Do-it-yourself valentines from paper. How to make a voluminous valentine with your own hands from paper in stages

There are very few days left for Valentine's Day, which means that the time has come to prepare for relatives and friends, and, above all, for loved ones, nice gifts - valentines with your own hands. Of course, you can buy a Valentine card in the store - you say. However, to make such beauty from the bottom of my heart, with my own hands– it is much more interesting and economical. Especially when you consider that you will need a lot of Valentines.

Fortunately, ideas for making valentines there are plenty on the web today.

1. You can see photos of stylish colored paper hearts(moreover, there are both the simplest options for children and real works of art for adults).
2. easy to find and cut patterns, in which then write down your wishes.
3. Master a small master class on making gifts for Valentine's Day. It could be anything:

Find and print your joint photos with your beloved or beloved, collect a heart from them or make a collage in Photoshop;

Learn how to make all kinds of postcards: original, romantic, beautiful, funny in rustic or Provence style;

Make knitted hearts or unusual crafts: from natural or artificial flowers, from fabric, various pillows, romantic wreaths, hearts from soap, from coffee and even from food.

And so that you do not get lost in this variety of pink romantic madness, we have prepared for you some great video lessons, as well as detailed diagrams and descriptions of the most fashionable and original valentines of the current year.

DIY paper valentines: ideas for creativity

Handmade postcards - extremely valuable and memorable gift. Therefore, on Valentine's Day, it is always so pleasant to make valentines with your own hands from paper.

They can be given not only to a loved one or husband, but also to mom, friends and even colleagues. It would seem that a small and modest present, but the sad and far from summer atmosphere on February 14 is filled with real vibes of spring happiness. Ideas for postcards for Valentine's Day, as they say, in plain sight.

For example, here cool valentines-hands that you can do with your child.

romantic envelope. We cut out hearts, string them on a string and put them in an envelope. On each of the hearts you can write the words of a declaration of love.

Incredibly delicate voluminous postcards.

all sorts of heart templates, from which you can cut a lot of stylish gifts.

Do-it-yourself step-by-step master class for paper valentines

Who said that at home it is impossible to make a chic valentine? On the contrary, in this exclusive product you put all your love and give a loved one a really incredible surprise. And right now we will teach you how to make a valentine with your own hands from paper. We will go through the whole process in stages, and this will not be a simple postcard, but a real work of art that you will create yourself.

So, we need to work:

1. Fold red cardstock in half. From the remaining pieces of cardboard, cut out hearts that are the same size. We make the same heart from an openwork napkin.
   
   
2. We turn all the hearts exactly in half and glue together along the fold line. Glue the voluminous heart to the base of the card.
   
   
3. On a rectangular sheet, we print or write by hand our wish, stick it on another sheet, larger in size. Inside the card, we also paste a white piece of paper for romantic text.
   
   
4. Using a hole punch, cut out butterflies, hearts or other figures.

Of course, we have only shown one of the holiday cards. Your possibilities are not limited.

• You can do origami valentine card.

Large homemade valentines with various decorations that will tell about your great love.

Creative and gentle valentines as a gift to a guy.
funny valentines to girlfriend with wishes to meet your love

How to make a soft felt valentine?

Sometimes lovers lack words and all kinds of ways to express their feelings. All gifts seem so small and insignificant compared to your love. However, we know one secret - you can make some cute felt hearts, and they themselves will tell your soulmate how much you love and appreciate her.

Prepare everything you need:

• felt in red, white and other romantic colors;
• needles for sewing and embroidery;
• multi-colored threads;
• beads, buttons and other decor;
• scissors;
• synthetic winterizer, synthetic winterizer, cotton wool, etc.

So, we tell you how to make a felt valentine step by step.

What else can you make a Valentine from?

In fact, a festive valentine can be made from anything. There are a variety of simple ways and elementary tools to make a chic gift for your soul mate.

Very soon, an amazing good holiday will come - Valentine's Day. This is a holiday of love and smiles. The most romantic day of the year, do not miss it and please your loved ones with cute gifts. And since the holiday involves sincere and cute gifts, homemade valentines will come in handy.

And traditionally we remind you of previous posts about St. Valentine's Day:

Homemade valentines for loved ones

And now the very ideas of what homemade valentines can be. Use collages, perhaps everything has been invented for a long time, it remains to compose 😉

Using stencils is an interesting idea:

Do not forget about the variety of materials, use all your talents. For example, you can make a valentine not only from paper, but also from fabric:

or from wool, felt:

Crochet?

And you can also make such cute surprise valentines and put them where your loved one will surely find them:

Most of the valentines presented here do not need master classes - they are easy to make, and all the materials for making them can be bought at any art store:

Speaking of improvised materials, you should not forget about them either. Do you have a jigsaw puzzle in your house that is missing pieces? Make a Valentine card with philosophical overtones: our whole life is akin to a mosaic, and everyone makes it in their own way:

Felt is an excellent material for creativity. To make this valentine, you will need red felt, a piece of cardboard, scissors, hot glue, and time:

Felt, ribbon, thread, a few beads of beads and scissors:

A great example of a homemade valentine for a traveler or traveler:

If you're good at scrapbooking, you know how to make a beautiful Valentine, but here are some ideas for inspiration:

Fingers and paints:

Use sweets: lollipops, chocolate, chewing gum - everything will come in handy!

Who said that homemade valentines are exactly postcards? Think bigger - a romantic garland, it's a huge Valentine 🙂

Would you like to learn how to make a beautiful origami valentine card?

Here is a detailed instruction, follow it and you will succeed!

We hope that in this post you have found some solutions for your original congratulations to your loved one.

