Fun Stamping Heart Valentines Day Art Home Activity for Kids (4-6 Year Olds) Montessori Activity with Free Printable Worksheets

Get kids to do fun art to celebrate a fun holiday. Check out this stamping heart Valentines Day art home activity for preschoolers.

Fun and easy Valentines day art activity for kids to do at home.

As we well know, a prepared environment favors children’s learning processes. Children learn through the exploration of the environment; this means that the more stimuli they find in the world around them, the greater their learning. So, if we seek to develop creative capacity and art in children, we must prepare their environment for this, as suggested by the Montessori learning method.

To develop art in children, we must put them in contact with art itself. It should not be thought that, by showing them works of art, we will hinder their ability to create; that’s the opposite. Remember that cognitive skills develop like other skills through concrete experiences, those we see, feel, hear, etc.


Artistic activities help children strengthen their emotional dimension since they can know the environment and themselves. It is a non-verbal way of expressing their feelings and supporting their self-esteem. The cognitive skills that are developed are classification, order, quantity, spatial relationship, among others. Art also helps children develop language when they feel the need to talk about their creation. Finally, with artistic activities, children develop physical skills and strengthen and develop fine motor skills, which refers to the body’s small muscles’ precise movements. It also supports hand-eye coordination and lateralization.

Without a doubt, promoting art in children brings innumerable benefits to their lives and much more. If this experience is shared with loved ones, it can become additionally enriching.

Fun stamping hearts activity that kids would love. Check out this Valentines day art project for kids.

THEME: VALENTINES DAY ART

HOW DO WE DO THIS ACTIVITY?

Topic: Art

Age: 4-6-year-old children

Goal: Through this home activity, children develop precision in their hands and fingers’ movements through artistic activity.

Difficulty level: Basic. This Valentine activity is designed for children to carry out autonomously and independently by following the instructions.

Skills:

  • Following instructions
  • Autonomy
  • Self-esteem
  • Imagination

MATERIALS

Materials for Heart Art
  • Toilet paper tube
  • Card stock or heavy paper
  • Paint

ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT

Step 1:

Take the toilet paper tube and squeeze it to make a heart shape.

Squeeze toilet paper tube

Step 2:

Smear one end of the tube with paint and make stamps on the cardboard.

Smear tube end with paint
Make Stamps on the cardboard

VALENTINES DAY ART ACTIVITY RESULT

Stamp heart art

Activity Result

FREE PRINTABLE VALENTINES DAY ART WORKSHEETS

Free printable Valentine's day worksheets

Here’s another fun home activity for preschoolers. Click the link below to download and print our new free printable Valentine’s day worksheets.

Download the Free Printable Valentines Day Art Worksheets

HOW DO WE DO THIS ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT AGES?

CHANGES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 4 YEARS OLD

This Valentine activity can be developed with younger children. To lower the difficulty level, children will carry out the activity using only their fingers to form hearts by making stamps on the sheet. This way, they will carry out an action according to their development and skills.

CHANGES FOR CHILDREN OLDER THAN 6

This Valentine activity can be done with older children. To increase the difficulty level, it is not necessary to change the materials. The children can use several tubes of toilet paper to form different figures that require greater skills. Each stamp can have a different color; thus, an activity will be carried out according to the children’s development.

VIDEO DESCRIPTION – HEART ART

This video provides you with the step-by-step instructions of the activity “HEART ART,”designed for children 4-6 years, where a heart stamp activity was performed using a toilet paper tube. This kids activity will allow children to develop how-to follow instructions, autonomy, self-esteem, and imagination. The following materials are needed to do the activity: a toilet paper tube, card stock or heavy paper, and paint.

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Easy and fun Valentines day home activity for kids. Stamping heart art for 4-6 years old.
Easy and fun Valentines day activity for kids. Check out this stamping heart activity for 4-6 years old.
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