Traditionally, the preparatory assault for the celebration of St. Valentine's Day begins for many of us about five days before the holiday date. During this period, there is so much that needs to be done, taking care of a gift, decorating the place where you are planning to spend a romantic evening, as well as buying or making a heartfelt valentine. We showed various variations of garlands of hearts in, you can take them into service, but today we want to tell you and clearly show how to make original valentines.
A Valentine card is most often a red or pink card in the shape of a heart, inside of which lies a romantic congratulations on the holiday or an ardent declaration of love.
How to make a Valentine card.
Valentine card made of cardboard and woolen threads.
You won’t surprise anyone with traditional valentines anymore, or it’s a non-standard fluffy specimen. To make it, you need to cut out a heart from thick cardboard, then remove the inner part so that the side parts are approximately 1-2 cm wide. Then we take woolen threads, the best curly ones and always red, and begin to methodically wrap the cardboard blank. The result is a very beautiful heart, attach a piece of paper with a declaration of love to it with a pin and nail, your other half will be amazed at the work done.
How to make a valentine with your own hands from paper.
Method number 1. Valentine envelope.
Cut out a large heart from paper and you can immediately write a love message on it. Next, fold the side parts inward (see photo below), turn the sharp part up, fold the bottom, then fold the top closing part, and decorate the tongue with a rhinestone.
Method number 2. Volumetric heart.
We cut out two identical hearts from thick cardboard, then prepare two strips 8 mm wide along the length of the side circles. Which we immediately glue to the side parts of one of the valentines, then on top we glue the remaining valentine with a pre-written congratulation by hand.
Method number 3. Volumetric valentine box.
We redraw the template presented below onto thick pink paper, cut it out and bend it along the marked lines, and glue it with PVA glue in the right places. The top of the product can be decorated with a bow or rhinestones.
Method number 4. Beautiful valentine made of voluminous roses.
Cut out a heart-shaped ring from cardboard. Then we start creating roses, for this we draw a spiral on red double-sided colored paper, which we then cut out with scissors and wind from the OUTER end onto a skewer, thereby forming a rose bud; as soon as you remove the winding from the skewer, the bud will take the desired shape. Using this scheme, we create the required number of buds and glue them tightly to each other on a cardboard blank in the shape of a heart. You can glue beads or rhinestones to the center of each bud.
Method number 5. Wicker valentine.
According to the template presented below, we cut out two strips with marks in the center, bend each of them in the center and create slits with scissors. Then we start weaving, simply alternating contrasting stripes. The result is a wicker heart.
Method number 6. Beautiful postcard.
We take beautiful scrapbooking paper, fold it in half, we get a base, then cut out a rectangle from orange paper and glue it to the center of the workpiece, cut out flowers, a bird and a heart, and also glue all the details to the surface of the card (the templates are presented below, you can redraw). We tie a bow from a satin ribbon and also attach it to the surface of the card, and write a love message inside.
Method number 7. Beautiful three-dimensional origami heart.
The detailed method for creating such a beautiful heart is shown in the photo below.
Method number 8. Panoramic heart.
Probably many people had panorama books in their childhood, such a heart is just from that opera. Let's look at all the stages of its creation below, where you will also find the primary template for redrawing. In short, we redraw the template onto paper, cut it out with a sharp knife exclusively along the marked lines, and bend it just above the top part, thereby lifting the structure. We close the postcard.
Method number 9. Valentine card with flowers and carnations made of paper.
Fold the red paper in half, cut out a heart, but do not cut all the way through on one side to create the effect of an opening postcard. From pink paper we cut out strips 10 cm long and about 8 mm wide, cut each of them on top of the fringe, then wind it on a skewer, thereby forming a flower bud. We glue the finished flowers to the surface of the valentine; the product can also be decorated with quilling-style patterns or added with rhinestones.
Method number 10. Valentine boat.
We fold a boat out of paper (the stages of creating a boat are shown in the photo below), glue a matcha from a skewer into the center, and instead of a sail and a flag, hearts with a love message.
