Very soon there will be a holiday that is celebrated by loving people around the world - Valentine's Day. It is celebrated annually on the same day - February 14th. Lovers arrange romantic walks and dinners, exchange gif.webpts, say words of love to each other. The main attribute of the holiday is a valentine - a small card in the shape of a heart, on which a declaration of love is written.
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Volumetric valentine
Bulk valentines can be made of paper, thread, cardboard, plasticine, salt dough, sweets and other materials. You can assemble a large voluminous heart from thick paper or many small voluminous hearts according to the pattern. One of the simplest options is to cut a heart template out of cardboard, cut a smaller heart inside. Wrap the entire workpiece with red threads. The voluminous heart is ready!
You can also create an original valentine card from red buttons. Take a dense base for the postcard, glue the buttons to it so that you get an image of a heart. Decorate the heart with a bow and congratulatory lettering.
Embroidered postcard
Do-it-yourself valentines for February 14, which are embroidered by hand, look very beautiful. If you know how to embroider even a little, you can make a card with a sewn heart and embroidered letters. What you need:
- Thick cardboard;
- A piece of red dense fabric;
- Embroidery threads, needle.
The postcard is very simple. We bend the cardboard in half - this will be a template for the future creation. Cut out the heart from the fabric, sew it with a decorative seam to the front side of the postcard. We embroider an inscription with multi-colored threads, for example "I love you", "Beloved and unique", etc.
On a note! Choose thick cardboard as a base so that the needle does not break the workpiece.
Sequin valentines
A standard paper heart can be made unusual by decorating it with multi-colored shiny sequins. You can completely cover the whole heart with sequins so that it turns out bright and airy. If you don't want to overload the gif.webpt with sparkles, glue sequins on one side or along the contour of the heart. You can attach a long stick to the back of the valentine so that the recipient of the heart can put the gif.webpt in the vase. Glue the stick holder to the wrong side of the valentine, and then glue another heart template. Thus, the holder stick will be hidden between the two blanks.
Cool valentines are made from multi-colored sequins: they sparkle, shimmer and cheer up your loved one.
From beads
DIY beaded valentines look unusual. What materials will be needed in order to make a heart from beads:
- Beads of different shapes and colors;
- Chenille wire.
We string the first bead on the wire, fix the knot so that the beads hold. Next, we put beads on the wire in random order, and when the entire piece of wire is filled, we fix the ends and bend the wire so that we get the shape of a heart.
From beads
Very graceful valentines are made from multi-colored beads, which the second half will definitely like. Prepare the following materials:
- Beads of the same size in three colors;
- Fishing line (strong thread);
- Satin ribbon matching the color to the beads;
- Several large beads.
How to make a beaded valentine:
It is best to use the technique of beading with "flowers" or "circular stringing".Thread 6 beads onto a fishing line or strong thread, this will be the center of the first flower. Pull the thread through one bead, thereby connecting the circle. Further, petals are attached to the center according to the beading pattern, which can be found on the Internet. If you follow the scheme correctly, you should end up with a beaded flower with 6 petals. Weave 12 more flowers in the same way. Connect all the flowers according to the scheme to make a heart. Decorate the finished gif.webpt with a ribbon, and attach large beads to the ends of the ribbon.
From felt
Fabric valentines are a beautiful gif.webpt that is not at all difficult to sew, even for those who have never done needlework before.
The simplest version of a felt heart is made from the following materials:
- Felt (can be plain or two colors);
- Threads;
- Needle;
- Scissors;
- Cardboard;
- Sintepon;
- Multi-colored buttons, ribbon.
Felt heart making process:
- Cut out a template for a future valentine from thick cardboard.
- Transfer the template to the fabric, cut out two pieces.
- Sew buttons to one side, and on top - a ribbon in the form of an eyelet so that the heart can be hung on the wall.
- Put a piece of padding polyester between the blanks.
- Sew the blanks together with a decorative seam.
