The approach of Valentine's Day awakens romantic notes in our souls, which we may be trying to muffle. After all, the pragmatism of the world around us sets us up for a practical approach to life. But despite all our commercialism, on the eve of Valentine's Day, we suddenly begin to enthusiastically look for a gift for a loved one, come up with touching words of congratulations, and even make crafts. DIY valentines. And who's to say it's not wonderful?

This custom came to us from the Middle Ages, when lovers began sending sweet cards to their loved ones for Valentine's Day. It all started with a note sent in 1415 from a London prison, or rather from the Tower, by Duke Charles of Orleans to his wife. It is she who is recognized in the world as the first valentine greeting card. And today, on Valentine’s Day, they still give each other valentines in the shape of hearts, on which sincere declarations of love, marriage proposals, and sometimes just jokes are written. The Italians, among other things, call this February day nothing more than Sweet Day, when lovers exchange gifts in the form of sweets and candies. But they also send valentines by mail in pink envelopes without instructions return address. But among the Danes it is customary to send white dried flowers to each other. For the Spaniards, the crown of passion is a love letter sent from carrier pigeons. Interestingly, this day is also celebrated in Japan, where on Valentine’s Day it is customary to give chocolate to all male colleagues, referred to as “office chocolate” (or “giri-choco”). This custom appeared somewhere in the seventies of the past, when a box of chocolates given to a man was compared to a declaration of love. And in recent years, Japanese women have developed a ritual of buying such candies on Valentine's Day as a gift to themselves or a friend. The new custom was called “friendship chocolate” (or “tomo-choko”), and also “chocolate for yourself” (or “jibun-choko”).

We are already talking about how to make valentines from buttons.

Before Valentine's Day, it's time to master the art of quilling.

It is customary for our lovers to give hearts in the form of postcards. Today it is fashionable to do very beautiful DIY valentines. All you have to do is have a desire - and everything will work out for you. Neither the scarcity of material nor the lack of skills will stop you: all this is needed in the very minimum quantity. And if you, moreover, know how to do something skillfully, then so much the better: make a heart out of wood, if you have experience working with this material, sew it out of fabric, if you can just hold a needle in your hands, bake it out of dough , if you like to cook. The custom of giving valentines has never limited anyone in choosing the type of card, the main thing is sincerity and diligence, and then everything will work out for you!

Probably everyone will be happy to receive such a wonderful postcard envelope.

You can make a Valentine's card from cardboard, rhinestones, beads and paper.

Here's a detailed master class for you.

The best Valentine is an edible Valentine. Make a box for her, following the tutorial below.

For example, a funny miracle Valentine can be made from an ordinary matchbox. This method allows you to leave a secret message of love inside the box, which can give your loved one a lot of positive emotions and smiles. After all, it is on this day that you so want to receive such a testimony of love as a gift from your loved one. And I really want to give my other half something as a keepsake, something that would warm his heart and simply do something pleasant. To make our valentine you will need, of course, a box of matches, as well as a sheet of thick colored paper for decorating the box, a sheet of paper for the congratulations itself, a knife (stationery), scissors, pencils and markers, a ruler, glue and decorations for decorating the valentine . There are several ways how to make a valentine with your own hands in the shape of a matchbox. The first is to cover the finished matchbox with a sheet of bright colored paper, decorate it with colorful ribbons, homemade flowers, buttons, beads, hearts and other cute trinkets. The second is to first make a box according to a ready-made template: transfer the diagram onto hard colored cardboard (A4) and cut out the pattern for the future valentine card. Then, using a ruler, you should bend the parts along the bend lines and fold the box, smearing the valves inside the box with glue and inserting them into the slots that appeared after folding the sides of the box. Now all that remains is to decorate the Valentine's card. And in the end, it’s just a matter of small things: finding what to put inside the box. For example, you can make a booklet. The simplest option may be a two-page book. You can make an accordion from several pages on which any drawings or inscriptions for Valentine's Day are applied. Another option is an eight-page book. How to fill it? Believe me: your heart will tell you!

You can glue white circles on black cardboard and end up with a beautiful Valentine's card.

This is how a heart box is made for Valentine's Day.

The simplest and most touching Valentine's card.

To make a booklet, you need to print a template from thick paper. The color is chosen according to your taste or made to match the Valentine's card. Then you need to make a book from separate sheets of paper and use a ruler to align all the edges and folds of the valentine. It is also important to be able to decorate the message with taste: paint it with cute hearts, flowers, decorate it with an elegant frame, write a congratulation and give this wonderful valentine to the person you really love.

