Mosaic Love Letter Cards

We love child made Valentine’s Cards! They are great for both the classroom and friends and family!! And each year, through the wonderful 31 Days of Love series we have yet more wonderful Valentine’s Day Card Designs to inspire you and for you to choose from. Today, Leslie, from Pink Stripey Socks shares her gorgeously bright and cheerful Mosaic Love Letter Cards. These not only look great, but are wonderful for fine motor skills developement (during both the cutting of the paper and the sticking), as well as letter recognition for younger kids – a great Valentines Craft for Preschool AND of course Kids Valentine’s Day Crafts too. The results are bold, bright and fun!!! And I absoultely *love* them. Over to Leslie!

Mosaic Love Letter Cards for Kids

Are you looking for a simple and cute Valentine’s Day craft? Do you need a craft that’s great for kids of all ages?

Hi! My name is Leslie.  I love making things with kids and I shares lots of easy art and craft ideas over at Pink Stripey Socks.  Today I’m visiting this corner of the web to share a happy and sweet paper love mosaic craft. (Thank you Maggy for inviting me to join your 31 Days of Love series!)

Love Letter Cards Here are the materials you’ll need:

• Scissors
• Colorful Sheets of Paper
• Glue stick
• Pencil
• Optional: Strips of star folding paper

How to make your Mosaic Love Letters

Step 1:

Use a pencil to write the word “love” on a colorful sheet of paper.

(Note:  I tried printing the word “love” and writing it in script.  The finished mosaic looked a lot nicer when I used the printed letters.  If you choose to write in script, be sure to spread the letters out a lot.  Otherwise it’s hard to distinguish the letters once you glue on the pieces.)

Step 2:

Cut out lots of small, colorful squares.

(Note:  I cut strips of star folding paper to quickly create square pieces.)

Step 3:

Wipe a bit of glue along one portion of a letter.  Then, glue on the square pieces.  Keep repeating this process until the entire word is covered with colorful squares.  Once you’re finished, add a border using long strips of paper.

Aren’t the results gorgeous?

And if you liked this Valentine’s Day post, you’ll love these easy crafts as well:

   

3D Optical Illusion Hearts 

Origami Conversation Heart Bookmarks

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Happy making, friends!

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