Whether for your kid's classroom Valentine's Day card exchange or a sweet memento for your one and only, spread some love this year with these fun and easy DIY Valentine's Day card ideas.
Image credit: Molly Smith
Let it shine
What you'll need:
- heart-shaped doilies
- glue
- sequins
- metallic confetti
- glitter glue
- other embellishments
What you'll do:
- Glue the doilies together, layering smaller ones on top of larger ones
- Decorate with sequins, metallic confetti, glitter glue or colored rhinestones
- For an adult version, glue Swarovski crystals into a single word or short phrase .
Love pops
What you'll need:
- felt
- felt glue
- googly eyes
- scissors
- craft cord
- lollipops
What you'll do:
- Assist your child in cutting out matching heart shapes — about two to three inches tall — from colored felt — instead of the having the heart meet in a V at the bottom, create a little fan of fabric.
- Make a face on half of the felt hearts using googly eyes, and nose and mouth cut from extra felt pieces.
- Once dry, match up a decorated heart with a plain one. Place a lollipop between the two felt pieces and thread the craft cord through the hearts so the ends meet at the bottom with a few inches left on each side to tie a bow.
- For an adult version, bag the sucker and slip a special gift, like cufflinks, inside.
Puff heart
What you'll need:
- card stock or foam sheet
- marker
- pre-cut tissue paper squares in various colors
- glue
- scissors
- thread or ribbon
What you'll do:
- Cut a large heart out of the card stock or foam paper and write a message on one side.
- Scrunch the tissue paper squares and glue to the blank side of the heart. Repeat until the entire heart is covered with tissue paper. If you are really crafty, make a pattern or spell a word with one color tissue paper, then surround it with other colors.
- For a hanging card, punch two holes in the top of the heart to thread string or ribbon through.
Chain of love
What you'll need:
- construction paper or card stock in various colors
- hole punch
- ribbon
- markers or crayons
What you'll do:
- Help your child cut heart shapes — small, medium and large — out of construction paper or card stock in his favorite colors .
- Punch holes in the top and bottom of each heart except for the last heart, which will only need a hole punched in the top.
- "Chain" together the hearts with ribbon. Add a longer ribbon to the top heart.
- Write a heartfelt message or let your child color a picture on each heart and you have a card that doubles as V-Day decoration!
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Image credit: Molly Smith
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