How to make original valentines from paper clips.
A plain piece of paper with a love message can be decorated with valentine hearts created from red paper clips. To do this, take a paperclip and bend its long edge upward, photo below. At first glance it looks like a krakozyabra, but when you put it on a piece of paper, you will see a cute heart.
How to make a valentine with your own hands from half-pearls and cardboard.
We cut out 2 identical hearts from cardboard, leave one of them whole, cut the second in the form of a heart-ring, so that the middle is empty. Glue it on top of the whole heart, and glue half-pearl beads inside. We glue a ribbon on the back, which can also be glued between valentines, thread a key onto the ribbon, and give it to you with the words “this is the key to my heart.”
Valentine card on a clothespin.
We take a wooden clothespin and write “a message for you” on it with a marker. On the end part, where the clamp is created, draw an envelope with paints. Next, take a tiny rectangular piece of paper, write “I love you” on it, and glue it to the back of the clothespin. When you press on the top of the clothespin, it will reveal a love message.
Valentine's card made from fresh flowers.
Cut out a heart from cardboard and glue rosebuds on short cut stems to it. The result is a very beautiful living valentine.
Felt valentine.
We cut out two hearts of the same size from red felt, and also one smaller heart from white felt, sew a white heart to the center of the red one using a blanket stitch, then sew two red ones.
Valentines made from stones.
On the street you can look for heart-shaped pebbles, which you can then paint with red emulsion paint.
Valentine card made of wire and thread.
It is necessary to form a heart from the wire, which is then generously wrapped with red thread. The result is a very beautiful product, especially considering how easy it is to make.
Valentine in a bottle.
Cut out a big heart from paper, write a declaration of love and a holiday greeting on it, then roll the heart into a tube, insert the message into the neck of the bottle, tie a ribbon and present a surprise to your other half.
Ice valentine.
This is a short-lived surprise, so it should be given as a gift immediately after being removed from the refrigerator. Making such a heart is as easy as shelling pears; place viburnum branches or a rose bud in a plastic heart-shaped mold, fill it with water and put it in the refrigerator until it hardens completely. Then remove it from the refrigerator and lower the mold into a bowl of hot water for a short period of time, the ice will melt a little and the heart can be easily pulled out. Various variations of ice products for decorating a winter garden area can be viewed.
Dear readers, now you know how to make a Valentine card, we are sure that from the ideas presented in this review you will be able to choose the right one, and your significant other will be sincerely surprised by the surprise. Some of the valentines from the list above can be used to decorate your home for February 14th, in particular a festive table with romantic dishes. Well, you can figure out how to use such hearts yourself, the main thing is that you now know how to make original valentines, which are also It's absolutely not difficult to make.
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Rida KhasanovaValentine is heart shaped card with a declaration of love. There are many ready-made valentines made of paper and cardboard, beautiful and glossy, available for sale. But you can make a romantic card yourself, and the choice is not limited to paper.
What to make a valentine from: fabric, wood, polymer clay, using the isothread technique and artichoke. There are many options, and they are all individual in their own way.
It’s not at all difficult to make an original Valentine’s card for February 14th with your own hands, you just need to be patient and imaginative
Master class on making a beautiful valentine with your own hands - step by step
A beautiful handmade Valentine's card can be made using a magnet. Then her can be attached to the refrigerator, and it will please the eye for a long time. To prepare it you need:
- white cardboard;
- red paper;
- a piece of lace;
- red napkin;
- large green beads;
- magnetic tape or circle magnet;
- green floss threads;
- scissors;
- needle;
- stapler;
- glue "moment".
Step-by-step preparation of Valentine's card:
- Draw a heart of the desired size on white cardboard and cut it out.
- On red paper, draw a rim that will be placed inside the heart along the edge, cut it out and glue it to the white heart.
- Stick magnetic tape or a round magnet on the back side of the workpiece and press it with a heavy book for a while so that the tape is well attached.
