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Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!

A blue abstract painting of a large heart containing a smaller heart, surrounded by wave-like wave-like patterns, created using Gelli Plates.

Valentine’s Day Art Projects for Kids | Heart Art

Easy and Fun Valentine's Heart Art Projects for Kids: This blog post shares a slideshow of 5 artist that use hearts in their art.

  • January 30, 2021
  • 4 Comments
  • artists, distance learning, hearts, holiday, Valentines Day
Hand-drawn heart maps filled with colorful illustrations, depicted on a white background with "Heart Map" text below. Perfect for kids' heart art projects.

Heart Art Projects for Kids

Now is the time to start planning for Valentine’s Day art projects.  I am going to share with you a…

  • January 10, 2018
  • 1st grade, abstract, all grades, artists, drawing, first grade, hearts, holiday, pattern, Teachers Pay Teachers, Valentines Day
A colorful heart filled with multicolored dots in blue, pink, purple, yellow, and orange on a white background.

Kindergarten Confetti Hearts for Valentine’s Day!

Here is a fun and beautiful Valentine’s project!   I call it “Confetti Hearts”  with a side of Matisse. Start…

  • February 9, 2017
  • 2 Comments
  • 1st grade, abstract, hearts, holiday, kindergarten
A blue abstract painting of a large heart containing a smaller heart, surrounded by wave-like wave-like patterns, created using Gelli Plates.

Monoprint Hearts on Gelli Plates with 1st Graders

Hello friends!  Have you used Gelli Printing Plates before?  I was introduced to this a couple of years ago because…

  • February 7, 2015
  • 2 Comments
  • 1st grade, hearts, holiday, printmaking
A colorful heart collage on black paper with a pink and red patterned background, featuring tinfoil hearts.

Tinfoil Hearts with Kindergarten

The Kindergartners made these lovely mixed media heart pictures.  They started by stamping the background paper with gadgets, such as…

  • February 3, 2015
  • hearts, holiday, kindergarten, printmaking
Colorful paper hearts decorated with strings and various patterns overlapping each other on a white background, ideal for 2nd grade crafts.

Yarn Wrapped Hearts (2nd Grade)

Often I get so wrapped up in the curriculum, I don’t take time to do “extra” projects which are just…

  • January 30, 2015
  • 5 Comments
  • fabric, hearts, holiday, second grade, Valentines Day, weaving
Two Valentine's Day activities: a word search and a heart-themed coloring sheet, each featured against a pink gradient background adorned with decorative hearts, making it perfect for Valentine's pictures.

A Page of Hearts (Valentine’s Pictures)

 Valentine’s Day is coming!  Are you looking for a fun heart project idea to try with your kids?  This challenge…

  • January 29, 2015
  • 2 Comments
  • collage, hearts, holiday, substitute lessons, Valentines Day
A colorful, hand-drawn heart features concentric patterned hearts with stripes, zigzags, and small red hearts—a perfect example of pattern art for 2nd grade displayed on a white background.

Concentric Patterned Hearts: 2nd Grade Valentine’s Day Project

Concentric means that the shapes share the same center and are placed inside one another. Patterns are arrangements of repeated…

  • February 26, 2014
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  • hearts, second grade, Valentines Day
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