Still wrapping gifts at the store? Forget about it. Download, print and make a heartfelt gift on February 14th.

Can be made original do-it-yourself valentines, using many other simple methods. So you can use thick double-sided paper or thin cardboard. First, a blank is cut out to the size of a standard postcard, for example, 14 × 20 centimeters, and folded in the middle. On thick paper or cardboard, preliminary embossing is done at the places of future folds using an empty pen and ruler. To decorate a Valentine's card, a blank is cut out into the inside of the card. Its shape, naturally, is in the shape of a heart. But there is also an incision made inside it, repeating the shape of the base. After this, embossing is done along the fold lines. Folds are made so that the valves and small heart turn inward, and on the small heart you can glue the same one, but from paper of a different color. The valves are lubricated with glue. The blank is glued so that its middle coincides with the fold of the postcard. To do this, you just need to put it in the center and press those areas where the valves are located, coated with glue. And, of course, the fields of the valentine card must be designed according to your wishes. This option can be diversified: make several of these voluminous opening hearts inside the card, decorate them with lace, tinsel and other tricks. You can use electronic elements with a touching melody. It would also be appropriate to make ties in the form of small bows from bright braid. Cardboard or leather “straps” for closing the postcard also look interesting. In general, the scope for imagination is simply limitless!

And for such a valentine it is worth mastering the quilling technique.

Prepare strips of paper.

Use scissors to cut out the heart.

Use a utility knife to cut out the center.

Twist strips of paper around a toothpick and place them inside the heart.

Now secure the composition with glue. Blot off any excess with a napkin.

Now let our valentine dry.

Decorate the composition with golden ribbon.

Using the Internet you can choose another one original way making a valentine with your own hands, a master class of which with step-by-step instructions and illustrative photographs will help in the process of work. Of course, even more convenient is a video with a full breakdown of the progress of work on the postcard. So, first, a blank for the Valentine is made and cut out of paper of the desired color. The dimensions of the inside of the postcard are 14 by 28 centimeters. The horizontal line of the pattern must be drawn so that it is exactly in the middle of the workpiece. The inscription "I love you" on English language after cutting through part of the side contours (and in hearts - the falling central part) it will appear against the background of the entire opening valentine. Oh, by the way: the word “love” and the dot over the “i” in the text have been replaced with hearts. And the fallen parts can be used when decorating other valentines or gift wrapping. Upon completion of cutting, you need to fold the liner along the lines previously embossed with an empty pen. The result will be a kind of folding bed, like children's books: the postcard will open and the drawing will become three-dimensional. But only the inner half of the card is prepared this way. It will also need to be glued to the base cover, for which a sheet of colored paper or cardboard measuring 32 by 16 centimeters is taken. Moreover, cardboard can be taken in any color, but it is important to take into account that it will become visible through the cut out inscription. The inner part is glued to the cover with glue or double-sided tape. It is also important to ensure that the middle fold matches exactly, otherwise the card will subsequently become difficult to open. The margins remaining at the edges can be beautifully trimmed using curly scissors, making them look more original. As for the cover itself and the inside of the valentine, they can be decorated as soon as you want, which largely depends on the person for whom it is intended.

But these valentine envelopes are suitable for a dinner party or just to give them to loved ones.

Cut out several envelopes from red cardstock according to the template.

Glue it together and don’t forget to write a few kind words.

To make non-standard DIY valentine hearts, you can even use springs on which cute fluttering wings are attached. For such a valentine you will need: thick paper for the base of the card, flexible wire with a diameter of half a millimeter, adhesive tape (double-sided) with a foam base and colored cardboard. First, a pattern is drawn based on the future postcard. Wings are cut out of white A4 cardboard, and a heart is cut out of red cardboard. A wire is wound onto the handle shaft to create a spring, the middle of which is straightened for fastening in the postcard. Then the wings are attached to the ends of the wire using pieces of tape. The protective film should not be removed. Based on two pieces of cardboard measuring 3 by 1.5 centimeters, a valentine is formed: cardboard is attached to tape, tape is attached to it again, then a spring with wings is applied to it, tape is attached again, cardboard and tape are applied again. Then the film on the back half is removed and glued to the base of the postcard. The film on the front half is also removed and the heart is attached. This produces a heart, slightly raised above the level of the postcard and decorated with wings on trembling springs. Such a product may well become a decoration for the car interior if it is hung on an inconspicuous fishing line, and while driving, the heart will touchingly “fly” on snow-white wings.

