# Sparkly Foil Hearts Collage > Cut hearts from folded aluminum foil, color them with permanent markers, then glue them onto black poster board for a shiny Valentine's collage. It cannot get easier than this. - URL: https://www.funlittles.com/valentine-art-sparkly-hearts-collage/ - Ages: 3–6 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: medium - Time: prep 10 min, activity 30 min - Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class - Skills: fine-motor, scissor-skills, creativity, patterns, color-exploration ## Materials (one batch) - Aluminum foil (household) - Permanent markers (fluorescent colors work best) - 1 sheet Black poster board or paper - Glue - Glue brush - 1 piece Scissors (household) - 1 piece Tray (optional) (household) ## Safety - Permanent markers stain skin, clothes and tables. Cover the work surface, use them in a well-ventilated room, and keep them out of mouths. - Supervise scissor use. An adult shows younger kids how to cut along the curves, or cuts the hearts for them. - Cut foil edges can be scratchy. Handle the hearts gently. - Supervise young children with glue and small pieces at all times. ## Before you start - Older or more practiced cutters can cut a stack of foil hearts ahead of time for younger kids who are still learning. ## Steps 1. Fold a sheet of aluminum foil and cut out heart shapes along the curves. Adults help kids who are still learning. 2. Set the shiny hearts and permanent markers out on a tray. 3. Color the foil hearts with permanent markers: stripes, dots, zigzags, anything you like. 4. Leave some hearts crumpled for an "aged" look, and smooth others out once they're colored. 5. Let the hearts dry for about 2 minutes. 6. Set out the colorful hearts with a black poster board. 7. Brush glue on the back side of each heart. 8. Place each heart exactly where you want it on the black poster and press it down. 9. Hang the finished collage on the wall. ## Tips - Use permanent markers. They dry very quickly and don't erase off the foil like regular kids' markers. - The fluorescent markers were clearly the winner! - Crumpled hearts get that "aged" look, and hearts smoothed out once colored look just as beautiful. Try both. - Cutting along the curves was fun and exciting for our accomplished 5-year-old cutter. Our 3-year-old is still learning, so I showed her how to cut along the curves. - Two kids close in age at one table? Big sister drew a line to keep baby sister out of her "work zone" and divided the markers "fairly". Giving each child their own space and markers helps. - We colored the hearts one day and made the collage the following day. It splits nicely into two short sessions. - For scissor practice ideas, check out the posts from Happy Hooligans and Mama.Papa.Bubba. ## The original post by TurkeyMom (2014) It cannot get easier than this super simple yet adorable Valentine art project. {Access all our earlier [**Valentine art and craft projects**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/holidays/valentines-day-holidays/) here} We gathered my kids' favorite art supplies - yep markers for this Valentine art. With so many [**homemade paints recipes**](https://www.funlittles.com/tag/art-recipe/) out there and multiple other art recipes we have tried out, my kids, especially the 5 year old loves her markers. ***Materials*** - Aluminum Foil - Permanent Markers - Black Poster Board/paper - Glue My 5 year old and I together cut our hearts from folded sheets of foil. The 5 year is an accomplished "along-the curves" cutter so this was fun and exciting for her. My 3 year is still learning so I had to show her the process o cutting along the curves. She is learning and *wants* to learn since big sister is great with the scissors and is churning our sparkly hearts by the dozen ha! Check out these wonderful posts from [**Happy Hooligans**](http://happyhooligans.ca/scissor-exercises-for-children/) and [**Mama.Papa.Bubba**](http://mamapapabubba.com/2013/10/16/developing-scissor-skills-with-a-cutting-tray/) blog for great ideas to help your child with scissor practice. With markers and shiny hearts on the tray, the kids were in coloring heaven. These permanent markers dry very quickly and don't erase off the foil like the regular kids markers. You see those dividing lines, yep that's what happens when you have 2 kids close in age do art activities together. Bis sister 5, drew a line to keep baby sister 3 out of her "work zone" and has very "fairly" divided the markers. 4 green ones for her baby sister and the rest are for her! Right, kiddo. We tried a variety of hearts. Some were crumpled and had that "aged" looks. A few were smoothed out once colored in that look just as beautiful. I can't get over how beautiful these simple sparkly hearts turn out to be. The fluorescent markers were clearly the winner! All the 3 of us made a few sparkly hearts. I let them dry ( just for 2 minutes). The following day I set out these colorful shiny hearts along with a black poster to create a beautiful Valentine art collage. { All our earlier [**art activities**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/art-projects/) can be accessed here} My 3 year old was the one who was eager to make the collage. She simply brushed glue on the back side of the hearts and arranged them on the black poster board. She took her time to place the hearts exactly where she wanted showing care to choose "her" hearts first! Ownership, I tell you. I adore the patterns and color schemes the children came up with. Completed collage looks stunning hanging on our living room wall. Thanks for reading Our collection of Valentine's art and crafts [](https://www.funlittles.com/10-valentines-day-crafts-and-art-activities-for-kids/)