Make a heartfelt Valentine for your sweetie with these homemade crafts.
Show your Valentine how much you care with a homemade Valentine’s Day card or gift.
We’re sharing our best DIY ideas to help you make the holiday extra special.
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Our homemade gift ideas are a thoughtful way to tell someone how you feel.
Decorated Gift Boxes
These perfume bottle-inspired candy boxes are a card and a gift all in one.
Use our free printable designs to dress up clear plastic boxes filled with your favorite pink or red candies.
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Hand these out to all your Galentines this year.
Valentine’s Day Love Wall String Art
Don’t fear string art.
It looks complicated, but it’s actually not.
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This funValentine’s Day decorproject comes together quickly (even if you do it with kids).
Choose lightweight wood as your base and paint or stain it in your color of choice.
Trace a heart shape using a pencil, and stencil the outline of theLOVEor another word.
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Tap in nails along the lines of the shape and the word you’ve chosen.
We spaced ours about 12 inch apart.
Be careful not to cross the letters.
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Fox Valentine
This foxy card starts with two paper hearts.
Because it only requires cutting and gluing, it’s a great craft for kids.
To make: Simply cut a large red heart and a small white heart from cardstock.
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Glue them together to form the face.
Add paper ears and a patterned tail.
Finish with black pom-poms on the face and add a sweet note.
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Galentine Gifts
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Dress up your sweetie’sGalentine’s Day giftwith these pretty heart toppers.
Simply shape your favorite cake pop recipe into hearts and dip in pink candy coating.
Pipe on a fun message.
Covered in Candy
Use ourfree printableto print out these sweet ‘love mail’ cards on plain cardstock.
Since the candies can be heavy, these are best for hand deliveries.
If you do decide to mail them, add an extra stamp.
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Instead, create your own design by stitching a word or image on the front of a blank card.
Then, write your own personal message inside.
We mixed white paint with different shades of pink to create a variety of color pairings.
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you could also cover the bottom with glitter spray paint.
The only DIY equipment you need is a hole punch for the top and bottom of the tag.
Then slide the straw through.
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Pair with afavorite drinkor aValentine’s Day drink recipe.
Use punches (available at crafts stores) to cut the hearts from different lightweight materials.
Glue the hearts onto a round wreath cut from cardstock (this keeps the decoration lightweight).
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Hang the wreath with ribbon.
Felt Heart Gift Topper
Wrap yourValentine’s Day giftwith extra flair.
A pair of hand-sewn felt hearts makes a gorgeous gift topper and doubles as a keepsake ornament.
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Stitch the hearts together using coordinating thread.
This heart craft for adults can be made in an afternoon and makes a unique Valentine’s Day gift.
Valentine’s Day Banners
Make a unique Valentine’s Day decoration without spending hours crafting.
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you’ve got the option to make these fun banners from supplies you probably have at home.
One banner is made with ribbon and playing cards (hearts only, of course).
The other uses paper doilies cut and twisted into X and O shapes.
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If you don’t have doilies, try white coffee filters.
Paper Heart Decoration
Cover a wall with these gorgeous paper heart decorations.
Simply fold colorful strips of paper into a heart and glue the sides together.
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Hang them from colorful ribbon for an easy Valentine’s Day decoration in no time.
Love Silhouette Valentine’s Day Card
The focus is on love with this simple silhouette card.
Fold a piece of white cardstock in half.
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Cut a heart template from scrap paper and lightly tape it to the front of the card.
(Don’t press down on the heart, because you’ll want to remove it later.)
Mist the front of the card with spray paint, then remove the template.
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Let the card dry.
Write “love” in cursive across the heart silhouette with a red paint pen.
Stamped Muslin Candy Bags
Give your loved one their favorite treat in a personalized muslin bag.
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Remove the cardstock and let it dry before you fill it with candy.
This is a great gift to make en masse for the office or for a Valentine’s Day party.
Paper Heart Garland
Easily craft this paper heart garland for a quick Valentine’s Day decoration.
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Trace and cut out seven hearts from different colors of cardstock or scrapbook paper.
Punch two holes about 1 inch apart in the center of each heart.
Thread a festive ribbon through the hearts and hang the garland from a mantel or mirror.
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Conversation Cookies
Thissweet Valentine’s Day giftcombines baking with crafting.
To make this project even easier, skip the cooking and purchasesugar cookiesinstead.
Bubble Valentine Tags
Kids will love this fun DIY project that makes the perfect classroom valentine.
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Personalized Mugs
These personalized mugs are made using permanent marker pens on plain white mugs.
To preserve your designs, bake at 350F for 30 minutes.
Add treats to your mug before you gift it.
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Cut two sizes of hearts from different colors and patterns of fabric.
Join the pairs using iron-on adhesive, which also makes them stiff enough to hang.
Punch small holes in the sides of the hearts and string them along red ribbon.
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Paper Heart Card
Making a pop-up Valentine’s Day card is easier than you think.
Once you’ve made a paper heart, you’re almost done.
Start with a blank greeting card and a slightly smaller piece of cardstock.
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Fold and cut the cardstock so that it makes a smaller insert.
Cut your heart from the middle of this layer, then cut a heart out of patterned paper.
Lay the cardstock heart layer on the blank card and secure with glue.
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Using glue dots, secure both sides of the colorful heart over the silhouette.
Glue the bookmark onto red wool felt and trim the edges with scallop-edge scissors.
If you like, punch a hole through the top and attach a loop of red embroidery thread.
Cut a heart from red felt and glue it on the front.
Cut two hearts from fabric.
Cut a square in a contrasting color.
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Sew a square to the top, leaving the top edge open.
Layer the pieces, right sides together.
Sew them together using a 14-inch seam allowance and leaving a 4-inch section unsewn.
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Turn the pillow right side out, stuff it with cotton batting, and whipstitch the gap closed.
Heart-Shaped Valentine Mailbox
Keep your cards together in a heart-shaped hanging.
Cut a large heart from red cardstock to use as your base.
Use a border punch to create decorative edges on narrow strips of patterned paper.
Glue those strips to a triangle of paper glued to the base (which forms your pocket).
Insert two eyelets in the base.
String ribbon through the eyelets to hang.
Use punches to create the shapes.
Glue the circles onto the card using foam dots for a 3-D look.