Such an unusual valentine can even be a pendant.

It can be made from paper or plastic.

It turns out that even a child can make unusual valentines with their own hands. One of these cards is made from thick cardboard as the base of the card, a piece of newspaper or a page from a glossy magazine, lace ribbon, a piece of felt and colored paper. At the same time, a background made of colored paper is glued onto the cardboard base card, and a newspaper square decorated with lace and a heart is placed on it. Another creative way is a postcard with a heart made of buttons of different colors and shapes, decorated with a congratulatory inscription, reminiscent of embroidery with the remainder of the tip of the thread. But a wax heart can be made in a silicone mold (for baking cakes) from children's wax crayons, which crumble into a mold and melt at high temperature. After the heart has cooled, the Valentine card is considered ready.

If among your loved ones there are those who read books the old fashioned way, then you can make such a wonderful leather bookmark.

First, let's cut out the template. Fold a piece of paper in half.

Draw a heart in the corner and cut it out.

Now we have a ready-made template.

Now let's transfer the template onto a piece of leather or leatherette.

All that remains is to glue the corner or sew it up with a machine.

It was a very nice gift.

A panel made of coffee beans looks very funny. It is very simple to do, but if you do it carefully, and add a good frame, you will get a very original valentine. First, a heart is cut out of cardboard, the size of which is not limited, but, perhaps, it should not be larger than a tea saucer. Black or brown plasticine is laid out on the cardboard in an even layer, 3.5 millimeters thick, onto which coffee beans are attached. Of course, you can also use a glue gun, which will make the work much easier. You need to start laying the grains from the edges: this way they will lie evenly and cover the edges of the cardboard. After this, the grains are laid out in a spiral towards the center. The workpiece must be placed in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, as a result of which the plasticine will harden. The finished heart is attached to cardboard with glue, and it is better to use a material with a textured rather than a smooth surface, and the finished panel is inserted into the frame. You can decorate a kitchen or another room with such a declaration of love, and its meaning will remain relevant throughout the year.

Who said that valentines can be made of paper? For example, this is how you can decorate white dishes for a romantic evening. Mix 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon of water and 2 drops of liquid food coloring.

Subtle natures will appreciate the gift.

From hearts cut out of beautiful colored paper with a floral design and placed on top of each other, glued together DIY voluminous valentine. Many people like a heart-shaped book, the pages of which can be filled with poems or tender confessions. No less interesting are the heart-shaped baskets filled with small candies. It is better to take double-sided cardboard for them, and the inner side walls of the hearts should be secured with a ribbon, hang the baskets on the base and fill them with dragees or chocolate-covered nuts. If you tinker a little, you can make a wonderful closed heart box with candies. Moreover, it is better to use silver or golden paper when making it. You can coat plain cardboard with a glitter spray, and then decorate the box with a pale blue ribbon. For every lover, such painstaking efforts would be proof of great and sincere love.

Valentine's cards, paintings, boxes - all this is very appropriate on Valentine's Day. The main thing is to preserve those feelings that prompted you to make a touching souvenir in the shape of your own heart.

DIY Valentines video

Good afternoon, in this article I have collected the most interesting ways to make valentines with your own hands. You can give heart crafts to your loved ones and loved ones for Valentine's Day. After all, how nice it is to receive gifts made by YOUR OWN HANDS. I will try to make a drawing for each craft (if not ready-made templates) and explain in detail what and how to do step by step. We will cut out valentines from paper, from cardboard, put them in the form of boxes, and make valentine envelopes and other crafts for Valentine's Day. Here are the most interesting ideas for making a paper heart using different volumetric techniques.

So let's begin our matters of the heart...

Paper Valentines

IN CARVED TECHNIQUE.

Here is the simplest craft. Which even children can do kindergarten. Middle group or the eldest, when they are already quite good at cutting with scissors (without trembling hands and a sweaty forehead), they can easily make this valentine with their own hands.

Everything is simple here. Flatten the sheet in half. Draw half a heart and horizontal lines on it. Cut the lines and cut out the heart itself. Unfold the heart and place it on the table fold edge down. And then the most interesting thing for children. You need to pull the strips UP with your fingers - but not all of them, but after one - leave one, pull out the second, skip one, pull the second up (changing the fold to the opposite one). We get a ribbed heart. Below we see a visual template for the blank for this paper craft of a volumetric heart. A simple and quick DIY Valentine card for children in kindergarten.

