The Little Mermaid Valentines from Disney Family

It’s the New Year and not only is Disney Family is starting it off right with a bunch of new crafts, recipes, and fun activities for families! On top of this, they are also hosting a Show Your Disney Side contest with Smuckers Uncrustable sandwiches, where one winner and three guests will receive a magical vacation package at Disney Parks. If I were you, I’d hurry over and enter here, or enter through the Disney Applause app starting today through February 16.

I loved looking through all the new goodies available on the Disney Family site, particularly the fun new ideas shared in the “Mom’s Disney Sidekick” Again, in teaming up with Smuckers Uncrustable sandwiches, they’ve come up with fun ideas to make lunchtime great by adding a little Disney magic as well as new Hidden Mickey learning games, DIY Mickey lanyards, and so much more!

I decided to scroll through the site with my daughter, who I have to mention has become fascinated with the Little Mermaid in the last few months, and spotted a craft that neither one of us could pass up!

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First, with the Ariel’s fish Valentine’s, you can either cut out hearts, or download this template. You can choose to cut out at many as you want, so I suggest only printing one template and cutting out multiple hearts at a time. It calls for scrapbook paper, but I used colored cardstock so I could add my own decoration. Along with googly eyes, I used sparkles, sequins, rhinestones, and a slew of other fun things!

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After you cut out your hearts, remember to cut out even smaller hearts for their kissy lips. It’s not shown in this picture, but you can either use one color for the lips, or go ahead and make different colors for each fish. Then, glue them together as shown below-

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On the backs of the fish, you can either leave a blank space or put a small white paper so it’s easier to see who it’s from-

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And from there, the creativity is all yours! You can let your child’s imagination run wild as they create a personalized Valentine fish for their friends and family. In the case of my daughter, not only does she love Ariel, she’s quite fond of Mickey Mouse, so naturally, a couple fish were donned with Mickey Mouse ears.

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I love that you can really make these your own and really personalize them for each person you give them to. This is a great way to tell someone special that you care about them this Valentines Day!

Lauren Showgren
Lauren has been a Disney fan all her life. On her first birthday, she received a copy of the Disney Sing-a-long, Disneyland Fun, and ever since that, she's been hardcore in learning everything she can about the park. Another one of her favorite aspects is the food and she enjoys recreating those recipes to share with her friends and family. She also loves any craft that she can add a little bit of Disney magic or a hidden Mickey to make more magical.