Making Homemade Valentines

Making Homemade Valentines Saves Money

You may already have a Valentine making "machine" right in your computer. Photoshop or other card-making software is not only fun, but easy to use. You can make scores of valentine cards in no time. If not, you and your family can make Valentines out of common craft materials.

Perhaps you’d like to make a valentine wreath for your door. That’s easy enough!

• Find some red fabric of different textures and make heart shapes.
• Stuff the fabric hearts with newspaper to give them fullness.
• You can make several small hearts and sew them together to form a larger heart which you can then string on a piece of wire.

• Fill any basket you have with homemade heart shaped cookies. Use red icing; or red "sprinkles" on white icing.
• Add some Hershey chocolate kisses in red foil and set it out on your table for your family to enjoy.

Use your baking skills to prepare a homemade valentine cake.Use a heart-shaped pan or cut a heart shape from a sheet cake. Ice and decorate with candy sprinkles, cinnamon hearts or whatever you choose. Surprise your family after dinner!

Cut a simple valentine heart from red construction paper. Write your heartfelt sentiments on the Valentine, drizzle with glue and sprinkle colored glitter on the glue. Hang your Valentine where your spouse or children can see it as soon as they walk in the door.

You could also cut out tiny hearts from red construction paper and stream them across a wall in your home. Write notes of love on each one!

It doesn’t take much to make homemade valentines. A little imagination and a few inexpensive items can really make a splash without having to spend a fortune. It’s the thought that counts!

You can even print some free Valentine coloring pages to use as patterns.