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Sparkly Foil Hearts Collage

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by TurkeyMom in Art Projects

Ages3–6 yrs
Prep10 min
Activity30 min
Leveleasy
MessMedium
Works for1:1 · Small group · Class

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.

⚠️ Safety first

  • 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 the kids arrive

  • 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.from the author
  • The fluorescent markers were clearly the winner!from the author
  • Crumpled hearts get that "aged" look, and hearts smoothed out once colored look just as beautiful. Try both.from the author
  • 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.from the author
  • 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.from the author
  • We colored the hearts one day and made the collage the following day. It splits nicely into two short sessions.from the author
  • For scissor practice ideas, check out the posts from Happy Hooligans and Mama.Papa.Bubba.from the author

Make it your own

  • Color the hearts one day and build the collage the next, as an invitation to create.
  • Mix crumpled "aged" hearts with smoothed-out ones for different textures.
  • Let each child pick out "their" hearts first and place them on a shared family or class collage.

The story behind it

By TurkeyMom · January 2014
coloring foil hearts for valentine art project
We gathered my kids' favorite art supplies for this Valentine art: markers! My 5 year old and I together cut our hearts from folded sheets of foil.
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Sparkly Foil Hearts Collage: the original post

It cannot get easier than this super simple yet adorable Valentine art project. {Access all our earlier Valentine art and craft projects here} We gathered my kids’ favorite art supplies - yep markers for this Valentine art. With so many homemade paints recipes 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 and Mama.Papa.Bubba blog for great ideas to help your child with scissor practice.

coloring foil hearts for valentine art project

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.

sharpies decorating foil hearts

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.

siblings projects

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!

valentines day colorful art

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 can be accessed here}

invitation to create hearts collage

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.

gluing foil hearts to black paper

She took her time to place the hearts exactly where she wanted showing care to choose “her” hearts first! Ownership, I tell you.

fine motor sticking hearts

I adore the patterns and color schemes the children came up with.

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Completed collage looks stunning hanging on our living room wall.

hearts collage

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