How to Make a Homemade Valentine

A homemade Valentine is one of the sweetest and endearing gifts anyone could receive. The best part is, making a homemade card for Valentine's Day can be as cute and simple or as complex and elegant as you want.

Skill Level Required for Crafting a Homemade Valentine

If you can use scissors and glue and fold paper, you can make a homemade Valentine for Valentine's Day.

Different Styles of Homemade Valentines:

There are different types of homemade Valentine's that can be made. Perhaps the materials or already on hand for one or more of these ideas for this Valentine's Day craft. Feel free to mix and match styles, for a homemade Valentine that is trulyunique.

Basic Homemade Valentine:

Materials for making a Basic Homemade Valentine:

red, white, black and pink construction paper
scissors
glue
crayons
stickers

A basic homemade Valentine consists of a piece of neatly folded paper, either left in a rectangle, or cut into a square, and decorated. Kids and adults can decorate the front and the inside of these basic homemade Valentines.

To cut a heart that is even on both sides, fold a piece of paper in half and cut out half of a heart on the fold. A perfectly symmetrical heart will result. You can also continue to cut the heart into smaller hearts, which will make some heart "outlines" of the same paper, that can be use together on a basic homemade Valentine.

Use crayons or a red pen to write a message.

How to Make a Collaged Homemade Valentine:

Materials for Making a Collaged Homemade Valentine:
used stamps
copies of photographs
old movie stubs
old song sheets
old love or other hand-written letters
antiqued paper

Follow the steps for making a basic homemade Valentine, except add a variety of different paper materials, making a Valentine collage.

How to Make an Embellished Homemade Valentine:

Materials for making an Embellished Homemade Valentine:
scrapbooking materials
plastic hearts
word stickers or labels
sequins
foil heart stickers