DIY gifts for Valentine's Day are very touching. These are not only postcards, hearts, but also vases, "love potion", a hare, a bear. DIY Valentine's Day gifts will show your loved one how great you feel about him and want to do something special for him. No one else will have such a president, since this work is done in a single copy.
How to make a beautiful Valentine's Day card?
Of course, you can buy it in a store and give it, but this holiday is to your soulmate. But it is much more interesting to do it yourself. To make such an author's postcard, take:
- a sheet of cardboard;
- shop colored paper printed on a printer;
- ribbon;
- glue stick.
Fold the white cardboard in half, if it is not double-sided, then first take two sheets, glue them with the wrong sides. Cut into squares from colored paper or beautiful printed backgrounds, fold them in half, cut out hearts, you will need 3 pieces.
Lubricate the back of the first heart with glue in the center vertically, attach it to the card. Glue the second one on top of this heart in the same way, and the third on it.
They should only be glued in the center to keep the edges of each heart free. Lift them up a bit by adding volume to this shape. It remains to glue a ribbon to the bottom of the postcard and you can give it to your loved one.
And here's how to make a postcard so that it looks like a stitched one. To do this, take:
- a sheet of white paper;
- color or printed;
- golden braid;
- felt-tip pen or marker;
- hole puncher;
- glue.
Fold the sheet in half, inside you can write a greeting for Valentine's Day. On the outer part in the center, you need to glue a heart cut out of colored or printed paper. Now, with a marker or felt-tip pen, draw dashed lines around the heart.
Punch small round holes along the outline of the card with a hole punch, thread the lacing through them.
Here's how to make a postcard in much the same way. You also need to cut out a heart, but in the amount of 3 pieces, glue them on a thick cardboard or a white sheet of paper folded in half, then draw with strokes that look like a basting seam.
Tie up your masterpiece of needlework with a ribbon and you can hand it to the one for whom this memorable thing was created.
See how you can make a postcard in a different way. Looking at this, your loved one will know how wonderful you feel about him.
Fold an A4 sheet in half, make a white frame on all sides, gluing a rectangle of colored paper printed on a printer in the center. Cut strips of the same width using white paper. Decorate them with cut corners on both sides.
Paste these blanks horizontally on the card, placing them parallel to each other. You will need 7 pieces. Write the days of the week on them.
Another heartwarming Valentine's gift you can make yourself. To do this, you need to take:
- paper;
- glue;
- red colored paper;
- scissors;
- rhinestones.
Apply heart-shaped glue to the center of the card.
If you cannot draw a heart evenly, then first trace its outlines with a simple pencil, lightly pressing. Now, without delay, you need to pour rhinestones on the glue base. If you do not have such a decorative element, finely chop tinsel or colored paper, make sprinkles out of them. Cut 4 strips out of red paper, glue two on one corner and the same amount on the opposite.
How to sew a DIY Valentine's Day gift?
You will quickly create similar bunnies from the remnants of matter. To do them, take:
- pieces of canvases;
- red felt;
- synthetic winterizer;
- some colored pink paper;
- black marker;
- glue;
- scissors;
- White list.
Take a piece of paper, fold it in half. Draw a blank like this.
Turn it out, lay it on the fabric, cut along the contour. But for now, it's best not to cut the gap between the hare's ears.
First, sew these two parts on the wrong side along the edges and below, then turn it over the face and only then cut out a triangular gap between the hare's ears.
Now you need to fill this semi-finished product with padding polyester. Sew a nice loop stitch around the edge.
See how to make arms and legs for this gift. They are the same shape. For each limb, you will need to cut 2 identical pieces. Sewing them on the wrong side in pairs, matching the front sides. Fill with padding polyester, grind the remaining hole on the hands.
Now for the leg, you need to sew the workpiece from above on both sides to get two fingers, on the handle we separate one with one seam.
To make a ponytail, cut out a circle, sew it with a basting along the edge, tighten it slightly, fill it with padding polyester.
As you can see, further, you need to tighten the thread to get a round tail. Without cutting it, sew this piece to the bunny.
Cut out two identical heart blanks from red fabric, sew them on your hands, fill with padding polyester, leaving a small hole free. Through it, you turn the heart out onto the front side and now sew up this hole.
Cut two circles out of white paper or thick fabric of the same color. Use a pen, marker or felt-tip pen to draw the pupils on them. Cut a small triangle out of pink paper so that it becomes the nose of this animal. You need to glue these parts in place.
Using a pen or marker, draw the bunny's mouth and whiskers, using a glue gun, attach the arms and legs to it.
You can sew a gift not only in the form of this funny animal, but also using the image of a bear.
Such a mini-toy will certainly delight the one to whom you present it on Valentine's Day. Sew a small purse, put a bear and a chocolate bar here. To do it, take:
- a suitable cloth or linen napkin;
- thread with a needle;
- scissors;
- filler.
Sew the cubs together using kitchen napkins. The animals will be soft, have a nice color and will cost you very little.
