This fun craft uses a cut out of a preschoolers hand to create the ASL sign for I-Love-You and makes a great Valentines Day Craft or part of a sign language preschool theme. Preschoolers will love using their imagination to decorate the paper heart that they will glue their hand sign on.
What You Need
Red construction paper
Skin colored construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Glitter
Buttons or other decorations
What To Do
Fold the red piece of construction paper in half and cut a heart out of it. Preschoolers can do this on their own if you draw half of a heart on the paper for them to roughly follow as they cut. Help the preschooler trace their hand on the skin colored construction paper. Cutting the hand out is too detailed for many preschoolers to do on their own and may cause them to become frustrated. Help the preschoolers by cutting their hands out of the paper for them if they would like you to.
Teach the preschoolers what the ASL sign for I-Love-You is. Have them practice making the sign. When the paper hands are cut out, help preschoolers to fold down the two middle fingers. Glue the fingers down to the palm of the hand. Glue the entire hand cut out to the enter of the heart.
Provide preschoolers with glitter, buttons, stamps, stickers, and other decorations. Allow them to use their imaginations and decorate their heart in whatever way that they would like to.
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