In Room 18, we celebrated Valentine's Day, by making a card for someone we love. First, we copied the traditional 'Roses are red' poem, and changed the words to suit the person we were making the card for. We published these poems in our best handwriting and decorated them with our brand new coloured crayons.
Then we designed our own art pattern using different coloured dye: some people painted stripes, others zig zags and swirls. When they were dry, we cut them up so we could weave them. After that, we glued them onto our heart shaped card.
It was interesting to discover how many shapes or images say something, without even using words. Hearts mean love, a butterfly means change, lions mean strength, a white dove means peace, and so on. A heart shape definitely suited a Valentine's card, and everyone managed to secretly give theirs to someone they love.
Here are two of our Valentine cards, but you can see them all on the Art Gallery page and read our Valentine poems on the Published Work page:
Then we designed our own art pattern using different coloured dye: some people painted stripes, others zig zags and swirls. When they were dry, we cut them up so we could weave them. After that, we glued them onto our heart shaped card.
It was interesting to discover how many shapes or images say something, without even using words. Hearts mean love, a butterfly means change, lions mean strength, a white dove means peace, and so on. A heart shape definitely suited a Valentine's card, and everyone managed to secretly give theirs to someone they love.
Here are two of our Valentine cards, but you can see them all on the Art Gallery page and read our Valentine poems on the Published Work page:
I loved the Valentine's Day card Adam made at school. What lovely weaving and such a nice poem. Adam made his card for our whole family. So sweet.
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