You will find many other ideas for simple children's Valentine crafts in a special review article

And here is another beautiful craft for children - in the form of a puff valentine. Where the layers of the heart are located in different planes.

Fold the sheet in half. Draw the outline of a heart on a piece of paper. And we highlight with bold lines the places where you can cut with scissors, and with dotted weak lines the places that do not need to be cut. We explain to the children which lines to cut.

And then with our fingers we bend the inner heart forward with the fold edge, and the outer heart with the central fold edge back, and the card itself becomes the fold edge forward. It turns out like in the photo below. A quick paper valentine - just a 20-minute lesson in kindergarten.

THIS IDEA does not have to be copied exactly. You can change it, play with it. For example, change the cut zone and fold zone on the same contours (as the drawing above).

That is, change the FLEX ZONE of such a heart contour (the zone that is indicated by a dotted line in the diagram) and get a new three-dimensional craft-postcard, where the heart is already protruding from the other side.

Take a closer look at the photo above. This Valentine's card has a large heart that is held together by an UNCUT BOTTOM OUTLINE. And the inner little heart is held on by uncut apex and tip on both sides of the center line. Here's what these changes look like on the diagram.

The most interesting thing is that you yourself can continue EXPERIMENTING IN THIS TECHNIQUE. Make slits in the shape of a heart or half-heart and bend them in different directions. And one day you will receive a cool designer craft.

For example, if you arrange the half-hearts IN A CIRCLE - then cut through the contours of the half-hearts and bend these contours - then we will get such an interesting round craft as a HEART ROUND DANCE.

This is what the intended drawing looks like – drawing a half-circle.

Such an openwork layered applique can be pasted onto a card for Valentine's Day. You will get a beautiful DIY Valentine's card.

You will find even more ideas for greeting cards for Valentine's Day in our special article

DIY VALENTINES

WITH NOTES.

On Valentine's Day, we say warm words to our halves. Declarations of love cannot be said in words (after all, at a solemn moment, all the most tender phrases can fly out of a lover’s head). Therefore, your mur-mur-phrases can be written on notes– roll up these notes and hide them in the buds of paper roses in this Valentine craft below.

See how beautiful it is - each twisted paper bud contains a small white a rolled up note. This craft with notes for Valentine's Day is easy and simple to make with your own hands. Now I’ll tell you exactly how to quickly and conveniently do this kind of work with your own hands...

Take a piece of thick cardboard (for example, a lid from a pizza box, it’s just big). We buy from stationery pack of red office paper(it’s just double-sided and dense – that’s what you need).

We cut the paper into wide stripes. We fold each strip in half LONGWAY(so that it is doubled - this will make the rose thicker and more magnificent). And then we twist this double strip into a roll (around the pencil). We remove the twist from the pencil, loosen it slightly, let it unwind a little and secure the tail of the twist with glue(so as not to stick out).

We make a whole lot of these paper rosettes so that they all tightly fill our cardboard heart. And then we attach them to a cardboard base - maybe with glue. A better with double sided tape– holds up remarkably well – cover the entire surface of the cardboard heart with strips of adhesive tape and remove protective film and this one sticky base poke our roses. Then we put a note in each bud with warm words, promises, confessions, heartfelt vows and intimate hints...

Second craft with a note.

HEART WITH A SECRET.

You can also put a love confession inside a PAPER HEART with a gap in the middle.

Here is a detailed master class on making such a VALENTINE WITH A SECRET.

Take a square sheet of paper and fold it in half, lengthwise and crosswise. So that it spreads out along the folds - cross to cross (as in the first photo).

Bend the bottom edge of the square upward towards the middle horizontal line fold (photo 2).

Turn the sheet over, with this fold down (photo 3). Then we bend the right and left corners to the vertical midline (photo 4).

We turn the sheet over again with the other side up, corner down (as in photo 5). And bend the upper corners to the middle vertical line (photos 6 and 7).

And again we bend the same upper corners to the middle vertical line (photo 8).

And now we bend our module (which has the shape of a hexagon) in half. That is top corner the hexagon lies on its lower corner. And then these ends appear at the top (photo 9).

These protruding ear ends need to be folded (as shown in photo 10) - that is, we place our finger on the corner of the ear (the one where the fold angle is) and press this edge of the fold to the edge line of the module. And as a result, our ear was flattened (as in photo 11).

