Our winters are so long and cold, but we really want warmth. That's why Valentine's Day, which is celebrated on February 14, has become so popular. This warm holiday is filled with love and attention from loved ones. On this day it is also customary to decorate the house and exchange valentines.
Making crafts for Valentine's Day with your own hands is a pleasure. Website “Mom can do anything!” collected original ideas for making gifts with your own hands. With them, the holiday will be especially warm, cozy and filled with love.
On such a day, it is customary to give flowers and sweets to loved ones, and a handmade gift will be especially cute; it will decorate a shelf or bedside table for a loved one. Such gifts carry the warmth with which they were imbued during production.
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Valentines made from paper and cardboard
Of course, our stores are literally filled with various bright postcards, but a handmade valentine will be especially precious. It will reflect your personality.
What would Valentine's Day be without hearts and without roses? We suggest combining them into one and making a heart from paper roses.
Tender kisses and hearts must be present on this day.
And such a valentine speaks for itself. A marriage proposal will definitely end in a quick wedding.
This valentine card looks original and beautiful; it not only contains a wish, but can also include a small gift.
Valentine card with 3D heart.
And such a sweet valentine will tell about endless love. 
This valentine is quite easy to make, but look how beautiful it looks!
Volumetric valentine with heart
Just stick it tightly white paper hearts, and draw stems below, a simple and cute Valentine is ready! Add details to it: satin ribbons, rounded corners, backing; it will look especially beautiful if the hearts are cut out of felt.
Another version of the postcard
You will understand how to make such a Valentine in this master class with photos. Cut out two hearts from paper and cut them into a spiral. Then connect inner hearts as shown in photo 3. Fold thick paper in half. Now glue one big heart from the inside, then the second one (steps 6-7). The postcard is ready.
You can make such an interesting and voluminous Valentine card for your loved ones.
Craft ideas for home decoration
To create a special festive atmosphere in the house, special decorations are needed. Of course, now they are easy to find on store shelves, but it’s much nicer and more interesting to make them yourself. We offer you craft ideas for decorating your home for Valentine's Day.
Garlands are one of the simplest and most effective ways to decorate your home. On the holiday of dedicated love, it is customary to make them in the shape of hearts from paper of different shades of pink. Check out these options for making garlands:
This option is easy to do if you know how to sew on a machine: cut out hearts from colored paper (it’s better to use printer paper) different forms, and then machine stitch them one by one. You can hang them as shown in the picture, or you can hang them from wall to wall - in this case, the line should go across the heart.
In childhood, chain garlands were made this way for the New Year, but we suggest making them simpler and in the shape of hearts. You will need:
- colored paper;
- scissors;
- stapler
Cut the paper into strips 10-15 cm long and 1-2 cm wide. Fold each in half, now take a stapler and use it to connect the ends of the strips, bending them slightly inward. You will get a heart. Then insert another strip and connect in the same way. This way you will make a long and beautiful garland. 
A wreath will be a beautiful craft for your home on February 14th. It can be hung both on the front door and on the walls indoors. Of course, such wreaths are made in the shape of hearts.
This version of the wreath is very simple and does not require any expensive materials or skill. Just take some thick cardboard and cut a ring out of it. Then take sheets of red and pink paper and cut out lots of hearts from them. Bend each heart in half to create a voluminous wreath. Now glue them onto the ring using a glue stick.
This heart is made in a similar way.
You can make an excellent craft from cardboard and threads and decorate your interior with it. Cut out a heart from cardboard as shown in the photo. Take a thick thread or red yarn and secure its end to the heart. Start wrapping. Gradually you will get such a voluminous heart. It will look even more interesting if you take threads in two shades of red.
Children will really like this candy wreath. 
How do you like this wreath of hearts?
On Valentine's Day, the house is decorated with all kinds of hearts, and a heart-shaped one will most likely live in your home for more than one day. 
Volumetric hearts for home decoration:
These hearts will look great for decorating a room if they are made large; small versions can be pasted into valentines. 
Hearts made of colored threads and wire. 
Another manufacturing option
Cuttings for windows
Hearts on sticks 
A beautiful home decoration made from strips of newspaper.
- Cut the newspaper into strips and roll each of them into a tube.
- Roll one of them into a heart shape.
