{"id":11710,"date":"2021-02-08T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T00:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=11710"},"modified":"2023-10-27T00:11:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T07:11:30","slug":"code-your-heart-out-this-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/code-your-heart-out-this-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Code Your Heart Out This Valentine&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Code Your Heart Out This Valentine&#8217;s Day!<\/h2>\n<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day is the best time of year for kids to tell friends, classmates, and family how much they care about them! There&#8217;s something for everyone on Tynker this Valentine&#8217;s Day \u2013 with our three fun coding projects (ranging from beginner to advanced coding levels), kids can code a game to find a hidden candy heart, animate a candy dispenser to spread the love, and customize a valentine with jokes and art.<\/p>\n<p>As they follow the guided tutorials to code their projects, kids will learn to add music, program different backgrounds, use physics, set conditions, create visual effects, and more! And what could be sweeter than that?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Candy Heart Search<\/strong> (Beginner)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/embedded?p=5a7cc89fa2dff8a665401b80&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/ide\/?p=5a7cc89ca2dff8a665401b79\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"text\">View Tutorial<\/span><\/a><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"#teachers\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"text\">Teachers, Assign to a Class<\/span><\/a>\n<h3><strong>Spread the Love<\/strong> (Intermediate)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/embedded?p=589283baaf9231b3388b459c&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/ide\/?p=589384fdaf9231c1228b460e\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"text\">Start Tutorial<\/span><\/a><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"#teachers\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"text\">Teachers, Assign to a Class<\/span><\/a>\n<h3><strong>Valentine&#8217;s Day E-card<\/strong> (Advanced)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/embedded?p=5a7cc869a2dff84a66401afd&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/ide\/?p=5a7cc866a2dff8a665401b71\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"text\">Start Tutorial<\/span><\/a><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"#teachers\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"text\">Teachers, Assign to a Class<\/span><\/a>\n<p><a name=\"teachers\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to code these projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>All Tynker users<\/strong>\u00a0have access to these projects in their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/dashboard\/student\/#\/visual-coding\/tutorials?tag=seasonal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/dashboard\/student\/%23\/visual-coding\/tutorials?tag%3Dseasonal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522427279718000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGzMhXJwDBRzdF02y_XAGoiXEdeiA\">Tutorials Directory<\/a>. Simply click on the project card and follow the instructions to get started! If you do not have an account, you can sign up for a FREE account\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/#\/join\/student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/%23\/join\/student\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522427279719000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4M-hXRVBELYqftOU-4DnkK9zCqQ\">here<\/a>\u00a0and access many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/hour-of-code\/\">fun coding puzzles<\/a>, games, and tutorials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teachers<\/strong>, all your students have access to these projects as Daily Missions. Once you set up a classroom, your students will continue to have access to the latest seasonal projects. If you\u2019d like to assign the projects but haven\u2019t set up a classroom yet, you can:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/dashboard\/teacher\/#\/t\/classrooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/dashboard\/teacher\/%23\/t\/classrooms&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522427279719000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHTj-SxkBxbUGYF5EO4YOpEb7q5Pw\">Set up a classroom<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in your Tynker account and add your students.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the \u201cView Tutorial\u201d button above to open the project and save it to your account.<\/li>\n<li>Go to \u201cMy Projects\u201d in your dashboard and click the \u201cAssign+\u201d button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>After your class has finished, don\u2019t forget to create a class showcase of all your students\u2019\u00a0projects to\u00a0share\u00a0with friends and parents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parents<\/strong>, to give these projects to your child:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Have your child log in to his\/her account.<\/li>\n<li>They can find &#8220;Candy Heart Search,&#8221; &#8220;Spread the Love,&#8221; and &#8220;Valentine&#8217;s Day E-card&#8221; in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/dashboard\/student\/#\/visual-coding\/tutorials?tag=seasonal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tutorials Directory<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We love to see what kids are making! Share your Valentine&#8217;s Day projects on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gotynker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gotynker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and be sure to tag us @goTynker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Code Your Heart Out This Valentine&#8217;s Day! Valentine&#8217;s Day is the best time of year for kids to tell friends, classmates, and family how much they care about them! 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