Once the garland and lights are down each year, the house begins to feel a little bare.
Add to that super cold temperatures that keep the kids indoors and it becomes the perfect time for simple kids Valentine’s Day crafts like these Heart Animals.
Heart Animals Craft
If you have toddlers or young preschoolers, I suggest prepping for this activity by cutting out lots of hearts in various sizes and colors ahead of time. If you have older children, they can cut out the hearts themselves.
Once you have your hearts ready, all you need is a glue stick, some markers, and a bit of imagination.
Let your children mix and match the hearts to create a variety of animals. Younger children may need to see an example or two before they start visualizing their own creatures. You can move the hearts around on the table and talk about what kind of animal it may become.
My youngest put together a couple hearts and added a few other details to create a little cat. (Check out our Heart Cats Craft for another example of this cute kitty!)
My daughter created a super cute dog from the hearts.
They also created a caterpillar and butterfly — all from hearts and a bit of childhood imagination.
What heart animals will your children create?
For other simple Valentine’s Day crafts check out the following posts:
- Beautiful Rainbow Heart Garland
- Preschooler Valentine’s Day Craft — Love Tree
- 50+ Heart Crafts and Activities
- Love Bugs
Susie @ Homemaker-mom.com says
Those are so cute!!!
Sheila says
These are so cute! The butterfly is my favorite. I remember when I was a little girl my mom always had a craft for us on the holidays. I loved it.
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OneMommy says
I’ll have to tell my daughter! 🙂 I don’t remember doing a lot of crafts at home, but I do remember doing holiday crafts at school, and they were always fun. I guess that’s why we do so many now at home!
Rach says
Cute little ideas! 🙂
OneMommy says
Thanks! 🙂 I loved just having the hearts ready and seeing what they tried to come up with!
Chris Carter says
Such adorable crafts!!! You ROCK the craft gig lady!!! 🙂
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OneMommy says
LOL — thanks! Now to think of some other Valentine’s Crafts since we still have a couple weeks to go!
Kristen says
I can’t stand how plain and dull my house looks after the Christmas decorations come down…even though I am ready the day after Christmas to take them down. I love that you are already working on putting some life back onto the walls.
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OneMommy says
The house does seem dreary after all the Christmas decorations come down… And it’s just been dreary outside; a pop of color is just what the house needs!
Heather's Happenings says
Those are really cute! I need to get started on some Valentines crafts.
OneMommy says
Thanks — they had fun with them!
Sue says
Those came out great. Great craft for the kids.
I remember doing valentines crafts. Remember doing something with doilies or whatever they were called 🙂
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OneMommy says
I think doilies were a big thing when I was younger and we did Valentine’s crafts…. 🙂 Haven’t seen too many of them now a days!
Sadie says
I love these! I may have to use this idea on my blog. I am doing a 365 day crafty project thing…and my theme is hearts. I will give you credit!
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OneMommy says
365 days of crafts – wow! That I need to check out! 🙂 I’d love to see your take on the heart animals!
Julie Moore says
These are too cute! My daughter would love the cats because we have a cat. 🙂 Thanks for linking this up to our Sweets For My Sweetie link-up! They’re purrrfect! (Sorry, couldn’t resist the pun!! 😀 LOL)
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OneMommy says
Oh, no, I love puns! 🙂 I have to say the cat was both of their favorites, too.