Now look, our module has 2 layers - 2 triangular halves lying one on top of the other. We take the upper triangular half and put it into the POCKET on the lower triangular half (there is just such a wonderful pocket there (photo 12, 13).

There's just a little bit left. Change the shape of the ears sticking out at the top of the module - so that the ears look like rounded hills at the top of the heart.

First, we bend the rectangular ends of the ears - so that the ears become terangular in shape (photo 14)

And now that the ears have become triangular, you need to smooth out the sharp corners of these triangles. That is, bend them down (as in photo 15). And the whole valentine with your own hands is already ready - we turn it over to the front side.

You will find even more techniques for folding a paper heart on our website in a special article

And we continue...

VALENTINES-ENVELOPS

Do it yourself from paper.

And here you will find ways to make a heart-shaped envelope from thick paper or cardboard.

On a sheet of cardboard we draw a template for the future valentine, as in the photo below. You can copy the picture or draw it yourself based on the sample. The sizes can be any (to suit your task) - the main thing is to maintain the proportions. That is, the width of half the heart should coincide with half the width of the central rectangle of the envelope itself. All other sizes can be any size to suit your letter.

In such a Valentine envelope you can put a small gift - for example, earrings. Pin the earrings onto a cardboard in the shape of a heart (for example, beautiful velvet cardboard) - make two holes and insert the earrings into them. And put this velvet heart with earrings inside such an envelope. Healthy and beautiful.

You can make the envelope simpler. Here it is. Cut out a heart from cardboard or thick gift paper. Draw a rectangle inside the heart - so that the HEIGHT rectangle and HEIGHT zones above m were EQUAL.

That is it is not necessary to copy this template exactly from your computer– you can draw a heart of any size and shape yourself (thick or elongated – it doesn’t matter). The main thing is that the height of the rectangle is equal to the height of the zone that is located above this rectangle. And nothing else matters. You will get an envelope in any case.

You can also make a valentine letter with your own hands inside closed paper boats. Fold a sheet of pink (or beige) paper in half. And we place the palm stencil so that the fold line falls on the back edge of the palm. We trace the stencil - cut out two layers of paper along the contour at once, without unfolding. And when the silhouette is cut out, we unbend the folded stencil - and we get two open palms. And we glue a paper heart inside (folded). We write a love note or warm words to a loved one on a paper heart.

And when we want to give a gift for Valentine’s Day, then an envelope will not be enough. We need a whole box so that we can put a voluminous item (souvenir or gift) in it.

So let's see what simple Valentine boxes we can cut out and fold from a sheet of cardboard or flat paper

VALENTINE BOXES

How to make it yourself

Boxes in the shape of a heart.

Here is the first version of a simple heart-shaped box that you can easily make with your own hands from cardboard. You can see a stencil template for such a craft for Valentine’s Day in the diagram below.

And if this same template is slightly changed. Then you can make a valentine like this in the form of a box - with double entry of one box into another. The stencil will be exactly the same - with only one nuance - in it the lower corner of the heart should be STRAIGHT - that is, have 90 degrees. And the intermediate walls (between the hearts) should not have a point at the bottom - but instead they should have the same straight walls as at the top). Now I will try to draw such a diagram for this template so that it is easy and understandable for everyone.

To make everything clear, I drew a diagram below. You can see for yourself that the stencil differs little from the previous template - only the walls between the hearts are rectangular (not triangular) and the hearts themselves have an angle of 90 degrees (so that you can close them by pushing them into each other).

So head to this feature article to learn how to make these boxes with your own hands quickly and easily.

And since I started about heart boxes, I need to tell you a little about what you can put in them. Below are beautiful ideas for original CRAFTS FILLINGS for these Valentine boxes.

You can put crocheted heart toys in the box. For example, in the form of delicious plump donuts decorated with knitted icing and beaded sprinkles. Such toys can be used as pendants on christmas tree- that is, they will serve your family faithfully and faithfully for a long time on every New Year’s celebration.

You can bake real Gingerbread HEARTS from the dough, cover them with red jelly icing and decorate with white icing made from egg white and powdered sugar

Any gingerbread dough recipe will work for these sweet Valentines. We bake gingerbread cookies in the shape of a heart. Let cool. In a saucepan we dilute red jelly azure. Soak 40 grams of gelatin in 100 grams of cold water, into which 1 packet of food coloring was added. After the gelatin swells, heat the mixture in a water bath, but not to a boil. Dip the whole gingerbread into this glaze using tweezers and place it on a dish in the refrigerator to harden.