- Fold the red napkin several times into a square. Use a stapler to make a cross of staples in the center of the square. Round the edges with scissors. Fold each leaf over to make a fluffy flower.
- Glue the flower onto a piece of lace.
- Thread a green thread into a needle and sew beads to the flower, depicting a stem and leaf.
- Glue the flower blank on the lace to the heart.
Super Valentine's card is ready!
How to make a beautiful wooden Valentine card with your own hands
A large valentine for your loved one, made with your own hands from thin plywood, is not difficult to make if you have the skills to work with a jigsaw.
MK for making an original valentine from plywood, what you will need:
- plywood sheet;
- pencil;
- cautery on wood;
- fine abrasive sandpaper.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Draw a heart on a sheet of plywood. You can use a stencil or draw by hand. The shape of the heart does not have to be perfect; you can make it somewhat elongated or, conversely, very “plump”.
- Cut out the heart using a jigsaw along the outline.
- Sand the edges of the heart with sandpaper.
- Using a simple pencil, draw a picture on the surface of the valentine, write a declaration of love. Or if you have a talent for drawing, paint a portrait of a loved one.
- Using a wood burning machine, apply an image according to a previously drawn pattern.
Homemade valentine in the shape of a heart using the artichoke technique
A Valentine card made using the artichoke technique will become a kind of souvenir that will be preserved for a long time.
It will take about 2 hours to make such a gift, but the whole process will bring a lot of pleasant impressions
To make such a Valentine card with your own hands, required:
- dense fabric – 20x40 cm;
- filler (sintepon, cotton wool or holofiber);
- scissors;
- heart template;
- a simple pencil;
- sewing machine;
- threads according to the color of the fabric;
- needle;
- stationery carnations;
- six meters of orange satin ribbon;
- 30 cm red satin ribbon.
Step by step execution:
- Fold the fabric in half with the wrong side up. Attach the heart template and trace it.
- Cut the fabric along the contour.
- Sew the two parts of the heart to each other using a connecting seam on a machine, making an indent of about 0.5 cm on the side, leaving an unstitched area.
- Turn the heart right side out and fill it with holofiber or other filler. Hand stitch the hole.
- Cut the orange ribbon into pieces of 6 cm each and wrap them into a triangle.
- Attach two triangles to the sharp base of the heart using clerical nails. The triangles should be located on the sides of the heart and facing each other.
- Fasten 2 more triangles around the first ones.
- Continue to secure the triangles in the same way until there is no free space left on the form.
- Attach a red ribbon bow on top of the “hole” of the heart.
Handmade fabric valentines for Valentine's Day
An original Valentine's card with a pocket for a sweet gift can be made from denim. A loved one will definitely appreciate such a surprise.
What do you need:
- a piece of denim;
- scissors;
- paper;
- PVA glue;
- red corrugated paper;
- a simple pencil;
- gel paste refill for pen.
Step by step execution:
- On white paper, draw a heart pattern in two copies and transfer their outlines onto the fabric with a simple pencil and cut out. As a result, you will get 2 fabric hearts and 2 paper hearts - all the same size.
- Glue the paper hearts together with glue, leaving an unglued area inside and along part of the top edge.
- Cut a small strip of denim and glue it to the side of the paper heart to form a loop.
- Coat the denim hearts on the reverse side with glue over the entire surface and paste over the paper heart.
- Cut the corrugated paper into small squares, approximately 1x1 cm.
- Draw an outline on one side of the heart with glue, retreating from the edge by 0.5-1 cm.
- Wrap a strip of corrugated paper around the pen shaft and twist it with your fingers. Press the end against the glue strip and remove the rod. Decorate the entire adhesive outline of the heart in this way.
Place a small sweet gift in your pocket or a note with a declaration of love.
You can make a Valentine keychain out of leather. For this you will need:
- a piece of brightly colored leather fabric;
- soft filler;
- strip of leather or lace;
- scissors;
- threads;
- needle.
How to do:
- Cut two small hearts from leather.
- Place right sides together and stitch along the edge, leaving a small space unstitched.
