Practice memory skills and make a colourful rainbow with this DIY Cardboard Rainbow Heart Puzzle with you toddler or preschooler! Its a wonderful activity to make for Valentine’s Day or Spring!
How to Make a DIY Cardboard Rainbow Heart Puzzle for Kids
Adult Prep
- Cut out two large heart from cardboard.
- Colour in one of the hearts using markers. You can colour it like a rainbow similar to the picture or you can create your own design. You can even get your little one to help you. You can use markers to colour it in or you can use paint sticks.
- Using a craft knife or boxcutters, cut out a 1 inch thick trim around the coloured in heart. This will be the border of the puzzle. You can glue this to the second cardboard heart using a hot glue gun.
- With the remaining part of the heart cut it into different puzzle shapes.
- Replace the pieces and trace their shape using a black marker on the base of the cardboard.
Time to Put the Puzzle Together
- Invite your child to put the puzzle together!
Turn it into a Valentine’s Day Card
Turn this puzzle into the most amazing Valentines Day card ever! This is one ythat your little one can give to someone really speacial such as a teacher or grandparent. Remove the puzzle pieces and write a message on the base of the puzzle. Put the puzzle piece back in and write Happy Valentines Day on the coloured heart. Give it to someone special!
Age Suitability
This activity is good for toddlers aged children 2.5 years old and up. My kids are 4.5, 4.5 and 8 years old.
Mess Level
The mess level for this activity is low.
Difficulty to Create
Medium.
Skills Developed
Spaicl awareness, memory skills, problem solving skills, shape recognition, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.
Supplies Cardboard Heart Puzzle
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- Cardbaord
- Markers or paint sticks
- Hot glue gun
- Scissors
- Box cutter or craft knife
- Sharpie
Toddler and Preschooler Curriculums, Books & TV Show!
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles that show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to finally share my new crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched July 1 at on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
WILL YOU TRY MAKING THIS CARDBOARD HEART PUZZLE WITH YOUR KIDS? PIN IT FOR LATER.
