Teach kids the character trait of love with this 1 Corinthians 13 heart peacock craft, a meaningful Bible-based activity for children. This is a great Valentine’s Day craft for kindergarten kids and older.
Want more lessons on love? Check out my collection of ideas and lessons here.
1 Corinthians 13 Love Craft for Kids (Heart Peacock Character-Building Activity)
God is love, and so He shares His heart of love in both His actions and words. One of the greatest descriptions of love is found in 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8. It says, “Love is patient; love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
When doing character-building lessons on love, it only makes sense to highlight this verse. I wanted to put together a fun and beautiful Valentine’s Day craft for kids that focuses on Biblical love. This would also become a part of my character-building series.
This is a fun lesson to do in a Christian classroom, Sunday School class, or at home. Kids can work individually or in teams to create their peacocks. We did it as a family.
Character- Building Series with Lessons on Love
Welcome to my character building education series where we work on 52 traits throughout the year. 52 traits? Yes! That is one character building trait for every single week of the year.
More good news! Each trait comes with over a week’s worth of lessons. You could work on character with your kids every single day of the year if you chose to follow along.
This character-building activity focuses on love. Here is our initial lesson in love. If following the series, always do that lesson first. Click here for all of my lessons on love.
Now on to today’s lesson.
Character-Building Lesson on Love: a Peacock Heart Craft
Subject: Love
Objective: Kids will learn the qualities found in love.
Bible Verse: “Love is patient; love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” – 1 Corithians 13:4-8
Ask: What are some words or qualities that you think of when you hear the word love? Give them an example if they are stuck.
Say: “Let’s look at how God defines love.” Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. Explain that we try to love like this, but only one person does it perfectly is God. What we experience as humans on earth can never compare to this perfect love given from God alone.
We can catch glimpses of it and try to live it out as much of it as we can, but we never know it completely until we know God completely. We’ll understand someday, I’m sure.
Introduce: Show them a picture or an example of the peacock heart craft they will make. Point out that each peacock feather shows a different quality of love.
Materials Needed for this Peacock Heart Craft
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- Stock Paper of Reds and Pinks
- Thin Sharpie
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Glue Stick or my New Favorite Craft Item, Glue Tape
- >> Free Printable Template<<
How to Do This Heart Peacock Craft with Kids
You will adapt this craft based on the age and ability of your children. Younger kids will need you to prep the craft for them. You might do everything but the gluing. Older kids will be able to trace, cut, glue, and write.
- Print out my free template onto cardstock onto light pink paper. Sorry, it’s a little rough around the edges, but it should work well for what you need.
- Cut out the peacock body and set it aside.
- Cut out the half-heart template. Fold your different-colored papers in half. Trace the half heart template along the folded edge of your folded paper. Cut along your tracing lines. Open up the folded paper to reveal a long, narrow heart. Repeat on different colors of reds and pinks. You will need 16 total hearts.
- With a thin Sharpie, write love on the body of the peacock.
- Fan out your hearts in an almost half circle and start gluing them together.
- Once you have a heart fan, glue the fan to the back of the peacock.
- The final step is to write one characteristic on each feather (left side of the heart). The final heart will have writing on both sides, so you can fit the fact that love never fails.
As you celebrate love this Valentine’s Day, I pray that you realize that this holiday is not about being in love, but it is a celebration of the love that has been given to us by our Heavenly Father. St. Valentine knew this love, which inspired his story and the birth of Valentine’s Day.
Want More Valentine’s Day Lessons on Love?
1 Corinthians 13 Heart Garland
Note: This post was originally written in 2013. It was rewritten in 2026 for better instructions.
Wow, this is wonderful! I will have to do this with my five year old.
Wow, this is wonderful! I will have to do this with my five year old.
I love this idea and could see adapting it many ways!
Love this Valentine’s day bible craft. Shared it on my facebook page!
I just worked on Valentine crafts for our 4th grader’s class at school – I wish I’d seen this sooner it is so cute and a great way to incorporate that wonderful verse! Next year 🙂
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I love this! Thank you for linking it to Mom’s Library!
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Thank you so much. A lot of children here in the philippines will love this. We are going to do this on Sunday.
I am so glad you are going to do this. I’m glad you found my site, and I’m so glad it is going to be helpful to teach kids at Sunday Bible School across the globe. That really warms my heart. Thank you! Blessings on you too!
May God Bless You. I will constantly visit your site for more ideas for Sunday Bible School.
I will soon open a kid’s small group and the scripture we are doing for the 1st 6wks is 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. I’m breaking it down by 1 scripture a week. I was looking for a craft that we could build upon and this is perfect. Each week they can add their feather to their peacock. Do you have anything like this that could be used for boys?
That’s so great! I’m so excited that this craft will be used in this way. The only other craft I have on my blog for 1 Cor. 13 is https://meaningfulmama.com/2015/05/1-corinthians-13-diy-heart-garland.html. I’m not sure the age of the kids in your class. I tried to sit here and brainstorm about a more masculine idea for boys, and I’m not coming up with anything. If I think of anything, I’ll check in again. Blessings!