As a bonus, catch this idea, it's not quite a Valentine, it's a lottery ticket, where the winnings depend only on your imagination:

• cut out a lottery ticket of the required shape;
• come up with prizes;
• on top of each win, walk with colorless hygienic lipstick or rub with a regular paraffin candle;
• on top, paint over the winning places with acrylic paint.

I am glad to see you again, my friends, at my place, hello! On the eve of Valentine's Day, everyone begins to look for an original congratulation or Valentine's card for loved ones, relatives, and relatives. You can easily buy souvenirs at the nearest store, but each of you knows that a do-it-yourself valentine is a more valuable and meaningful gift.

How to make a valentine with your own hands on February 14

Especially for you, I picked up bright, simple ideas, master classes, stock up on everything you need and let's create wonderful valentines for your loved ones together.

DIY funny valentine

Sometimes it is very difficult to make a person genuinely laugh. Give sincere smiles to your family on February 14 with funny valentines, putting sincerity, tenderness and care into them. Making interesting crafts is easy, you just need to stock up on soft material. Suitable:

• wool;
• felt.

You will also need some fur, you will definitely find it in the closet, cut off from the old collar. If nothing like this was at hand, then contact the needlework store, there are suitable options. You will also need:

• pencil;
• needle;
• threads;
• beads;
• cotton wool or synthetic winterizer.

Cut out hearts and small ears from whatman paper or a sheet of paper, then attach the samples to the selected material and make soft blanks. Carefully sew blanks for hearts, fill them inside with padding polyester. Separately sew the ears, and then attach to the heart. It remains only to add beady eyes and fur on the ears with a tail. Additionally, draw or embroider funny faces on hearts. You can present such valentines to friends, they will definitely like such a creative idea.

Dog for Valentine's Day

You can make such a toy for the holiday of lovers. Look at the detailed master class, it has all the necessary recommendations to please your loved ones with a cute handmade souvenir.

Volumetric Valentine - a few original ideas

Greeting valentines can be made using the quilling technique, it is best suited for bulky products and is quite easy to handle, which is convenient for beginners. A heart filled with bright serpentine looks simple, but very impressive. For him, pre-prepare thin strips of paper, twist them - these will be the details of the future Valentine.

Draw or simply cut out a heart, then completely cover the space inside it with bright, twisted ruffles. It looks gentle, such a gift can be presented to your best friend, a similar option is also suitable for a guy. Experiment, the drawings can be completely different, like the chosen shape.

Printable valentine template

Electronic cards can be a great template for your future Valentine. There are a huge number of options. I have selected for you some original templates, I hope they can help you in preparing for the holiday. It remains only to print them, if necessary, add the desired decor.

Kanzashi heart

The kanzashi technique very quickly attracted craftswomen and those who like to create beautiful, original things with their own hands. Valentine's Day is a wonderful occasion to learn something new, to please loved ones with a beautiful handmade heart. To help beginners, I picked up a simple and affordable master class, after watching which, you will definitely want to make a similar valentine. Watch, learn and you will definitely succeed.

Felt heart

Soft hearts are one of the best gifts for February 14th. You can not buy such souvenirs, but do everything yourself. In the process of creating a valentine, there will be no difficulties, it is easy and pleasant to work with felt. Need to purchase:

• thin felt;
• sintepon.

You will also need a thread and a needle. Take a paper heart stencil, attach it to the felt and cut out the same details along the contour in the quantity you want. Sew two parts together, fill inside with padding polyester. AT

just a few minutes of work and the heart is ready!

Such valentines can additionally be equipped with loops to use as a keychain. Beads, embroidery are suitable for decor. Fantasize, creating a festive mood.

Bright heart in scrapbooking technique

The scrapbooking technique is loved by many for its simplicity and ease. With its help, you can create bright, original postcards that will be exclusive. There are a lot of options on how to arrange such valentines, for you I have selected a simple and understandable master class that will help you understand all the intricacies of making such a present.

fabric heart

Not only paper bright postcards are popular on February 14th. Pay attention to soft valentines made of fabric. You can make hearts with your children, presenting them later to family members and friends.

Let's get to work.

1. Select heart templates.
2. Get the right fabric. It is best to work with linen, coarse calico, cotton, felt.
3. Transfer the pattern not to the fabric using a washable marker, crayon.
4. Fold the material 2 times, go along the contour with a needle, leaving a hole for the filler.
5. Fill the heart with cotton wool or other soft material and sew the heart to the end.
6. Using scissors, remove all excess material. It is better to use curly scissors - it looks beautiful, unusual.

You can add a ribbon to the finished heart if it is later hung somewhere or used instead of a keychain.

A simple craft does not take much time. There are many options on how to decorate a valentine - you can embroider it with beads, add appliqué or embroidery. Leave the decorations for the children - they know exactly what sincere and unselfish love looks like.

Crocheted hearts

You can crochet a beautiful valentine using a crochet hook. There are detailed descriptions with diagrams, they help even a beginner in such an activity to achieve the desired result. I suggest you use a detailed master class, which tells all the nuances of creating such a valentine.

Valentine's card from napkins

On the eve of the holiday, you can make a beautiful heart out of napkins. I have prepared instructions and pictures for it, where each step is clearly visible. If you like this idea, get to work.

At the first stage, prepare:

• 1 pack of pink or red paper napkins:
• cardboard sheet measuring 30x30 cm;
• fly 20 cm long;
• threads;
• glue gun;
• skins.

Now get straight to work. Cut out a heart from a prepared sheet of cardboard - it will become the basis of a future craft.

The next step is to start creating roses.

Now the roses are ready. Glue each rose onto the cardboard base using a hot glue gun. Glue a loop on the back of the sheet. When all the roses are fixed, carefully glue the base with a napkin bundle, so the product will look neat and complete.

