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Heart Collage

Hearts and Love

Day 104of 180
Week 21of 36
30Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Create a heart collage using multiple colors and textures

2

Practice cutting and gluing skills

3

Understand how art can express love

📖 Scripture Connection

1 John 4:19

“We love him, because he first loved us.”

— 1 John 4:19 (WEB)

Just as we create hearts to show love, God first showed His love to us

📦 Materials Needed

  • Red, pink, and white paper
  • Doilies
  • Glitter
  • Markers
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Large white construction paper for background
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse art adventure! Let's remember how we made valentine cards yesterday and talk about showing love through art.

💭 Review Question: What special shapes did we learn about yesterday?
2Teaching (10 min)

Today we'll create a beautiful heart collage that shows how many different ways we can express love!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Hearts can be different sizes and colors
  • We can use different materials to make our hearts special
  • God loves us in many wonderful ways
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes something look like a heart?
  • How can we show love to others?
3Activity: Loving Hearts Collage (12 min)
hands-on

Create a colorful collage using hearts of different sizes and textures

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw different sized hearts on colored paper
  2. Carefully cut out the hearts
  3. Arrange hearts on white background paper
  4. Glue hearts down
  5. Add special touches like doilies or glitter
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Pre-cut hearts for child to arrange

Challenge: Create a heart pattern or design

4Closing (3 min)

Let's look at our beautiful heart collages and remember God's love!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What different colors did you use?
  • How does making art help us show love?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about showing love through art that includes people

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Heart-themed art helps develop fine motor skills and creativity

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Help with cutting if needed
  • Encourage creativity over perfection
  • Talk about love while creating
🤔 Common Struggles:

Cutting precisely can be challenging for kindergarteners

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enjoyment of process, ability to follow basic instructions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Take a photo of the collage to share with family
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional heart-themed activities

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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