MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED

1/ This heart was coloured with posterpaint sticks, but you could use textas,crayons, pencils or even paint. You couldcolour or draw whatever you like! Thebackground square is just plain yellowpaper.

template (attached) glue stick

scissorslead pencil

For this week's art project we will be using only materials available to you at homeso please don't go to any trouble to get anything.This activity can be quite simple or can be complicated just depending on howcreative you want to be, but be warned... once you start you won't want to stop!

The focus of this K-6 project is on love and kindness and that we're all in thistogether. Once back at school it would be fantastic to see these hung altogether!

Task: To create a square (12cm sides) and cut and glue a heart inside.

HEARTS INHARMONY

IDEAS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TRY

MATERIALS YOU MIGHT NEEDcoloured paper/ cardboardcoloured textas or crayonsnewspaper/ magazinestissue paper/ wrapping paper

paint/ watercolour paintsgems/ sequins/ pipe cleanerswool/ felttoothbrush, bubblewrap for painting

Please Note: Each student only needs to create one heart artwork, but maycomplete more if they choose to. Please make sure your name and class is on theback of your work and after you've taken a photo to upload to Class Dojo youkeep it (or them) somewhere safe to bring it in once we all return to school. I can't wait to see them!!

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2/ This heart was cut out of paper thathad been painted and textured byscraping cardboard on it. The backgroundsquare is also a textured painted paper-yellow with pink scraped with a fork.

3/ This heart was made by tearing andgluing coloured paper on top of eachother then using the heart template to cutout the shape. The background square isjust plain dark blue paper.

4/ First I painted some newspaper withwatercolours, then cut out the heart whenit was dry. I cut a scallop shap from pinkcardboard for a bit of extra clolour thenglued them together onto a blue spongepainted paper square.

OTHER IDEAS

Zentangles drawn withblack pen on white paperyellow paper square

Magazine picture of beachBright blue paper square

Sheet music (printable)Glossy patterned papersquare

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Print this template and cut it out to use to trace onto your chosen paper to cutout the heart and background 12cm square. Remember to trace your template onthe back of the paper so you don't see any pencil lines on your work.If you can't print the template, just use a ruler to measure a square with sides12cm and do you best to draw a hear that takes up most of the space inside, likethe template.

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