Best Heart Art Projects (and Cute Heart Craft Ideas Too!)

Heart-shaped art projects are fun to make for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day.

Do you like making, or painting, heart-shaped art? If you answered yes, you will LOVE the heart arts and crafts we have on this list of heart art projects to share with you. We have also included some easy heart painting ideas and heart crafts that make great gift ideas for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, an anniversary, or just for fun. Make some heart art for someone you love today! You might also enjoy this list of flower art projects and painting ideas for kids and adults of all ages.

Heart Art

Heart art is fun to make for Valentine’s Day, or just to say I love you at any time of year. We found so many gorgeous heart art projects and painting ideas we had to break them down into separate types of heart art categories. Click on the creator of each heart painting idea for the complete step-by-step directions.

We had to place some of these heart arts and crafts into more than one category to make it easy to find the type of heart project that you are looking for. And, of course, we will continue to add amazing art projects and heart painting ideas as we find them–be sure to bookmark this page and check back to see the new heart projects we have found!

Heart-Shaped Watercolor Art Projects and Painting Ideas

Here’s a list of watercolor heart art projects children and adults of all ages are sure to love. Try any of the watercolor heart painting ideas below at home or in the classroom.

Color Mixing Surprise Heart Art | Rhythms of Play
Bleeding Hearts Art Project for Kids | Meri Chery
Kandinsky Inspired Heart Art | Arty Crafty Kids
Sunburst Heart Heart | Art Bar
Flying Heart Balloon Painting | Art Projects for Kids Blog
Watercolor Valentine Hearts | Art Bar
Warm and Cool Mosaic Heart Art | A Faithful Attempt
Newspaper Heart Art Postcards | Art Bar
Fizzing Heart Art | The Pinterested Parent
Raised Salt Paint and Watercolor Heart | Rhythms of Play (pictured below)

Raised salt paint heart art made with primary colors red, yellow, and blue.

Related: Rainbow Shamrock Salt Painting

Heart-Shaped Watercolor Resist Painting Ideas (Crayon Wax, Oil Pastel or Glue as the Resist Medium)

Use watercolor paints, and watercolor resist medium, to create any of these easy heart art projects. Watercolor resist heart art painting ideas add an element of surprise to your heart-shaped art projects.

Watercolor and Glue Resist Muli-Colored Heart Painting | Arty Crafty Kids
Wax Resist Heart Art | Happy Hooligans for CBC Parents
Valentine Watercolor Resist Heart Art | Creative Family Fun
Faux Stained Glass Heart Art (black glue resist) | Artful Parent
Watercolor Surprise Heart Art | Rhythms of Play (pictured below)

Tempera Paint Heart Art Projects

Get out the tempera paints and invite children from toddlers and preschoolers to teens to paint hearts with any of these fun heart painting ideas for kids and adults.

Heart Art Symmetry Painting | Artful Parent
Painted Heart Art for Valentine’s Day | Bless This Mess
Heart Spin Painting (the creator of this art project used acrylic paint, which is fine, but we recommend using tempera paint instead so you don’t ruin your salad spinner. Tempera paint is water-based and washable while acrylic is not.) | Projects with Kids Blog
Valentine Shaving Cream Marbled Heart Art | Hello Wonderful

Crayon, Colored Pencil, Chalk and Pastel Heart Art Ideas

Use crayons, colored pencils, chalk, pastels, to draw (and smear) hearts in all shapes and sizes with the heart art ideas included on this fun list of project ideas:

Radiating Hearts | Art Projects for Kids Blog
I Give You My Heart Pastel Art | Kinder Art
Smeared Pastel Heart Art | 2 Soul Sisters
Heart Chalk Stencil Art for Kids | Buggy and Buddy

Heart Art Projects with Marker Pens

Get out the washable or permanent marker pens and invite children from toddlers to preschoolers and kindergarteners to teens and adults to create heart art drawings with the ideas on this list:

Valentine Heart Art with Sharpies and Foil | Happy Hooligans
Draw Two Hands and One Heart | Art Projects for Kids Blog
Sharpie and Alcohol Heart Art | Happy Hooligans
OP Art Hearts | Expressive Monkey
Heart Print Art | Fun-A-Day

Heart-Shaped Print-Making or Stamping Art

Creating hearts and heart-shaped prints with toilet paper rolls, pipe cleaners, etc., is fun for kids and adults of all ages. Make heart prints with any of the heart-shaped print-making and stamping art ideas below. Fingerprint and thumbprint heart art stamps and prints are included in the next section.

