Hearts are the perfect shape for kids for all sorts of arts and crafts. They are simple enough to cut and draw but can be done in many ways. These 40+ easy heart crafts for kids can be done with kids of all ages and with supplies you probably already have.
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From Valentine’s Day to Mother’s Day and every holiday in between, kids love using hearts to showcase their creativity. Remember, don’t be scared to add your twist to these heart craft ideas.
40+ Heart Arts and Crafts
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Make Colorful DIY Heart Crayons
Nothing says Happy Valentine's Day more than these fun conversation hearts. Use the step-by-step tutorial to make new crayons in your oven using silicone molds. This easy craft project is fun for the whole family. Finally, a way to recycle all those broken crayons you have around!
This simple heart doodle drawing is a great way to express creativity without the mess. The best part is that kids can redo this easy drawing over and over and never get the same results.
This fun tin foil art project is great for kids in 2nd grade and up. We absolutely love creating relief heart designs with glue, tin foil, and markers. When designing this heart project, children can add patterns and designs or keep the colors simple.
Beginners and young children will love experimenting with chalk pastels in this easy art lesson inspired by the artist Jim Dine. Not only will students create a really cool drawing on black paper, but they will also be able to learn terms such as: warm and cool colors, negative space, texture and how to add highlights and shadows to basic shapes.
This simple and easy heart craft is perfect for young children to work on developing fine motor skills. Just make sure kids put the tissue paper tightly on the heart for a colorful heart art.
Older children will love seeing watercolor paint blend in this awesome Valentine's Day watercolor painting idea. Use our free painting tutorial to create rainbow heart cards that make perfect Valentines.
These adorable heart pinch pots can be made at home using air dry clay and acrylic paint. Our free step-by-step tutorial will show you exactly how to make these cool dishes for your loved ones.
Melt old crayons with a hair dryer to create a melted crayon canvas. Children have so much fun seeing the hot wax make cool designs. Just make sure an adult helps!.Wax can get hot with this one!
Even the youngest of kids will love this easy art project. Painter's tape, paper and watercolor paint are all you need to make this fun Mother's Day or Valentine's Day painting with your children.
Explore cool process art with children. They will love painting with bleeding tissue paper to make fun designs and overlapping colors on paper. After the painting dry, young students can work on folding paper to cut out heart shapes.
Easy Glue Resist Watercolor Painting Idea For Kids
Create a lovely heart design by using glue to create a watercolor resist for a fun and energetic heart painting idea. Children can use different colors to showcase your mood and personality.
You don't have to spend a lot of money to make cool and contemporary art. Kids can easily create a toilet paper stamp to make colorful overlapping heart prints.
The Pop Art style is such a great way for kids to create amazing artworks. Add coloring mixing or different styles of hearts to create awesome grid like artworks.
Find those rocks and add your own unique heart designs. Not only is this a great heart art project, but relaxing, too. Use repeating shapes for a cohesive look.
Teach your children the lifelong skill of sewing with this plush heart craft. This is a great beginner sewing project that won't take too long to complete.
Have you ever seen how excited kids get when they get to use hammers or other tools? You probably need to help your little kids with the nailing, but this string art is a fabulous project to keep their little fingers busy.
Make your own clay heart pins using oven bake clay! We absolutely love this simple and easy heart pin craft idea and they really do make awesome Valentine's.
3-D paper hearts look way more complicated than they are. Have fun with different patterend papers to create one-of-a-kind hearts to hang to decorate your school or home.
Use black glue and watercolor paints to create these window clings. We just love that you probably already have the materials at your house for this fun art project for kids.
Encourage your children's love of nature with these fun nature-inspired heart crafts. Use materials like pressed flowers or other items found on a nature hike to complete your tree.
A simple little cut turns these heart drawings into bookmarks. The best part is that there is not wrong way to design them. You could even laminate them for a little more protection.
Share the love with the birds with this adorable birdseed heart craft idea. They are so cute that you will love decorating a tree in your front yard with them.
Add a personalized touch and pick a map of a place you love. Create unique heart ornaments to display those places dear to you. This is a simple, but creative heart idea for older kids.
There is no need to buy expensive supplies when young children can create cool art with just some paint and a small paper cup. Preschoolers will love painting in this fun way for Valentine's Day or Mother's Day.
As a former art teacher, artist and mom, Erin knows how important expressing your creativity is. Even the youngest children can enjoy the process of artmaking with their families.
Heart bookmarks are so cute!
Yes! Hearts are such a fun shape to use for all sorts of things, even awesome heart bookmarks.