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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Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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