Salted dough
Valentines made from salted dough are an original present that even a child can handle. Connect the kids to make a gif.webpt for February 14 to mom or dad. We suggest making a cute cat with a heart out of dough.
Materials you need:
- 1 tbsp flour;
- 1 tbsp salt;
- 1 tsp water;
- 1 tsp PVC glue;
- Dry paints;
- Pencils, markers;
- Spray can (regular hairspray will do).
Getting started:
- We combine flour, salt, water and PVC glue to get an elastic soft mass, similar in consistency to dough.
- From a small piece we sculpt a heart, from the rest of the dough - a flat figure of a cat.
- We send the figurines from the dough to dry in the oven.
- When the figures harden, we take them out of the oven, let them cool.
- Using your fingertips, rub dry dye into the cat's figure to make it gray. With felt-tip pens or pencils, draw the face, tail and legs.
- We drive a pink dye into the heart.
- It remains to glue the heart to the paws of the cat and spray the craft with varnish from a spray can.
On a note! You can glue a magnet to the Valentine cat so that the recipient can hang the gif.webpt on the refrigerator. If you make a hole in a soft dough, you get an original keychain for keys.
Made of wood
To make eco-friendly valentines from natural material, it is not necessary to urgently learn wood carving. Heart templates are sold at craft and hobby stores. You can color the template yourself in any colors or leave it in its original form, just write a declaration of love with a marker. Hanging a wooden heart on a chain creates an eco-friendly keychain.
From paper
There are an incredible number of all kinds of valentines that can be made from paper of different textures and colors. Choose any option: the simplest one, which even a small child can handle, or something more complicated. Be sure that your valentine will definitely like the one who will be presented on February 14th.
An incredibly beautiful and delicate heart will turn out to be made of corrugated paper. You will need:
- Corrugated paper pink and red;
- Thick cardboard;
- Satin ribbon;
- Scissors;
- Glue.
How to make a paper heart:
- Cut two heart-shaped templates out of cardboard.
- Cut the red paper into small strips.
- Twist and roll each strip so that you get a paper rose.
- Stick the roses to the template from the front side to completely cover the cardboard.
- Make a frill out of pink paper, which needs to be glued along the edge of the heart from the wrong side.
- Attach a piece of satin ribbon to the wrong side so the heart can be hung on the wall.Glue the second heart template on top.
It is easy to make a valentine with a secret from paper. Cut a heart-shaped card out of pink cardboard. Leave your palm print inside, made with red paint. After it's dry, paint another white ink print over the red print so that both ink palms resemble a heart shape.
Gif.webpt with sweets
If you want to make a sweet gif.webpt for your loved one, give him valentine cards made of sweets. They are made from the following materials:
- Colored paper;
- Glue / thread with a needle;
- Scissors;
- Stapler;
- Sweet multicolored dragee candies.
You can find ready-made valentine templates with congratulatory inscriptions on the Internet, or cut and sign the hearts yourself. Cut out two patterns of hearts, glue or sew with threads, not forgetting to leave a hole where you will pour the candy. When the valentines are filled with sweets, use a stapler to staple the remaining free edge.
On a note! To make valentines more stylish, pour dragees of the same color into each heart. For example, opening a green heart, a loved one will find green candies there, yellow candies will be in yellow, etc.
In scrapbooking technique
Valentine's cards made using the scrapbooking technique are only at first glance difficult to make with your own hands. In fact, the work is not particularly difficult, and the necessary materials will certainly be found in every home.
Try to make a romantic, delicate heart using the scrapbooking technique. Cut out a heart-shaped template from red glossy or velvet cardboard. In the middle of the template, glue a piece of lace, wrap the valentine with red threads, glue a small flower and a satin ribbon tied with a bow on the side. Add words of love to the valentine, which you can write on a cardboard rectangle and glue to your heart.
In quilling technique
Quilling is a technique by which compositions and decorations are created from paper modules (rolled paper strips). We offer to make a valentine pendant using the quilling technique.
- We twist the spirals from special paper for quilling red.
