Valentine's Day Arts And Crafts Projects - "Heart-y Animals," "Mouse Kiss," and more!

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