Heart Stamps and green rice

I guess you already know it is Valentines day tomorrow?

I thought I would run with a bit of a pink heart theme at playgroup tomorrow.....

I want to achieve this idea.....so I set about in my usual thrifty manner to create what I would need....

A heart stamp.....or two or in my case 30!

I purchased some cheap thick kitchen sponges and cut out my hearts.....

I then took my stash of corks and began gluing the sponge on top......

I had second thoughts about whether that would be strong enough and decided to raid my sewing pin stash.....

Handy tips :  Choose short pins and find the softer corks.....because I had a large stash I could choose from the batch the softer ones to make it easier on my fingers.

I also managed to colour up some rice for a sensory tub  I am setting up also at playgroup tomorrow....

Easy peasy....green food colouring dropped throughout the rice then mixed by hand until desired colour spread. 

I am hoping these couple of things will be a huge hit with each of my playgroup sessions this week.....I begin a brand new group tomorrow afternoon bringing it to three sessions per week.