And if you don't like to bake. You can buy ready-made square cookies in the store and decorate them with sweet fondant. Mastic dough is made in 1 minute - we buy Marmeloshow marshmallows in the store, heat them in the microwave - we get a sticky mass similar to plasticine. Sprinkle powdered sugar on the table - and in this powder (as if in flour) we knead our marshmallow dough. We get ready-made sweet fondant, from which you can make decor for cookies for Valentine's Day

Take part of the mastic dough and roll it out with a rolling pin - cut out squares from the rolled sheet to the size of the cookies. Glue the squares onto the cookies. We roll part of the dough into thin sausages - these will be the seams of the envelope. And we mix part of the dough with red food coloring - we make hearts from it and decorate our sweet envelope. If there is no food coloring, no problem.– hearts can be cut out from red marmalade.

You can make these sweet Valentines with your own hands using waffles, cookies, and cupcakes. We buy ready-made flour products and decorate them with sweet mastic made from Marmeloshow marshmallows melted in the microwave (our Soviet marshmallows are not suitable - only bourgeois rubber ones).

Valentines BRAIDS

With my own hands.

Here is a classic school craft - a paper heart. A woven valentine in the form of a checkerboard weave of strips threaded one through the other.

This is how such a heart is made. Fold a white sheet of paper in half and use scissors to cut out HALF OF THE OVAL. We cut three or four or five cuts at the oval - from the fold line and deep into the oval without going into the area of ​​its round top with scissors. We do the same with the red sheet of paper. And then we insert two modules alternating its strips, as shown in the diagram below.

This simple classic craft has many creative interpretations. Depending on the curvature of the strip, we can get a different weaving pattern...

Let's see how this happens. If we modify the braiding module like this with rounded bumps, we will get a wicker heart with a pattern in the form of many small hearts.

If on the four lines of our module we make recesses in the form of 2 round ears on the left and 2 ears on the right. Then, when we fold a valentine with our own hands, we will get a flower with four petals in the center.

And if there is only ONE tubercle - and only in one direction - then we will get a HEART SILHOUETTE in the center (as in the photo below).

We can try to be creative creators ourselves and draw our own braided lines at random. Assemble a Valentine craft and see what unexpected pattern comes out in the end.

Moreover, we can decorate not only the wicker part of such a valentine with our own hands - we can also decorate the round EARS of the heart with curly carvings (as is done in the photo below).

DIY Valentines

TIERED ABUNDANCE.

Here is a Valentine craft that I really like. She looks very chic and rich. And it's very easy to do. Therefore, this valentine can be a theme for an activity in kindergarten or a craft for a class at school.

Below I show the module for valentines-ladders in three tiers.

Take a sheet of cardboard. And we fold it in three layers - that is, in a triple fold. Then we unfold this sheet. And cut it in half - diagonally. The angle of inclination can be any (this will not affect the essence of the craft). And then we supplement each such oblique strip with cuts. In each of the three folding parts of the strip, we cut EXACTLY IN THE CENTER, reaching with scissors somewhere to the middle of the thickness of the strip.

The cuts on the strips are different - please note - on one strip the cuts alternate between bottom, top, bottom. And in the second strip, on the contrary, the cuts alternate like this - top, bottom, top.

Then our walls fit each other with these slits. And we get the basis and backbone of the future DIY Valentine’s card. And on this wicker base we glue hearts, flowers, lace, rhinestones and other decor made of paper and cardboard.

And it is not necessary to make three folds on this module. An accordion can have as many walls as you like - 4, 5, 6. The more, the more tiers with heart-shaped decor this ladder craft will have.

Valentine pendant

Framed with your own hands.

You can make a very simple craft for Valentine's Day. Fold a sheet of white cardboard in half like a postcard. We cut a square window in one half so that the half becomes a frame for the future Valentine craft. And now we hang a double heart made of cardboard inside such a vertical postcard.

We cut out two hearts from cardboard and hang them on a thread, piercing one and the other heart with two stitches.

Crafts Valentines

Made from cardboard with paper flowers.

