How to make a large voluminous Valentine. Craft - do-it-yourself valentine made of paper, fabric: patterns, patterns. How to make a beautiful valentine with your own hands for mom, boyfriend, school? Handmade fabric valentines for Valentine's Day

How nice to receive on Valentine's Day, which is celebrated on February 14 and is dedicated to Valentine's Day, a small present in the form of a heart - the so-called "Valentine"! During my youth, such a holiday was unknown in Russia, and we gave gifts exclusively on February 23 - for boys, and on March 8 - for girls 🙂

But the wonderful holiday of St. Valentine, not tied to any political dates and official celebrations, quickly fell in love with many, and became very popular in our country. Give and receive valentines, notice the symbols of hearts everywhere and plunge into the atmosphere of general light insanity - why not?

Appeal to mothers and grandmothers!

If you are young in soul and body, if you are in love, give and accept signs of attention! If you are only young in soul, and the body no longer wants to fit into the atmosphere of a youthful holiday, spit on his grumblings and take glue and paper in your hands - is your body still capable of this ?! Make a beautiful and unexpected valentine with your own hands, show your children and grandchildren a master class, prove that there is still “gunpowder on our street”!

And even though there was no such holiday in our youth, we knew how to make handicrafts better than the current “generation of computer geniuses”. Hands remember!

Of course, you can buy a ready-made postcard. But is it so pleasant for both the giver and the one who receives the gift? After all, spending efforts, thinking about who you are preparing a gift for, creating a surprise with your own hands, you experience unique feelings of joy and anticipation - and this is the same, unique atmosphere of a REAL HOLIDAY!

Moreover, such an amazing thing as the World Wide Web offers us many options and ready-made solutions, even in the photo, even on the video, in step-by-step lessons and master classes, with a detailed description and demonstration of the result.

I have prepared such a selection for you today - choose the most interesting version of the Valentine for you and - forward, to creative success!

Do-it-yourself valentine envelope made of paper - we do it with children!

Such funny animals that give valentine hearts can be easily and simply made from plain paper, along with children - I think they will at least not be bored! After all, you can invent and create absolutely any animal - a bear cub, a kitten, a bunny, and even one that no one else has invented before 🙂 Show imagination in the image and accuracy in work - and you will get a wonderful original valentine in the form of an envelope with a secret message for the holiday February 14, and not only!

What to cook:

sheet of cardboard or thick white paper
red paper for a heart
glue
colored pencils or markers or paints
scissors, ruler, pencil

Take a regular sheet of thick paper or white cardboard.
Bend in half, make a fold.
Make a cut along the fold with scissors - we get 2 blanks for our valentines.
Lay out the rectangle as in the photo. Mark with a ruler with a simple pencil 2.5 cm from the vertical edge two points and connect them with a line.
Do the same on the other side. It turns out, a kind of field of 2.5 cm wide.
Now, from above, set aside a line in this way 5 cm from the top edge, putting two points and connecting them with a line.
Everything above the line will be the muzzle of our character. On the side, you need to outline two semicircles - paws with which he will hold the envelope. Draw the paws below the horizontal line, stepping back from it by about 1 cm. Down
Here is such a muzzle and paws of the future dog turned out on a sheet.
We take scissors and carefully cut out all the contours along the lines of the pencil. If you are making a valentine with children, help them cut out difficult places - as in our example, the dog's ears.
We bend the lower part up - corner to corner. We paint the pencil muzzle with colored felt-tip pens or pencils. You can also make an application from colored paper - here only your imagination will tell you how best.
We bend the paws on top and draw claws on them.
From a piece of red paper, cut out a heart of any size you like, and glue it in the center. Be sure to use red - it's traditionally happened on Valentine's Day - for some reason, hearts are always red or pink.
Now we will make an imitation of an envelope - we will draw diagonal lines from the corners to the heart.
Open our valentine envelope and draw lines for writing inside our gift with a colored pencil or felt-tip pen.
You can draw a few hearts - it will be even more interesting. Well, do not forget to write the message itself - after all, any Valentine is a declaration of Love and Friendship!
Here are some funny little animals you can create. Colored parts can be painted or glued with an additional layer of paper of the desired color.

Do-it-yourself volumetric paper valentine - 3D hearts for Valentine's Day.