This is the end of the job. It's time to enjoy the tender Valentine.

A romantic surprise can be presented to your wife, mother. Fantasy and everything will work out.

Valentine Coloring Pages for Preschoolers

Many children already in kindergarten are beginning to be introduced to the history of the holiday, they are taught to make valentines with their own hands. To make it more interesting for kids to learn something new, prepare themed coloring pages for them. Finding ready-made templates is not difficult, I have selected for you original pictures that kids will definitely like.

Bright bear with a heart

Soft drawn cute bears hugging with hearts have long become one of the unspoken symbols of the holiday of lovers. I suggest you draw such a cute valentine for a friend or beloved man.

Drawings can be black and white or color, choose for yourself, repeating simple movements with a pencil on paper.

Vytynanki hearts

If you have not yet decided how to decorate the house and windows for Valentine's Day, I suggest doing this with the help of protrusions. This openwork cutting technique captured both adults and children. With the help of beautiful patterns, you can create real pictures of love. Try it, you will like it!

I found beautiful templates that you just need to print out, and then, using sharp scissors, carefully cut.

Candy heart

Lovers of sweets on Valentine's Day should definitely be pampered with a bright, tasty and very sweet gift - a heart filled with sweets. Making such a present is quite simple. If you like this idea, use the simple and understandable master class that I offer you. I assure you, it takes a little effort, and the result will exceed all expectations.

DIY big valentine

Making large valentines is easiest on whatman paper. It is necessary to transfer the template of the future heart there, and then, armed with imagination and improvised means, create beauty. A huge quilling heart looks beautiful - make a lot of blanks of twisted strips of colored paper and fill the template with them. You can add small valentines inside, warm confessions, decorate everything with rhinestones or ribbons. Fantasy has no limits.

Beaded valentine's card

Not everyone knows how to make jewelry, valentines from beads, although on the eve of February 14 this is a relevant and original gift. With a detailed master class, even beginners will not have problems, and the result of painstaking work will be the appearance of a whole composition of bright hearts. Do not be afraid to experiment, stock up on everything you need for beading and create real masterpieces with the help of a simple and understandable master class.

Of the two hearts, the halves are connected into a valentine

Paired valentines are the best solution for lovers and not only.

Heart shaped cookies

Sweets are just the perfect gift for February 14th. No one will refuse such a gift, especially if the treat was prepared with their own hands, only the brightest, warmest feelings were invested in it. Try this quick and easy cookie recipe.

Prepare for the test:

• 130 g of wheat flour is about 1 cup;
• 0.5 packs of butter - you get 100 g;
• a tablespoon of sugar.

For decoration you will need:

• 0.5 chocolate bars;
• 2 tbsp. l. butter;
• nuts to taste;
• sprinkles or other confectionery decorations.

There is nothing complicated about how to make cookies. Repeat the recipe step by step, and the result will delight you with a beautiful look and taste.

Do-it-yourself bunny on February 14

Beautiful handmade hares are just a chic gift for the holiday. You can make a fabric toy by choosing a pattern and then simply sewing all the details. Toys made from foamiran are gaining popularity. You can find this material in craft stores. Preview the master class that I have selected for you. It tells in detail what exactly is needed to make a wonderful and original gift that will delight everyone who becomes its owner.

Cats in love on a postcard for February 14

For many, cats are associated with warmth and tenderness, so it is not surprising that they are decorated with holiday valentines. If you decide to move away from template options and make a bright postcard with your own hands, try creating a drawing according to my instructions.

Thanks to the detailed steps, you will understand how to draw cats in love on a colorful postcard.

These 4 steps are just getting started. Now you can see exactly what your cats will look like on the postcard. Put in a little more effort and the valentine will be ready.

You can leave the card in black and white or decorate it. Do not forget to add a congratulation, a sincere wish, a declaration of love.

The most beautiful postcards

The most beautiful valentines are usually made to order. Take the time to review the options available and create your own postcard templates. A beautiful gift for a loved one will be a large poster with photographs that show how friendship or love was born.

A similar option is also suitable for congratulating relatives. Such a card will remind everyone how important family is. You can also order a postcard from a professional, he will take into account your wishes and bring them to life. The concept of "the most beautiful" postcard is different for everyone. Emotions, memories, feelings are invested in it. Think over the concept of a future Valentine and have time to realize it, because there is not much time left before the holiday of lovers.

origami valentine

The origami technique has its origins in the distant past. She comes from Japan, where even today paper figures are treated very respectfully. It is believed that the person who made the figure put a part of his soul into it. On the eve of Valentine's Day, it's time to start learning origami, creating albeit small, but cute and touching hearts for family and friends.

The easiest way to learn from detailed master classes. I offer several of them for your choice, and what results you get in the end depends on your desire and desire to find a new hobby for yourself and please your loved ones on February 14th.

Cool Valentines with templates

On the eve of the holiday, lovers of non-standard solutions spend most of their time thinking about how to surprise relatives and friends with original and non-standard valentines. I suggest that you carefully review the box where threads, needles and other small things that are needed for sewing are stored. You can create a cool valentine with your own hands, using only:

• buttons of red, pink, white, blue;
• glue;
• bright ribbon;
• a suitable piece of thick white paper.

First, make a blank of the desired shape. On Valentine's Day, it is customary to present cards in the shape of a heart, but you can not change the standard form of the sheet. Now proceed to the decor of the future valentine.

Spread buttons on the basis of a bright heart. Use glue to attach each piece. It is better to choose red and pink buttons associated with love. When the appliqué is ready, add a ribbon bow if desired, also fixing it with glue, or leave it like that.

