Making Valentine’s Day crafts is meant to be a fun activity. But when it comes to making crafts you know that you and your children will not be able to enjoy the creative process if you do not follow some basic safety rules. The safety tips you need to keep in mind when making Valentine’s Day crafts are probably all things that you have heard before. Yet despite their simplicity, complacent attitudes still make safety a concern for many people especially those who are making Valentine’s Day crafts as part of a larger group (such as a school group).
Scissors – Scissors are probably going to be the most common risk factor that you encounter in your craft making experience. Make sure that the scissors that you use are age appropriate. Meaning that you have young children use blunt child-safe scissors and that if you need to cut something that is thick, intricate or otherwise difficult, that a parent or adult be in charge of doing so as opposed to having a child try to use sharp scissors.
Free mobility in large groups – When you are working with a group of kids who are making crafts, you are presented with some unique challenges simply because of the close proximity of the kids. If a child is gets excited and starts wielding a pair of scissors, straw, or even glue stick it could hurt another person if one of these or another craft object hit them in the face (and most specifically in the eye). Make sure that all of the children have ample room to do the craft. Watch them carefully to make sure that they stay within their own space parameters not only to protect themselves and their classmates but to avoid conflict over kid’s desire to have a certain level of personal space.
Ingesting danger with younger children – Young children (and especially those under the age of two) should not be given any sort of craft material that is small enough for them to put in their mouths. Young kids and toddlers do not understand the concepts of hygiene or choking hazards that are present when such materials come into close contact with the mouth.