Super Simple Heart Picture Frame Craft

Today, I have a cute, super simple craft for you that I came up with to include my young toddler in our Valentine’s Day crafting. This Heart Picture Frame Craft turned out really cute, and N loved that it features his artwork 🙂

E kept talking about what a good job her little brother did, and she helped me put the picture frame together.

Use your toddler's art work to make this super simple heart picture frame craft! Great for Valentine's Day or just to display a favorite photo.

(N was 1 year and 6 months old.)

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Materials for Heart Picture Frame Craft

  • Paper.
  • Cardboard. {I used part of a diaper box. It worked well, but the material doesn’t have to be quite that thick, and thinner cardboard would be way easier to cut.}
  • Markers, crayons or colored pencils for coloring.
  • Scissors.
  • Knife (optional).
  • Glue or glue stick.
  • Sticky tape.

I printed out a simple heart outline made from two heart shapes in Word, but you could hand draw your shape.

N colored the heart.

Use your toddler's art work to make this super simple heart picture frame craft! Great for Valentine's Day or just to display a favorite photo.

When N was done, I cut out the heart

Use your toddler's art work to make this super simple heart picture frame craft! Great for Valentine's Day or just to display a favorite photo.

and traced it on the cardboard.

Use your toddler's art work to make this super simple heart picture frame craft! Great for Valentine's Day or just to display a favorite photo.

Then I simply glued the paper heart and the cardboard heart together.

E really wanted some of her artwork included, too, so I used some paper she’d drawn on earlier in the day as the backing.

Use your toddler's art work to make this super simple heart picture frame craft! Great for Valentine's Day or just to display a favorite photo.

I told you this was super simple – I used sticky tape to put the backing on 😉

Use your toddler's art work to make this super simple heart picture frame craft! Great for Valentine's Day or just to display a favorite photo.

E picked out the photo she wanted in there. Not really my favorite photo or one I would’ve picked, but she loves it 🙂

The heart picture frame looks great on our kitchen cabinet!

Use your toddler's art work to make this super simple heart picture frame craft! Great for Valentine's Day or just to display a favorite photo.

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Here are some more cute simple Valentine’s crafts for you:

Coffee Filter Hearts

Paper Towel Stained Glass Hearts

Q-Tip Painted Hearts

Double Handprint Heart

Glue Heart Suncatcher by Where Imagination Grows

 

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