Valentine's Day treats

What you need:

• Small tea tray
• Tissue paper
• Magazines
• Scissors
• PVA glue
• Varnish

1. Ask your children to cut out small pictures from magazines - give them a theme such as things that mums would love, like shoes, perfume, champagne, or simply choose a colour.
2. If the tray is not white, cover it with some tissue paper, using PVA glue.
3. Arrange your images on the tray and stick them down with PVA - make sure the images cover the sides and edges of the tray too.
4. Add as many pictures as you like until you are happy with the effect.
5. When dry, add a coat or two of water-based high-gloss varnish and leave to dry.

NOTE: A quicker way to achieve this effect is to cover the tray with a patterned wrapping paper and just add one or two larger images on top.

Flower pot

Add your Valentine's favourite plant for a special gift

What you need:

1. Paint a small terracotta plant pot with a white undercoat - poster paint, ready-mixed paint or emulsion will do.
2. Cut out four heart shapes from red tissue paper.
3. Paint the pot, plus the inside rim, in pink or a colour of your choice. To ensure a straight line around the inner rim, use masking tape to create a line.
4. Place the red hearts straight onto the wet paint - this will act like glue - and leave to dry.
5. Using PVA glue, stick glass beads at regular intervals around the outside of the rim of the pot and leave to dry.
6. Add a coat of water-based high-gloss varnish and leave to dry.

NOTE: The paint and varnish will not withstand too much water, so take care when watering your plant.