- Turn out and fill with stuffing.
- Make a loop from a strip of leather or lace and sew it to the top of the heart.
- Sew up the remaining edge and the valentine is ready!
You can make valentines with preschoolers using plasticineography technique. To do this, you need to cut out the base of the heart from cardboard and fill its space with plasticine of a suitable color. The edge of the heart can be cut out with curly scissors to make a valentine was more elegant.
Unusual Valentine's card can be made from nylon. To do this, in addition to brightly colored nylon fabric, you will need wire from which to make a heart frame. Cover it with nylon, and on the surface you can sew any decoration made of beads, threads, beads, glue rhinestones - whatever your imagination allows.
Almost everyone will get a gentle, original and beautiful valentine-tilde, even those who don’t know how to sew
You need to cut out two heart bases from fabric, sew them together using simple stitches, turn them right side out and stuff them with soft filling. Sew up the hole, and decorate the surface with a bow made from a piece of tulle or lace, or beads.
This will make a wonderful valentine in vintage style.
A valentine made from polymer clay will be original and beautiful. This material is very plastic, so it can be used to create any shape. And this souvenir will last for a very long time.
Crafts from valentines for a loved one are much more pleasant to give when they are made in the hand-made style. The other half will definitely appreciate the time spent preparing a heart-shaped toy or a painting. In addition, such a gift will be a real exclusive that no one else has.
How to decorate a Valentine card at home for Valentine's Day
A simple valentine made of thick cardboard in the shape of a heart can be decorated in different ways and make it truly original and unusual. Some decoration ideas:
- From roses: roll thin strips of paper into rolls to make improvised flowers. Glue it to the base of the heart with glue or double-sided tape, completely covering its surface.
- The base of the valentine can be covered with objects made from natural materials: coffee beans, rose hips, dry plant branches, straw.
- An original decoration is made from buttons that need to be attached to a heart base made of paper or fabric. Take buttons of different sizes and colors: red, pink, lilac, white.
- Make a decoration for the surface of a cardboard heart from newspaper tubes, filling the entire space with them. You can also take sheets from a music book.
What size valentines should be, everyone will decide for themselves. It could be a small postcard that fits in the palm of your hand, or it could be a wall panel.
Nice valentine bookmark idea
If your significant other spends all his free time reading, then a valentine in the form of a bookmark will be a great surprise for him on Valentine’s Day. You can do it in several ways.
The simplest option– cut out two small hearts of different sizes from two sheets of paper of different colors. Glue the smaller heart to the center of the larger one, but do not coat the lower part of the small heart with glue. The required book page will be inserted into this pocket. To make this valentine last as long as possible, it is advisable to make it from thick cardboard.
An interesting idea - you can make a small heart for such a bookmark out of cardboard, pasting your own or a joint portrait on it.
Unusual valentines with isothread
Even primary school students can make an original and spectacular Valentine card made with isothread
What you will need to prepare a valentine:
- two sheets of cardboard of different colors;
- heart template;
- pencil;
- needle;
- contrasting color thread;
- scotch;
- scissors;
- awl;
- braid;
- rhinestones.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Using the template, cut out two hearts in contrasting colors, for example, red and green.
- Draw another small one in the red heart and cut it out to make a heart-shaped hole.
- Place dots along the edge of the inner heart at a distance of approximately 0.3 cm from each other. Use an awl to pierce holes at points.
- Thread the white thread through the needle and tie a knot at the end. Start working from the wrong side: pass the thread from the hole in the sharp lower corner of the heart up to the point exactly opposite.
- Then connect the holes diagonally with threads so that the mesh of thread gradually covers the entire inner cut out heart. Tie a knot on the inside and cover the thread with a strip of tape.
- Glue the red heart to the green one.
- Tie a bow from the braid and glue it to the side of the heart. Next to the bow, place several rhinestones on the glue in a random pattern.
Valentine's card is ready! It will be a wonderful gift for Valentine's Day and will allow you to express your warm feelings for a person.
