Octopus Love

What You Need:

• Construction paper (red, pink, or any other color you wish)
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Glue
• Markers

What You Do:

1. Draw an octopus head for your child and help them cut it out.
2. Draw a face on the octopus using the markers. It can be realistic, cartoonish, or in any style you wish.
3. Have your child use a pencil to draw eight octopus limbs. 
4. Help your child cut out the limbs.
5. Glue the limbs to the back of the octopus's head.
6. Have your child draw eight hearts on red paper. 
7. Assist your child in cutting out the hearts.
8. Ask your child to think of different people and things they love. Lightly write these out, one on each heart. Let your child trace over your writing with a marker.
9. Help your child glue one heart to each limb. 

You can post this octopus of love on your refrigerator or display it prominently in your child's room as a reminder of the things and people they love.