- Inflate a small balloon so that it fits inside the heart.
- Now wrap the heart and balloon with paper tubes, as shown in the photo, securing the structure with glue.
- Let the product dry.
- Paint it with paint.
Decorate the finished hearts with paper flowers and use them to decorate your home.
Children's crafts for Valentine's Day
Holiday A good reason make crafts with children. We are offering to you different kinds applications made of paper hearts that can be dedicated to this day. 
Funny caterpillar made of hearts 
And these are children's paper crafts that also contain hearts - a symbol of this holiday.
Good afternoon, dear needlewomen!
Valentine's Day, or St. Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 in most countries. The holiday was named after a Roman martyr named Valentine.
On this holiday, it is customary for lovers to give each other gifts, flowers, sweets, toys, paintings, Balloons and special cards (usually these cards are symbolically in the shape of a heart), such cards are called Valentines. Valentine cards come with poems, declarations of love or wishes for love.
What to give your loved one for Valentine's Day? Something that will express your love. A sweet and touching DIY valentine card will not leave indifferent the one to whom you symbolically give your heart. DIY Valentine's Day card
How to make a valentine with your own hands.
Let's try to make a beautiful and stylish postcard together with our own hands. It's easy and quick and doesn't require any special equipment. The cost of such a card is a pretty penny, and a valentine card is made in five minutes, and it looks very stylish and creative. A loved one will definitely appreciate the fact that this card is made by hand.
So, we will make the card in the middle. For work we need:
- Cardboard
- Red origami paper
- Sheet music or printed sheet music
- PVA glue
- Scissors
Take a small piece of paper for the heart template, approximately 9x9 centimeters. Bend it in half.
Draw a heart with a pencil and cut it out with scissors.
We received a heart template.
Attaching the template to the notes
For convenience, we bend it in half along with the sheet of music.
Cut out a heart using scissors according to the template
We do the same with the red leaf - for a DIY postcard we need two hearts - from red paper and from a sheet of music.
Here are our two paper hearts - blanks for a Valentine's card for Valentine's Day.
Bend the music heart in half and coat the middle with PVA glue.
Glue the music heart onto the red one.
Only the middle of the note heart should be glued.
The next stage of our DIY Valentine card: glue the red heart to the main card, the notes should be at the top.
The final and most enjoyable stage: we sign our postcard.
The phrase “You make my heart sing” (translated as “You made my heart sing”) But we don’t spell out the word heart - everything is clear and very symbolic here.
A beautiful and mesmerizing DIY card, isn’t it?
There are several variations of this type of postcard, choose the one that appeals to you most.
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Video on how to make a DIY Valentine's Day card.
Text prepared by: Veronica
This day is one of the most amazing holidays, which is thoroughly saturated with romance and tenderness. On this day, they present each other with gifts, an obligatory part of which is a valentine. In stores on the eve of the holiday you can purchase a wide variety of Greeting Cards. They can be of various shapes and sizes, paper, fabric.
But to make the gift truly unique and inimitable, it is much better to make it on Valentine's Day. Perhaps some of the simplest are those made using paper of various densities and colors. Here are some ideas.
Hearts on a string
To work you will need:
Regular cards for Valentine's Day (preferably they should be plain inside, without inscriptions);
Small pieces of cardboard or thick paper, red, white, pink flowers(possible with patterns);
Mini clothespins;
It would seem that the postcard has already been purchased, why come up with something else? But you need to make it unique and bring in a piece of your soul. Take a piece of cardboard and cut two thin strips equal to the height of the postcard. Cut a piece of thread equal to the width of the postcard spread. From prepared colored pieces of paper, cut out 5-6 hearts of different sizes.
On the spread of the card, we retreat 2 cm from the upper right and left corners and glue the ends of the thread so that it sags a little, as if imitating a clothesline. To hide the places where the thread is glued, we glue pre-cut strips of cardboard along the edges of the card. Now, using mini clothespins, we hang cut out hearts on the resulting “clothesline”, on which you can write words of love. Such cards for Valentine's Day will not leave anyone indifferent.
"Sewn" heart
To work you will need:
School cardboard white for preparing a Valentine's card;
A small piece of colorful fabric in a red shade;
Small solid red patch;
White threads;
Small white shirt button;
Glue gun.