Very beautiful, voluminous valentine card with 3d hearts. The postcard is beautiful, but quite difficult for possible beginners due to the numerous folds and slots - everything needs to be done carefully, so immediately make sure your hands are clean, press the paper not with your fingers, but with a plastic handle of scissors or another object. You will have to tinker, but we will definitely cope with you, because we have step-by-step photos of the whole process!

To make it, we need to take:

2 sheets of beautiful red paper for hearts
2 sheets of white cardboard (heavy paper) of a standard size
black marker or felt-tip pen for tracing hearts
strips with rhinestones on sticky tape for decoration
a simple pencil, ruler, scissors, double-sided tape (but glue is also possible)

We fold each sheet of cardboard in half, precisely combining the corners so that there is no skew.
We will set aside one cardboard box, we will work with the second - with the base. Lay the folded sheet with the fold toward you and measure a 4 cm high line that is 3.5 cm from the edge. We symmetrically make the same line on the other side. The incision is made exactly along these lines.
Now we remove the concept of two-dimensional space from our heads and move on to volumetric 3D modeling - we bend the fold between the two slots in the other direction. You should get such a design, as in the photo below.
This is the outer side, and on the inner side (open our postcard, as you open a book) - it turns out such a step. Did you manage? Wait to rejoice, it's still flowers!
Now let's wrap our step inside the postcard and close it by going to the outside. From the outside, our postcard should look like this. Now we must do a similar procedure with the inner fold of the postcard - set aside from the edges of the fold 2 cm inwards and 3 cm upwards.
We make cuts again along the marking lines.
To make it easier to bend the sheet in this place, attach the ruler to the ends of the cuts and wrap the sheet on the ruler, iron the fold line.

Now open the postcard again and redirect our fold in the opposite direction - to again get a ledge-step on the inside of the postcard.
Do this on the other side - now we should have 3 steps.
At this stage, it would be possible to stop already, but we are not looking for easy ways. Let's take another step! Along the inner fold, we again set aside the markup for the last cut - 2 cm from the edge and up.
But we will cut through only one upper fold (and not the entire thickness!).
Thus, we have another upper small step. Phew, you can exhale, then everything will go much easier!
We take our first cardboard box - it will be the outer, front side - we need to attach our “stepped” model to it. It is convenient to do this with double-sided tape, but you can also use ordinary glue - the main thing is not to pour a lot of it so that our valentine does not wrinkle or warp. We glue both parts and get a smooth cover on the outside and a stepped design inside the valentine. Now you need to decorate it with hearts.
Let's make a heart template - best of all 3 different sizes. Two or three large hearts, many medium and two or three small ones.
Outline our pencil sketches of hearts with a black marker and cut them out with scissors.
Now is the time to show your artistic abilities - beautifully and highly artistically, with the taste of a true designer, you need to scatter our hearts on different levels so that it looks beautiful. If you can’t trust your taste, do it exactly according to the photo, perhaps it will be fine.
It is very convenient to attach hearts to pieces of double-sided tape, but you can also use glue.
Well, this is how it all looks. Everything already looks elegant, but there is no limit to perfection - let's do the last part of the design - decorate with strips of rhinestones.

Here we have such a “heart-strass” splendor! True, there was no place left for text congratulations, but with such an abundance of red hearts, words would probably already be superfluous! What do you think?

“Heart in the palms” is a very simple and quick paper valentine. Can be done with children.

What materials are needed:

red and white paper
glue, pencil, ruler, scissors
pink or red pencil (felt pen)
needle and thread

We take our (or someone else's!) hand with the thumb pressed, put it on a piece of paper and circle it. Cut out the hand stencil.
We bend thick white paper (or cardboard) in half and lay our stencil on the fold line so that the “little finger” is along this line. We cut everything to the fold so that the card can open like a book.
From red, double-sided dyed paper, cut out the same squares, about 6 cm each side. On one of them we make a diagonal fold and draw a half of a heart. This will be our template.
We also bend the remaining squares, fold them one by one and, applying a template, cut out hearts.
We sew the resulting stack of hearts with a fold in the middle onto the inside of the fold of our “palms”, leave a knot of thread on the side of the hearts. Then we will close it.
Glue the halves of the hearts to the palms with glue.
We also glue together the two halves of the uppermost heart, at the same time hiding the traces of stitching.
We circle the “palms” with a pink felt-tip pen, not forgetting to paint on the details inside - folds and lines on the fingers. All! Our voluminous paper valentine is completely ready - you can give your loved one your heart in your palms!