Funny valentine pillow
A wonderful decorative pillow in the shape of a heart can also act as a valentine. It’s not difficult to make it yourself
For this you will need:
- fleece in red, black and white;
- sewing threads;
- soft filler;
- paper;
- pencil or pen.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Draw a heart on a piece of paper. Inside, draw oval eyes, cheeks in the shape of small hearts and a wide smile. Cut out every detail.
- Additionally, draw small hands in mittens and legs, cut out of paper.
- Transfer the contours of the parts onto fleece of the desired color and cut out the blanks:
- white fleece heart-cheeks, 2 feet and 4 parts for arms;
- from black - mouth, eyes;
- from red - 2 parts of a large heart, a side strip to connect these parts, 2 parts for socks on the feet and 2 strips the length of the sides of the feet.
- On the front side of the large red heart, sew the cheeks with white threads, and the mouth and eyes with black threads.
- Sew a side strip along the entire edge to the heart.
- Place the two pieces for the arms on top of each other and sew along the edge from the wrong side, then turn them right side out. Lightly fill with padding polyester or cotton wool. Sew the second arm in the same way.
- Use pins to attach the arms to the sides of the future pillow and sew.
- Sew on the second part of the large heart, leaving a small space unsewn.
- Fill the pillow with stuffing and sew up the hole.
- Sew a side strip along the edge of the part to the red foot from the wrong side.
- Sew a small red semicircle onto the toe of the white foot.
- Connect the red and white foot (the white one will be on top), leave an unsewn area and turn the resulting product inside out. Fill with stuffing and sew up. Make another foot in exactly the same way.
- Sew the legs to the bottom of the valentine.
Funny soft valentine is ready! Can give it to your loved one.
How to make your own Valentine card from foamiran step by step
A 3D valentine can be made using a material such as foamiran. What is needed for making:
- foamiran white shiny and red;
- preparing half a heart from polystyrene foam;
- heat gun;
- iron;
- regular scissors;
- textured scissors;
- a thin strip of contrasting colored foamiran.
Manufacturing steps:
- Heat white foamiran with an iron.
- Pull it over the base of the heart, smoothing out the folds.
- Using another piece of foamiran, cover the back surface of the heart in the same way.
- Cut out the colored strip with curly scissors and attach it along the contour of the heart.
- Cut out a small heart from red foamiran, heat it with an iron and attach it on top of the large one.
A simple but very beautiful 3D Valentine card is ready for him.
To please your loved ones on Valentine's Day, don't limit yourself to store-bought cards. After all, how much more pleasant it is to receive a gift made with your own hands, even if it is given anonymously.
You will see a few more ideas for DIY valentines by watching the video:
Valentines January 31, 2018, 11:16 pm
In ancient Rome, Lupercalia was celebrated in honor of the fertility gods.
This is a special holiday, which began with an oracle, which, when asked what to do to increase the birth rate, announced the ritual of corporal punishment of women with belts made from the skin of sacrificial animals.
The connection between this holiday and Valentine's Day will be discussed in this article.
A little history
So, the celebrations were very loved by the ancient Romans.
After the feast, naked young men (lupercalia) ran around the city and hit women they met with whips. By the end of the evening, women were also naked.
The process of national extinction in Ancient Rome was actually solved with the help of lupercalia. These celebrations were banned with the advent of Christianity.
And then, instead of such a unique day of love, a celebration came in honor of the Christian priest - St. Valentine.
Marriage was prohibited in the army of Emperor Claudius. However, Saint Valentine secretly married the lovers. For this he was sentenced to death.
Now the celebration of Valentine's Day is secular. In Russia, this holiday became known quite recently - in the 20th century.
Valentine's Day
How did Valentine come about?
Valentine is a symbol of the holiday.
When Saint Valentine was awaiting execution in prison, he saw the beautiful daughter of the prison guard and fell in love with her. He wrote her a letter of recognition, and it is called the first Valentine.
