The Heart Character Pocket Craft is a fun, hands-on Valentine’s Day or kindness-themed craft activity that encourages students to express creativity while making a pocket character to store small notes or positive messages. This engaging activity supports fine motor skills, personalisation, and classroom decoration.
Students can colour, cut, fold, and assemble their pocket craft, then use it to hold friendship notes, kindness affirmations, or personal reflections.
Use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
Use materials, techniques and processes to explore visual conventions when making artworks
Explore visual conventions and use materials, techniques, technologies and processes specific to particular art forms, and to make artworks
• Provide a black-and-white version for students to colour and decorate themselves.
• Print on cardstock for a sturdier pocket character.
• Use velcro or paper clips instead of glue for an alternative assembly option.
• Have students write positive messages to place in each other’s pockets.
• Use as a self-reflection tool, where students write affirmations or gratitude notes.
• Create a classroom kindness display by attaching finished crafts to a bulletin board.