Draw a bear pattern on a piece of paper. As you can see, its width is 6.5 cm, and its length is 9 cm. To make several bears at once, roll up a napkin, cut them out according to the template presented.
Cut out a heart from the scraps of a pink napkin, attach it to the bear using blue threads.
Sew the eyes with black thread. That they were on the same level, at first it is better to draw them with a pencil. Match two blanks of one bear with the right sides outside, sew them with blue threads along the edge.
Stuff the bear with padding polyester through the upper hole, sew it to the end. Make a small triangular nose out of a pink napkin, glue it on the face of the beast. Make a bow out of a satin ribbon. Sew it on the boy's neck, and for the girl's ear, sew it on the bear.
Such a gift on Valentine's Day will be very economical, since you can sew 7 bears from one napkin. That is, from the package where 6 napkins are located, you will create 42 animals. If you decide to celebrate your child's birthday using the Masha and the Bear theme, then make such souvenirs with your own hands and hand them over to all the guests. The rest can be presented on Valentine's Day to those who are dear to you.
DIY gift from glass jars
They will also be the perfect gift for this unforgettable day. As they say, cheap and cheerful. But first, the jars need to be washed well with dishwashing detergent to keep them streak-free and look like new. You will also need:
- colored paper and / or printed tags;
- glue;
- scissors;
- ribbons;
- juice;
- lids from cans.
Let's make this love potion. In fact, one jar will contain pomegranate juice, the other two will contain candy. Glue inscriptions of love meaning on the jars. Cut out the hearts from pink paper, they must be glued to the cork in the jar or to the lid. Tie the top of the container with a ribbon. Fill some containers with sweets, pour juice into others. Close the lid, then you can give these mysterious gifts.
You can also make the following present from the jars. To embody a creative idea, you need to take:
- small glass jars (better for baby food);
- paper napkins;
- glue for decoupage or PVA;
- clear nail polish;
- brush.
Wash the jars thoroughly in warm water, remove the labels. Dry these containers, grease with PVA. Use napkins with hearts or other images for the day. If they are multi-layered, take only the top layer for decoupage, the bottom one will not be needed. Glue these blanks to a jar greased with PVA.
Go over the top with a brush, dipping it in clear varnish. But this can only be done when the glue is dry. If you use PVA, you will have to wait at least 2 hours, decoupage glue dries within 15 minutes. Decorate glass jars with satin ribbons; you can put natural or artificial flowers inside.
You can make a vase in a different way. To do this, you need:
- glass jars;
- paints;
- brushes;
- jute rope;
- red felt;
- tree branches;
- scissors;
- glue.
If you do not have ready-made pink paint, then add a little red to white, stir. You will get the color you want. Using a brush, apply this solution to the outside of the jar. When it's dry, paint over it again. After the second layer has dried, you can make a third one.
When the paint dries, tie the neck of the jar with a jute rope, cut two hearts out of red felt, glue at the end of these laces. Put a flower in a vase, after which you can give it or decorate a room with such an item on Valentine's Day.
If you have an unnecessary vase, use it for the next craft, if one is not available, then take a glass jar. Any of these items should be coated with white acrylic paint.
Make 2-3 of these layers. When they are all dry, put twigs in this container; pink hearts cut from colored paper need to be glued to them.
Hearts in gifts for Valentine's Day
They have long been a symbol of love. You can make postcards following this shape or other interesting presentations.
For the following use:
- a small box;
- red felt;
- glue;
- paper;
- candies.
If the box is not very nice on the inside, glue it over with paper or cloth. Cut a strip 20 mm wide from a white sheet, roll it up with an accordion. Glue the lower tip of this blank to the center of the box, and a heart to the upper edge of this accordion.
As planned, when opening the box lid, the heart should bounce evenly on a paper spring. To do this, put tinsel or special paper inside the container, as in the photo, so that the heart rises smoothly and not crookedly. Place shiny candies on top.
The work is completed, but the topic is not finished yet. You can find out further what gift to give Valentine for Valentine's Day or a loved one with a different name. This present will also be shaped like a heart, but it will have wings.
Take:
- a sheet of white paper;
- red felt;
- two buttons;
- wire;
- a needle and light thread;
- colored rope;
- pliers.
Fold the paper sheet in half to cut 2 wings at once. Cut out two pieces of hearts from felt and white paper, stick one on top of the other. Using a hole punch, make the right and left in the resulting workpiece along the hole. Pass a piece of wire into each button, twist these sections from the back, cut off the excess.
Pass these pieces of wire into the holes in the heart, also attach them to the winglet on the back side, fix them with a wire.
On the reverse side, pierce the winglet along with part of the heart with a needle through which a white thread is threaded. Fix both wings with it, but so that they move.
Attach a wooden stick to the wrong side, fix it with tape.
Pass the colored string through the threads that you passed along the back side. Tie it in their center. Bandage it and the stick. You will hold the toy by it, pull the thread, while the wings will flutter.
You can make a gift of this type for Valentine's Day or choose any of the above. If you want to see with your own eyes that it is very easy to make them, then watch the fascinating videos.
