You will need:

• sheets of red, pink, purple and white construction paper
• children's craft scissors
• white glue
• assorted heart stickers, doilies, yarn, dyed macaroni, etc.

What to do:

• show children how to fold their paper into a card (in half long ways or 'hot dog style' or in half from top to bottom or 'hamburger style')
• encourage them to look at their card as if it were a book and then lay it down in front of themselves the right way up (many yong children make their cards backwards no matter what!) It is important not to dwell on this too much - after all, it really is the thought that counts!
• encourage children to decorate their Valentine cards using the available items
• help children to print inside their cards if necessary (four, five and six year olds may want you to print the words on another piece of paper for them to copy - REMEMBER to print using capital letter only at the beginning of a name; the rest of the name should be in lower case or small letters)
• clean up