How to Make Valentine's Day Decorations

Valentine's Day is a fun holiday to celebrate for sweethearts and for kids. Make these beautiful and fun decorations with your child as the holiday approaches to get into the holiday spirit. The following steps show how to make Valentine's Day decorations.

Things You'll Need

• Terra-cotta pot
• Paints
• Floral foam
• Silk flowers
• White glue
• Food coloring
• Wax paper or aluminum foil
• Heart candle mold
• Double boiler
• Paraffin wax
• Construction paper
• Lace
• Markers, paint or crayons
• Glitter

Instructions

1. Add a pot to your table with pink flowers as a centerpiece. Paint a terra-cotta pot pink or red and cover it in clear varnish. Place floral foam in the center of the pot and stick in pink, red and white faux silk flowers.

2. Make heart shapes to cling to your windows by drawing an outline of a heart onto aluminum foil or the waxy side of wax paper with white glue. Fill in the heart with the glue and mix in a little red food coloring with a toothpick. Put a little bit of glitter onto the heart while it is still wet, if desired. Peel the heart off when the glue is dry and apply a small amount of water to the smooth side. Stick it to a window or mirror.

3. Purchase a heart-shaped candle mold to make a heart candle for decoration. Melt paraffin wax in a double boiler over low heat until the wax is liquid, stir in a few drops of candle dye to make the candle red or pink and add a little candle fragrance if desired. Pour the wax into your mold and wait for the candle to become half-set before inserting a wick into the wax.

4. Cut out hearts from construction paper to hang about the room. You can trim them with lace or glue them on doilies to make them extra pretty.

5. Draw hearts and color them with paint, markers, crayons and glitter. Hang them around the room.