DIY Valentines

I found this great valentine bookmark and free printable card through Pinterest and thought it would be a fun idea to do with my  8-11 year old Activity Day girls from my church. Some girls had a little more difficulty stitching the hearts than others (I think the difficulties had more to do with listening to directions than it did to actually stitching) but they all had fun anyway. It’s a super quick and easy craft for a grown up to do so I stitched a bunch together for my girls to use as teacher gifts on Valentine’s Day.

Valentines Day

I spent the past week getting all my Valentines crafting done.

I made wreaths for my front door with rolled felt flowers and a big felt bow on each one.

Kennady got a new V-Day shirt.

Since I don’t have a mantle, I decorated the top of the piano.

This frame is one of the easiest things I have ever done, but I am in love with it’s simplicity.

I saw this fabulous idea for mason jars on Pinterest and had to “borrow” it.

The garland is made out of old book pages. My kids were astonished that I would do such a thing to a book (the school librarian has obviously been effective when teaching about how we should treat books), but it was really old and falling apart anyway. I have to admit that I cringed a little bit when I started cutting out the first page.

Finally, I made a felt “Be My Valentine” pillow. The hearts are machine appliqued on and the wording and string for the hearts to hang on are embroidered. I have never done much work in embroidery before and this project made me realize that I could really use some practice.

I think we are all ready to show some love around here, that is if my kids would ever stop fighting.

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Quick Valentines Decoration

I usually don’t do much for Valentines Day as far as decorating the house goes, but my house feels so empty after taking down Christmas that I think I’m going to start working on a few projects to make it extra sweet around here for V-Day.

My first, and only, decoration so far was really quick and simple. I use this same frame for every holiday and just switch out what I have in it. I found this printable art online (she has it in a bunch of different color combos), printed it, cut it out, and inked around the edges. Then I just glued it to some cute Valentines paper, added ribbon and jumbo ric rac to the bottom. It needed a little something extra so I just made a ruffle flower out of a strip of old pink t-shirt and added a button to the center and glued it to the strip of ric rac. So easy.

Happy Valentines!

Hope your day has been as sweet as ours!