These are the ideas for DIY Valentine’s cards that we have collected for you in this article. Good luck with your creativity, you will end up with original crafts.
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Do you love to please your loved one and give gifts and don’t want to be left out on Valentine’s Day? Then the first thing you need to do is makevalentines box, in which you can put several paper hearts and a small souvenir. Buying it is expensive and unoriginal, so you can consider a homemade option. Well, then there’s only one thing left to do: be patient and start the process.

How to make a Valentine's box

For the creative process, prepare:

• colored cardboard;
• scissors;
• decorations at your discretion (ribbons, buttons, beads, beads).

1. On colored cardboard, draw and cut out such a blank measuring 40x22 cm (each inner square will be 10x10 cm).
2. Bend the workpiece along the lines marked with dotted lines in the figure.
3. Assemble the workpiece. You will get a box like this - you can decorate it as desired.

Decoration for the box You can choose according to your taste and imagination, or you can not decorate at all.

Valentine's box in the shape of a heart

Despite the apparent complexity of execution, such a box it's easy to do. You will need:

• thick paper, or better yet, colored cardboard;
• scissors or breadboard knife;
• PVA or stationery glue;
• pencil;
• ruler.

Cut out a blank from a colored A4 sheet 28 cm long. The hearts should be 10x10 cm in size. It’s easier to print the blank on a printer or redraw it.

1. Cut out the blank, bend the side fragments as shown in the photo.
2. Apply glue to the places marked with dotted lines in the figure.
3. Assemble the box and press the glued areas.

Handle the glue carefully, avoiding excess, so thatbox with valentinesturned out beautiful.

How to decorate a Valentine's box?

DIY box for valentines (aka mail for valentines; suitcase for valentines)can be decorated as shown in the photo below.

1. Use a cardboard box, as shown in the picture above, in the top of which, using scissors, punch two small holes for the handle, so that you end up with something like a suitcase.
2. For the handle, use thick colored rope or ribbon. Tie one end of it on the back side of the workpiece in a knot, pull out the rope, thread it through the other hole and also tie it on the back side.
3. Use paint to paint white circles on the box and decorate as you wish. On our boxes, red and pink paper hearts are glued to half in a circle, and to the other half – beads or rhinestones.
4. Cut out red strips 5 cm wide from colored paper, wrap them around the box from the right and left edges, retreating 10 cm (right and left).
5. On the front side of our suitcase, make a cutout for valentines.
6. You can also decorate the box, for example, place it in the center red heart made of colored cardboard (in our case, 10x10 cm in size and with a funny frog). That's it, now you know how to make valentines mail.

The created box can have different sizes and shapes. Decide exactly what kind of suitcase you imagine and start creating. As you work, you will see that even the most inconspicuous box can turn into a beautifully designed product. Use your imagination and everything will definitely work out.

Below are more variations on the theme of DIY Valentine's boxes. You can also put small gifts there, such as cute jewelry.

Photo of a DIY Valentine's box

Silver brooch with enamel “Hedgehog”; silver earrings “Cats”; silver pendant with enamel “Elephant”; silver brooch pendant “Gray Bunny”, all SL (prices via links)

Silver jewelry with enamel from the “Origami” collection: pendant "Elephant"; earrings "Elephants"; pendant "Whale"; earrings “Whales”; brooch pendant "Cat"; earrings "Cats", all SL (prices via links)

You love to give gifts to a loved one, especially when there is a reason for them. The above design options are simple; they are not difficult to create even if you decide to do this for the first time. Love for a loved one will help in the manufacturing process, because with it you can always achieve serious results. He will definitely appreciate your efforts, because no more expensive than a gift created with your own hands. Plus, now you know how to make valentine mail.

5 February 2018, 13:36

DIY paper Valentine's Day gift

Box "Valentine". Master class with step-by-step photos

Galeta Natalia Sergeevna, teacher of additional education, Kungur, Perm Territory, Municipal Autonomous Educational Institution of Additional Education for Children House children's creativity"Gift"
Target: development of creative abilities of children of senior preschool and primary school age;
Tasks:
- develop interest in artistic creativity;
- learn to create beautiful crafts from paper;
- develop aesthetic feelings;
- improve skills and abilities in application;
- cultivate independence and accuracy in work;
Equipment and materials:
- cardboard
- PVA glue
- scissors
- pencil
- colored paper
- stapler
- paper napkins
With my second and third grade children in a circle class, I decided to make a “Valentine” in the form of a box for Valentine’s Day. The work is simple and at the same time interesting. Children can handle it in one lesson. The material will be useful to primary school teachers, technology teachers in primary school, teachers of additional education, as well as parents of primary schoolchildren.
Progress:
1. The box drawing looks like this:

