1st Grade Valentines Cats

Good news! 1st graders can turn Valentine's Cats into superheroes, dogs, and princesses. I love the creativity! 

3rd Grade Pop Up Valentines

Here is some inspiration incase you forgot to buy a card for you Valentine. 3rd graders made these. The mouth is 3-D.

1st Grade- Heart Necklaces

What better time to discuss wearable art than around Valentine's Day? We made heart charms using clay. Students rolled out the clay into slabs and cut out hearts using templates provided. Next, students decorated the hearts using stamps and various clay tools. Some students even stepped on their clay to create a shoe print.

After the clay was fired, students painted their necklaces and put them on strings. Each student made 4 charms.

1st Grade- Sign Language

Students created signs that say "I Love You" by tracing their hands on colored paper and cutting them out. Even though the students are in 1st grade, this is great project for them to use fin motor skills by tracing, cutting, and manipulating paper.

After the students glued down their paper hands, they decorated the background using markers, crayons, and scrap paper.

1st Grade- Cats

This started as a Valentine's Day cat, but students took the lesson and ran with it.

I showed them how to draw a basic Valentine's cat which I found on Art Projects for Kids
The students changed their cats into burglars, superhero, etc.

Kindergarten- I love you to pieces

I've seen this project floating around the internet. It is a quick one day project and I even used it as a sub lesson and it went smoothly.

I read My Monster Mama Loves Me So to start and I tell the students that we are making a Valentine for our home family.

Next, we draw the heart, write our sentence "I love you to pieces", and begin tearing scrap paper. Lastly, students glue the paper to their heart. If there is extra time, students can decorate the background with crayons.

2nd grade- Jim Dine Hearts

This is an easy one day lesson to do around Valentine's Day. First we look at artwork by Jim Dine. We discuss how Jim Dime's hearts have multiple colors and his background has multiple colors.

Students pass out supplies which includes white paper, oil pastels, and watercolor paint. We start by drawing a heart in the middle of the paper. I have students pick three colors of oil pastels, one medium, one light, and dark. We color the outside edge of the heart using the darkest color. We Color next to the dark color using them medium color. Lastly, we color the center using the light color. Students  then use their fingers to rub the colors together so they mix which creates a gradual value.

To complete the project students use watercolors to paint the background. They can do any design that they please.