I took a piece of 9x12 white construction paper and drew a heart using a black marker. I turned the papers over and marked each corner with a letter and number (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D- 2A, 2B, 2C 2D- etc.) so I would be able to reassemble them easily after we were done. Then I randomly cut each heart into 4 pieces. I mixed them all up and the kids each took one of the pieces. The project only took 3 days to paint and one more to sign the artwork.
Each child's paper was divided into two parts by the black line. They were instructed to paint each section a different color. We let those dry and the next day the kids used a different color of paint to add designs and texture. I let them do whatever they wanted to. After those were dry, we came back one last time and painted over my black line with a thicker line of black paint. That is it!
When everything was dry, I reassembled the hearts (using my coding system on the back) and we admired our beautiful creations. I laminated each heart and matted them using black mats. I had each child sign by their section using a silver paint marker.
I had the hearts on display for Open House and they went up for auction the following week at the Spring Fling.
They are beautiful and truly one of a kind. I got the idea from Pinterest (I love Pinterest) and made it my own. The Pinterest idea used circles instead of hearts and they were really cool too, but I like how the hearts turned out.