Making this valentine is very simple, but there are some tools that will need to be prepared. In particular, it is difficult to do without a hole punch - to create the same even holes, and special curly scissors, since cutting all these waves by hand on many details is not at all interesting and cannot be done exactly - but the sameness of details and accuracy are important here.

We will need:

pink and white paper
acrylic paints (yellow and white)
glue
green pencil or marker
round head pin
a piece of pretty ribbon
hole puncher
curly scissors

So let's get started!

We “clone” the heart template of the size we need to the number of 7 pieces from a sheet of pink paper.
Glue a pink heart on a larger white sheet.
With the help of curly scissors, we make a beautiful edge treatment, so that a white wavy outline appears around the pink heart, reminiscent of braiding when sewing.
We need 7 pieces of such blanks.
Each heart needs to be decorated with daisies. To do this, take a pin with a round head and, dipping it in yellow paint, draw the centers of the flowers - 3 daisies, as in the photo below. Around each middle, draw white petals in the same way.
With a green pencil we add leaves - two for each flower.
We make neat holes in each heart with a hole punch. We pass a piece of festive ribbon through them.
We tie a bow and cut exactly the edges with sharp scissors.
Our gentle valentine with chamomile mood is ready. It remains to write on the reverse side of the first heart the name of the object of our donation, and on the remaining ones - your wishes, and everything that you would like to convey in words.

Exquisite valentine using the scrapbooking technique - Master class with step-by-step photos.

This is what a closed valentine card looks like.

Turning the paper lever, we open our postcard and there we see a surprise message.

To make this stunningly beautiful and sophisticated valentine, we will need materials that are sold in craft stores or scrapbooking departments (in bookstores). There you can always find all the necessary parts, accessories and tools. It is good that now all this can be ordered directly through online stores.

What to cook:

pink and white paper for scrapbooking (can be used for watercolor, or other thick paper)
semi-beads on a sticky basis
artificial flowers for scrapbooking
piece of lace, piece of lace
rivet with split ends - brads (these are stud buttons with a flat flexible forked leg made of soft metal)
glue and glue gun (can be replaced with colorless superglue)
curly and regular scissors

When everything you need is prepared - the process of creating a valentine heart will not cause us any problems - everything is quite simple.

Cut out a heart template of the shape and size we need from plain white paper.
According to the template, cut out a heart from pink thick paper.
Tint the edges of the heart with a slightly pink pencil, of a darker shade, to visually darken the border.
From red thick paper with a template applied to it, using curly scissors, cut out the blank. Cut out so that the wavy edge protrudes beyond the edge of our template size.
We glue a pink heart on a red blank with a curly edge.
Cut out a rectangle from red paper and glue it on top of the pink layer.
Now cut out a slightly smaller rectangle from white paper and glue it on red.
And on the corner we will glue another small red heart. Our blank number 1 is ready.
Now we will transfer the heart template to red paper with a pencil, but we will not cut it out yet. Our task is to make another red heart, a little smaller than our template. To do this, manually draw another one inside the pencil contour - a little less. On it we will make a crop. This will be the second piece.
This is how it should look like when applying the second blank to the first.
For the second heart, you need to make a decoration-bouquet. Let's start with the ribbon - make two loops and glue them together at the base.
From the lace braid we will make one larger loop and place it at the base, on the bottom layer. Glue this beauty on a heart - place it not in the center, but a little asymmetrically, as done in the photo below.
Now we need 3 flowers. If there is a stalk, cut it off at the very root. Attach three flowers to the base of our decoration on the glue gun, covering the cut and fastening points of the braid.
We transfer one half-bead to our heart, gluing them along the edge of the heart.
Now we cut out a “lever” from pink paper - cut a strip of paper in the shape of an arrow, cutting off the corners. Glue on the back side of our second blank.
We combine both blanks and with a sharp knife we make a small hole at the base of the heart.
Pick up our rivet and insert the legs into the hole from the front side.
On the reverse side, spread the legs of the brads to the sides and press firmly against the paper.
So that these legs do not stand out, we close them with an application in the shape of a small red heart.
Check how our "mechanism" works - the top heart should move easily over the bottom, revealing to us a secret message ... Which still needs to be managed to be written on a small piece of white paper. But that's a completely different story... 🙂

Valentine card with moving rainbow hearts - Master class on video.

The fastest and easiest valentine in 2 minutes!

