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A Valentine to Treasure

Make a valentine that’s from your heart and will be treasured forever. To make this project, all you need is tin foil/aluminum foil, tissue paper, wax paper and Elmer’s glue or school glue that dries clear.

Tear off a sheet of tin foil that is approximately 3 feet long. Scrunch it up and shape it into a heart. It will not be a smooth heart. There will be divets in the heart since you are using foil – that’s OK.

Tear off a piece of wax paper. Make sure it’s big enough to place your heart on it.

Tear some tissue paper into strips. You can use any colors you want. The valentine pictured was wrapped in light pink, bright pink and red tissue paper. Using a paint brush, brush glue onto the back of the tissue paper. Then wrap it around the heart. Do this until the entire heart is covered; front and back.

Now, take the glue and brush it over the heart. You are brushing the glue over the tissue paper as well. It will look white and sticky. Brush the back and the front with glue. Place it on your wax paper and let it dry. Once dry, your heart will be shiny and a bit hard.

Congratulations, your valentine is finished!

To take your art project one step further, you can add some more glue onto it and then roll it in glitter. Or you could write a note, glue it onto the heart and then glue over it again so it also gets hard and shiny. Make sure you use a permanent marker or pen so it the message doesn’t bleed through the paper.

We hope you enjoyed your art project!

Courtesy Art Academy, North Suburban YMCA