[Valentine's Day] [Cards] [Coloring] [Crafts] [Games] [Poems] [Printables] [Recipes] [Worksheets]

more Valentine Crafts: [Animals] [Bible] [Candy] [Card Holders] [Educational] [Hearts] [Other] [Wreaths]

DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Heart Octopus Paper Craft

Read a bit about DLTK's Grow With Me Craft Concept to get some ideas on how this basic craft idea can be used with different materials to make it appropriate for everyone from ages 2 thru 82!

Tip 1: Include the message "Hug me and SQUEEZE me and call me yours!"

Tip 2: Glue the heart animal to the front of a folded over piece of construction paper or a doily to make a cute Valentine's Day card.

Tip 3: Purchase fancy paper from the scrapbooking store and print the B&W version onto this for an extra fancy Heart Animal.

Tip 4: Scotch tape a straw or popsicle stick to the bottom to make a puppet

Tip 5: Glue a small piece of sandpaper on the back to make a felt board character

Tip 6: Cut construction paper into 4 inch wide strips as long as you can make them. Tape two together to make even longer. Measure around child's head to make a construction paper 'crown'. Glue Heart Animal to front of the crown to make a Valentine's Day hat.

Materials:

paper,
glue,
scissors

Instructions:

Print out the template of choice.
Color (where appropriate).
Cut out the template pieces. (the pieces on the template are at about the angle they will be on the finished craft. That should help you sort out which pieces belong where).
Glue pieces together:

Glue the face onto the large heart head.
Glue the head onto the body.
Glue the heart letters onto the tentacles to spell "I Love You".

Templates:

Close template window when done printing to return to this screen.
Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Heart Octopus template 1 (color) or (B&W)

Heart Octopus template 2 (color) or (B&W)