Toddlers and preschoolers will absolutely love “mixing” up their own magic love potions on paper.
All this unique DIY requires is cardstock paper, sidewalk chalk and our free provided printable! Keep scrolling to see how to make this paper chalk love potion craft come together within minutes, for Valentine’s Day!
Paper Chalk Love Potion Craft For Valentine’s Day
Love is in the air on Glued To My Crafts and I’m super excited to share this latest Valentine’s Day inspired craft idea that came together on a whim. This time we are taking my favorite chalk art technique and making love potion bottles out of cardstock paper!
It’s another first-seen-here idea and I really hope you like it. It’s just a matter of rubbing some colorful sidewalk chalk on black paper and then adding our “science beaker” cutout printable on top to complete the love potion art project.
Easy peasy fun for the lovestruck holiday and I hope you recreate one of your own love potion bottle on paper, with your child today. Find all the details you need to know below, as well as the free printable template from us!
Happy crafting, my friends! Don’t forget to show off those proud chalk and paper love potion creations with us on our Facebook page or tag us on Instagram to see. We love hearing from you!
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Valentine Love Potion Craft Supplies:
- Free Science Beaker Printable {grab it on box.com}
- Pink Colored Cardstock Paper
- Color Printer
- Kid Friendly Paper Craft Scissors
- Black Cardstock Paper
- Sidewalk Chalk
- Baby Wipes
- Glue Stick or Hand-Held Office Stapler
- Various Heart Shaped Stickers
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Directions:
- First things first – grab our free science beaker printable, listed above in the supply list.
- Next, go ahead and find it on your computer, right click and print the file on a single sheet of pink cardstock. You only need ONE printable per beaker craft. Print as many as you like but only use our file for personal use please.
- Now that you have the printable, go ahead and trim out the two areas inside the beaker. Just punch a hole in each section of the beaker and trim around.
- Discard excess paper from the inners and set aside the beaker cutout till the last step.
- Now grab a single sheet of black cardstock and your various pieces of chalk.
- Make several lines and swirls, to “mix up” your love potion. Add as many lines and colors that you like!
- Use baby wipes to clean off excess chalk from fingers and hands.
- When done with the chalk, go ahead and grab your science beaker cutout from earlier & either your glue stick or office stapler.
- Secure the white piece of paper to the FRONT of your chalk art design you just made.
- Now add various heart stickers all over the paper piece to really tie it all together.
- Then display your chalk art valentine love potion piece proudly for all to see!
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Make It Your Own:
Don’t feel limited by using black construction paper for this craft. Experiment with different colors of paper to see what really makes the “chalk love potion” POP from the paper.
On that note, did you know you can dip your chalk in water to make the colors more vibrant on your paper? Yup! Just set a small dish with tap water on the table, dip the chalk in it for a few seconds and then draw on the paper the same way as before. Repeat, over and over, again and let the construction paper dry completely before adhering the beaker paper piece to the center.
What if you don’t have a printer? No worries! You can always hand-draw something on paper and go from there. This will really open up those creative juices and I highly encourage it!
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At Glued To My Crafts, we have a “knack” for stepping outside the traditional. It kinda gives us a thrill and we strive to be different! Especially around the holidays!
So before you leave, come check out our popular Handprint Light Bulb, Valentine Gingerbread House and Cupcake Liner Orange Cutie Card craft tutorials! All three are super unique and sure to impress the crafty fingers that recreate them!
Paper Chalk Love Potion Craft
Tools:
- Sidewalk Chalk
- Glue Stick or Hand-Held Office Stapler
Supplies:
- Pink Cardstock Paper
- Black Cardstock Paper
- Various Heart Shaped Stickers
Instructions:
- First print out our provided printable, in color, on a single sheet of pink cardstock paper. You only need one print per craft.
- Now that you have the printable, go ahead and trim out the two areas inside the beaker. Just punch a hole in each section of the beaker and trim around.
- Discard excess paper from the inners and set aside the beaker cutout till the last step.
- Now grab a single sheet of black cardstock and your various pieces of chalk.
- Make several lines and swirls, to "mix up" your love potion. Add as many lines and colors that you like!
- Use baby wipes to clean off excess chalk from fingers and hands.
- When done with the chalk, go ahead and grab your science beaker cutout from earlier & either your glue stick or office stapler.
- Secure the white piece of paper to the FRONT of your chalk art design you just made.
- Now add various heart stickers all over the paper piece to really tie it all together.
- Then display your chalk art valentine love potion piece proudly for all to see!
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