When the bright postcard is ready, think about how beautifully to sign the valentine. You should not use template congratulations, refer to the future addressee with the whole gamut of feelings, tenderness, attention. Write the most cherished words on the card so that it is truly exclusive.

A couple more last.

Such applications can be done with anything, especially if you already have a printed heart template at hand. For large postcards, transfer it to whatman paper, filling inside with small hearts, sweets, just wishes. Such an original souvenir will not go to a distant box, but will remind a person of your attention, feelings.

Valentine's Day is a holiday when you need to speak as loudly as possible about your feelings to loved ones, relatives, friends and colleagues. The easiest way to do this is by presenting a bright valentine made by yourself. See how many original ideas there are, find your ideal option, please your loved ones on the day of the holiday. Be sure to share in the comments what valentines you got, talk about the brightest ideas on social networks and come back to visit, because I'm always glad to see you.

Sincerely, Anastasia Skoreva

Today we will tell you how to make DIY valentines using the best ideas. Master classes on making valentines with your own hands will help you make a beautiful and unforgettable gift for your soulmate. On Valentine's Day, it is customary to give valentines to those you like or to whom you have love feelings. We have made an excellent selection, in which we have collected the best ideas, master classes and the highest quality and most understandable videos on creating do-it-yourself valentines.

Get inspired and create colorful cards for your family, loved ones and friends on February 14!

Valentine's card

Cut out a rectangle from the gift box.

From the notebook we cut out several leaves, slightly smaller than the cardboard, round the corners.

On a sewing machine, we sew the middle

Writing a love letter

We sew buttons on the front and back sides, write the text of your favorite song on the cover (well, or something else, we chose the text from the song Katy Perry - Teenage Dream), tighten it with strings.

Valentine card "I love you"

We bend the cardboard. Cut out a heart from fabric. We sew it to the cardboard. We sign by hand.

Valentine's card "We are together"

We will need:

1) A sheet of cardboard with a cut out window

2) Polaroid photo card and cut out a heart in it, or a sheet of paper: make a photo card out of it and cut out a heart

3) Series of photos

Attaching a photo to a postcard with adhesive tape

Sticking a Polaroid photo on the first page

Valentine's card made of paper and floss threads

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Valentines hearts

How to do:

How to do:

1) We cut out hearts of 3 sizes from beautiful paper (large, medium, small)

2) To give the hearts a little sophistication, draw a line along the edges (with a pen, pencil or chalk)

3) To give the common heart volume, we fasten the hearts with adhesive foam.

4) Bend the corners

5) You can leave it like this, or you can make a general application as in the first picture

Scrapbooking: valentine with a secret

Do-it-yourself valentine's voluminous

Volumetric Valentine "Heart"

They are made very simply, it takes us no more than 20 minutes (it's all together: confetti, envelopes and valentines themselves)

Let's make some coffee for a more festive look

Full instructions and templates below!

DIY quilling valentines

big valentine

Valentine card "You Are My Favorite"

little valentines

Origami heart-box

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Beautiful valentines do it yourself

Unusual valentine

Original valentines

We will need:

• 1) cardboard or colored paper (you can print colorful patterns on the printer)
• 2) glue stick
• 3) scissors
• 4) white paper
• 5) handle

1. Cut out multi-colored circles (in order for them to turn out even, put the cup on a sheet of paper, circle, cut it out).

2. Gently fold your circle in half so that one end slightly overlaps the other. Apply some glue so the circle doesn't fall apart.

3. We find the center of the opposite end and fold it so that the paper of the top and bottom are in contact.

4. Connect the sharp ends together until the valentine looks like a fortune cookie.

5. We write wishes for Valentine's Day and put them in our valentines. One piece will not be enough, so go to step 2 and continue to do as much as you need.

How to do:

Valentine card "Love heart"

We will need:

• Colored strips of paper 5 mm wide
• A4 paper for valentine and envelope
• Scissors
• Adhesive tape or tape
• Paper heart diagram and paper envelope diagram (download and)

How to do:

• 1) Print out the paper heart template. We used plain white paper, but you can use any color paper. Cut it out with scissors or a knife.
• 2) Cut out 14 paper strips 5mm wide.
• 3) To prevent the heart from bunching up, use duct tape
• 4) Trim excess
• 5) Print out the template for the envelope. Cut it out and glue it on. The leftover paper can be used to make confetti.

How to do:

• 1) Circle a credit card on a cardboard, cut out the base
• 2) Cut a heart out of paper, attach it to a piece of felt, circle it with a pen, cut it out
• 3) Sew the heart to the base with a needle and thread
• 4) Write nice words

DIY unusual valentines

Volumetric valentine-box

You can say 2 in 1, and a valentine and you can put a gift inside (some sweets, for example).

Valentine "Happy Valentine's Day"

Simple valentine with buttons

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Do-it-yourself valentine for a guy

Such a heart will perfectly decorate the festive table, show your love and give a romantic atmosphere.

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DIY valentines video

Scrapbooking style valentine

Hairpin — Valentine Kanzashi

Origami valentine on a stand

Tree with 3D Valentines

A tree with valentines with your own hands will help create a romantic atmosphere.

To make such a tree, we need:

• pink paper
• shiny braid
• birds (sold in any art stores)
• branches
• white spray or acrylic paint
• white jug or vase

How to make a tree:

• first you need to collect several branches in a bundle (not one or two, but several, since too rare branches on our tree will not look very attractive), we cut the branches to the same length
• cover the branches with paint - either spray or acrylic
• we evenly distribute the birds on the branches and fasten them either with clothespins (often sold complete with birds), or we tie them with a ribbon

• for 3D valentines, we need hearts cut out of pink paper, which are cut as follows: one to the middle of the top, the other to the middle of the bottom. Then we insert the hearts into each other through these slots, stretch the ribbon - 3D hearts are ready

• hang valentines evenly on all branches

Now the popularity of valentines has reached great heights. And really, isn't this a good way of declaring love? A heart-shaped card is the perfect option to communicate your sincere and tender feelings. As a rule, the message should be written with the left hand, or try to change your own handwriting. To preserve the intrigue, it is better not to sign the Valentine.

