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Tip 1:  Include the message "I may be small, but my love for you isn't!"

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

Directions:

• Print out the template of choice.  I like printing the B&W version on colored paper.
   
• 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 small pink heart onto the tip of the face heart to make a nose.
Add two small upside down hearts to the bumps of the face heart to make the center of the ears.
Glue on the face heart onto the top of the last large heart so the bumps overlap (the tip of the face and the tip of the body should face out).
If making on a card or other background, draw a curvy tail with a marker.  Otherwise, tape on a piece of string or wool to make the tail.

Option for mass-producing - young children:  Print out the B&W template.  Trace the pieces onto stiff cardboard (back of paper pads works well) or margarine/ice cream container lids.  Cut out to make permanent templates.   Allow the children to trace these permanent templates onto different colors of construction paper to make their animal

Option for mass-producing - older children:  Omit the templates.  Let the children cut out heart shapes in various sizes from colored construction paper (show them how to fold paper in half and then cut to make a perfectly symmetrical heart).  Let the children create their own animals by putting together hearts of different sizes (you can pre-make a few example animals to give them some inspiration).

Templates:

• Close the template window after 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 Mouse template    (color)   or    (B&W)

 

 

Printable Version of these instructions