Project Title: Valentine Collage!
Grade Level: Preschool
Materials: Paint sticks, paper, glue
Demo Directions:
- Talk to the kids about Valentine’s Day: what does it mean to them? Who do they think of?
- Hand out paper and let the children choose their own paper hearts. Give them glue to apply hearts to paper, write who they want the love letter to go to and let them spell out words.
- Collect letters, spread large paper over tables and let the kids work together to create a large painting with paint sticks.
Instructor Reflection:
Yesterday at the Cione Recreation Center and today at the Fishtown location we did Valentine’s day themed crafts.
At Cione, the kids made collages of hearts on pink and purple paper, and were allowed to write the name of whomever it was for on the front. They enjoyed piling the different hearts on top of each other and having Miss Cara write a note on the front.
After that, we did another form of collage where the kids were allowed the freedom to draw together on large yellow sheets of paper that we laid out. They shared the paint sticks we gave them and proceeded to make two large, colorful murals together!
At Fishtown, the kids also made collage cards of hearts to give to their loved ones, but did a different second craft. In honor of Chinese New Year, Miss Cara had a cool idea: paper lanterns! The kids got to decorate the paper lanterns with sparkled golden paint, which needless to say, was slightly messy but a great time for the kids! We finished off their paper lanterns by punching holes in the top and attaching strings to them so the kids could hang them.
