Valentines day art lessons elementary

It's already February and I haven't yet put up any Valentine's Day Crafts this year. Oof! What kind of kid crafter am I? I've just been so caught up in what's happening in our country and world that I haven't fully had the heart or energy to embrace doilies, flowers, chocolate, hearts.... basically anything Valentine's yet. But today I'm turning a new leaf. Here's my first Valentine's day craft of the season... these 3D "I Love You" Hands. (They're not quite hearts and flowers and pun-ny…

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This is a favorite…Simple heart Notans on top of marker foil prints backgrounds. You only need a half sheet of black paper to cut half a… | Instagram

Heart art for kids. Pointillism art with heart template.

Create 3 boxes with 4 inch tops and 4 inch bottoms. And yes I had to teach 1st graders how to use the ruler! Then use the ruler to create horizontal and vertical lines inside your boxes. Draw a heart inside each of the 3 boxes. Color in the hearts first and then the backgrounds using a repeating checker board patten. You could have themes such as warm and cool or complementary colors. Or make it random colors! When you are finished coloring in all the spaces, flick black watered down tempera…

Here's a list of Valentine's Day Art Lesson ideas I came up with that are inspired by famous artists and have a strong art connection.

These are so simple, the effects are so stunning, I used our gorgeous crayons or oil pastels from micador available online or I found them at Big W Australia, and their vibrant watercolours over th…

I have been oversharing this lesson so much on my Instagram because I LOVE IT! My second graders learned so much in the making of these kindness prints: how to create a printing plate, make marker pri

Need an art lesson for Valentine's Day? Look no further. This Peter Max Heart art project is fun and full of color.