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Mosaic Valentine Heart
by Amanda Formaro
Just in time for Valentine's Day, this mosaic craft will add just the right touch to your Valentine decor!
It's completely up to the creator in this craft. You decide how easy or
challenging it will be, and how long it will take. All you need are some old
magazines, construction paper and glue and you can make these fun Valentine
hearts!
You will need:
- Poster board
- Construction paper
- Old magazines or catalogs
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Note: poster board can be replaced with construction paper, but construction
paper is not as sturdy and will not hold up as well.
Tear out magazine or catalog pages that have mostly color and not much text,
laundry and cereal ads are usually great for this! Tear pages into small squares
by tearing into strips first, then into small pieces from the strips. Keep
colors separated. We used goldenrod, green, blue and pink for the background,
and red for the heart.
Begin with background colors first. Using the glue stick, apply squares in a
tile fashion (next to one another) in one of the quartered sections of the
background. Complete the color. Do this for each section until background is
complete. Remember, the beauty of this project is that perfection is not
required! Once the background colors are in place, fill in your heart with red
squares.
To make the frame, cut four 1 inch-wide strips of construction paper in your choice
of colors. We duplicated our background colors and set them in contrast with the
background. For example, we started with a green frame strip on the left side
because the green mosaic tiles were on the right side, and so on. Glue in place
and over lap at each corner as shown in photo.
For younger children, it is not necessary, and not recommended, to tear pieces
so small. Allow the children to tear pieces in whatever fashion they choose
(lengths, clumps, blobs, etc.) and let them at it! The larger pieces are much
easier to manipulate for smaller fingers. Take a look at Figure 2, designed
completely by my 6-year-old daughter, Kristen. Larger pieces are also better for
the younger crowd because their attention spans are limited. The project
involving small squares took approximately 45 minutes for an adult. Have fun!
Links, information and more for you
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About the author:
Amanda Formaro is the entrepreneurial mother of four children. Subscribe to her free newsletter, Busy Little Hands, by visiting her web site at http://familycorner.com.
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