Valentine Art Project

This is a Valentine's art project that I decided to do with my class this year. These little heart creatures are very cute and it is fun to have them hanging around the classroom. This is an easy project. Students can use their imagination to make each heart different in their own way.

The first thing I did was to get everything ready. I started off by making a heart template and then making copies on colored construction paper. I've included a picture below so that you can get an idea of everything you will need. I cut strips of paper about 3/4 of an inch wide and 9 inches long. Each student needs 3 strips.  I also purchased googly eyes.

You can see that I also used markers, a hole punch, yarn, and two types of glue. The students use the glue sticks to assemble the heart creature, but Elmer's glue is better for the googly eyes.

Before students did any cutting I had them take one of the strips, fold it in half, and cut it in two. These shorter pieces are for the arms. Then I showed them how to accordion fold their strips by folding over the paper forwards and backwards. Next, the students cut out all of the heart pieces, They began assembling their heart creatures once all of their pieces were ready. Students traded the small hearts in order to have a different color for the nose. They glued on the eyes and then used markers to make the mouth, eyelashes, and anything else they wanted to add. When they were finished I hole-punched the heart and attached the yarn.


One thing that I like to do on the day that we are celebrating Valentine's Day in the classroom is to arrange my students' desks in a heart shape formation. This is super fun and students really enjoy it. One year I used this Heart Art idea to decorate students' Valentine bags. I thought I would share a picture so that you can get an idea of how I did this. 

I hope that you have a Happy Valentine's Day!

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