How to Make Valentine's Day Bookmarks

Series Summary

Valentine's day is the holiday that takes place every February 14th during which traditionally, lovers express their lover for each other. Often Valentine's Day cards, candy or flowers are sent, and red and pink hearts are used to decorate. Originally named for Christian martyrs named Valentine, the day became more about romantic love in the Middle ages when courtly love flourished. It has become a bit commercialized since the Middle ages though, and is now the second largest greeting card sending holiday of the year behind Christmas.

In this free video series, learn how to make homemade Valentine gifts. Our expert art teacher, Lanie Evans, shows you how to make a variety of Valentine's crafts. Learn how to make Valentine's cards, bookmarks, magnets, and finger puppets. Lanie shows you how to make valentine gift boxes and gift bags. Also, learn how to make Valentine's hair barrets. If you are looking for some easy and fun Valentine projects to boost your holiday spirit, watch and learn this free video series today!

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Lanie Evans and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm here to show you how to make Valentine bookmarks. Take a look at some of the supplies we're going to use. These foam hearts are great. They have an adhesive background and you can buy these at your local craft store. We're going to use some popsicle sticks, scissors or wrapping paper, scrap paper, large hole punch. These work great. If you have them, you can use them. If not, that's okay too. We're going to use a hot glue gun. You can possibly use a sharpie or a marker. Double-sided tape also works really well for the wrapping paper. Over here, I have made different designs and I've also wrapped some of the popsicle sticks. These are out of the recycled paper that I've used, and I made a little face. I'm going to go ahead and glue these together. Just a little bit of hot glue. Then you have a cute bookmark. These are great for kids. Instead of Valentine cards, these are great little gifts that your child can take to school. There you go. You have many different bookmarks that you can make."