In the 15th century, the Duke of Orleans wrote love letters to his wife from prison, and in the 18th century, declarations of love written on a heart-shaped card became known as “Valentines” and became widespread.
How to make a voluminous valentine with your own hands
A voluminous valentine is made from paper, fabric or buttons.
Such works do not require great skill, but they look great.
Card "Valentine's Heart"
A voluminous paper valentine is made from white thick cardboard and also from red paper.
That’s it – the “Valentine’s heart” talisman is ready!
Postcard “Lovers”
To make such a voluminous valentine, you need to prepare a template from thick paper, then carefully cut it out with a blade, bend it at the folds and glue it to a scarlet base.
Quilling style
Volumetric ones using quilling technique.
Using the quilling technique you can depict a voluminous heart. To do this, take narrow strips of colored paper (red0) and screw them onto a pencil.
The resulting paper ring is slightly pressed with your fingers, then loosened a little.
The resulting spirals are glued onto a prepared heart-shaped base.
You can also lay out a heart shape on a white cardboard card using spirals.
We use felt
The most fashionable trend is felt valentine pillows.
Prepared multi-colored small pillows in the shape of hearts made of felt are glued onto a base of thick cardboard and the original card for Valentine's Day is ready!
One large voluminous felt heart decorated with beads is also a great idea for a voluminous valentine!
Balloon valentine
Volumetric valentine heart made of balloons.
A garland is woven from inflated balloons of the same diameter in a “four” pattern.
The garland is then shaped into a heart shape. A wire frame is used for this.
A great option for decorating a room for celebrating Valentine's Day.
Valentine's card from flowers
Volumetric Valentine heart made of flowers.
This option for making a common gift for Valentine's Day is suitable for a young man in love.
To make a valentine, a wire frame is used; roses purchased in advance and prepared by florists for such a craft are placed on it.
Such a valentine will definitely win the heart of your beloved!
Valentine card made from artificial flowers
You can make a voluminous valentine from roses yourself by replacing real roses with fabric flowers.
Roses made of scarlet fabric are glued to a base made of thick cardboard. This valentine can be made in different sizes - from very small for wearing on the chest, to large size for interior decoration.
On the eve of the most romantic holiday - Valentine's Day - many happy couples are thinking hard about how to surprise their loved one and bring him joy and pleasure. Many people also worry about giving a gift for this wonderful holiday in advance. In short, it’s never too early to brainstorm a couple of ideas and prepare in advance for this serious and responsible undertaking. After all, this gift has a very important purpose - to show your loved one how much you love him. Well, then let's talk a little about the best gifts you can give on Valentine's Day - about gifts made with your own loving hands.
DIY Valentines - simple, cheap and with soul
You can please your loved one with a unique and truly expensive gift if you take a closer look at the idea of crafts for Valentine's Day. It really can be anything: flowers made of paper, hearts made of various materials, and much more. Let's try to highlight a few ideas from this set.
Valentine's Day Crafts
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A heart made of roses is a wonderful way to express your love. It can be made from felt. There are a huge number of instructions and recommendations on the Internet that will help you create a paper expression of your love with your own hands. Such a heart can be made not only from felt, but also from some beautiful and dense fabric in a red, burgundy or pink color suitable for the occasion. Beads or sparkles will fit perfectly into this masterpiece, the main thing is not to overdo it and not turn this beautiful thing into a tasteless trinket.
2.
A simple but very cute gift would be flowers made of paper with words of love written on it. The stem for these flowers can be wire, and the core can be foil.
3.
Here's another absolutely brilliant Valentine's Day craft idea. Who said that a gift to a loved one cannot 
be soft? On the contrary, such a lovely little thing will give you comfort and warmth and will constantly remind you of you. In addition, such gifts can be given not only to your significant other, but also to your mother, grandmother or friends. They will definitely be delighted with such an unusual sign of attention!
