My Heart is Like A Zoo - Valentine Craft

We are currently enjoying My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall.  Each page of the book features a different animal created out of heart shapes with a description about how the narrator's heart is like each animal.  The heart is eager as a beaver, steady as a yak, hopeful as a hungry heron fishing for a snack, etc.  It's a wonderful book, perfect for all ages, and perfect for a Valentine's Day craft project.

C and R each chose their favorite animal from the book and we recreated the animals with construction paper.  I cut out the shapes and they assembled them by looking at the animals in the book.

R needed a little help, but C was able to do this on his own.  He could have cut out the shapes too, now that I think of it.

R recreated Frightened as a rabbit:

C recreated bothered as a bull with a hornet in its hair:

Now, of course, they want to make all of the animals in the book!!!  I am not sure that I am up for that, but we might make a few more.

I am linking this to stArt at A Mommy's Adventures and Kids Get Crafty at Red Ted Art.  Click on over to both sites for more great ideas.