If you “slept through” the whole of February and realized it only on the 14th, when it’s too late to prepare surprises, and you definitely need to give something .. catch a simple way - How to quickly and easily make a valentine out of paper with your own hands in just 2 minutes. This video clip has been going on for exactly that long, and by repeating all the simple steps behind it, you will definitely cope!

Here are the hearts you can draw yourself or download as ready-made templates.

Download stencils of hearts of different sizes (for cutting out of paper) from the link below - they can be printed on any printer, they are selected in the large size you need for printing.

Tricky question!

PS. Please share in the comments examples of your valentines - what did you give or did yourself, and what did you give? And, by the way, I have had an unresolved question for a long time - what is more pleasant - to give gifts yourself or to receive them from other people? How do you think?

Nothing is appreciated by our loved ones like our attention and care. A beautiful handmade Valentine's card for February 14 will tell your loved one about your feelings. Of course, you can always buy a ready-made postcard, simply putting a hand-painted on a ready-made factory stamp. However, an original, handmade valentine will simply melt the heart of your loved one. To make such a gift, you do not need very expensive materials. Paper, paints, markers, beads, ribbons and glue will be enough - the main thing is that you have enough patience and accuracy. You can also make a valentine together with your children - your beloved brothers, sisters, grandparents. You probably want to give a friend or soul mate something unusual, for example, a voluminous valentine with your own hands. Here you will find the most unexpected, albeit very simple ideas for making mini postcards. Step-by-step master classes will help you make a pleasant surprise for a friend or loved one.

A simple do-it-yourself paper valentine with children - A master class on making a postcard for February 14 with step-by-step photos

Making the simplest Valentine, you will spend no more than half an hour. Be sure that your gift for February 14 will take pride of place on the shelf of a person dear to your heart. The simplest postcard for Valentine's Day is a sheet of multi-colored cardboard folded in half, signed with words about love and fidelity. However, we want to offer you something more original and elegant, but still just as easy to make. Having decorated a sheet of cardboard folded in half with bright hearts, you will get a wonderful Valentine.

Materials for an original paper valentine with paper hearts

To make an original valentine decorated with hearts, you will need:

Cardboard white and red;
Simple pencil;
colored paper;
PVA glue or glue stick;
Scissors;
Sequins, beads, beads, jewelry.

Instructions for making a valentine with paper hearts with a photo step by step

How to make a paper valentine with kids - Step by step tutorial on how to make a stencil

A very unusual, but easy-to-make valentine, created using a stencil. By applying a stencil in the shape of hearts or a flower to the base, you will create a funny, romantic background for the card - a ligature of silhouettes of drawings. Make some of these cute presents with your children for February 14th.

Materials for children's paper valentine

To make unusual valentines made using a stencil with your own hands, you will need quite a few materials, a little patience and freedom of imagination.

You will need:

Thick paper of different colors;
Simple pencil;
Glue stick;
PVA glue;
Scotch;
Spray paint (aerosol);
Watercolor or acrylic paints;
felt-tip pens;
Decorations.

Master class with step-by-step photos on making a stencil valentine with children

Do-it-yourself voluminous valentine from corrugated paper and napkins "Bouquet of roses" - Step-by-step master class with a photo

Do-it-yourself voluminous valentine looks very unusual. Such a "3D" postcard will be a pleasant surprise for your loved one on February 14th. If the idea of decorating a homemade valentine with a bouquet of corrugated paper roses or even napkins seems complicated to you, the detailed instructions of the master class for making it will dispel all your doubts: it's easy to do!

Materials for a voluminous homemade valentine

You will need:

Corrugated paper or multi-colored table napkins;
PVA glue;
Green cellophane;
felt-tip pens;
Pencils.

Do-it-yourself voluminous valentine from corrugated paper or napkins - step by step photos O

Original do-it-yourself valentines - The coolest postcards for February 14

Try to make something more original - it is not necessary to repeat the creations of other people. For example, lay out a heart or a flower from coffee beans, attaching them to paper with glue, or even give your soul mate a picture of coffee in a frame on Valentine's Day.

Decorate a postcard for February 14 with multi-colored voluminous hearts made from “petals” of paper. Give such a surprise to your soulmate.

What can you say about such an unexpected Valentine? Its size is only limited by your imagination!

How to make a valentine with your own hands

First you need to decide on the material for the Valentine. The most affordable and easiest option is colored paper. But you can get more creative with your Valentine and try making it out of fabric, wood, plastic, or clay. For decoration, you can use rhinestones, beads, multi-colored pebbles, lace, fresh flowers.

