Handmade crafts for February 14 - a collection of interesting master classes and photo ideas
Valentine's Day remains the most discussed day. Some people are against it, saying that the holiday is invented by dealers who bought too many hearts and could not get rid of them for a long time, some argue that the beautiful day is intended for lovers and is designed to show their feelings once again. And most just buy cute gifts or make crafts for February 14. It is not necessary to give small gifts only to spouses or lovers. Once again, you can demonstrate the bright feelings and parents and children.
It is not necessary to buy expensive items, you can make a small, pleasant handicraft.
The most common gift on this day are:
- all kinds of hearts;
- cards valentines;
- flowers;
- candy.
The list can be expanded and make a truly unique gift that will last a long time and delight the recipient with the warmth and love that was absorbed in the making.
Postcards
Such a craft can be made by anyone, even a child who has just learned how to cut and glue paper. All you need to do is cut out a heart from colored (usually red or pink) paper and glue it to a folded piece of cardboard.
You can make a card with fingerprints, creating a heart or flowers.
Older children and adults can make a three-dimensional heart. To do this, two elements of hearts are cut out of colored paper, and each piece is cut into spirals. The resulting inner hearts are glued together, and the outer edges are glued to the different halves of the card. Now, when the recipient will open the work of homemade creativity, the hearts will stretch beautifully. You can make such a handicraft from different colors of paper, for example, use blue and pink.
Garlands
Tender garlands will beautifully decorate any room. It is easy to make them, so this kind of entertainment can be entrusted to small masters.
The paper is cut into small strips. Depending on the desired size of the garland, they can be 10-20 centimeters, and even more, with a width of 1-1.5 centimeters. The first strip is folded in the shape of a heart, the next strip is inserted inside the part, fastened in the shape of a heart, the next strip is inserted into it and so on. Such an idea will help decorate the room hallway, staircase, door.
You can staple the hearts on their sides with glue or stapler.
You can make vertical garlands. To do this, the hearts are strung on string or twine, or fastened with glue or stapler vertically.
Hearts wreaths .
Pretty crafts can be made from cardboard and woolen thread. To do this, a piece of cardboard is cut out of a solid heart in the form of a rim. The resulting rim is tightly wrapped with red or pink wool. It is possible to make several layers of the wrap. On the resulting heart hangs the word "Live" of paper, artificial flowers, put beads. In the center of the craft can be lowered a small heart on a thread.
An original wreath can be made of candy, simply attaching sweets to cardboard billet. The child, and any sweet tooth, will definitely be happy with such a offering.
Kindergarten can be decorated with a wreath like a New Year's Eve craft. For this wire or cardboard, made in the form of a heart, wrapped with crumpled newspaper (to give volume), wrapped with tinsel, attach tasty candy on strings.
Topiary
Fancy gift making is not difficult at all. For this you will need:
- a flower pot;
- stones for its filling, it is better to use decorative stones, large beads for creativity;
- soft, thick wire;
- Decoration elements (artificial flowers, coffee beans, ribbons, bows).
To begin, we make a heart from the wire, decorate it with a pink ribbon, attach decorations to the ribbon. The finished article is set on a "stem", it can be a piece of wire, a cocktail straw. We put the finished topiary in a pot, fill it with beads.
Photo frames .
If you insert a photo in the center of the resulting topiary, you get a nice photo frame.
Cute frame can be made from sheets of cardboard. For this, you can use a heart of wool and simply glue it to a sheet of cardboard or a wooden base. Not forgetting to leave space for inserting a photo.
It is possible to make a photo frame simply from two sheets of cardboard. To do this, you cut out a square or a circle in one, or you can and any other figure. The remaining space is filled with decorations. They can be colored hearts of colored paper. The frame is glued to the base, leaving a gap for the insertion and replacement of the photo.
Three-dimensional letters
Volumetric letters filled with delicate flowers or sweets will be a good confession for Valentine's Day. Of the letters you can put the initials of a dear person, the name, the word "Love", "Love".
To make them, you need cardboard, glue, and a pencil.
First, a template of letters is drawn on cardboard, and vertical stripes are glued to it. The resulting letters are filled with artificial flowers, decorated with bows, ribbons.
Hovering hearts
For those who want to give an unusual gift, a good idea for a craft can be soaring hearts.
To create such a surprise you will need:
- thick liquid soap;
- A clean, beautiful bottle;
- Hearts made of wood or plastic.
Pour some soap into the bottle, put the hearts, soap is poured down to the neck. It is better to distribute the hearts over the entire height of the bottle, the neck can be decorated with flowers, bows, ribbons.
Romantic dinner
If the desire to create with your own hands did not arise, you can simply prepare a delicious dinner or serve breakfast in bed, if time allows. Favorite dishes, lit candles, flowers and sweets will make an unusual meal memorable for a long time.
Other gifts
On February 14, you can give the most ordinary gifts, decorating them with hearts from paper. This can be a favorite cosmetics, perfumes, useful crafts, gifts for hobbies or work, candy, flowers, including homemade.
A good, unusual gift would be a wall newspaper, garland or electronic presentation of your favorite photos.
Valentine's Day is a great excuse to do something with your own hands, to give a piece of love to a dear person, regardless of age or gender.