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DIY Heart Stencil Valentine

29 Wednesday Jan 2014

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These Heart Stencil Valentines are simple to make and require only simple supplies to complete.  To make your own you will need:

*Card Stock

*Scissors

*Crayons

*Envelopes (Optional)

1. Fold a piece of card stock in half.

2. Draw half a heart along the crease and cut out.

3. Unfold and you will have a symmetrical heart stencil.  Repeat steps 1-3 to make different size heart stencils.

4. Place stencil on top of blank card, hold firmly in place and rub crayon over the opening, completely filling in the heart shape.

5. Remove stencil and repeat.

6. We overlapped various size heart stencils and colored them in with different crayons to create a pretty pattern on the first card.  We drew stems and leaves under heart shapes to make a garden of flowers on the second card.

XOXO

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DIY String of Hearts Valentine

05 Tuesday Feb 2013

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HeartString1BHeartString2HeartString3HeartString4HeartString5HeartString6HeartString8This glittery valentine is easy to make and folds flat for mailing.  To make your own String of Hearts Valentine you will need:

*Card Stock

*Scissors

*Hole Punch

*Craft Glue

*Soft Paintbrush

*Wax Paper

*Glitter in Red, White and Pinks

*Twine

*Envelope

*Washi Tape (Optional)

*Permanent Pen (Optional for note writing)

1. Make heart pattern by folding card stock in half, drawing half a heart with center along crease and cutting out with scissors. Make three sizes of hearts, trace onto card stock and cut out.

2. Punch holes in all hearts.

3. Lay hearts out on layer of wax paper.

4. Squirt a layer of glue onto one side of each heart and spread evenly with paintbrush.  Be sure to go all the way to the edges.

5. Generously sprinkle a layer of glitter on to each heart and allow glue to dry, (about an hour).  Hearts may bow with glue moisture, but they will flatten after you glitter both sides.

6. Shake off excess glitter and repeat steps 3-5 for the other side of hearts.  (Extra glitter can be put back into containers at the end by folding wax paper in half and carefully shaking glitter back into jars).

7. Tie dried hearts on to twine. 

8. If you are writing a message, fold washi tape in half along twine and stick back on to itself.  Cut ends in flag shapes as shown and write your note along the tape pieces.  (We wrote ‘Sending Lots of Love!’).

9. Carefully fold up hearts along string to fit inside card, place in envelope and send off to your valentine.

XOXO