Valentines Day Card Crafts

Snipped Card
Create a stand-out greeting with this snipped Valentine's Day card.

Materials:
- Red rice paper
- Sharp scissors
- Metallic gold fine-point marker

1. Cut an 8"-diam circle of red rice paper and fold it precisely into 16ths (fold in half 4 times).
2. Draw a half-heart pattern on top for snipping, leaving some folds intact on each side.
3. Cut out design with scissors.
4. Open paper and write message in gold marker around the circle. Refold on original creases for neat results.

Valentines Day Card Crafts

Hidden Heart Card
Surprise your loved ones with this Valentine's Day card

Materials:
- Sturdy colored paper: 5" x 10" blue and 4"-square red
- Tracing paper
- Craft knife
- Glue stick or white glue
- Fine-point permanent marker

1. Fold blue paper in half to form square, then unfold.
2. Draw or trace a heart on blue paper, marking a "hinge" on the left with two dots.
3. Cut out heart with craft knife, leaving hinge.
4. Glue red paper behind opening. Glue blue card closed. Fold back blue heart; write message on red one; close.

Valentines Day Card Crafts

Bright Hearts Card
Spell out your love with this foldable Valentine's Day card

Materials:
- Parchment or construction paper
- Colored paper and magazines for cutouts
- Craft knife
- Glue stick or rubber cement
- Tape

1. Cut 5 hearts the same size from different colors of construction paper. Fold in half.
2. Cut letters and words from colored paper and magazines to spell out a 5-word message.
3. Glue 1 word inside each heart. Tape hearts in a row at back edges.

Valentines Day Card Crafts

Victorian Card
Try this fun take on a traditional Victorian Valentine's Day card.

Materials:
- Parchment or construction paper
- Craft knife
- Pinking shears
- Colored paper and magazines for cutouts
- Glue stick or rubber cement

1. Trace your hand on paper and draw a 3"-long triangular cuff at the wrist. Cut out with craft knife; trim cuff with pinking shears.
2. Cut a 1 1/2" x 2" heart from folded colored paper with pinking shears. Leave heart folded and fold it again diagonally; snip about 1" at center of diagonal fold with pinking shears.
3. Glue to hand cutout.
4. Pencil in 2 bands across back, one 1/2" wide just below palm and the other 5/8" wide, near lower edge. Cut a row of X's along each band, leaving a tiny space between the X's at top and bottom. Slip a strip of paper through each band, leaving diamonds showing between X's on front. Cut a wedge in ends of strips.
5. Print message across cuff.

Valentines Day Card Crafts