| For this fun and easy Valentine's Day art project, all | | | | cardboard. Add a fun face to the animal. Now glue |
| that you need is some different colors of | | | | the animal to the back of the box, with the face |
| construction paper, safety-scissors, glue, and maybe | | | | facing 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 a | | | | it 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 your | | | | decorate the bottoms of your paper plates how |
| students cut out as many hearts, of different sizes | | | | ever you want.o Next, put your two paper plates |
| and colors as they can (to their heart's desire, so to | | | | together (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 see | | | | paper 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 hearts | | | | of 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 to | | | | Valentine's Day art projects and crafts - POEM |
| them for added decoration) and glue the points of | | | | PUZZLE |
| the hearts to either side of the "worm," add some | | | | Have your students cut out a large heart from a |
| antennae, and they have a caterpillar who has just | | | | piece 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 a | | | | classmates. 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 the | | | | classmate and have them put it together. This is a |
| point of the other, make a great head and body of a | | | | fun idea for a Valentine's Day card, as well. |
| cat, dog, or another animal. Spice up your Valentine's | | | | Valentine's Day art projects and crafts - MOUSE |
| Day crafts with a pair of googly eyes. See what | | | | KISS |
| your students can come up with. It is amazing how | | | | This 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 BOXES | | | | The top of the heart makes the mouse's hears. |
| · Friendly box Valentine card holdero To | | | | Leave in the Hershey kiss paper in the back heart to |
| make this Valentine's Day art project, you need a | | | | act 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 box | | | | either side of the nose. Voila! You have a mouse kiss. |
| lid for the Valentine's Day cards to be inserted | | | | Just be careful with the glue - do not use much and |
| through, and then wrap up the box in colored paper.o | | | | make sure that glue touches only the tin foil and not |
| Cut out an animal's head and shoulders from the | | | | the chocolate. Messy mice should only be looked at |
| construction paper and glue it to the piece of | | | | and not eaten. |