Valentine's Day Yarn Heart Craft

• Yarn
• Cornstarch Glue
• Water

• Heart-shaped cookie cutter
• Parchment paper

1. First, make the glue by combining ¼ cup of cornstarch and ½ cup of water in a saucepan and stirring until smoothHeat the mixture over medium heat until it's thick and translucent. Allow it to cool to the touch.
2. Cut yarn into foot-long pieces.
   
3. Place a heart-shaped cookie cutter on the shiny side of a piece of parchment paper. Have your child push a piece of yarn into the glue to coat it. Pick up the piece and run it between a thumb and forefinger to remove the excess glue. Lay the yarn inside the cookie cutter.
   
4. Repeat with the other pieces until the yarn fills the heart shape in a thin layer. With clean hands, press the yarn flat. Gently lift off the cookie cutter and allow the yarn to dry hard, at least a day.
   
5. You can speed up the drying process by placing the hearts and parchment paper into an oven set to "warm" for an hour or two.