Description
This Valentine’s Day art and writing activity gives students a meaningful way to celebrate love, kindness, and appreciation.
Students create a heart-shaped chocolate box craft and choose adjective “chocolates” that describe the love they want to give to a special person (such as a family member, friend, or classmate).
Students also complete a written reflection explaining why they chose their words, encouraging intentional thinking and personal expression.
Why Teachers Love This Activity
- Promotes student choice and voice
- Encourages meaningful writing
- Supports fine motor skills through cutting and pasting
- Inclusive and appropriate for classroom use
- Creates a beautiful take-home keepsake
- Creates a polished bulletin board display with minimal effort
What Students Do
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Cut and assemble a heart-shaped chocolate box
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Choose adjective “chocolates” (e.g., kind, caring, thoughtful)
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Write about who their Valentine is and why they chose each word
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Colour and personalize their craft
Curriculum Connections
Writing: explaining choices, sentence development, reflection
Art: colour, design, and composition
SEL: kindness, appreciation, and relationships
What’s Included:
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Box Full of Love art template and bulletin board letters: 12 FULLY EDITABLE Google Slides and 12 PDF pages
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