How to make a Valentine's Day card using all of the above? A sheet of cardboard needs to be decorated with fabric. To do this, take a prepared colorful piece of fabric (felt is best) and cut out a beautiful heart from it.
At a distance of 2-3 mm from the edge of the heart, it is necessary to sew a “forward needle” seam with white threads to obtain an imitation of a sewn heart. From a small plain piece of paper you need to cut out a smaller heart and sew it to the big heart. Then attach a button to the center of the composition. Now the decorated heart needs to be carefully glued to the center of the title side of the cardboard blank - ready!
DIY cards for Valentine's Day with voluminous hearts
Volumetric valentines are always beautiful and unusual. To make the simplest option, you will need:
White cardboard for the base of the card;
Colored paper(plain or patterned) red and;
Glue and scissors.
How to make a DIY Valentine's Day card? We bend a sheet of cardboard in half to make a blank for a valentine. From colored paper, cut out an even number of small hearts (2 pieces for each volumetric heart). Now half of the resulting blanks need to be bent in half and glued along the fold in such a way as shown in the photo below.
"Air balloons"
This work in terms of execution technique is very similar to the previous version. These DIY Valentine's Day cards are super easy to make but look really cool!
Cut out several small hearts from colored paper. We bend them in half and glue them to the base cardboard along the fold line. These will be ours" air balloons" Next, we make ropes for the “balls” from the threads.
How to make a Valentine's Day card in
This type of creativity is becoming more and more relevant and in demand. If you put in a little effort and patience, the result will definitely exceed all expectations! To complete the work you will need:
Base for postcard;
- (sold in stationery departments);
Glue and scissors.
Here you can show limitless flights of imagination. For example, you can cut out a heart-shaped valentine from a red sheet of cardboard. Glue small flowers along the outline, and lay strips of quilling paper in the center in the form of beautiful intricate curls.
You can also take a white sheet of cardboard. Use red and pink quilling paper to scatter several small hearts around the card.
As you can see, making your own Valentine's Day cards is quite easy. This is the perfect addition to tender kisses, passionate words and the pool of beloved eyes.
Hello, dear friends and blog guests. Today I want to tell you how you can make a Valentine’s Day card with your own hands together with your child.
Children of preschool and primary school age can be involved in its production.
Usually on this holiday it is customary to give valentines in the form of hearts. We will also make a big beautiful “heart”.
Your child can give such a card to any loved one: mom, dad, grandmother, sister, girlfriend and even teacher.
For work we will need:
1. A sheet of colored cardboard. You can choose any color.
2. Colored paper. In our case, yellow and green.
3. White and red napkins.
4. Scissors, glue, simple pencil.
DIY Valentine's Day card
Step by step with photo
I will show you the sequence of making a postcard for Valentine's Day step by step with a photo.
♦ The basis of our card is a big heart. To make it even and symmetrical, we will prepare a template.
To do this, take a sheet of A4 paper, fold it in half and draw half a heart from the fold. Cut along the line and unfold.
If your baby is still small, you can make a template 2 times smaller from half a sheet.
♦ Place our template on a sheet of cardboard, trace it, and carefully cut it out.
♦ On the resulting heart, trace your child’s palm on the right side.
♦ Next, take several white and red napkins and cut each into 4 equal parts (by eye). Napkins are usually folded into fours, so we also cut all the side connections. You should get thin single-layer squares.
Children usually like this activity. If they have never encountered this before, show them how to do it correctly. This exercise is very useful for.
♦ When we have prepared quite a lot of balls, we begin to glue them to the base of the card.
First, glue the white lumps inside the drawn palm. To do this, spread the glue in small areas and place our balls on it close to each other, pressing with your hand.
♦ The final touch remains. Glue a beautiful flower on the left side.
To do this, we drew a petal on yellow paper folded several times and cut it out. A total of 8 pieces are needed.
We glued them with one edge to a circle cut out of cardboard, and the orange middle on top.
You can make another flower to your taste from any bright color.
Cut out 2 leaves from green paper.
Glue our flower on the left side.
Here we have our big original “Heart” with a palm.
It won’t hurt if you write your good wishes on the back, of course, if you want.