In stores, if you try, you can find very original and bright postcards for February 14th. However, it is most pleasant to receive a valentine made by yourself. By creating such a small miracle, a person puts a tiny part of his soul into it. I offer you unique master classes - how to create valentines with your own hands with step-by-step photos.

How to make valentines with your own hands

You can often hear that Valentine's Day is not a Russian holiday, but does the origin of this celebration matter? The tradition of exchanging postcards has already become very firmly established in our culture.

Shops specializing in souvenirs and postcards offer the most incredible types of gifts, ranging from a standard postcard to congratulations in the form of crossword puzzles, puzzles and charades.

Despite such a wide selection of romantic products, lovers strive not to deviate from traditions and create paper valentines with their own hands.

It is very difficult to resist the cutest postcards in the form of hearts, which are usually presented on St. Valentine.

The beauty of such handmade cards is that with the help of these paper hearts people want to express their love and tenderness.

How to make a two-color valentine

In this master class, I will show you how to make such a craft. It can also be used as a gift bag.

We will need paper in two colors, in my case it is red and white. If you want to use it as a bag, then it is better to take cardboard. The size of the craft is up to you. So, we take the paper, fold it in half and draw just such a diagram.

Cut the strips with scissors.

We skip the first strip of white paper between the strips of red. The next red one is between the white stripes, and so on.

Then we take the next white strip and do the same in a checkerboard pattern.

Our first craft is ready!

DIY valentines for decorating the interior

In this master class, we will look at how to make such hearts to decorate walls, windows, curtains, and so on. I think your soulmate will be pleasantly surprised to see such a colorful decoration, which will undoubtedly give a festive mood.

We cut out hearts of various sizes from red paper.

We make cuts like this.

We apply glue to the edge of the paper and glue it, creating a bulge, as shown in the photo. We do the same with all the other hearts.

Attach to the wall with thin double-sided tape. If you plan to decorate curtains, then you can attach with tailor's needles with a ball on the tip (they are also called a "hatpin").

Quilling - in our opinion, this is paper rolling, that is, the manufacture of various compositions and decorations from twisted special paper strips. In this master class, I will show you how to make such a decoration - a pendant with your own hands using the quilling technique.

We buy special paper for quilling.

We twist these spirals.

Glue the end of the strip.

We make such two spirals of different sizes.

And another small tight circle. Then, pressing one edge with two fingers, we give it such a shape, as shown in the figure.

We assemble the structure - we glue together all the elements.

That's all, our heart-shaped pendant is ready.

A gift for lovers "Hearts connected by the golden thread of the fate of Moira Klotho"

According to Greek mythology, the fate of people is woven with golden threads by one of the three moiras - Klotho. That is why we decided to add this element to the decor of our gift for the day of love, family and fidelity. Two hearts are tightly connected with each other by fate itself, what could be more romantic. It’s not at all difficult to make such a craft with your own hands and it will take a little time, but what a subtext!

You can mold similar souvenirs from clay or buy plastic, but the most accessible and popular material was and is - salt dough. It is done very simply:

1. We take a tablespoon and measure out an equal amount of finely ground salt and any flour. We mix.
2. You can add just water, but it is better to mix it with PVA glue in a 1: 1 ratio. For 2 st. spoons of salt flour put 2 teaspoons of water.
3. Mix the resulting mass well in a convenient container, and then knead it in your hands. We put it in a package. After 10-15 min. salty dough is ready to make a valentine out of it with your own hands.

Let's start creating:
1. We sculpt two flat hearts. Of course, you can roll out a layer of dough and cut out the figures with a special mold, but we don’t need banal stamping.

2. We make prints on our blanks. We used an old openwork comb, embossed buttons, knitted napkins, lace or just intricately twisted ropes are also suitable.

3. Before sending the product to dry, do not forget to make holes. Drying time depends on the thickness of the dough, ours dried for about 2 days. You can speed up the process and bake the hearts in the oven. If it gets too brown, use it as a decorative technique and add flames.

4. Decorate crafts. We did not cover up the curls and only slightly shaded them, and the mother-of-pearl only emphasized the relief. Salt dough takes any paint well, although some may require a preliminary primer, for example, for acrylic. Gouache, watercolor and even lipstick fit perfectly.

5. It remains to tie the golden threads, each heart has its own. We intertwine them according to the principle of chain links.

"Hearts bound by the golden thread of Moira Klotho" - With such a DIY craft made from salt dough, you can also decorate a frame with a wedding photo. If you don’t have one yet, stick magnets on each heart and a gift for the day of love, family and fidelity will turn into an exclusive holder for love messages on the refrigerator - after all, there is not a day that we don’t look into it).

DIY photo frame "You are in my heart"

I suggest you make a do-it-yourself photo frame “You are in my heart”, it can easily become a souvenir for March 8 or a gift for the Day of Love, Family and Fidelity. And it is even more pleasant to receive such gifts, made with your own hands just like that, from the heart and for no reason!

It is most convenient to sculpt the frames from polymer clay or plastic, but for the "pen test" we chose a more accessible material - salt dough. To prepare it, we need:

• 1/2 cup any flour
• 1/2 cup finely ground salt
• 1/4 cup tap water.