4
.What can you do with your own hands? Original soft valentines can be a heart pillow or a pincushion of the same shape, which will not only look cute and beautiful, but will also turn out to be very practical and useful items. It is very easy to sew such wonderful gifts. All you need to do is cut out two identical hearts from a beautiful and, preferably, durable fabric. The size can be anything - according to your taste and wishes. Then these two halves need to be sewn together. It doesn’t matter if you’re not very good at sewing - uneven stitches will look cute and original, especially if you make them with threads of a color different from the tone of the fabric. When the two halves are almost sewn together, you need to go into the remaining hole. 
fill with cotton wool or fluff, and then finally sew up the pad. All! A soft and cozy reminder of your love is ready! You can make several of these small hearts, sew ribbons on them and give them to your loved ones, who can use these little things as beautiful keychains.
5
.Excellent handmade valentines will come out of crocheted items. How many different hearts can be knitted using this tool and all the different shades of thread! Such a gift can be placed in front of everyone - let them know what talents you have! In addition, such small hearts, together with, can be attached to other gifts, making them more elegant and beautiful.
6
.More complex, but therefore more valuable and important, will be a gift in the form of again knitted, but already voluminous hearts. Fluffy soft toys will be a very cute and warm message to your loved one.
7.
If you didn’t like the previous options, and you are still perplexed on how to make a Valentine’s card with your own hands, we will tell you about several more options. Simple but original valentines can be made using wire and any thread. The wire needs to be bent so that it takes the shape of the word “love”, for example, or any others. Then fasten the thread at the beginning of the word and wrap the entire wire sequentially. Simple but tasteful! An entire phrase done in this way will look especially impressive.
DIY Valentine's cards
Of course, you can also please your loved ones with homemade Valentine’s cards. The simplest option can be made from a sheet of paper in red, pink or another suitable color. How to make this valentine with your own hands? Very easy. You need to bend it in half and cut out half a heart on the fold to make an even and symmetrical heart. So you will get a small postcard in which you can write words of love or wishes.
How to make a paper valentine
Paper is a universal material. From it you can very easily create many different, different and generally unique valentines. And most importantly, with your own hands! You already have a question: how to make a Valentine card out of paper? The main thing is to turn on your imagination and give it complete freedom! Then truly magnificent masterpieces will come out of your hands, which you can proudly present to your loved ones. Paper applications, composite cards, valentines with three-dimensional elements, cards with a joint photo... there are no restrictions. You can use beads, seed beads, sequins, rhinestones, buttons, knitted elements - everything that comes under your creative eye and golden hands!
How to make an origami valentine
Do you want another wonderful option for creating a valentine with your own hands? Introducing origami! This wonderful way of working with paper can create wonderful figures from ordinary sheets. How to make a paper valentine using origami? There is nothing complicated about it. You just need to find the design you like, select the necessary materials - and go ahead, create! Using paper origami, you can create such a voluminous and unusual Valentine’s card that your loved one will simply be speechless!
We told you about the simplest and most uncomplicated options for Valentine's cards, which do not require any special knowledge or skills. But you don't have to stop there. You still have so many wonderful options for a handmade gift! You can make chocolate or cookies in the shape of a heart. You can also make your own scented heart soap. Such a gift will touch any heart! Don’t be afraid to experiment, create, search – and be happy with your loved ones!
SELECTION OF IDEAS
Useful tips
Do you want to prepare a surprise for your loved one?
You can look for a gift, but a handmade congratulation is unique.
To find out how you can make a greeting for Valentine's Day, you only need to have a certain amount of materials from which the Valentine will be made.
You don't need to have any special qualities to make a valentine - here you can see that beautiful doesn't mean complicated.
Paper valentines with your own stamp and patterns
You will need:
Potato
small knife
Acrylic paint
Thick paper or cardboard, or watercolor paper
Simple pencil
Brush
Thick thread
1. Take the potatoes and cut them in half.
2. Using a simple pencil, draw a heart on the cut.
3. Take a knife and cut out the excess so that the heart will stand out.
4. Prepare your paint and brush and apply the color you want to the eye-catching heart.
5. Cut out a rectangle of the size you need from thick paper - this will be the basis for your valentine. It is better to use watercolor paper, because... A printed heart will look better on it.