After you have chosen the material, you need to think about the shape of the valentine. Most often choose cards in the form of a heart - a symbol of love. But if you have already decided to be original, then you can make a valentine in the form of a candy, a pair of doves, an appetizing cupcake, a voluminous flower. Do not hold back the flight of your imagination, and romantic feelings will tell you what exactly your ideal Valentine should be.

Beautiful valentines do it yourself

We offer you some ideas for beautiful handmade valentines.

DIY valentine: button heart

You will need:

small and medium buttons in red, pink, white
colored cardboard or thick paper
scissors
thin red ribbon
simple pencil

Step-by-step instruction

Take a piece of cardboard and fold it in half like a booklet.
On the front side of the card, draw the outlines of the heart with a simple pencil. As you may have guessed from the name, we will fill it with buttons.
Carefully lay out the heart with buttons planted on glue. Let the glue dry.
Glue pieces of tape around the edges of the card, making a frame.

Handmade valentine: voluminous hearts

You will need:

colored paper or pieces of gift wrapping
red cardboard
scissors
beads

Step-by-step instruction

Cut out 4-5 hearts of different sizes from colored or gift paper. They should be the same in shape, but differ literally 1–1.5 cm in diameter.
Fold a sheet of cardboard in half and carefully cut a large heart out of it. It must be connected on one side to make a postcard.
Fold the colored paper hearts in half, pattern inside.
Glue the largest heart on the front of the card first. Apply glue only to the middle of the workpiece so that you can bend the edges.
On top of the first heart, stick a smaller one in diameter, also leaving the edges free. Then repeat the procedure with the remaining blanks. You should get a voluminous multi-colored heart.
Decorate the card with beads and rhinestones attached with glue.

You can find even more ideas for creating DIY valentines in the video below.

Valentine's Day, as you know, is celebrated on February 14th. It is also called Valentine's Day and give valentines - small cards in the form of hearts. However, a Valentine's card looks quite simple, but a hand-made heart, decorated in an original way, will surely delight the recipient.

Valentine cards can be made with your own hands from any materials, for example, cut out of felt and decorated with beads, ribbons, lace. The scrapbooking technique is widely used to decorate valentines. Below we have collected interesting options on how to make a valentine with your own hands and what materials to use for this.

SOFT VALENTINE HEART IN FELT OR WOOL

A handmade woolen heart will surely please your loved one. Also, such a valentine can be a great interior decoration for Valentine's Day. For work we need:

a piece of red or pink felt (the size depends on the desired result) or an old cashmere sweater, which, by the way, can be bought at any second-hand store;
cereals for filling: rice, barley, barley or buckwheat;
needle and thread;
paper heart template;
scissors;

The order of work is as follows:

It is necessary to cut out a blank heart from paper, using it as a pattern, attach it to felt or wool and cut out 2 parts. Then the two halves are sewn along the edges, but not completely - you need to leave a hole through which the valentine is turned inside out and filled with cereal. The filled valentine must be sewn with a hidden seam. Everything - your Valentine is ready!

Similar soft hearts can also be sewn from any other fabric with a romantic pattern. And as a filling, use a synthetic winterizer or holofiber.

PAPER BOOK-VALENTINE OWN HANDS

In any Valentine, a wish or a declaration of love is always written down. What if one valentine isn't enough? Then you can make a whole valentine book out of paper, especially since it won’t take much time.

To work you need:

colored paper (4 sheets of A5 format);
scissors;
pencil;
glue.

The order of work will be as follows:

Put together 4 sheets of A5 colored paper, draw a double outline of the heart and cut it out as shown in the picture).

Then strips are cut out of colored paper to wrap the outer heart.

The inner heart turned out in the form of a book where you can write down congratulations and confessions.

HEARTS FROM DISPOSABLE PAPER PLATES

Who said that disposable plates are boring, but with a little imagination and using improvised materials, they can be turned into cute hearts that can be used to decorate a room or give to someone. In addition, when working with scissors and felt-tip pens, the baby develops fine motor skills of the hands.

For work we need:

disposable paper plates (can be colored, can be white);
red, magenta and black markers;
colored paper;
scissors;
glue (you can use a pencil).

The order of work is as follows:

A heart of any shape is cut out from the bottom of a disposable plate. Strips of about 5-7 mm wide are cut from colored paper and of such length that they block the cut hole in the plate. The more flowers, the better. Using glue, glue the multi-colored strips in a chaotic manner as shown in the figure.

