Duct Tape Valentine Hearts

Follow BlogMeMom’s board Valentines on Pinterest. Materials

• Pink Duct Tape
• Red Duct Tape
• Hole Punch
• Hearts Ribbons
• Sandpaper/card stock paper
• Canvas

Process for making easy Valentine Art with duct tape

• Lay out any thick paper { I had sand paper on hand from all our sand paper art projects} You can use card stock paper as well.
• Have a heart template ready. Trace and cut out heart from the thick paper you have { sand paper in our case}
• Set out brightly colored duct tapes { we used the small red and pink ones}
• The kids can make any pattern on design using the tape. We chose to do alternate strips of the red and pinks to keep this Valentine Art project very seasonal. My 6 year old also wanted to do a criss cross patterns using the colors. They simply have to roll out the tape and stick them the way they want and cut off the edge.
• The cutting part is the one which can be quite challenging. Use a good pair of scissors to cut off the tape. You { the adult} can hold the tape taut while the child can cut off the edge with the scissors.
• Once the design has been achieved, flip the sandpaper heart over and have the kid {with your help} trim off the edges of the duct tape.

To turn this Valentine art into homemade presents you can choose any of the three below routes

1.Glue the duct tape heart to a nice square canvas { we used a burlap one} 2. Punch a hole on the heart and thread a nice heart themed ribbon and make a cute gift tag. If you want to make a heart gift tag and go this route, make the duct tape heart a little bit smaller. Duct tape will take fine tip marker well. Write your message on the strips. 3. Create a few more Valentine art and make multiple hearts and thread ribbons through them all and make a heart mobile. { check out our last year Valentine heart mobile here} Want to see the pictures of the process and all the cute heart art, craft and presents we made? Continue to the next page by clicking on “2” below. Cut the sandpaper or card stock into a heart shape and start sticking the tape over it. Use a good pair of scissors to cut off at the edge of the heart. Complete the heart with a favorite design/pattern. Flip the heart and trim the edges. Make all your favorite patterns. Sweet Valentine Art project! Punch a hole and thread a ribbon to make a gift tag { Make a smaller one} Thread a couple of the hearts to make a mobile. Glue the heart to a canvas and make a wonderful homemade Valentine present for daddy.