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Easy Valentines Crafts for the Classroom
Valentine's Day Arts And Crafts Projects
By Anne Clarke
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!
Friendly box Valentine card holder
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- You need: two paper plates, a hole punch, yarn, and markers.
- To make this Valentine’s Day craft, first decorate the bottoms of your paper
plates how ever you want.
- Next, put your two paper plates together (tops facing in).
- 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.
- Take the yarn and weave it in and out of the holes, “sewing” the two plates
together.
- The slot left at the top is where the Valentines can be inserted.
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.
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 ears. 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 pompom 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.
Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for websites on gardening, parenting, fashion, and home decor. Her background includes teaching and gardening. For more of her articles on holiday arts and crafts, please visit
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