The resulting hearts can be hung as a room decoration, or you can give it as a Valentine.

LIVE VALENTINE ENVELOPES FROM PAPER

Try to make these cute valentine envelopes with emotions with your baby. Smiling, cheeky, surprised - they are all so different! To work, you will need the following tools:

colored paper (pink, red, other romantic colors);
markers;
scissors;
White paper.

Operating procedure shown in the picture:

Then circles of white paper are glued onto this envelope. on which eyes and a mouth are drawn. Valentine's expressions can be very different - from smiles to gloomy faces.

Hello friends!

The New Year and Christmas holidays have passed. And before we had time to relax, as not far off a new holiday - Valentine's Day. It is celebrated on February 14 all over the world.

And although this day is not supposed to be a day off at work, it can be celebrated at home after work.

There are several legends and myths about the origin of this holiday. The most common of them is about the holy martyr Valentine, who lived in the third century in Rome. Then the Roman emperor Claudius II forbade men to marry, so that they would not be burdened with a family and would fight better. But the priest Valentine took pity on the unfortunate lovers and secretly married everyone who came to him for help.

The emperor found out about this and put Valentine in prison. He was sentenced to death on 14 February. In prison, he met the jailer's daughter Julia. The priest Valentine fell in love with the girl and before his death wrote her a declaration of love on paper - a Valentine. The girl read it after the death of the priest.

Valentine - in most cases, these are postcards in red and pink tones and in the form of hearts, which symbolize passionate feelings, a declaration of love or a romantic congratulation.

Whether the beautiful legend is true or not, now it’s impossible to find out. But it is known that the first valentines appeared in England in the 18th century and the holiday was fixed as "Valentine's Day".

In Russia, this secular holiday originated in the 90s of the last century. Couples in love on this day arrange romantic evenings, give each other presents expressing love and tender feelings.

Today, almost every store sells goods that symbolize tender passions and love in the form of beautiful hearts: mugs, postcards, sweets. But there is nothing better than giving your loved one a postcard or a heart made by yourself.

Today's article:

DIY paper valentines

The easiest way to make hearts is to make them out of paper or cardboard. Such materials are always in the house, and even a child will cope with the work.

Option number 1. Hearts in a jar

To do this, cut out small shapes in the form of a heart from colored paper. We write a confession on each piece of paper and fold them in half so that the text is inside. We take a transparent, clean and dry jar, put postcards there and close the lid. The lid of the jar can be decorated with a bright ribbon.

Option number 2. From colored cardboard

This is one of the easiest ways to make a Valentine's Day present - cut out these cute figures and hang them around the house.

Option number 3. Boxes

Any small gift can be packed into one of these funny boxes. It is easy to make these according to the scheme. It is enough to print on the printer and transfer to thick cardboard. Then cut and fold around the edges to make a box.

Option number 4. Volumetric postcards

A beautifully made postcard will always bring joy to your loved one. It will help to make a declaration of love and tender feelings. By the way, your feelings can be expressed in poetry or song.

And below are templates for the background of postcards. You just need to print them on a color printer and make an interesting postcard.

And this option of congratulations, I think, will be appreciated by everyone.

How to make a chocolate valentine

A pleasant surprise can also be delicious. And even if your beloved half eats it, you will still have pleasant and tender impressions.

How easy and simple it is to make a chocolate gift - me. Making such chocolate figurines is absolutely not difficult and is obtained by all beginners.

Beautiful chocolate heart.

Ice Valentine

Such a congratulation can definitely surprise anyone. Although the present does not last long, it will bring great joy and help express your love.

For its manufacture, we take any mold in the form of a heart. We fill it with dry or fresh flowers, plants, fill it with water and put it in the freezer to freeze.

At the appointed time, we take it out, pull it out of the mold and hand it to our dearest half. Well, we rejoice with her in an unusual gift.

Valentines from improvised materials

We make simple hearts with our own hands from felt. To do this, cut out 2 identical figures from felt and sew on a sewing machine. We put a synthetic winterizer inside so that the product is voluminous.

Here the product is sheathed with floss threads.

You can sew an ordinary heart and sheathe it beautifully with beads or beads. Such valentines are quite useful as key rings and they will always remind you of the love of the giver.

And here is an interesting option made of felt and beads on sticks. Very good to use as bookmarks. Or just put in a vase for decoration on your desktop.

