For this fun and easy
Valentine’s Day art project, all
that you need is some different
colors of construction paper,
safety-scissors, glue, and maybe
some googly eyes.
First of all, teach your
students how to cut out a heart.
The best method is to fold a
piece of paper in half, and then
cut out a slanted “J” shape on
the fold. Unfold the paper, and
you have a heart! Of course,
this is only the beginning of
the craft. Have your students
cut out as many hearts, of
different sizes and colors as
they can (to their heart’s
desire, so to speak).
Now, have your students take
those hearts and see what sorts
of animals they can make out of
them. For instance, students can
take lots of small hearts and
glue them all together, one on
top of the other, in a line
(wiggly or straight), and they
have a worm. Take two giant
hearts (with smaller hearts
glued to them for added
decoration) and glue the points
of the hearts to either side of
the “worm,” add some antennae,
and they have a caterpillar who
has just turned into beautiful
butterfly.
A heart folded in half makes
a great body for a mouse. Two
sideways hearts of different
sizes, points together make a
great body and tail of a fish.
Two upside down hearts, one
stacked over the point of the
other, make a great head and
body of a cat, dog, or another
animal. Spice up your
Valentine’s Day crafts with a
pair of googly eyes. See what
your students can come up with.
It is amazing how creative they
can be!
Valentine's Day art projects
and crafts – VALENTINE’S DAY
CARD BOXES
· Friendly box Valentine card
holder
o To make this Valentine’s
Day art project, you need a box
(preferably a shoe box or a box
of that size), some colored
construction paper, cardboard,
scissors, and some glue.
o Have an adult cut a clot in
the box lid for the Valentine’s
Day cards to be inserted
through, and then wrap up the
box in colored paper.
o Cut out an animal’s head
and shoulders from the
construction paper and glue it
to the piece of cardboard. Add a
fun face to the animal. Now glue
the animal to the back of the
box, with the face facing
towards the front.
o Gut out some arms for your
animal and have them wrap around
the box, so it looks like your
animal is holding or hugging the
box.
· Paper plate Valentine card
holder
o You need: two paper plates,
a hole punch, yarn, and markers.
o To make this Valentine’s
Day craft, first decorate the
bottoms of your paper plates how
ever you want.
o Next, put your two paper
plates together (tops facing
in).
o Take your hole punch and
punch holes every inch or so
along the edges of the paper
plates for ¾ the circumference
of the paper plates.
o Take the yarn and weave it
in and out of the holes,
“sewing” the two plates
together.
o The slot left at the top is
where the Valentines can be
inserted.
Valentine's Day art projects
and crafts – POEM PUZZLE
Have your students cut out a
large heart from a piece of
heavy paper. Next, have them
write a fun Valentine’s Day poem
on the heart for one of their
classmates. Have them decorate
the heart however they want.
Then, have them cut up their
hearts into 10 or so puzzle
pieces and give the heart to a
classmate and have them put it
together. This is a fun idea for
a Valentine’s Day card, as well.
Valentine's Day art projects
and crafts – MOUSE KISS
This is a fun, cute, and
sweet Valentine’s Day craft.
Have your students cut out a
small pink heart, then glue 2
Hershey kisses to the heart, one
on each side. The top of the
heart makes the mouse’s hears.
Leave in the Hershey kiss paper
in the back heart to act as the
tail. Take it out of the front
Hershey kiss. Use a very small
pom pom to glue on as the nose,
with thread whiskers beneath it.
Glue googly eyes on either side
of the nose. Voila! You have a
mouse kiss. Just be careful with
the glue – do not use much and
make sure that glue touches only
the tin foil and not the
chocolate. Messy mice should
only be looked at and not eaten.
