Animals made from hearts ~ Valentine Craft Ideas
With Valentines Day right around the corner, our house is slightly heart crazy. I have a ton of Valentine craft ideas floating around in my head, and I can’t wait to try them all out. Currently my kitchen island is covered in colorful heart shapes and paper scraps. Love it. Who knew Heart Animals could be so adorable.
Each image below has a photo of the hearts used and our finished heart animal.
Heart Fish ~ Valentines Craft for Preschoolers
By simply cutting slits in a few of the hearts, we created adorable fins. I also love the tiny heart scales.
Heart Dragonfly ~ Valentines Craft for Preschoolers
The body is built with graduated sizes of hearts. We created the wings by layering half hearts. The top wings are slightly larger than the bottom set. All this little guy needs is a little glitter.
Heart Dog ~ Valentines Craft for Preschoolers
I love this simple floppy eared puppy. The heart tongue and whiskers were our favorite additions.
Heart Bird ~ Valentines Craft for Preschoolers
Chirp, chirp. Tweet, tweet. Just like our fish, we added a few slits to the wings of our little bird to create dimension. The addition of whimsical heart tuft of hair makes me smile.
Heart Owl ~ Valentines Craft for Preschoolers
I have a little owl obsession, and I am elated with how this little guy turned out. “Hoo” can resist these adorable round eyes?
Heart Monkey ~ Valentines Craft for Preschoolers
My daughter would love to have a pet monkey, however this little heart monkey will have to do;) We create this little guy in a number of different color combinations, but blue and brown was our favorite.
Heart Ladybug ~ Valentines Craft for Preschoolers
Ladybugs are always a favorite, but when made out of hearts…adorable!
For more creative Heart animals, check out our latest version. I am in love with the little hedgehog and alligator. I also created a free printable PDF for each animal. Click on the link or the image to take you to the full post.
These are super cute! I will definitely share this with my readers!
Thanks Amy;)
I absolutely love these. We’ve did heart animals, but haven’t created these. ADORABLE – my favorite is the fish (don’t ask me why)!
Hi! I love the owl! I am a looking to do this project for my child’s valentine’s day party. Can you please recommend a paper size I would use to cut the big heart? It is hard to judge in the picture. Thank you for your help!
Thanks for this post. I used your idea to make mini kits so my granddaughter can build cards for her classmates.
I love it Moira! What a great idea.
Love these. Can’t wait to make them with my daughter.
Hi I just wanted you to know I loved your Valentine’s Post. So I added it to my 15 Valentine’s Day Crafts post.