And here we cut out a heart from cardboard and wrap it around the contour with floss threads or woolen red or pink threads. A beautiful cozy and soft product can be hung in any conspicuous place. It looks very good if you make and hang 2 or 3 of these figures together.

Living valentine made of flowers

Here, too, everything is simple. We cut out a figure from thick cardboard and glue fresh flowers (these can be small roses) onto the cardboard very tightly to each other.

This is where a glue gun comes in handy. And you won’t get your hands dirty and prepare a gift.

Wooden valentines

Original wooden hearts smell deliciously like fresh wood. Such templates can be bought at almost any needlework and hobby store, and then painted in colors. Or you can not color it, but simply write a declaration of love by hand and hang it on a chain. It will look like an eco-friendly keychain.

All additional materials: a hook, carnations, a lock and a chain are also sold in needlework shops.

Plywood hearts.

And such a little thing can be made from corks from wine bottles or from the same sawn tree branches.

It is enough to glue them to each other. Then you can use it as a hot plate or as an interior decoration.

Soap valentines

Ready-made kits for making soap at home are easy to buy. As well as suitable for the occasion molds in the form of hearts.

A little work and a great gift that smells delicious and looks beautiful is ready. It will definitely bring a lot of joy and pleasure.

Natural herbal soap also rejuvenates.

Video: matchbox valentines

Finally, another interesting idea is cute postcards for Valentine's Day from simple matchboxes.

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Most lovers make valentines with their own hands from paper. There are many ways to make a valentine with your own hands from a variety of materials - cardboard, salt dough, felt, and even sweets.

The history of the most romantic holiday - Valentine's Day

Whether it was true or not, the legend of the cruel emperor Claudius remained forever, who saw a warrior in every young man, and not a family man, and therefore imposed a strict ban on marriages.

But love will always find a way: even on the battlefield, lovers were able to unite in sacred bonds thanks to the holy father Valentine. He married many happy couples before he was exposed and put to death. And no matter how many years have passed since then, his name is not forgotten. Every year, Valentine's Day, or Valentine's Day, is celebrated in honor of this priest.

And in memory of the messages that Valentine himself conveyed to his beloved, on this day all lovers send each other symbolic declarations of love - valentines.

Postcard with a heart and roses

You can just cut a heart out of it. And you can make this heart part of a postcard by decorating it with impromptu rosebuds. Roses are cut out of paper rolled into a tube.

Glue the roses on the base - a heart.

We decorate the card with twisted green paper elements. A beautiful card for Valentine's Day with roses is ready!

Heart shaped paper valentine

From paper, you can make a very beautiful card in the shape of a heart. To do this, we need blanks as in the photo.

We glue on a red openwork heart pink. On the reverse side, you can also glue a red heart just like a mirror (this will add volume to the craft).

Glue a congratulatory inscription.

Glue the frame and a small heart on the side. Do-it-yourself valentine is ready!

You can make a real beautiful card for Valentine's Day. To do this, we decorate another red heart and attach it to our valentine using a special rivet (it can be found in scrapbooking kits)

Valentine's card with palms and a heart with your own hands

This valentine with palms will be a very gentle touching gift. We glue two layers of white and purple paper so that the purple layer protrudes slightly beyond the white.

We cut out a heart from red paper and fold it with an accordion.

Glue a heart and flowers to the palms. We glue a congratulatory inscription or a declaration of love at the bottom.

You can decorate a paper heart in an even more original way - with miniature chrysanthemums, which are easily made from cut paper strips. We cut pink paper into strips and make cuts along one of the edges. We wind the strip on a stick, fixing the tip with glue.

We straighten the ends a little - we get a delicate pink flower. We make a lot of these flowers.

We cut out a heart from red paper and decorate it with our flowers. Inside there can be a congratulation and a declaration of love!

Heart - valentine with roses

We cut out a heart from red cardboard and make holes along the edges. We sew the edge of the heart with a ribbon.

Cut out a circle from yellow paper. We twist it and fasten it with a stapler according to the model.

Glue the stems, leaves and flowers onto the heart. We decorate the lower part with a ribbon. We get a chic valentine with flowers.

Cardboard and rhinestone valentines

Cardboard valentines look even more original and thorough, especially those decorated with glue rhinestones and sequins. We cut out hearts from thick cardboard and color them.

When the paint dries, glue beautiful large rhinestones.

Hearts can be made in any color scheme. We will get a very simple and bright valentine.

