Artistic & Inexpensive Valentine’s Day Gifts
The best Valentine’s Day gifts are the ones that are homemade! It shows that you took time out of your day to make something special for them vs. just running inside a store to grab a generic gift.
FamilyFun.com has some great arts & crafts ideas for Valentine’s Day. Here are some of my favorites:
What You Need:
Sticks of gum
Licorice Strings
Construction paper
Scissors
Heart Stickers
Tape
Instructions:
1. Place two pieces of string licorice between two sticks of gum, taping the top and bottom closed to secure the antennae in place.
2. Next, cut two heart-shaped wings from construction paper, write your valentine message on them, and secure them to the top stick of gum with a heart sticker. Add other stickers to give personality to your butterfly.
What You Need:
Craft foam hearts
Hot Glue
Hair clips like the one pictured
Scissors
Colored card stock
Marker
Instructions:
1. Arrange two or three craft foam hearts as you like and hot-glue them together. (Draw and cut your own hearts, using our templates, or check your craft store for precut foam hearts.)
2. Glue the hearts to the wide end of the hair clip and let the glue set.
3. Cut a heart from the card stock. Write your message on the heart, then clip the barrette to it.
What You Need:
Crayon pieces
Heart-shaped metal cookie or muffin tins
Double-sided foam mounting tape
Scissors
Colored card stock
Marker
Instructions:
1. Heat the oven to 250°.
2. Fill each mold with crayon pieces and bake until the crayons melt, about 10 to 15 minutes. Tip: Place a sheet pan under the crayons to catch any drips.
3. Once they’re cool, remove the hearts from the molds and smooth any rough edges by rubbing them on a piece of scrap paper.
4. Use small pieces of foam tape to stick each heart to a 3-inch circle cut from card stock then add your message.
FamilyFun.com has a ton of more arts & crafts ideas for Valentine’s Day & all of your favorite holidays.