It's better to print it on a printer.
2. Cut out the workpiece and bend it along all fold lines. To make bending better, you need to draw along all the lines with the blades of scissors from the inside of the workpiece along a ruler.[

3. Bend the internal lines like an accordion.

4. Fold the box and glue the valves inside.

5. We thread the tape into the holes as follows:

6. Fasten the box and tie a ribbon. The box is ready.

7. All that remains is to make decorations to your liking. For children I suggest this option:

8. Cut the napkin into four parts.

9. Using a stapler, place a bracket in the center of the resulting one square.

10. Cut out a circle from the square. And we begin to gather up all the layers of the napkin, each separately. We press the napkins with our fingers so that they keep their shape.

11. Cut out the leaves and glue everything onto the box.

13. A slightly different design option:

The Valentine box is ready.

It’s already February, and with it comes February 14, the warmest and most beloved holiday, Valentine’s Day (or Valentine’s Day). According to tradition, on this day it is necessary to make a Valentine card - usually it is a card in the shape of a heart or with hearts depicted, with messages to your loved one. But it would be much more original to make a Valentine card in the form of a colorfully decorated matchbox with a message inside!

This valentine can be made from a traditional matchbox, or you can make one from scratch. The pattern with a matchbox for Valentine can be downloaded from PDF file You will just need to print this pattern on thick A4 paper and cut out the details of your future valentine. If you decide to make a Valentine card from a traditional matchbox, then you will need to cover it with colored paper and decorate it with ribbons and other small decorations. I advise you not to throw away the matches from the box used for the Valentine's card, but to make them from matches that have already been published on our website.

For Valentine's you will need:

Matchbox (a template of a traditional matchbox or in the form of an envelope can be downloaded just below);
- Thick colored cardboard for boxes, paper for congratulations;
- Scissors and/or knife;
- Pencils;
- Ruler for precise bending along the lines;
- Glue;
- Decorative elements for decorating Valentine's cards;

Download traditional box template: (downloads: 1369)

Download the envelope box template: (downloads: 832)

Instructions for assembling a matchbox:

1. Print out the valentine box patterns on A4 paper. Do not scale or alter patterns to get the boxes to the correct proportions. For the boxes you need thick colored paper, but you can also print the patterns on regular office paper, and then stick them on cardboard (or other thick paper) and cut them out.

2. Cut the patterns along the black lines, bend the parts along the gray lines using a ruler. Fold the valentine boxes along the lines as shown in the photo.

3. Apply glue to the light gray areas inside the Valentine's box.

4. Fold all the sides in half inside the box (you should end up with double walls), and the small petals need to be tucked into the folds created after folding the sides of the box in half. the first time you may not understand what to insert where, but when you have the Valentine’s box pattern in your hands, everything will be clear and elementary!

5a. Traditional matchbox: Wrap the inner drawer around the box, check that everything fits and the drawer fits tightly. Then glue the parts together as shown in the photo.

5 B. Envelope-shaped box: This Valentine's box is a little more difficult to assemble. Coat the inner sides of the piece as shown in the photo (you can insert the inner drawer, but then you need to remove it). For good fastening of the parts, it is necessary to press them from the inside of the box until the glue sets.

6. Now all you have to do is decorate your Valentine's matchbox!

Instructions for making a booklet:

On Valentine's Day, your family and loved ones would like to receive a valentine made with their own hands and with beautiful congratulations inside.
I offer three types of matchbox valentine booklets. The first simple booklet consists of only two pages; the second booklet is an accordion of five pages for a valentine; and the third is a more complex booklet of 8 folded pages. All booklets fit perfectly with the valentines from the boxes we collected above. Follow these steps to assemble your Valentine booklet.

Download the booklet template in PDF file:(downloads: 549)

1. Print the booklet template on paper (you can use plain or thick paper). The paper can be colored to match the tone of your valentine. The first and second versions of the booklet are cut out along the black lines and folded along the gray lines - everything is easy here. The third option is also cut along the black lines, but you also need to make a cut in the middle of the booklet, as shown in the template.

2. Fold the booklet in half lengthwise.

3. This part is a little trickier. Pull two pages out from the center, you get two folds i.e. two pages. Place all the pages of the booklet in a “pile” and the result is a touching little book for Valentine’s Day.

4. Fold all the pages into a book and trim the edges and folds with a ruler or something hard.