- We fix the end of the paper strip with glue.
- We make another larger spiral and a small circle.
- We take two large blanks, press one edge with two fingers to draw out the lower part of the blank. You should get the shape of a droplet.
- We glue two "droplets" together to make a heart. Glue a small tight circle on top.
- We attach a ring to the circle, into which we thread a lace or chain.
Kanzashi
Present your significant other with an unusual valentine card made of felt and kanzashi (rep ribbon).
Materials required for work:
- Cardboard heart template;
- Felt red or burgundy;
- Gold braid;
- Slices of a rep ribbon 2.5 cm wide: 6 pieces of white, 6 pieces of pale pink, 6 pieces of hot pink, 9 pieces of green;
- Thermal gun;
- Flat beads.
Getting started:
- Using a template, cut two blanks out of felt.
- Sew the edge from the right side with gold tape. You can glue the tape with a heat gun.
- Cut each rep tape into squares with sides of 2.5 cm.Fold the square in half diagonally, use a lighter or matches to light the corner to secure the junction. Attach the two remaining corners to the stapled corner, and then bend the resulting petal back so that it takes on a rounded shape.
- Make six petals each of white, pale pink, and hot pink. Connect the petals into flowers with a thread of the same color.
- Hot glue a bead to the center of each flower.
- Make three petals from the green ribbon. Glue them together - these will be leaflets.
- Stick flowers on the valentine, and between them - leaves.You can assemble the composition at your discretion: make more flowers, decorate the valentine with beads and beads, use different color schemes.
Knitted valentines
For those who know how to crochet or knit, making a heart for Valentine's Day is not at all difficult. How to crochet valentines? Use cotton or acrylic yarn in red or any other color. You will also need a hook number 3 and a synthetic winterizer, which will act as a valentine filler. Knitting patterns can be easily found on the Internet.
You can knit a funny cat or hare, and put a valentine card in your paws. The knitted heart can be used as a keychain, hot cup holder, scented pillow, fridge magnet, interior decoration, etc.
Edible valentine
For those who love to cook, it will not be difficult to make an edible heart for their significant other. Delicious valentines can be very diverse, depending on the tastes and gastronomic preferences of the chosen one / darling:
- Valentine cake;
- Heart-shaped scrambled eggs;
- Valentine cakes;
- Cutlets, pancakes, heart-shaped pancakes;
- Valentines made from gingerbread.
Be sure to please your loved one / beloved with a romantic breakfast, which should be served directly in bed. Fry the heart-shaped scrambled eggs using a special pan. Draw hearts on the toast with sauce or jam, or you can write words of love. Instead of scrambled eggs, you can fry sausages or bacon, rolling them in the form of hearts. If your spouse prefers to have sandwiches for breakfast, use a cookie cutter to cut ham and cheese hearts, place them on toast bread, garnish with lettuce and cherry tomatoes.
On a note! If pancakes or potato pancakes do not work out the heart shape, do not be discouraged. You can bake a stack of pancakes and garnish with a heart topper or love lettering on top.
What to write?
Many people think that a valentine card should have a laconic inscription: “I love you!”. However, if you want to surprise your loved one, present him with a valentine card with the original text. You can write a small poem yourself, in which there will be a declaration of love, or use ready-made texts. It is important that the words written on the card are sincere, with all your heart, even if you borrowed the inscription from the Internet.
A collection of our congratulatory poems for February 14 on this page.
What can be the inscriptions on the heart:
- You give me wings;
- With you I learned to fly;
- Every time I fall in love with you anew;
- My heart is overflowing with love for you;
- I'm in paradise next to you.
Do not forget to make a Valentine's card for your best friend, in which you write how you value and value your friendship.
Whichever idea you choose, remember that your gif.webpt contains a piece of soul and a sea of love. A handmade gif.webpt remains the most valuable and sincere. You will definitely surprise and delight your loved one by presenting a hand-made valentine on February 14, on the creation of which you spent not only your free time, but also put your imagination, creativity and your warmth into it.
