Valentine’s Day Art Projects for Kids

There are so many fun ways to make and decorate hearts and Valentine’s Day themed stuff! These projects are great to do with a class or at home, and they can be used to decorate the classroom or as gifts to parents or other special people in the child’s life.

This pretty printable heart wreath from Krokotak takes a bit of assembly but it’s a lot of fun to color and then to see the wreath come together. I love the idea of a bunch of these hanging from the ceiling in a classroom, or even used as door decor. There are both photos and a video showing how to assemble it.

Grab some happy trash, paper, paint and other supplies to make these mixed media love bugs from Art Camp LA. These are so fun and every one will look different because it’s totally kid directed.

The stained glass heart shaped suncatchers from Adventure in a Box are fun and easy to make, and you don’t have to limit kids to traditional Valentine colors (or even heart shapes!) if you don’t want to. They’re made with black glue, which adds an extra crafty element since that’s something you make yourself (and you might want to do in advance if you’re doing this with a bunch of littles and don’t want them to help with that step!).

Help your kids show their friends how much they rock with these easy heart rocks from Red Ted Art. Alternatively kids can paint hearts, flowers, encouraging messages and more on their rocks. Make a rock garden in the classroom or distribute them on the playground for other kids to find.

Arty Crafty Kids has so many great Valentine’s Day art ideas I couldn’t limit myself to sharing just one. I love these cardboard hearts, which would be another great classroom decoration, and these heart art projects inspired by Kandinsky and Romero Britto. That one includes templates you have to be a member to download, but just looking at the pictures might inspire your own art projects, too.

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The celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is important throughout Mexico and other parts of the world. Her feast day is Dec. 12, and the celebrations honoring her appearance to Juan Diego in 1531 begin a few days before that.

Whether you celebrate yourself or just want to share about the celebration at home or in your classroom, Las Mañanitas: The Beautiful Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a good place to start. The book, by Ernesto Joel Vega Rosales and Jeanette Gonzalez Seneviratne, with illustrations by Dana Sanmar, tells the story of a family’s celebration of the feast day in both English and Spanish.

They prepare with a novena, which is nine days of prayers and preparations. The children, Lucia and Pablo, are given special outfits made by their grandmother that look like what Juan Diego might have worn when he saw Our Lady. The book describes the prayers that are made each day, such as a prayer for respect for life, for families and for the indigenous people of the Americas, to name a few.

As told in the book, Juan Diego was a native Mexican born near modern day Mexico City. His given name was Cuaauhtlatoatzin, which means “He who speaks like an eagle.” When he converted to Christianity his name was changed to Juan Diego, and as he walked to church he passed a hill called Tepeyac. One day he heard the birds singing especially beautifully and a voice called him to go to the top of the hill.

There he saw Our Lady of Guadalupe, who asked him to tell the bishop she wanted a chapel built in her name at the foot of the hill. The bishop asked for a sign that Juan Diego really saw her, and later she had him collect flowers that she blessed and take them to the bishop. When Juan Diego dropped the flowers, an image of Our Lady could be seen on his cloak, which is still on display in her basilica to this day.

The feast day is celebrated as mañanitas, which includes singing, indigenous music and dancing, and children presenting flowers to Our Lady. Juan Diego is remembered today as being humble, brave and faithful, and was the first indigenous American made a saint.

The book is colorful and tells the story in a clear way, and it’s fun to have it both in English and Spanish if you teach Spanish or speak Spanish at home or in the classroom. It’s a great way to learn the basics of the celebration and the story of Juan Diego and why he is still remembered today.

About the book: 40 pages, paperback, published 2024 by Loyola Press. Suggested retail price $14.99.

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