How to Make a Valentine's Day Card for Your Sweetie

If you really want to do something special for your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day, why not make a homemade Valentine’s Day card? Homemade Valentine’s cards are more meaningful than store bought cards—-and they’re fun to make!

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Construction paper
• Cardstock
• Scissors
• Magazines
• Markers
• Paints
• Glitter
• Glue

1. Cut cardstock or construction paper into the shape that you want. One suggestion is to cut it into a heart shape. Or just fold the paper in half to make a standard card shape.
2. Cut out pictures or words from magazines that convey your love. Some examples of words to look for could be: love, kiss, passion, beauty. You could also look for pictures of flowers, candy or pretty scenery.
3. Arrange the words and images on your card and carefully glue them on.
4. Embellish the card with artwork or glitter. You can paint swirly designs, heart shapes or other designs on the card. Use a little glue to mark where you want other embellishments--like glitter--to go and use it sparingly.
5. Inside the card, write your own heartfelt sentiments. The words that you write will be the most meaningful part of the card.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure you let the card dry completely before you give it to your Valentine.
• If you have a collection of old Valentine's cards that you have saved over the years, use images from them to make a collage on your homemade Valentine.
• Be creative when choosing items to glue onto your card. If you have ticket stubs or postcards from places you have visited with your sweetie, cut them out to make a memory-filled card.