How To Make Valentine’s Day Cards With Kids
- January 31, 2009
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Writer
Rosemarie_Lennon
Music
Edison Music Corp
Voice Over Artist
Marci Fine
Actor
KristinMularz
The best Valentine’s Day cards to give—and get—are the ones you make from scratch.
You Will Need
- Construction paper
- Decorative-edge scissors
- Drawings or pictures
- A hole punch
- Ribbon or yarn
- Fabric scraps or aluminum foil
- Glue
- Decorations, like beads and stickers
- A slim marker
- Perfume
- Safety scissors (optional)
- An old set of playing cards (optional)
- Food coloring (optional)
- Stencil-alphabet kit (optional)
- A computer and printer (optional)
Children under four should not use scissors, and kids four through nine should use safety scissors.
Step 1: Create the basic card
Create a basic card by folding a piece of construction paper in half, and then in half again. Don’t feel you have to stick with red and pink. Using non-traditional colors will make your card stand out.
Step 2: Cut a cool edge
Trim the edges of the card with decorative-edge scissors, which create an interesting edge as you cut. Designs include scallop, wave, ripple, and torn paper.
Step 3: Pick a cover image
Decide what you want on the cover. You can draw or paint something right on the card; create the design on a separate piece of paper; or use a personal photo, a picture from a magazine, or a king or queen of hearts from an old deck of cards.
Make your own craft paint by mixing three parts glue to one part water and a few drops of food coloring.
Step 4: Punch it up
If you’re transferring an image onto the cover, punch holes around the edges and lace a piece of ribbon or yarn through them, tying the ends into a bow at the top.
Step 5: Prep the cover
Glue a background on the cover, like a doily, a square of velvet, a piece of fabric, or some aluminum foil. Or, use one of those materials to create a border.
Use decoupage glue—it won’t leave bumps the way regular glue can.
Step 6: Glue on the picture
Glue on your cover image, and add whatever embellishments you’d like: beads, candy hearts, stickers. Leave room for a greeting if you’d like.
Step 7: Write messages
Using a slim marker, write your cover greeting and a message inside. For a more professional look, use a stencil-alphabet kit.
Not feeling inspired? Find a poem online, paste it into a document on your computer, format it in fancy font, and glue it inside the card.
Step 8: Be nice!
If the cards are going to classmates, make sure no one is left out.
Valentine’s Day is the second most popular greeting-card holiday, after Christmas. Mother’s Day comes in third.
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Comments (14)
What a cute kid!
over 3 years ago by BCipolla
Not just cute but smart and creative too!
over 3 years ago by Dynamic
That's the cutest kid I've ever seen in my whole life. Objectively speaking.
over 2 years ago by PAUL
I found the child to be distractingly cute.
over 2 years ago by Julie_Klam
I know right!
about 1 year ago by artistsmart98
I know. She is so adorable the shoot took twice as long. We didn't want it to end.
over 2 years ago by Dynamic
I loved making this howcast video! Violet is sooo adorable and smart! She is such a sweetie!
over 2 years ago by KristinMularz
you must of worked hard making those cards!
about 1 year ago by artistsmart98
Awesome! wish I saw it before V-day, but great ideas to use for the future.
over 2 years ago by MarinaS
How about some ideas for upcoming holidays? Also, how about some Easter/Purim craft ideas?
over 2 years ago by MarinaS
Great ideas to use in the future--sorry I missed seeing this before V-day!
over 2 years ago by MarinaS
Easter and Passover videos will be out soon! Purim Craft ideas...hmmm. Maybe. But you can get a great recipe for hamentaschen at http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm.
over 2 years ago by Dynamic
great..
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over 2 years ago by Mahuya_Nath
and to make a interesting cover or inside... for an inside do a backwards poem like... roses are blue violets are red... Happy valentines day!!!. and for th outside glue something they like on the front.
about 1 year ago by artistsmart98
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