After drying the product, the dough will become stronger if water is mixed with PVA glue, some add wallpaper paste. And yet, after all the ingredients are mixed, the dough should be well kneaded in your hands and removed for 10-15 minutes in a plastic bag. It will become more plastic and uniform.

Let's start creating a photo frame with your own hands:
1. We make our heart out of two parts. We roll the dough into sausages so that the middle is thicker than the edges. We connect them and give shape. We also sculpt a couple more small hearts, they will become pendants.

2. We flatten the blanks. We did this with a book wrapped in cling film. We trim the edges. We got a small wave on the inside, we decided to leave it, it's even more interesting. We sculpt 3 more tiny hearts, they will be connected in a row and become the third pendant.

3. We make holes, three on the frame itself and one each on the pendant hearts. Tiny can not make holes. Once again, we critically evaluate our craft from salt dough, if necessary, we correct, smooth it and send it to dry.

4. We decided to add decor to the frame and blinded three small flowers on bent stems. The middle ones were made recessed, since rhinestones will be glued into them. Flowers also need to be dried.

5. When all the details of the gift for your loved ones dry well and become hard as a stone, you can start painting. We used gouache. Mother-of-pearl coating is a very inexpensive eye shadow!

6. We work with super glue. We choose the most liked composition with flowers, applying them this way and that, then glue them. Don't forget the rhinestones! Cut the string to the desired length. We put a drop of glue on each small heart without holes, put them in a row at the right distance and put the prepared piece of fishing line into the glue.

7. We collect all parts of the frame. Threading the fishing line into the holes, we tie all the pendants. We choose the length of the fishing line arbitrarily, as you like. By choosing fishing tackle, we hoped to lighten the composition and give the product airiness. It seems to have succeeded, although a thin chain would have looked just as good.

So the gift is ready, created with your own hands with a soul, and most importantly, in a single copy! If there is varnish in a spray can, it's great, its thin layer will give the product not only shine, but also protect the decorative coating.

How to mold a gift for Valentine's Day from plasticine

This lesson tells you how to make an interesting congratulatory heart out of ordinary plasticine - a souvenir for Valentine's Day.

Before February 14, children and educators, teachers will be looking for such lessons to make gifts, so this information is especially for them.

For a small congratulatory heart, prepare:

• plasticine - it is desirable that among the bars there are red or lilac, as well as green colors;
• toothpick.

The heart itself can be scarlet or lilac, as shown in this tutorial. It will also be decorated with roses. Bright flowers are the companions of any holiday, especially when it comes to Valentine's Day. Green is needed for the leaves. Open the set, take the pieces that you like. On sale today you can find different plasticine, even neon, glitter or hot pink, so focus on the one you have.

Knead a red or lilac block of plasticine in your hands. So that the heart is not too small, but also fits in the palm of your hand, do not spare the main plasticine. If it is difficult to knead the bar completely at once, then do it gradually, in parts, and then bring it into a large ball.

Press the soft mass in the form of a ball from above. But don't make the cake too flat. In the future, this blank should be turned into a voluminous heart. Squeeze the cake with your fingers from below, sharpening the tip, and also press it from above, giving a characteristic, well-known shape. When the main heart is ready, take care of the decoration.

Pull out a few thin threads to simulate roses. All threads can be scarlet, or use 3 different colors for decoration (white, yellow and red). Glue small green dots on one side of the heart. Press down on top of each with a toothpick.

A few teardrop-shaped green leaves will also be needed. Draw veins on top with a toothpick. Twist the red, white and yellow threads into spirals. These will be original rosebuds. Three pieces are enough or cook more.

On the other side of the heart, form a bouquet. First, glue a few green leaves, then attach 3 flower spirals. Such a decoration will ennoble a plasticine valentine, it will immediately become bright, expressive.

An interesting gift for Valentine's Day is ready. We easily molded it from plasticine to please our soul mate or the dearest person.

Paper valentine card

In this master class, we will make an original Valentine card in the form of a heart-shaped balloon.

To make a postcard, we need:

• A sheet of white and pink (red) paper;
• Simple pencil;
• Felt pens (colored pencils);
• Scissors;
• Glue stationery.

First, let's make a template. To do this, bend the sheet in half and draw a half heart from the fold line. Then, without unbending the sheet, we cut out the part and unfold it. It turns out the heart. So we got a flat part with the same sides.

Now cut out 2 identical hearts from pink or red paper. To do this, we apply a template and circle it. And then cut out the resulting heart.

Glue 1 piece onto a white sheet of paper. To make it more convenient, it is better to stick closer to the top of the sheet. And from the heart we begin to draw the basket itself with a simple pencil. We draw ropes and bags that are tied to the sides.

Then we will draw with a felt-tip pen. We circle the ropes in green. Please note that the first 3 strings are in the foreground, so they go from the heart to the front of the basket. That is, the lines cross the back side and exit forward. 1 rope on the sides and 2 on the back.

Paint the bags with any color. With a brown felt-tip pen, draw vertical stripes on the basket to imitate boards. It is desirable to draw stripes at approximately the same distance from each other.

Color the basket itself yellow. Now we take scissors and cut out the resulting balloon. But we cut it out, slightly stepping back from the edge so that there is a white stroke. But don't make it too wide.

Now we take the second heart and glue it on white paper. Cut out, also stepping back from the edges.

Now we bend the heart in the center, but do not draw a crease. We just raise the sides a little. We coat the fold with glue and glue the part to the main one so that the fold is in the center of the first heart. That is, we put one heart on top of the other.

The white stroke of the top heart can be smeared with red shiny nail polish. You can use a shiny pen. And you can not touch and leave as is.

It remains to write congratulations and the card is ready!

