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This Valentine's Day ARTivity Book is a structured visual art workbook for elementary students that teaches the Elements of Art and Principles of Design through festive, love-themed activities. It includes lesson plans, standards alignment, teacher instructions, a rubric and reflection pages, all in one February art unit.

Students work through directed drawing hearts, roll and draw games, symmetry and mandalas, complementary colors, value shading, texture, repetition, emphasis, movement and creative prompts, building confidence, art vocabulary and real drawing skills. It is designed for K to 5.

WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING

★★★★ “This was a great resource. My kids are at a point where they do these independently and it works well to manage.” Passionate P.

WHAT'S INCLUDED (NON-EDITABLE PDF)

• Printable Cover and Teacher Overview and Prep Guide
• National Art Standards Alignment
• Lesson Plan Pages with big ideas, competencies and learning goals
• Step-by-Step Teacher Instruction Page
• Student Rubric (creative thinking, craftsmanship, effort, criteria)
• Warm-Up Creative Thinking Page (love theme)
• Directed Drawing Heart Lesson
• Color: secondary color practice and complementary color heart activity
• Line: Zen Doodle heart patterns and Zen Doodle heart artwork page
• Pattern Mosaic love-themed activity
• Value: monochromatic heart shading
• Space: overlapping heart composition
• Texture: line texture heart practice
• Roll and Draw Heart Dice Game and Roll and Draw Silly Portrait (Valentine's edition)
• Build a Love-Themed Landscape
• Symmetry Drawing Page and Radial Symmetry Mandala (heart theme)
• Build-an-Artwork Prompt Generator
• Principles of Design: movement lesson and drawing page, repetition lesson and drawing page, emphasis lesson
• Grid Drawing Replication Page
• Reflection Page and Color Me Artastic Page

HOW TO USE IT

Print it as a full February art workbook, or use single pages for focused lessons on specific elements and principles. It works for whole-class instruction, centers, sub plans, early finishers, sketchbook glue-ins, homeschool art and mixed-grade classrooms.

Use whichever medium you like: crayons, markers, colored pencils, watercolor, tempera paint, oil pastels or soft pastels. Suggested National Art Standards for creating, experimenting, craftsmanship and artistic reflection are included (see the preview).

FAQ

Who can use this resource?

Elementary art teachers, classroom teachers, homeschool families and substitute teachers. It works in K to 5 settings and can be adjusted through medium choice and complexity.

How long will this take?

Each section can span 2 to 3 classes, depending on student age, skill level, behavior, pacing and class length. As a full workbook, it can support 3 to 5 weeks of February art.

Is it editable?

No. It is a non-editable PDF.

ALL TEACHER REVIEWS

★★★★ “Great resource, thank you!” teacher T.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kathleen McGiveron (Ms Artastic) is an artist who has been featured on NBC LX News and designs art lessons for kids and educational resources for teachers. She is the founder of Ms Artastic and hosts the Ms Artastic YouTube Channel and Podcast.

TERMS OF USE

Images and lessons are copyright products.

YOU MAY: use this in creative ways and have as much fun with it as you like. For clip art, you may use the images as clip art, website graphics, binder covers or bulletin board decorations. Additional licenses are available for school use.

YOU MAY NOT: use this on OutSchool, put it on your blog, share it with other teachers, administration or districts (admin can buy additional licenses), sell it, give it out for free or photocopy it for others.

Sincerely,

Ms Artastic