. Cut 1 page of card stock paper in half for two cards, and pre-cut string for balloon hearts and bow.

4. Tie string at one end with ends amounting to number of “balloons” you wish to use on the front of card. Glue all and write on front of card if desired.

5. Glue remaining hearts on the inside of card and write/decorate as desired.

6. Enclose with one of these simple white envelopes that fit perfectly!

Additional Notes: This activity could be easily done with inserting coloured paper into your printer and then print the template form to eliminate the painting step.

Here are other homemade Valentine Cards we have done in the past:

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