Souvenir - a pebble with a valentine from salt dough master class

Making an original souvenir with your own hands is much easier than it might seem at first glance. We made our salt dough craft. The figurine is so simple that even a child can make such a cat with a heart. In addition, all the ingredients for making such a gift are the most affordable materials.

All we need is:

• one st. a spoonful of flour and salt;
• one teaspoon of water and PVA glue;
• crayons, pastels or eye shadow;
• lacquer from a can (if not, hairspray is also suitable).

Let's get started.
1. From flour, salt, water and glue, we make a dough-like mass. We knead it well in our hands.

2. We pinch off a small piece of dough and sculpt a heart. We flatten the remaining material and form a flat rectangle out of it with elongated corners.

3. We send the workpiece to dry. You can speed up the process with an oven.
4. We turn the dried dough into a kind of stone. Rub the dry dye into the figure with your fingers. It is not necessary to make the stone gray.

5. With a pencil, felt-tip pen or paints, draw a muzzle, paws and tail on a pebble.

6. It remains only to glue the heart and sprinkle the craft with varnish, which is not necessary at all.

Here is a souvenir made from salt dough with your own hands, made with love. The pebble cat can become a fridge magnet with which you can attach a love note. They can decorate a box with a gift and it will be much more interesting than a banal bow. And if at the stage of modeling the figurine is carefully perforated, you will get an exclusive keychain for lovers.

Do-it-yourself panel for Valentine's Day

By the day of all lovers, it is customary to congratulate not only your halves, but also friends and girlfriends. What can you give a friend who is fond of needlework herself? DIY gifts are always appreciated, even if your girlfriend can do a lot of things on her own.

You can give her a box for storing beads, buttons, decorated using the decoupage or scrapbooking technique, a set for storing tools, and other handicrafts. Or you can tie a small needle bed in the shape of a heart and place it in a heart frame-stand.

Such a needle bed can be mounted on the wall near the needlework table and all needles and pins will always be at hand and certainly will never be lost. A gift with your own hands, in addition, carries a piece of your soul and is always filled with positive energy. Some craftsmen argue that do-it-yourself gifts can serve as a kind of amulets.

Any hanks of yarn, knitting needles, a hook, a small piece of soft wire, any filler (cotton wool, sintepuh, polystyrene) are useful for work.

First, we collect 100 loops on the knitting needles and knit 3-4 rows in stocking stitch.

Closing the loops, insert a thin wire into the resulting cord and sew the cord.

To get a more aesthetic appearance of the cord, we tie it over the hook with single crochets, while covering the entire cord.

Due to the soft thin wire, the cord can be given any shape. We bend it in the shape of a heart. It is permissible to make a slightly irregular shape for the heart.

Let's start knitting the needle heart. We knit a chain from 15 air loops, make another loop for lifting and knit a square with single crochet stitches.

Then we knit semicircles from two adjacent sides of the square.

We get a heart. But for the needle bar, we need two such details. We repeat the previous steps and knit the second part of the heart.

We sew the heart, fill it with filler.

At the edges, you can tie it with lace using a hook.

Now it's time for decor. As a decor, we will make some cheerful flowers. First we make the middle.

And then we tie them with colored petals.

The last step is sewing all the elements of our panel onto the “heart” frame-frame.

Now you can mount it in the work area. Well, if you like the idea of ​​a gift with your own hands, then complete it with chocolate and a card. Your friend will be delighted.

Soap-heart handmade

For some, it is considered a favorite thing to watch your favorite TV shows, for someone - to sit with your favorite book or play an interesting game on the computer, but someone likes to do their favorite hobby. So, for many, a favorite hobby is soap making. In this master class I want to tell you how to make handmade soap-heart.

Before you start making soap, you should prepare everything you need:

• soap base white;
• dyes: red, purple and green;
• alcohol;
• perfume to your taste;
• pipettes or syringes;
• stirring sticks;
• dishes under the soap base;
• soap mold.

When everything is at hand, it is easier to do everything. Before pouring the soap base into the mold, it must be sprinkled with alcohol, this will make it easier to remove the soap from the mold.

The soap base must be cut into pieces and melted in the microwave at the lowest temperature.

Then add color and flavor there. I will make the inscription "I love you" in green. You need to fill it carefully, using a syringe or pipette, so that the mass does not go beyond the edges of the inscription. Now you should wait until the layer dries. If there are air bubbles on it, then you need to sprinkle with alcohol, this will help remove them.

While the layer dries, prepare the base for pouring another layer. The next layer I want to make is purple. To do this, melt the soap base in the microwave and add purple dye and flavor to it. The more dye you put in, the more saturated the color will turn out.

On the frozen previous layer, pour a purple base. Before this, the hard layer must be scratched and sprinkled with alcohol. This is necessary so that they stick together better. It is necessary to pour in such a way that there is enough space in the form for the last layer. We leave the purple layer to dry, but for now we are preparing the next layer.

The last layer will be red. To do this, melt the soap base in the microwave and add red dye and fragrance to it. Do not forget to scratch the bottom layer and sprinkle with alcohol.

Everything, on this original heart-shaped soap is ready, you can give it to your beloved girl or boyfriend. A handmade gift is always more expensive than a purchased one.

Do-it-yourself valentines with a paper butterfly

Here is such an elegant and original craft with a beautiful butterfly. It can also be used as a gift bag.

Print and transfer onto paper folded in half.

Of course, you can choose any color of the butterfly, in my case it is white and blue.

We make such cuts to the middle of the butterfly. In one half - from below, in the other - from above on both sides.

We assemble the structure - we “thread” two halves into these cuts, first on one side, then on the other.

Well, that's all, a do-it-yourself valentine with a butterfly is ready! I think it would look nice in red and white too.

