Valentine Ornaments

Materials needed:

• 3 cups cinnamon
• 3 cups applesauce
• heart cookie cutter
• rolling pin
• bowl
• measuring cup
• spoon
• wax paper
• paints
• paint brushes
• ribbon
• straw

Mix the applesauce and cinnamon together. Sprinkle some cinnamon on your work area. Roll out the dough how ever thick you want it. Cut with the cookie cutters and poke a hole in each ornament to make a place to string the ribbon through. Move the ornaments to a piece of wax paper. Let dry for about 24 hours. Paint however you like. Let paint dry. Thread the ribbon through the hole you made with the straw.

Valentine Mobile

Materials needed:

• Construction paper in pink, red, and white
• Yarn in pink, red, and white
• Paper plates or a hanger
• Scissors
• Hole punch

Cut out heart shapes in different sizes. Punch a hole somewhere in the hearts and tie a piece of yarn to them. Use different lengths. Punch holes in the paper plate in different places to tie the hearts on to them. Also make a hanger for the paper plate out of yarn by tying a long piece of yarn on opposite sides of the plate. If using a hanger tie the yarn on the pant wire. Tie a bow around the bottom of the hook.

Valentine Sign

Materials needed:

• Construction paper in pink, white, and red
• Pencil
• Glue and/or tape
• Red marker

Cut a large heart out of the red paper. Cut a heart about 1 inch smaller than the red heart from the white paper. Trace one each of the girls' hands and cut out. Glue the white heart onto the red heart and the pink hand onto the white heart except for the ring finger and the middle finger. Bend the ring finger and the middle finger forward and glue or tape to the palm of the hand. Write "I Love You!" between the index finger and thumb. Tell the girls that the pinkie finger stands for "I", the index finger and thumb stands for "LOVE", and the pinkie and thumb stands for "YOU".

Valentine Pins for Rest Home

Materials needed:

• 1 red pipe cleaner
• 1 white pipe cleaner
• 1 safety pin

Take the two pie cleaners and twist them together. Twist the four ends together. Shape into a heart. Attach thepin .