We love doing a bit of Valentines Day crafting together and so my daughter and I made this easy mosaic heart craft.
She made these aged four so this makes them great heart crafts for preschoolers as it’s a fun way to practice scissor skills and they’d make a great decoration to go on front of a card too – which is exactly what my daughter decided to to afterwards!
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Heart Craft
We love making Valentine’s Day crafts as it’s so much fun and a really nice excuse to spend some time together talking about all the people we love while getting creative.
Making mosaic or collage hearts is also a really good way to use up any excess craft supplies that you have lying around, this is a perfect one for any scrap paper!
We made this heart craft for Valentines Day but it would be a great one to make for Mother’s Day too, Just glue it on the front of some premade cards for super simple DIY heart cards that will make a great keepsake for mom too.
While I made this craft with my preschooler it would totally be a great craft for all ages to make, school age kids can do all of the cutting and gluing themselves while for toddlers you could do the cutting for them and they could stick or sprinkle the cut pieces of colored cardstock onto the heart outline.
Mosaic Heart Craft Supplies
Heart Mosaic Template
If you are making this heart craft with a few kids or if you’re not sure about drawing an outline you can grab our free heart template to make this mosaic with.
We love sharing printables and we have loads of free templates for painting and kids crafts so be sure to check some of those out too.
How Do You Make a Mosaic Craft For Kids?
Making a mosaic craft with your child is not only a fun activity but it can be a great way to develop their skills as well as of course their creativity.
All you need is some paper or card to make the mosaic itself with, some scissors, glue and something to glue your cut pieces of paper onto, as we’ve done with our heart.
Cutting out the shapes is a great way to practice simple scissor skills and you’ll need hand eye coordination to make the mosaic itself.
Ideally there should be a small gap in-between each piece of paper that you glue on but as usual this will depend on the age and abilities of your child.
Want to practice some maths? Why not count how many pieces you’ve stuck down or how many of each colour or to make it even easier count the sides on one of the shapes you cut out.
Easy Heart Crafts
I’d recently implemented a ban on glitter in our house which is one of the least popular decisions I think I’ve ever made.
For me, I know that it gets stuck to my kids hands and then as it gets washed off it will inevitably end up in our oceans. I love glitter but it had to go.
For my daughter? Well she’s four and as much as she loves the sea and wildlife, glitter is EVERYTHING.
Buying some glitter card has been a halfway house for us as she gets to use sparkly stuff and I don’t have to worry about it going down my drain, needless to say she was super excited when I showed it to her.
To make your mosaic heart start by drawing a heart shape onto some cardstock as a guideline and then cut your glitter card and construction paper into little shapes, this is a good excuse to talk about different shapes too and we found squares, triangles, diamonds and rectangles.
Using lots of different colours? You can discuss those with your child too!
Next cover your heart in glue stick glue, I’d recommend this more than school glue or PVA for this craft as PVA is just too messy for little bits of paper and card.
Stick the cut bits of paper and card onto your heart trying to leave a bit of room at the edge of each piece for a mosaic effect, this is good for fine motor skills too.
I always know when a craft has gone well by if my kids want to pose with it at the end so I think it’s safe to say this one was a winner!
Ways To Adapt This Craft:
- Instead of using glitter paper or card you could use coloured paper cut from a magazine – keep an eye out for pages with pinks and reds.
- Younger kids can use bigger shaped mosaic pieces while older kids can work with smaller pieces.
- If you make a few of these sweet heart crafts you could string them together using yarn or bakers twine to make a garland.
More Heart Craft Ideas for Preschoolers:
Heart projects and heart crafts are the perfect way for preschoolers to create easy Valentine’s day crafts. Which of these is your favourite?
We’ve shared six ideas for Valentines tree crafts including hole punch hearts and cardboard tube stamps, plus you can use our free tree trunk printable to make preparing this craft that little bit easier!
This foil painted Valentines activity was a big hit at our house with its simple heart painting and I think it would be good for the front of a Valentines card too.
We also really enjoyed making these heart ornaments from white clay (you could also use salt dough) – they make super sweet little decorations to hang up or these cute heart crafts would make great gifts too!
Easy Mosaic Heart Craft
Equipment
- Scissors
- Glue
Materials
- Colored cardstock
- Colored construction paper
- Heart template optional
Instructions
- Draw a heart shape onto cardstock or print out our heart template.
- Cut the construction paper into shapes using scissors.
- Put glue onto the heart shape and then arrange the cut pieces of cardstock onto it.
- For a smooth edge to your mosaic heart you can cut the heart outline out once you are finished.
This looks so pretty and is perfect for Valentine’s Day or a Half Term Craft x
These are so pretty, so simple but so effective. Lovely x
That’s a really lovely craft activity with kids. I agree with you about glitter too!
Aww, they are just lovely. Very cute. x
Thank you – great crafting activity….if you like # to messy church for friendship hearts
We loved making these last year! Thank you for a fun idea! Also, I had no idea glitter paper was a thing until we did this craft. Love it!