Preschool Valentine's Day Sun Catcher

Your preschooler will enjoy making a Valentine’s Day sun catcher as a gift or as a decoration for your home. Hang the Preschool Valentine Sun Catcher from a suction cup hook on your window to brighten the room and celebrate the holiday of love. It’s a nice preschool Valentine’s craft for boys because it isn’t necessary to use the color pink at all. Your preschooler can fill the center of the heart frame with any colors they like. 

Clear adhesive vinyl

Several colors of tissue paper squares

2 sheets of construction paper

Yarn

Scissors

Stapler 

Peel the white paper from half of the adhesive vinyl.

Lay the squares of tissue paper on the adhesive vinyl. Overlap a little for depth of color.

 

Peel the paper from the other half of the vinyl. Fold it over so the paper adheres to both sides.

 

Step 4:
Fold both sheets of construction paper in half, one inside the other, so that the holes will match.

 

Cut out half a heart shape and open it up. Each sheet should have a heart in the middle.

Place the vinyl between the two sheets of construction paper so that it shows through the hearts on each side. Staple or glue the edges together.

Attach yarn, string, or ribbon with for a hanger.

 

Step 8:

Hang the sun catcher in the window.

 

Your preschooler can sprinkle a little glitter on the other half of the vinyl before folding it over. This adds sparkle to the sun catcher and reflects more light. Your preschool can even add glitter to the construction paper frame. This is especially nice when it's to be given as a gift.

 

Tip 1:
Make or buy precut tissue paper squares. It greatly simplifies this activity. If you make them yourself, you can cut several layers of tissue paper at a time, but be sure to separate the layers before putting them out for your preschooler. It's difficult for preschoolers to get the layers apart.

Tip 2:
Encourage your preschooler to lay the tissue paper one square at a time and overlap the edges in places. When the sun catcher has been hung up, talk about the new colors created where two or more colors come together.

Tip 3:

Your preschooler can write a Valentine’s Day message to a friend or family member on a piece of paper and put it in the center of the sun catcher surrounded by the tissue paper. The sun catcher then becomes a Valentine’s Day card that is also a Valentine’s Day present. This is a lovely gift for grandparents, aunts, uncles, or teachers.