Recreational Holidays

Homemade Valentine Cards - A Gift From Your Child’s Hand To A Grandparent’s Heart

Making homemade Valentine cards is an old fashioned idea that is still very popular, especially for Grandma and Grandpa and the other elders in your child’s life. All the store-bought Valentine cards in the world can’t compare to a simple glued and glittered Valentine outstretched in a little one’s hand.

Even if your child is very young or not at all talented at art, a Valentine card is all about the sentiment involved. You’re not looking for perfection, just a simple statement of adoration. Get your supplies together and gather your children around the table. It’s time to create a few messages of love straight from the heart!

Hand Holding Heart Valentine - With just a few simple supplies your child can present a charming and heart warming Valentine to someone they love. For this classic card you’ll need to have a couple sheets of construction paper in a few colors. You’ll also need a pencil, scissors, glue, and markers if you wish.

Take one piece of construction paper and trace your child’s hand. Cut the tracing out and set aside. Then draw or trace a heart shape onto another piece of construction paper, being sure the heart is small enough to fit within the palm of the hand shape. Use different colors of construction paper to make the card prettier if you like. Glue the heart onto the palm of the cut-out hand shape. Then, depending on the child’s age, have them write, draw, or color a sentiment on the heart. A nice “I love you with my whole heart” is guaranteed to melt a grandparent or parent’s heart.

Ribbon Valentine Heart - This Valentine card is a little more advanced and would be perfect for a child who enjoys crafts. It requires some sturdy construction paper or card stock, pencil, markers, other embellishments, scissors (if you have design-cutting scissors for scrapbooking those work great), hole punch, ribbon, or yarn.

Draw or trace a heart on the card stock or construction paper and cut it out. Now, have your child punch holes using the hole punch up each side of the heart, all along the edges. (Be sure there are an even number of holes so your ribbon ends up on the same side of the heart.) Then simply start at the bottom of the heart and thread your way to the top along one side and do the same up the other side, ending with two loose ribbon ends at the top of the heart. Tie these ends into a pretty bow. Your child will want to finish the decorating with some “I Love You” sentiments, and maybe some pictures, or glitter, or anything they think will make their Valentine creation special.

Collage Card For Valentine’s Day - There may be some people who don’t quite fit the glittery heart Valentine card as much as others. Perhaps a Grandfather or Father would appreciate a card that expresses their unique interests. Gather together some magazines or catalogs that have pictures they might like, then get out the construction paper, scissors, and glue.

Sit down with your child and page through all the magazines and catalogs and start cutting out pictures that would appeal to the Valentine card recipient. Then, fold a piece of construction paper in half to form a card. Have your child arrange the pictures so they look nice, then start gluing them in place. Your child can use markers to write in captions for the pictures and Valentine sentiments. Decorate the front and insides as much as your child wishes. Finish with a hand written Valentine greeting and signature, or scribble if the child is very young, and you’ve got a one-of-a-kind card for a one-of-a-kind loved one!

Begin today gathering up your best Valentine card supplies. Then, sit down with your youngsters and help them start designing their own one-of-a-kind homemade Valentine cards for the people they love. A Valentine card made with your child’s very own little hands is a special touch, indeed! Happy Valentine’s Day.

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