Overlapping Hearts Valentine's Cards
Using a cardboard roll and some paint, kid can decorate a homemade Valentine's card with a vibrant collage of hearts.
Equipment
- paint brush
- paint pallet or small saucer
- card stock or watercolour paper
- empty cardboard roll
- tape
- black paint
- liquid watercolours (see notes for alternative mediums)
Instructions
- Shape one end of cardboard roll into a heart and wrap with tape to secure shape.
- Fold piece of cardstock in half to make greeting card.
- Dip heart-shaped end of cardboard roll in puddle of black paint and press to the paper to make a heart-print.
- Repeat, overlapping your prints, until your collage of hearts reaches the desire size.
- Allow black paint to dry, and then fill in the hearts and their overlapping sections with watercolour paints.
- Write a heart-felt message on your card.
Notes
Watercolour Alternatives: if you don't have watercolours, your kids can use crayons, pencil crayons, markers or pastels to colour in their hearts.