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Valentine's Day is a great way to spend time with children by playing games and making crafts for friends and family. With simple supplies found around the house, they can create awesome gifts for very cheap. Kids can also play fun games, put on short plays, and help decorate the house or classroom for this love-inspired day.

Valentine's cards are a must for this day. Set out construction paper, safety scissor, crayons, and glue sticks and let their imaginations go wild. Lead them in creating cute heart shaped cards with the simple rhyme "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet and so are you." Let the child color and decorate the card.

Help your child make card boxes for collecting Valentine's cards from classmates, friends and family. Any type of small box will work, such as a tissue box or a shoe box. If using a shoe box, cut out a rectangle slot in the lid so the children can drop the Valentines in the box. If you use a tissue box, the hole is already there, so no cutting is required. Wrap the box in aluminum foil, Valentine's gift wrap, or red and pink construction paper. Print out cupid clip art or allow the child to make his or her own decorations.

Desserts are the best part of any holiday, so be sure to include your kids when baking cookies and cupcakes. Let your kids help decorate them. Sugar cookies work best for decorating purposes. Decorator's icing can be bought inexpensively in easy to use cans. Small fingers are able to work with these cans easier than professional icing bags.

Another cheap and easy art project is potato heart art. Slice a large potato in half. Using a knife (adults only) draw a heart in the potato. Carve around the heart, leaving the three dimensional shape alone. Use this as a stamp for cards, the card box, or to decorate a large sheet of construction paper.

Preschoolers and kindergartners always love the heart shaped mouse project. These are fun to make from construction paper and kids love them! With the paper folded in half, cut out half a heart. Glue the folded sides together. Decorate the mouse with eyes and use yarn for a short tail. Cut out a smaller heart and glue on as ears.

Teach older children about the association of cupid with Valentine's Day and let them dress up and play Cupid. Grab an old sheet and some rope or ribbon and fashion a toga for them. Have them act out a scene as Cupid and pretend to shoot love arrows at people. If you have more than one child, you can have the other children be the

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