Crafts are an amazing thing. You would be surprised at how excited kids get to sit down and make a big mess with glue, glitter, stickers, scissors, the works. A on-going project I had at my house for one of my younger brothers was a book he was making. I simply recycled a cereal box: cut one side panel out of the box and the top and bottom panels. Create a fold down the center of the other side panel and staple or fasten with string or yarn a notebook or a stack of computer paper. Then let them go crazy. I had all sorts of stickers from scrapbooking, coloring books he could cut people out of (as opposed to trying to draw people which can get tricky and frustrating), markers, crayons and all sorts of colored paper. It also helped him work on his writing skills (a secret bonus) as he would write the captions for each page in his story. The moral of this story? You can easily use up a few spare hours on a rainy day with something fun, practical (hello cutting skills) and educational... but they just think its fun! Note: Keep a wet washcloth on hand for those glue spills.
Candy Cane Hearts
Use the old candy canes from Christmas to make valentine hearts. Glue them with the hooks facing each other to make a heart. You could also glue them to a piece of fun foam with a picture in the middle and decorate with lace, pom-poms, buttons and sequins. $AVINGS TIP: Check out your local grocery stores for clearanced candy canes. Although your best bet, would be to try the dollar-esk stores first.
Vellum Card
Cut a shape out of cardstock. Cut a like shape out of velum paper. Write valentine message on cardstock. Cover with velum paper. Paper-punch 2 holes at the top. Tie together with narrow ribbon and give to sweetheart or friend.
Hand Made Wrapping Paper
Dip a heart shaped cookie cutter into a dish containing red paint. Make heart designs on a sheet of white or light pink paper. Use to wrap up your Valentines Day gifts.
Heart In Your Hands
Scan an adult hand into the computer-in the hand insert a heart (clip art). In the heart place a scanned photo of a child or other loved one with the saying "you carry my heart in your hands". Heat transfer image onto the article of your choice. i.e ties, t-shirts, napkins, boxers, handkerchiefs, etc.
Floral Lampshade
With a glue gun paste the tops of plastic flowers or roses on a lamp shade. This adds color and beauty to any room during Valentine's Day and beyond!.
Candy Box Frame
The little boxes that candy hearts come in. Empty the candy, and place a picture behind the little heart shaped window. Add magnetic tape and this makes a cute refrigerator magnet.
Card House
Make a Valentine house for your cards using cardstock. Cut out the sides with red. The roof with Black, and make shutters with pink with red hearts. Make the door pink with a red heart wreath on it! It would be a great box for your kids to take to school!
Candy Filled Heart
Draw a heart on white paper, cutout a second identical heart and decorate one side of the heart with glitter etc, then purchase heart shaped chocolates. Spread glue around the outside of the heart, leaving a space in the top in order to fill with candy. when dry, fill heart with candy and reseal.
Foam Heart
Cut out a photo frame from foam core board. Cover it with red velvet flocked paper. Embellish with various punched out hearts, fibers, buttons, glitter, etc.
Mousepad
Create a mousepad from a Valentine Scrapbook page. It will have an I Love You message that can be read and treasured all year long.
Gift Vouchers
I used different coloured paper to make vouchers for my loved one for various jobs and favours that I knew he would love. He simply 'redeemed' his vouchers with me for whichever item he wanted. It was a great gift that he loved.
Milk Carton Box
Heart shaped Chocolates in a heart shaped box made from an milk container. Cut the a 1L carton in half and cut the sides to make heart shapes. Make a handle with the left over bits. Paint it red or cover with red paper. Fill with chocolates.
Heart Mobile
Making a mobile out of love hearts from different scrap materials and textures.
Love Scrapbook
Save ticket tubs to places you go and take lots of pictures. We started running out of things to put in there. It turned out well though.
Valentines Wreath
Paint different sizes of wooden hearts pink, red and white. Write names of your kids, grandkids, whoever on the hearts. Add other painted hearts without names and glue them to a grapevine wreath. Add a valentine ribbon bow and a painted wood sign that says grandma's sweethearts or mom's sweetheart's.
Conversation Hearts
Cut out little red hearts and write on them a reason why you love your significant other. Place them all in a candy dish with a lid. On valentine's Day you special one will think that you have brought them candy. When they open the package they will find SWEET little notes telling them why they are your cupcake! They will savor each and every little morsel of love that you share with them!
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