How to Make a Meaningful Valentine's Day Card

To make your Valentine's day card truly meaningful, you'll need to put some serious thought into what message you want to convey.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Glues
• Body Paints To Go
• Scissors
• Old Magazines
• Art Papers
• Card Stock
• Colored Paper
• Markers

1. Brainstorm reasons why you adore your valentine. Write them down, and include specific memories, past adventures or vacations, images he or she evokes, inside jokes, favorite songs, movies, restaurants.
2. Flip through photographs, your journal if you keep one, old letters or e-mails you've kept for additional memories, images or thoughts, and add them to your list.
3. Read over your notes, and decide how you might best present these reflections of your amour.
4. Consider creating a collage that evokes images of some of your musings. On a blank card or folded piece of posterboard, glue a shell, stone or leaf you found on that first weekend getaway together. Add a photograph of the two of you taken at your friend's birthday party and some perfume.
5. Say it in a poem - on a blank card or piece of paper, let your thoughts flow freely across the paper. Start with the date, February 14, followed by your lover's name.
6. Make your lover a list: 100 Reasons Why I Love You. Number them. Be creative and extremely detailed. People love reading about themselves, especially when the observations are coming from a lover.
7. Discard the traditional card idea, and use body paint (or a marker if your lover is game) and pen your love directly on your valentine's body. As you write, whisper the words. Later, trace the ones he or she would like to hear again with your fingers.