Such a card can be given not only for Valentine's Day, but also for other holidays, for example, March 8 or a birthday.
I hope you liked our DIY Valentine's Day card. You might also want to make something similar with your child as a gift to your loved one. I wish everyone happiness, joy and love!
A postcard for Valentine's Day, or simply a valentine, is one of the main symbols of Valentine's Day. That is why many people truly put their soul into its creation. A handmade valentine is a symbol of a tender and reverent attitude towards your partner, care and attention. Couples staying together for a long time or those with a great sense of humor can add fun elements to the love theme. But most lovers on this day prefer romantic motives. For those who don’t know how to make a Valentine’s Day card with their own hands, there are many ways and techniques, from basic ones to those that require certain skills and abilities.
Paper Valentines
A paper Valentine is the most common type of card for this holiday. There is a huge variety of techniques in which you can create a real masterpiece using paper, glue and scissors.
Application
One of the simplest and most time-tested methods of creating a Valentine card is appliqué. It does not require artistic skills, but allows you to show your individuality. To work with this technique, you will need cardboard for the base or interesting paper for scrapbooking, glue, and also elements for gluing. These can be ready-made stickers purchased at a bookstore or ordered online, images taken from the Internet and printed on a color printer, or your own selections of pictures. The advantage of the applique is that the valentine card is practically unlimited in size, and in order to surprise your loved one, it can be made up to A3 format.
Valentine's envelope
This version of the postcard combines the features of an envelope and the message itself. To make it, cut out a large heart on paper. In its center on the reverse side, place a confession and fold the edges of the heart so that it takes the shape of a rectangle, and the message is hidden inside.
Volumetric valentines
Despite the apparent complexity of such designs, if you have a template, they are no more difficult to implement than any other option. To do this, you need to transfer the outlines of the elements onto a sheet of cardboard, cut them out and connect them together. Volumetric hearts, as well as box hearts, look very impressive.
Valentine's card from flowers
This is one of the options voluminous valentines, made from small flowers. You can make them yourself from colored double-sided paper or buy ready-made ones. Traditionally, scarlet roses are considered a symbol of love and passion. Making them is not difficult at all. To do this, you need to draw a spiral on a sheet of red paper and make a cut along the line. The resulting tape is wound around a pencil or thinner base, starting from the outer end. Peeling the paper off the pencil creates a miniature rose that can easily be attached to a heart-shaped base. Instead of roses, you can make carnations in a similar way, and decorate the finished Valentine with ribbons or beads.
Origami
The ancient Japanese art of creating three-dimensional figures from paper also applies to valentines. By folding several of these open, you can create a whole composition dedicated to the holiday.
Creative options
Of course, there is always the option of simply giving a bouquet or chocolates as a congratulation, but for those who want to surprise their significant other, there are also many interesting ideas.
Fluffy Valentine
To make such a postcard you will need a thick sheet of cardboard and a ball of red woolen thread. We cut out a heart outline 3-4 cm wide from cardboard, depending on the size of the valentine itself, and wrap it with thread in several layers. The thicker and fluffier the thread, the cuter the card will turn out. You can attach a declaration of love or a photo together with a pin to such a soft heart.
Wicker Valentine
You can weave a Valentine's Day card from any more or less flexible material. This could be paper, cardboard, or macrame thread. Manufacturing may take a long time, depending on the complexity of the model, but the result is worth it.
In addition to all the options proposed above, you can also make a Valentine’s card:
- from wire, stretching it onto a rigid piece in the shape of a heart;
- from beads and threads, embroidering a message or picture on fabric;
- from buttons, creating a kind of mosaic and selecting buttons by color, shape and size;
- from ice. To do this, you need to prepare a heart-shaped mold, put decorative elements in it and pour clean water;
- from smooth stones, painting them with water-based paints;
- from felt. There are many models for this option;
- dipping your entire fingers or palms into red paint, folding them into a heart shape and leaving imprints on a piece of paper;
- using quilling technique.
One more in an original way Creating a valentine is an order in the photo workshop. You can not only transfer the desired image with romantic symbols or a joint photo onto a mug, T-shirt or pillow, but also order an entire collage.
The appearance of each valentine created with your own hands will be absolutely individual, and its design is limited only by imagination and the desire to surprise and please your loved one.