Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to do kitchen science with kids. Whip up some Valentine candy recipes like these fun jolly rancher lollipops and get ready to add a cool science twist! In the kitchen, kids can learn a lot about science and math. Cooking is one of the ultimate Valentines STEM activities! My kids love cooking in the kitchen. One of my favorite things about cooking with kids is not only that they learn to cook (so important! ), but also that it is the perfect place to solidify math skills.
Bring some STEAM into your kitchen this Valentine’s Day when you make these candy heart lollipops!
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How to Make Valentine’s Candy Recipes with Ease!
This simple Valentine’s Day heart lollipop recipe is fun, colorful, and easy! Keep reading to find a STEM lesson plan to go along with your Valentine candy recipes.
The Science Behind Candy Heart Lollipops
Children must measure, follow a recipe, use kitchen tools, set up the molds, and a lot of other STEAM elements to get their candy lollipops to turn out right.
Follow along with these directions on how to make jolly rancher lollipops in molds to turn the Valentine heart lollipops into a STEAM activity at home or in the classroom.
Valentine Science Books and More!
These fun Valentine’s Day Books for kids will teach kids about the science around Valentine’s Day, the history of the holiday, and a whole lot more!
The Calendar Kids Meet February Book
In My Heart a Book of Feelings
I Love You Around the World Valentine Coloring Book
Candy Bites the Science of Sweets
Celebrate Valentine’s Day Holidays Around the World
Build Valentine’s Day Fun with LEGO
Valentine Candy Making STEM Integration
Cooking, and particularly cooking candy, takes elements of science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
Science: Measuring, following directions.
Technology: Working with a microwave and kitchen tools.
Engineering: Designing the look of the lollipops, making sure things stay neat and orderly.
Math: Measuring, calculating cook times.
More Valentine Activities for Kids
Valentine’s Hearts Fizzing Chemical Reactions
Valentine Heart Chromatography Experiment with Markers!
Teaching Resources for Valentine’s Day
Here are some fun STEM teaching resources for Valentine’s Day that you can use in the classroom.
Browse the entire category of Valentine’s Day classroom supplies here or grab some of my Valentine’s Day favorites from the list below.
Exploding Candy Lab Science Kit
Chemistreats Classroom Candy Science Kits
Lollipop Lab Candy Science Kit
Valentine Building Block Bears
LEGO Friends Flower and Chocolate Kit
LEGO Pop up Valentine Card with Swans
What you’ll need for the Valentine candy heart lollipops:
Valentine Classroom Decorations
Add some Valentine’s Day festivities and flair to your classroom with these classroom decorations for Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day Door Decorating Kit
Tissue Paper Classroom Valentine’s Door Decorations
Valentine’s Day Classroom Window Clings
Valentine Letters Classroom Door Decorations
Valentine’s Day Classroom Decorating Kit
Our Class is Sweet Cupcake Valentine’s Day Classroom Decorating Kit
Our Love for Learning Grows and Grows Classroom Decorations
A Class Full of Sweethearts Classroom Decorations for Valentine’s Day
How to Make Jolly Rancher Lollipops in Heart Molds
This Valentine lollipop recipe is so easy, and it tastes, great, too!
Kick it up a notch by melting sugar to make your own candy and flavor it with your favorite candy flavors!
1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
2. Unwrap Jolly Ranchers and place 2 different colored jolly ranchers in each mold.
3. Place mold on a baking sheet. Stick in oven for about 7-8 minutes. Keep a close eye on them and take them out when melted.
4. Immediately place a stick in the lollipop.
5. Let them set at room temperature for about 10 minutes or until harden. Pop out of mold.
6. Now they are ready to eat!!
If you want to make these as gifts, wrap them in candy bags and tie with a pretty bow. If you have other molds, try making other fun candy shapes! Homemade candy is a lot more fun than store-bought!
Classroom-Friendly Valentine Shirts
I love wearing fun Valentine-themed shirts in the classroom during February. Here are a few of my favorite Valentine Shirts for Teachers.
Be Kind Valentine Teacher Shirt
I Love You Sign Language Teacher Shirt
Kindness Teacher Valentines Day Shirt
Wood Heart Earrings for Valentine’s Day
Teaching Sweethearts Valentine’s Day Teacher Shirt
My Class is Full of Sweethearts Teacher Valentine’s Day Shirt
Tie Dye Heart Shirt for Teachers
Love All Day Every Day Teacher Valentine’s Day Shirt
Painted Heart Valentine’s Day Shirt for Teachers
Heart Fractions Math Teacher Valentine’s Day Shirt
Penguin Heart Teacher Earrings
Valentine Alphabet Teacher Shirt
Heart Envelope Valentine Earrings
ASL Sign Language Love Valentine ASL Teacher Shirt
All We Need is Love Globe Shirt
Valentine Elements Chemistry Teacher Shirt
Valentine SPED Teacher Inclusion Valentine’s Day Teaching Shirt
Teaching Valentine Conversation Hearts Shirt for Valentine’s Day
This Teacher Loves Her Students Valentine’s Day Shirt
Valentine Dinosaur Love Valentine’s Day Shirt for Teachers
Wearing a fun shirt, decorating the classroom with red and pink decorations, and doing other fun Valentine’s Day activities will make Valentine’s Day about more than just cardboard Valentines and candy.