6. For another pattern, prepare a thick thread and wrap it around a piece of plywood or other small object with a flat side. Next, apply paint to the thread and you can leave imprints on the paper, as shown in the picture.
7. Cut out hearts from paper with striped patterns using thread.
8. Prepare a base for your valentine (a rectangular sheet of thick paper) and leave a heart print on it. After this, glue on one or more cut out paper hearts with a pattern made with thread.
* You can make several similar valentines and give them to several people. Try experimenting with shapes, colors and patterns. Don't forget to write a message on your Valentine's card.
Valentine card with a heart made of wax crayons
You will need:
Scissors
Colored paper (patterned paper)
Stationery knife
Baking paper
1. Turn on your iron to heat it up.
2. Prepare several wax crayons of similar colors (red, pink, orange)
3. On a protected surface, begin cutting the crayons into small pieces. Do this with the non-pointed side of the crayons so you can still draw with them.
4. Cover the surface with a towel and place a square of baking paper on it. You need to pour small pieces of wax crayons onto the paper. Do not put too many pieces, the main thing is that they are pressed closely together. Cover these pieces with another square piece of baking paper.
You can use the tip of the iron to gently spread the crayons over the surface of the paper.
* You can make several similar blanks.
5. Take the heated iron and carefully, barely touching the surface of the paper, begin to heat the crayons under the paper. It only takes a few seconds to hold the iron over the same spot.
6. Set the pieces aside and let them cool.
Preparing postcards:
Make a blank for a valentine from thick colored paper. You can simply fold the paper in half.
Using a utility knife, cut a “window” in the center of one of the paper halves.
Prepare thread and blanks from melted crayons. Using scissors, cut out the hearts from the blanks and glue them to them along a short thread. For one postcard you need 2 hearts, which need to be glued together, and a thread will be secured between them.
* To make all the hearts the same size, make a template on separate paper and trace it with a pencil on each piece.
*You can use a utility knife to trim the hearts.
Cut out small hearts from paper.
Now you need to glue the crayon blanks to the valentine. To do this, simply glue one end of the thread glued to the heart made of melted crayons to the top of the “window”, and to make it more beautiful, simply cover the glued thread with a heart cut out of plain paper.
* Instead of a paper heart, you can use a sticker in the shape of a heart or something suitable for the theme.
Beautiful valentines made of sequins on a string
You will need:
Thick paper
Sequins on a thread
Scissors
Simple pencil
1. Prepare thick paper of any color and fold it in half - this will be your blank for your Valentine.
2. Use a pencil to write any wish, short message, name of a loved one or a simple image on paper.
3. Trace each letter or shape with glue.
4. Start gluing the sequins to the workpiece and let the glue dry.
5. Use scissors to cut off the excess.
6. Now you can write any message inside the valentine card.
* If you wish, you can decorate your Valentine’s card with sparkles, stickers, etc., the main thing is not to overdo it - everything should be in moderation.
DIY valentines made from paper. 8-bit heart.
You will need:
Stationery knife
Ruler
Colored paper (white, red, pink, lilac)
1. Prepare a small sheet of white paper and make several even cuts on it, as shown in the image.
2. Cut thin strips of the same width and length from colored paper.
3. Insert each strip as shown in the picture - you should get such a beautiful heart. You can secure each strip with a small amount of glue.
You can also glue this Valentine card onto a piece of thick paper (A4 paper folded in half).
All that remains is to write your message.
Valentine's cards with favorite poems
You will need:
Wrapping
Notebook sheets (any thin sheets can be used)
Scissors
Thread and needle (you can use a sewing machine)
Buttons (in this example, heart-shaped buttons)
1. Cut out a cover for a postcard book from cardboard.
2. Cut out several pages for a notebook from thin paper.
3. Sew the pages to the cover.
4. You can decorate the cover with wrapping paper by cutting and gluing it.
5. Sew one button on one and the other side of the cover and tie a thread.
