Easy Heart Suncatcher Craft (Freebie)

This simple heart suncatcher craft is a great activity for kids around Valentine’s day. It’s a quick and easy Valentine’s day craft idea kids of all ages enjoy making.

See also: snowflake suncatcher

Heart Suncatcher Craft For Kids

We love creating suncatchers with kids! They’re such an inexpensive and fun activity to encourage kids to be creative.

This simple heart suncatcher craft for kids is so much fun to make.

Children work on their fine motor skills while they stick pieces of colorful tissue paper to their heart suncatcher craft.

Continue reading to see exactly what you’ll need to make this craft and see step by step instructions to make your own heart suncatcher craft at home or in the classroom.

Supplies For A Heart Suncatcher

heart suncatcher template – you can get the free printable template at the very bottom of this blog post
cardstock paper – for optimal results we recommend using 110lbs cardstock for this project. The final product will be far more sturdy.
clear contact paper or self-adhesive laminating sheets
Tissue paper in your choice of colors
Scissors

Instructions

Print a copy of our free suncatcher template. Using scissors cut out the template being mindful to leave the black border around the heart intact. If you’re crafting with really small kids you make want to give them a hand with this step.

Rip or cut tissue paper into small squares. We used red and pink to make our heart suncatcher festive for Valentine’s day. We cut our tissue paper into different shapes like squares and triangles to make our suncatcher have some visual interest.

Using tape stick your contact paper down on your work surface with the sticky side facing up. Place your heart template on the contact paper. We used a couple of pieces of clear tape to keep the contact paper from moving while we worked.

Start sticking small pieces of tissue paper to the sticky surface of the contact paper inside the heart template until all the sticky parts are covered. You do not need to cover the outside of the heart since that excess strip will get cut off.

Trim off the excess contact paper on the outside of your heart.

Proudly display your heart suncatcher in a window by putting a glue dot or piece of double-sided tape on the top of the suncatcher. Watch how sunlight bounces and reflects light off your creation.

Books We Love

book recommendations for valentine's day

We love to read! So, we always make an effort to suggest some of our favorite books that pair well with our screen free activities.

Here are a handful of great books that pair well with this cute and easy heart suncatcher for kids.

The Biggest Valentine Ever – A sweet tale about love and friendship that is perfect for all-year-round!
How to Catch a Loveosaurus – This funny children’s picture book makes the perfect bedtime read-aloud and Valentine’s Day gift for kids ages 4-10!
The Night Before Valentine’s Day – Celebrate love and Valentine’s Day with card-making, tasty treats, and more in this installment of Natasha Wing’s best-selling series