Cut out as shown in the photo.

And we assemble the structure by threading the curls of the spiral into each other.

The history of valentines

Valentine's Day belongs to the ancient holidays, so it has acquired a whole range of stories related to the traditions of this celebration.

The appearance of written valentines is usually attributed to the 15th century. However, it is impossible to say exactly who exactly became the author of the first such message. There is an opinion that the Duke of Orleans was the discoverer of this tradition, and it was in 1415.

During this period of time, the Duke was in captivity, and he greatly missed his familiar surroundings. Most of all, he yearned for his wife, and therefore began to create such postcards in which he sincerely described his high feelings for his wife. In the British Museum, you can still look at the very first Valentine, which gave rise to such a glorious and enduring tradition.

Another theory is that the first such postcard was found in 1477 in a British library. This valentine was written by a girl who asked her beloved to prove to her the sincerity of her feelings. In addition, she wrote that she would insist on a larger dowry if the man agreed to start a family with her. This postcard was purchased from a family of librarians in the distant thirties. However, it has only recently become public knowledge.

Valentines began to gain popularity closer to the 18th century. With the help of such cards, young people in love conveyed their feelings to each other. The residents of England experienced a great passion for writing these postcards; in this country, hearts were made from colored paper and also signed exclusively with colored ink.

The popularity of sensual cards has led people to become more and more serious about their creation, so messages in the form of an acrostic began to appear. In such a verse, the first letters of each line make up a certain word, often, it was the name of a beloved or beloved.

The card was cut out with scissors and decorated around the edges with tiny letters. Such a message could not leave indifferent. A special stencil was actively used to decorate them.

The first serial batch of love cards was released at the beginning of the 19th century. They were hand-drawn and presented in black and white. They did not make a big stir, nevertheless, no one canceled the progress, and soon colorful and bright postcards appeared.

All over the world, Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th. For many years, the main tradition of this holiday has been the presentation of valentines.

In addition to popular stories about the appearance of the main attribute of this holiday, there are also several less well-known ones. One of them tells how one minister of the church named Terni Valentine was sentenced to death. His fault was that, contrary to the emperor's ban on the marriage of soldiers, he entered into marriage alliances between soldiers and their lovers.

Thorny Valentine was a true minister of the church, but while waiting for his bitter fate, he experienced a truly wonderful feeling that connected all those couples he married at one time. Ternii Valentine sincerely fell in love with the daughter of the executioner, who was supposed to execute him.

On the day of the planned execution, Valentine wrote a beautiful and romantic letter to his beloved, as a signature he noted "from your Valentine." Already after the execution, he was called a martyr and he was considered another victim who suffered for the church.

February 14 was made Valentine's Day. The letter, written by a Christian martyr, has become a symbol and tradition of the main holiday of all the loving hearts of the world.

From the foregoing, it can be seen that there are quite a few theories about the appearance of valentines, but there is still something in common in these stories, each of them is permeated with a great feeling called love.

Love is the most beautiful feeling for which people did not spare their lives and went to great lengths to reunite loving hearts. Life is unpredictable and can have both pleasant and unpleasant turns, in order to survive all the hardships, you must definitely look for your love.

How to make such a souvenir - see here ..

It absolutely does not matter which story is true, what is much more important is that this holiday is very loved in all countries of the world. Especially the younger generation. And of course, everyone remembers the cute postcards that are the best congratulations on this day. Now young lovers often exchange virtual valentines.

Valentine's day traditions

It's time to move on to the traditions of Valentine's Day. In all corners of the world, people in love are waiting for this romantic holiday. It has existed for a very long time and over the years it has simply acquired various kinds of traditions.

Each country can boast of its own customs associated with this identity. Congratulations on Valentine's Day are not always limited to giving a Valentine card or going to a restaurant for romantic get-togethers. A large number of loving people seek to legitimize their relationship on February 14th.

1. In some countries, the representatives of the stronger sex present clothes to their ladies on Valentine's Day. If the gift is accepted, the woman gives her consent to the creation of a strong and loving family. Of course, the clothes are far from the original gift, however, the approach itself is very unusual.
2. An old story says that before any girl in love could approach the object of her feelings and ask him to become her husband. If the man refused, then he had to present a silk dress as a gift to the woman, and put on a silk belt with a heart strung on it. Now this tradition is not relevant, but all the same, brides and grooms try to show originality when choosing a gift.
3. A very interesting belief is that the first man a girl meets on Valentine's Day should be her Valentine. At the same time, the desire of the representative of the stronger sex is not particularly taken into account.
4. There is a sign that a girl who sees a robin on Valentine's Day is destined to marry a sailor. If the fair sex met a goldfinch, then the groom will be rich, and the met sparrow promises a happy life with a poor husband. In fact, an interesting prediction will be an original and unusual gift.
5. For more than one century, European young ladies have been writing their names on pieces of paper on Valentine's Day, and then putting them in a box. A man is invited to randomly pull out one piece of paper, thereby determining his companion for the coming year.

Video lessons

How to make a soft valentine with your own hands

How to make unusual postcards

Valentine's Day Card

The idea for a postcard for Valentine's Day using the Scrapbooking technique. Master Class

It should be noted that in terms of popularity, Valentine's Day is second only to the New Year and Christmas. Women are much more likely to buy valentines, accounting for 85% of all purchased cards. Please your halves and do not miss the old tradition - on February 14, you should definitely present your beloved Valentine.

These cute cards can be given as a gift on their own or combined with another gift. Often, the person who gives the card prefers to remain incognito, thus forcing the recipient to seriously suffer in guesswork.

I really hope that all the master classes presented here - how to make a valentine with your own hands, turned out to be useful and understandable for you.