With Valentine’s Day approaching, crafting often takes a delightful turn towards hearts. Creating charming Animals Made Out Of Hearts is a wonderfully simple and fun activity, perfect for filling your home with festive cheer. Transforming basic heart shapes into an adorable menagerie is easier than you think and results in truly lovely decorations or handmade cards.
Collection of cute heart shaped animal crafts including a fish, dragonfly, dog, bird, owl, monkey, and ladybug arranged on a white surface.
Below are several ideas showing the paper hearts used and the final heart animal creation.
Heart Fish Craft Idea
Creating an underwater friend is simple! By carefully cutting a few slits into some of the heart shapes, you can fashion delightful fins. The addition of tiny heart shapes as scales adds an extra layer of cuteness to this paper heart fish.
Step-by-step visual showing heart shapes needed and the final assembled paper heart fish craft with heart scales and fins.
Heart Dragonfly Craft Idea
Build a whimsical dragonfly body using hearts of decreasing sizes glued together. The delicate wings are crafted by layering heart halves, using slightly larger ones for the top set. A touch of glitter could make this heart shaped dragonfly truly sparkle.
Visual guide showing heart components and the completed heart dragonfly craft featuring layered wings and a segmented body.
Heart Dog Craft Idea
This simple, floppy-eared puppy is incredibly endearing. Using heart shapes for the ears, tongue, and even adding tiny heart whiskers brings this charming canine craft to life. It’s a favorite among easy valentine crafts.
Layout of heart shapes and the finished cute paper heart dog craft with floppy ears and a heart tongue.
Heart Bird Craft Idea
Tweet, tweet! Similar to the fish, adding a few strategic slits to the heart shapes designated as wings gives this little paper heart bird some lovely dimension. A whimsical tuft of heart-shaped “hair” provides a playful finishing touch.
Illustration of heart pieces needed and the assembled paper heart bird craft featuring slit wings and a heart tuft.
Heart Owl Craft Idea
Whooo wouldn’t love this adorable heart shaped owl? Perfect for those with a fondness for owls, this craft uses hearts to form the body, wings, and facial features. The big, round eyes are particularly captivating.
Heart shapes required and the final cute heart owl craft with large eyes and heart wings, perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Heart Monkey Craft Idea
Bring some playful jungle fun to your Valentine’s crafts with a DIY heart monkey. Experimenting with different color combinations like blue and brown can lead to unique results for this cheeky little creature made from hearts.
Parts list using heart shapes and the completed cheerful paper heart monkey craft in blue and brown.
Heart Ladybug Craft Idea
Ladybugs are a consistently popular motif, and crafting one out of hearts makes it even more adorable! This simple paper craft uses hearts for the body and wings, easily recognizable and fun to make.
Component heart shapes and the finished charming paper heart ladybug craft, a classic Valentine’s theme.
Creating Animals Made Out Of Hearts is a delightful way to celebrate Valentine’s Day or simply enjoy a creative afternoon. These simple paper heart animals are perfect for preschoolers and kids of all ages, offering endless possibilities for customization and fun. Give these charming Valentine craft ideas a try!
