Mosaic Heart Lollipop

 

Cut out Heart

I was bored on this cold winter day and thought to myself I will come up with another fun Valentine craft  to do with my niece "Agent L" and my nephew "E-Man, so I got out my jumbo construction paper pack, glue stick, and scissors and got to cutting.  Since it is close to Valentine's Day I did the obvious and cut a big heart out of white construction paper. I stared at the blank white heart for about 15 minutes thinking "What now?"  "What to make?" "Nope, don't want to do that." And then "Ding, Ding, Ding!" Finally after raking my brain and coming up with a bunch of boring ideas like a paper lace heart, I got the idea of a Mosaic Heart Lollipop while flipping through the different colors of construction paper.

I jumped up out of my chair to dig out my paper cutter and got to cutting different shapes. Since I wanted to keep the mosaic design simple I only cut three shapes: rectangles, squares, and triangles. After cutting all the shapes I laid them on the heart moving them around until I found a pattern I was happy with. I got my glue stick and started gluing the rectangles, squares, and triangles to the white heart. Lastly, I cut a lollipop stick and glued it to the back of the heart.  



All the Shapes Cut

This is a definite craft to do with "Agent L" and "E-Man" since there are many shapes to use as the "Lollipop" such as a circle, square, or your own free-form shape. Total time I spent on this was about an 1 1/2 hour, not including my 15 minute brain freeze.
 
Here is a time saver tip if you are going to do this craft with younger children: Pre-cut your shapes to and you won't have a youngster squirming while you get the shapes ready to glue.
 
Supplies needed to make a Mosaic Heart Lollipop:
Construction paper
Glue Stick
Scissors
Paper cutter (helpful time saver but not necessary)

Have a Great Craftin' Day!



Laying Out Mosaic Design



Gluing The Shapes





Finished Mosaic Heart Lollipop