This Mexico craft for kids is oh-so satisfying…
In every Mexico class I teach, I try to incorporate tin art in some way, shape, or form…nicho boxes, ornaments, frames, Day of the dead crafts, you name it.
In this week’s Mexico class, we used tin to make these beautiful Mexican Sacred Hearts.
I found the perfect template online that I sized in Microsoft Word and then traced directly onto the tin.
If you’re going to do a Mexico tin craft with kids, I highly recommend 36-gauge aluminum tooling foil from Amazon. I have been buying it for years.
This type of tin is easy to cut.
Kids LOVE imprinting tin because, for most, it is a medium they have never worked with before which makes them so curious and engaged while doing their project!
For every Mexico tin project, I always encourage imprinting dots first as they add such subtle beauty and truly represent Mexican folk art techniques.
After we finished imprinting, we added color using acrylic paints. Luckily I had many bright colors on hand.
Adding color brought each heart to life.
We embellished them with sequins to keep them simple, yet beautiful, and to provide the perfect finishing touch.
To make the Mexican Sacred Hearts more functional and to enable my students to display them with pride, I added magnets to the back.
Que bonita!
For more Mexico crafts for kids that involve tin, view our Day of the Dead Tin Skulls and Mexican Nichos (Shadow Boxes).
We also recommend our Huichol Yarn Art and Huichol Bead Art projects!
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