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When you work with crafting supplies all day long, itโs easy to be inspired by the adorable products all around us.
This year Valentineโs Day will be quite a bit different for so many (as much of the past year has been!). All the more reason to celebrate in a special way with your kids! Crafting some special Valentineโs cards for the people your kids love is an easy way to get one-on-one time with them, but even more, it's a way for your child to send LOVE to someone. There are so many children (and adults frankly) that could use a smile, and we love that we can teach our kids empathy and care for others in doing something so simple.
Better yet? All the supplies needed are EASY to get, either online from us, by ordering paper or blank cards online, or finding your supplies at your local dollar store. Nothing too fancy here, and less sugar going around!
So plug in that glue gun, get some scissors and tape and let's get ready to send some smiles to your loved ones ;)
Bee Mine, Valentine
If Valentineโs isnโt the most acceptable time to send cheesy card lines we donโt know when is ;)
For this card youโll need to print out our Bee Card PDF on your printer at home. If you can find yellow cardstock this will make your card much more sturdy - those bee accent beads arenโt small!
1. After printing your Bee Mine Valentine PDF, cut out your Valentineโs along the dotted line, making note of where the fold lines are.
2. Fold the card along the fold lines. The first fold will be UP and the second fold will go down to create an accordion shape.
3. On the first panel, hold your bee bead (We no longer carry the bee beads in these images but we do have a Brand New Cara & Co designed Bee bead!) and mark a small line with a pencil in front and behind the bee. These lines will be where your string goes through.
4. Using a crafting knife, cut that small line.
5. Take a short length of cord (probably no longer than 4โ) and melt the tips so that they are well melted and hard. We will use the hard tips to pierce through the little cuts.
6. Going from the back side, push your string through the bottom cut, through the bee bead, and back through the card with the top cut.
7. Flip your card over and hot glue your cords down and flat in the middle. Trim any excess cord.
8. Run a line of hot glue along the top, outside and bottom edge on the back side of your bee panel and stick it down to the back of the second panel. This will make your accordion shape into a card and hide the strings!
9. Voila! The cutest little bee valentine ready to brighten someoneโs day. Make sure you add your name and a small message!
Friendship Bracelets
Do you remember making these in grade school in the 90s?? Or are we ageing ourselvesโฆ Either way, friendship bracelets should make a comeback and weโre here for it!
Taking some of our soft and colorful Jersey Cord, braid a couple lengths of cording! We finished ours off by hot gluing them together at the knots, but if you have a better way of doing it, more power to you!
We cut out some cute little cards, and made little notches to hold the bracelets in place - easy peasy, and something to keep!
Youโre Picture Perfect
Yep, you are! And yep, we continue the cheesy Valentineโs card theme ;)
It couldnโt be easier. Order a couple of our small camera pendants, and download and cut out your card from our provided PDF (on cardstock if possible!). Fold the card in half, gluing the front to the back. Flip it over and glue or attach your camera pendant to the other side, centered on the heart in the middle.
Get ready to say cheese!
Sheep Valentineโs Card
We WOOLEY love this ideaโฆ *insert snort*
After this blog post we PROMISE weโll be done with the Valentineโs Day commentary!
This one is super cute and super easy. Grab 9 of our soft Ivory felt balls for each card. We found some pre-cut blank cards at our local dollar store to base our craft on. Draw out the head of a sheep (For some, easier said than done! Copy our drawing if you want!), and two black feet in the rough area you think sheep would have feet ;)
Hot Glue your felt balls as close together as you can, filling out the shape of a sheep. We found it worked well to off-set the middle row slightly.
Write a horribly cheesy line on the inside, and youโre all set to send a laugh to someone else ;)
Cookie Scribe Recipe Card
If youโre one of those holiday cookie bakers, youโll love this idea!
For the special baker in your life, why donโt you gift them a cute Cookie Scribe! Theyโre SO easy to make - pick your own supplies and make something unique!
After making your scribe, print out our PDF recipe card on cardstock and cut it out. Sign your name, maybe a little note on the lines provided, and use your favourite washi tape to fix the scribe to your card. Super cute. Super easy.
Only Eyes for You
Okay - our LAST cheesy Valentineโs idea. We SEE that youโre growing tired of themโฆtee hee!
We l o v e our cute wood sunglass pendants! Theyโre a great unfinished beech wood option for the teething baby in your life, but theyโre also an amazing crafting base. Because theyโre unfinished sanded wood, they paint LIKE A DREAM. They soak up acrylic paint and end up with a buttery finish after the paint has dried. Paint them, leave them unfinished - whatever suits you and your kiddos!
Print our PDF on cardstock paper. Cut out along the dotted lines.
After painting or customizing your sunglasses the way youโd like (and allowing them time to dry), place them on your cardstock. If you want to add googly eyes, take a pencil and mark the centre of each sunglass frame.
Hot glue your google eyes in place. Finish by gluing or attaching your sunglasses to the front of the card.
Make sure you sign your name so your recipient knows what a good sense of humor you have ;)
The ideas are endless for Valentineโs Day crafts and we canโt wait to see what creative things youโll be coming up with in February!
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Make sure you go out of your way to send a note, drop off a coffee or call a friend near Valentineโs. If we stick together and lift each other up, weโll all be better for it.
Letโs spread some LOVE!
xo
- the girls
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