Valentine Craft-Prep Under 20 Minutes!

Last week I was pinteresting (is that even a word?) and started my hunt for a Valentine’s Day craft. I had one objective: Minimal Prep Work.

After sorting through numerous of cute, but time-consuming crafts, I came across this Valentine Heart Fish from Sassy Dealz.

It’s adorable and let me tell you, easy to make. I adapted it to speech and have basically used it all this week targeting numerous goals.

The best part? The prep time took me less than 20 minutes. It makes me smile even just reading that last sentence.

You know how hearts are made: Fold your construction paper in half and cut out multiple hearts at once-never just one at a time. I gave my scissors a workout as I forced them to try to cut out four hearts at once.

For each craft, you will need:

1 fat pink heart
1 medium-sized pink heart
1 skinny red heart
1 tiny red heart
6 small scales (half circles)

For each student, write words on the scales while they are assembling their fish. I wrote artic words, CVC words, opposites/synonyms, letters and rhyming words depending on the student’s goal.

Assemble your adorable fish. I didn’t have any glue-on eyes, so I just helped my students draw them on.

Soon, you will have an entire school of Valentine Fish!

Quick, easy, low-prep. Now we’re talking my kind of language =)

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