ISUEO Clover Kids get creative with Valentine’s Day ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach helped Clover Kids celebrate Valentine’s Day with shaving cream heart painting, cookies in a jar and gummy heart building. During their February session, Clover Kids cut out a heart shape, swirled food coloring into shaving cream, pressed their heart into the colored shaving cream (pictured in far right photo above) and then scraped off the excess. They were left with a unique heart to make into a valentine to share. After discussing how everyone likes to receive gifts, the group talked about how good it feels to give gifts to someone else, too. Each youth made a cookie in a jar to share with someone at home (pictured in photo at far left above), and they could also give their time and help make the cookies with their recipient. They also used their Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills when given gummy hearts and toothpicks, creating such things as houses and towers (pictured in the middle photo above). For more information about 4-H and upcoming activities contact the Allamakee County Extension and Outreach Office at 563-568-6345 or http://www.extension.iastate.edu/allamakee. Submitted photos.