Black Paper Pastel Hearts for Valentine’s Day

Here’s a simple project that can easily be adapted depending on the amount of time you have (more on that at the end of my post!).

We had such fun making our Valentine’s Day hearts!

First we used colored pencils and a heart-shaped stencil to trace hearts on to black construction paper:

Our daughter then colored each of the hearts with pastels:

We applied a thin coat of Mod Podge to seal the pastels and give a sheen to the paper:

After the paper dried, we cut out the hearts and wrote messages in metallic gel pens on the opposite sides:

Here’s a tip if you don’t want do deal with the extra step of Mod Podging your project:
Use colored pencils, crayons, or gel markers instead of pastels to color your hearts! Since they don’t rub off, you don’t need to seal them.

A quick and easy alternative with the same colorful, fun results.