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Paper · Valentine's Day · Preschoolers

Paper heart animals

Cut hearts in different sizes and turn them into a ladybug, a mouse, a fox and whatever else your child dreams up.

Paper heart animals
LevelIntermediate
AgesAges 4 to 5
Time40 minutes
Cost$1 to $4

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How to make it

  1. Step 1: Fold the paper
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    Fold the paper

    Fold a small sheet in half. Draw half a heart along the fold.

  2. Step 2: Cut the heart
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    Cut the heart

    Have your child cut along the line and open it up. A perfect heart every time.

  3. Step 3: Cut a pile
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    Cut a pile

    Make big hearts, small hearts and tiny hearts in different colors.

  4. Step 4: Build a mouse
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    Build a mouse

    Glue a big gray heart upside down for the face. Add 2 small pink hearts for ears.

  5. Step 5: Try a ladybug
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    Try a ladybug

    Glue 2 red hearts point to point for wings. Draw black dots on them.

  6. Step 6: Invent more
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    Invent more

    Ask, "What else can hearts become?" Let them experiment.

Edie's tip

Draw the half heart for them at first. By the third one, many 4 year olds draw their own.

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