Valentine's card from sequins

You can make an ordinary paper heart fabulously beautiful by gluing bright shiny sequins on it.

You can cover the entire surface of a paper heart with sequins - this will make it elegant and airy.

And you can also make a decoration in the form of a valentine for February 14: with your own hands you just need to glue a stick - a holder to a finished or home-made heart.

We get a very beautiful decoration in the shape of a heart.

No less original idea - multi-layered valentines made of thin papyrus paper. It is enough to cut several identical hearts.

Lay them in a pile and sew in the center.

We straighten our voluminous hearts. Ready! You can tie threads to them and use them as decorations.

A valentine's card looks even more interesting - a souvenir made of beads and beads. For our heart, we used beads and chenille wire.

We string the first bead and fix it with a knot.

We string the remaining beads one at a time and fasten the ends of the chenille wire. We bend the wire in the form of a heart.

Salt dough lovers can take it as the basis of their hearts. Knead the salt dough and roll it out. Cut out hearts using cutters.

Dry the hearts in the oven.

Color the hearts with red paint.

While the paint is not frozen, sprinkle the hearts with red sparkles.

Salt dough valentines easily turn into pendants and key chains.

Watch how to make a valentine heart from salt dough in the video:

And from corrugated paper and foam, you can make a voluminous heart decorated with ribbons. Cut out the base of the craft from foam.

We decorate the base with corrugated paper. Using double-sided tape, glue along the edges of the ribbon and ribbon.

It can be an excellent base for sweets. We also fix it on the heart with double-sided tape. We got a wonderful decoration and a delicious gift for Valentine's Day.

Watch how to make a candy valentine in the video:

Valentines made in the popular scrapbooking technique look very interesting. Cut out a heart folded in half from colored scrapbooking paper. We glue on it an openwork red snowflake and a pattern with a heart.

We glue the figure of an angel and decorate the composition with paper flowers and ribbon.

You can use those materials and inscriptions that you have available. The main thing in scrapbooking is layering.

An alternative to them can be quilling hearts that will decorate any postcard. From special paper ribbons for quilling we twist colored rolls.

We have rolls on a cardboard base in the shape of a heart.

We glue our heart on the base of the postcard, cardboard folded in half. We supplement the card with flowers, lace, a heart and a congratulatory inscription. These little decor items can be found at an art and hobby store.

See how to make a quilling valentine pendant:

Felt valentines

Felt is one of the most favorite materials for creativity. Felt valentines are very tender and touching. To make valentines, we cut out two large identical hearts and one smaller heart from colored felt.

We process the edges of a small heart with stitches and decorate it with decorative stitches and a button. We sew it to a big heart. We also decorate a large heart with stitches and beads. Next, we sew two large hearts together, leaving a small hole. We fill the heart with padding polyester and sew up the hole.

We get very beautiful felt valentines with a pattern.

A very original valentine can be made from wire and beads. For work, we need an easily bending wire of medium thickness. It is most convenient to work with wire with the help of small pliers.

For those who want to turn a Valentine into a real gift, there is such an option as a topiary. It can be a simple topiary in the form of a voluminous cardboard heart planted in a flower pot. To make such a topiary, we glue or sew several hearts in the center. We straighten them and fasten them to the rod. We decorate the rod with leaves and ribbon.

Pour alabaster into a decorative pot or plastic glass and fix the rod in it. You can fix the rod in the pot with plasticine or modeling mass.

We decorate the bottom in a pot with sisal. We get a very effective gift for Valentine's Day.

Topiary with coffee hearts

Or maybe a more original product in the form of a voluminous coffee tree - a heart. For crafts, we need foam hearts. We paint them brown and glue them with threads and coffee beans.

Pour gypsum into a small flower pot and insert curved branches into it. We are waiting for the plaster to dry and the branches to be firmly fixed in the pot.

We fix hearts on the top of the branches. It remains to decorate the topiary with bows. A very elegant gift for Valentine's Day - ready!

Whatever idea you focus on, remember the main thing: this valentine will always be the best for its addressee, because it will retain a piece of your love and warmth.

Valentine's card can be decorated with another symbol of Valentine's Day - an angel.

Drawing "angel"

Do-it-yourself valentines on video:

Beautiful valentine with flowers with your own hands (mobile):

Valentine's card with a surprise:

DIY Valentine card reviews:

I like the idea of making a valentine with sweets... You can do it with chocolates too) (Alexandra)