Have you filled someone’s bucket up today?

With Valentine’s Day FAST approaching, today is the PERFECT excuse for you to make this thumbprint heart craft with your child and fill up someone else’s bucket, at the same time!

Find all the crafty details in our tutorial, as well as the FREE Valentine’s Day addition printable below! #gluedtomycrafts

Have you ever heard of “bucket filling?” I slightly mentioned it the other day in my “You Are A Star” post and craft idea.

I didn’t know about “this phrase” until my son came home from second grade and told me how he filled someone’s bucket that day.

After asking him some questions to understand the concept better, it’s where when you fill someone else’s bucket, you fill your bucket too. For example, you make someone smile with a simple friendly act. Then in turn you smile too. You both smile together. That awesome domino effect!

Some examples of filling someone else’s bucket is sharing, listening, smiling, helping, being polite, complimenting, taking turns, including others… anything and everything that involves being KIND!

A simple concept, right? It’s just a breathe of fresh air from the other things going on in the world. So here’s your reminder – be kind and remember to fill someone’s bucket today :-)

Anyways – after brainstorming some ideas, I came up with this simple Valentine’s Day Thumbprint Heart Bucket craft idea that I just knew would be perfect to share with you all!

There’s even a free printable {of course – that’s the Glued To My Crafts way of filling up your bucket!} to get you started with ease. From there, you just download, print, add a few thumbprint hearts and gift it to someone who might need a little pick-me-up that day.

I just hope you find it as awesome as I think it is and in turn you decide to make this “card idea” with your child as well! It’s great conversation starter too! Spread some kindness and fill up those buckets!

Find all the details below! Happy crafting, my friends! #gluedtomycrafts

Thumbprint Valentine Bucket Supplies:

* Free Valentine Bucket Card Printable
* White Cardstock
* Color Printer
* Washable Ink Pads
* Baby Wipes
* Thin Tip Markers
* Small Heart Stickers or Rhinestones

Directions:

* First download the link listed in the supply list and print in color, the bucket template on a single sheet of white cardstock. One printable makes one bucket craft.
* Next open up your ink pad and lay it next to the printable.
* Have children press their thumb on the ink pad, then in the center of the printable, where the opening of the bucket is. Follow that up by making another “print” next to the first, slightly angled, to make a heart shape.
* Repeat the thumbprint step, several times, to make a whole bunch of hearts coming from the bucket.
* Use baby wipes to remove excess ink off of fingers before washing hands completely at the sink.
* Add other embellishments you see fit {maybe some tiny heart stickers or a little glitter!}
* Then the last step is to sign their name and the lucky receiver on the top of the printable.
* Then gift away!

At Glued To My Crafts we really enjoy incorporating those little thumbprints into our craft tutorials! Be sure to check out our Thumbprint Dandelion and Thumbprint Thanks For Helping Me Grow post for even more crafty inspiration!

And don’t forget to share pictures with us as well! You can tag us on your various social media sites, join our Facebook group to share pictures or use our special hashtag #gluedtomycrafts for us to see! We really appreciate and LOVE seeing the inspiration come to life!

BTW – a HUGE THANK YOU to dailyarthub.com for the awesome bucket clipart you see in today’s printable! They offer lots of great clipart and designs, so be sure to check them out today!