Heart Printing Abstract Art | Nurturestore
Cardboard Toilet Paper Roll Heart Stamp Art | Tinkerlab
Pipe Cleaner Stamped Hearts | Hands On As We Grow

Fingerprint or Thumbprint Heart Art Ideas

Encourage children and adults of all ages to create heart-shaped prints with their fingers and thumbs with any of these creative heart stamping ideas. “Thumb-buggy” loves you Valentine’s Day cards are always a hit with family and friends. Get the tutorial HERE–> Fingerprint Lovebug Cards. Or, try any of the other ideas below.

Thumbprint Heart Art and Craft Ideas | Rhythms of Play
Fingerprint Heart Relief Art | Mum in the Madhouse
Heart Made from Fingerprint Art | Busy Kids Happy Mom
Fingerprint Heart Art | Messy Little Monster for Red Ted Art
Thumbprint Heart Art Glass Magnets | Rhythms of Play (pictured below)

Heart Handprint Art

Make heart art with handprints with this list of ideas. Heart handprint art is always a hit with parents and grandparents and makes a great gift idea for Valentine’s Day.

Handprint Art Heart Valentine | Burlap and Blue
I Give You My Heart Handprint Art | Kinder Art
Daddy Mommy and Me Handprint Art | DIY Fun Ideas
Valentine Handprint Heart Art | Dali Mama Blog
Saltdough Handprint Art with Footprint | Rhythms of Play

String Heart Art Ideas

String heart art projects are fun for children and adults to make for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, or just for fun! Try any of the heart-shaped string art ideas below.

Heart String Art Tutorial for Beginners | Feels Like Home
String Heart Art with Yarn | Repeat Crafter Me
Heart String Art Project | EzeBreezy Life Simplified
Ombre Design String Heart Art | Julie Comstock
Make Heart String Art |Hello Wonderful

Heart Relief Art Project Ideas

Create heart relief art with any of these fun art projects and painting ideas:

Soap Bubble Heart Relief Art Idea | Johnathan Fong eHow
Fingerprint Relief Heart Art Canvas | Mum in the Madhouse
Cotton Ball Relief Heart Painting Ideas | Sunshine Whisperers
Pencil Eraser Heart Relief Art on Canvas Bag | Clumsy Crafter

Heart Tree Art

Heart trees are tree art projects and painting ideas with hearts on the branches instead of or in addition to leaves. Give either of these heart tree art projects a try!

Valentine’s Day Heart Fingerprint Tree | Easy Peasy and Fun
Glass Paint Heart Tree | Rhythms of Play (pictured below)

Both kids and adults will enjoy creating their own stained glass art windows and suncatchers using glass paint. Anyone that can draw or trace can do this easy art project. This DIY glass paint heart tree would make a great gift idea for Valentine's Day, Mother's day and anniversaries.

More Heart Arts and Crafts

We have a lot more heart arts and crafts you can try on Rhythms of Play. Give any of these great homemade heart arts, crafts, and gift ideas a go:

Fingerprint and thumbprint craft and art ideas.

Heart-Shaped Valentine Crafts and Keepsake Gifts

You may also enjoy this collection of Valentine Crafts and Keepsake Gifts Kids Can Make. Just click on the link to see them all!

DIY Valentine keepsake gifts add that special homemade touch perfect for any occasion. This collection of gift ideas for kids to make for friends and family are perfect for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, and birthdays too! Mom, Dad, grandparents, aunts, and uncles love handmade gifts like these!

Gorgeous Heart Shaped Art and Crafts for Kids (and Adults too!)

We hope you enjoyed these heart arts and crafts for kids and adults. You can find heart art projects, heart painting projects, and even heart crafts in this fun collection of project ideas!

You may also enjoy Valentine’s Day Art, Shamrock Arts and Crafts, and Easter Art projects Kids LOVE!

For more heart fun go on a heart shape nature scavenger hunt! We have even made a video of all the heart shapes that we have found in nature that you can watch.

Learn more about Rhythms of Play HERE!

Best Heart Art Projects and Painting Ideas

Heart-shaped art projects are fun to make for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day.

Heart Art