DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Heart Pig 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 "Oink love you!" or "Hogs and Kisses"

Tip 2: Glue the heart animal paper craft 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

Craft Instructions:

Print out the Valentine's Day template of choice.
Color (if making the black and white craft).
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:

craft instructions Glue the little tongue under the dip of the face heart.

craft instructions Glue the snout onto the face.

craft instructions Glue the two small hearts onto the head as ears.

craft instructions Glue the largest heart (upside down) under the head to make your pig a body.

craft instructions Glue the two small (not quite the smallest) hearts at the bottom of the body to act as feet.

craft instructions Glue the last remaining little heart behind the body as a 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).

Craft 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 Pig template (color) or (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions