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Sucker Valentines

January 11, 2018 by Carolina 8 Comments

I’m a sucker for Valentines with Suckers on them! These simple and fun sucker Valentines were made using Jolly Rancher suckers and my Cricut machine. But I’ve also made these printable sucker valentines and these Valentine Suckers.

This project is part of a week of Valentine’s Crafts all made using the Cricut machine. My friends Angie from the Country Chic Cottage and Jen from 100 Directions and I are sharing a different Valentine’s craft made with the Cricut each day. And we’ve invited some of our craftiest friends to join in. Check out all of their awesome ideas down below!

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To make these Sucker Valentines, you’ll need:

Suckers (I used Jolly Rancher brand because that is what my kids like)
Cricut Machine
Valentine’s Scrapbook paper
Cricut Pens

Use this Sucker Valentine Design Space File that I designed. Insert the Pen into the housing on the left, and allow the Cricut to draw the letters and cut the card.

Peel from mat. I find they don’t curl if I pull the mat from the paper, rather than the paper from the mat.

Lift up the tabs, then insert the sucker sticks. If you’re using these as classroom Valentines, you might need a piece of tape or dot of glue to hold the suckers in place.

That’s how easy it is to make the Valentines! I liked using different colored paper with different designs. Go for simple patterns without a lot of contrast for the best results. I also used different colored pens. Black stood out the most, but I like using the reds and dark pinks.

Be sure to scroll all the way down and check out all these other great Valentine’s Day projects you can make with your Cricut machine!

Filed Under: 15 minute crafts, cricut, easy, paper, valentine Tagged With: candy, classroom valentine, sucker, Valentine

Stamp Valentines

January 20, 2016 by Carolina 4 Comments

I think what I like most about Valentine’s Day is the puns. And gifts. This stamp valentine is the perfect combination of a pun and a non-candy Valentine’s gift. I combined my love of puns with my son’s love of rubber stamp to make these valentines that he’ll bring to preschool this year – these stamp valentines.

If you like non-candy valentines, check out this googly eye valentine and this dinosaur valentine.

To make these valentines, you’ll need:
Heart Stamps (I found these at Michael’s)
Mini Stamp Pads
Plastic Bags
Ribbon
Hole Punch
Scissors
Cardstock with this stamp printable printed on it.

Cut out the tags and punch a hole in each.

Put the stamps and an ink pad in each bag. Tie on the tag.

Done!

More Valentine Craft ideas

Jessica from Mad in Crafts made this fast-food Valentine’s Card.

You can make heart canvasses like these from Albion Gould.

Paula at Frog Prince Paperie made these Birdhouse treat boxes – and is offering up the printable for you to make your own.

You can learn how Kimbo from A Girl and a Glue Gun makes these adorable heart envelopes.

These Love Rocks at Artistic Endeavors 101 are adorable, and quick to make!

Carla Schauer has this fun Valentine’s Bookmark for you to color.

You’ll fall in love with your skin again with this Milk Bath Recipe from Mom off Track.

The Hot Chocolate lover in your life will love this Hot Chocolate card from Scrappy Chick.

Jen from 100 Directions created this awesome ombre nail art.

Angie from the Country Chic Cottage whipped up these cute EOS Lip Balm Valentines (yay for more puns)!

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Filed Under: 15 minute crafts, craft lightning, easy, kids, paper, printable, simple, valentine Tagged With: Stamp, Valentine

Dinosaur Valentines

January 14, 2016 by Carolina Leave a Comment

It can be hard to find valentines for little boys to pass out to their class. I remember having one brother who was very particular about the valentines he gave to other kids. And he didn’t want to pass on a romantic message to anyone. These dinosaur valentines are easy to give, and have a simple message that most picky kids would be okay passing on. Plus, these are a non-food valentine, which many schools appreciate!

For these Dino-mite valentines, you’ll need:

Printable dinosaur valentine printed on cardstock
Paper cutter or scissors
Hot Glue
Dinosaur toys

You can find dinosaur toys at some craft stores in the diorama section. You can also find them at certain educational stores. Another fun option is to choose dinosaur erasers – which provide the fun of a dinosaur toy but also the usefulness of an eraser. There are lots of fun options for making these dinosaur valentines.

Print out the dinosaur Valentines. Cut them apart. Hot glue the dinosaurs in place.

If you don’t have a low-temp hot glue gun, you can cut small slits in the valentines, and tie them in place with string or ribbon, If you choose this route, cut slits only as large as you need to get the string or ribbon through. And make sure that you print your valentines on cardstock rather than traditional printer paper. Printer paper is flimsy and won’t hold up well to the holes and the string.

Another option would be to tuck the valentine and the toy in a small bag. Make sure that the age group the valentine is going to can handle small bags safely before choosing this option.

Your dinosaur valentines are done! Easy- peasy!

Get the dinosaur valentines printable file:

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Check out these other fun non-candy valentines:

Googly Eye Valentines

Printable Valentine: Bubble Valentine

Filed Under: 15 minute crafts, easy, fast and cheap, kids, paper, printable, simple, valentine Tagged With: hot glue, toy, Valentine

Silhouette Printable Cutable Valentines

February 10, 2014 by Carolina Leave a Comment

Looking to save some money on handmade Valentines this year, but don’t want to spend a lot of time designing, printing, cutting, and creating 30 Valentines for your child’s class? Well, I have you covered! Here are 7 Valentines that are ready to go. Each one has a Silhouette file you can download to print and cut your child’s Classroom Valentines in no time! If you don’t have a Silhouette, each one also has a PDF file you can use to print and hand-cut your Valentines this year.

Mini Duck Tape Valentine

Want you be my Valentine

Straw Valentine

Googly Eye Valentine

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Filed Under: 30 minute crafts, easy, fast and cheap, kids, quick, silhouette, valentine Tagged With: 30 minutes, diy, easy, handmade

The Ultimate List of Free Printable Valentines for School

January 29, 2014 by Carolina 2 Comments

Looking for the perfect Valentine to send with your kiddos to school this year? I’ve got you covered. Over 75 Free Printable Valentines in this round-up. Some you can add candy, some a toy or other treat, and some are cute enough to stand on their own. Grab a bag of Valentine’s treats and click around! You’re sure to find a great Valentine you can print and cut at home.

Feel free to pin this post using the graphic above… if you’re in love with a particular Valentine on this list, click through to the post and pin from there to share the love with the creator of your favorite card.

You Melt My Heart

Glow Stick Valentines

Bubble Valentine

Mini Duck Tape Valentine

Crayon Valentines

Shoot! Valentine

Conversation Heart Printable

Tic Tac Toe Valentine

Valentine Kisses Printable

Valentine’s Day Treat Bags

Handmade Valentines

Chalkboard Tic Tac Toe Valentines

Folded Heart Valentines

Valentine’s Pillow Boxes

Wand you be my Valentine Printable

Gummy Worm Valentines

Funny Teeth Valentine

WRITE Valentine

Chalkboard "Write" Valentine

Minecraft Valentine

Owl & Straw Valentines

Ninja Valentines

Monkey Valentine

Owl Valentine

Blowing Kisses Valentine

We Belong Together Valentines

Hogs and Kisses

Love is in the Air Valentines

Key to My Heart Valentine

M&M Valentine

Lollipop Covers

Heart Cracker Recipe & Valentine

You’re the Write one for Me

I Like you a "latte" Valentine

Chocolate Coin Valentine

You’re my Type

Personalizable Family Valentine

Hot Tamale Valentine

You make my heart glow

You make my heart Bounce

Nail Polish Valentine

Magnifying Glass Valentine

Pencil and Straw Valentines

Say Cheese Valentine

You send my heart into Orbit

Warhead Valentines

Apple of my Eye

Crayon out loud Valentine

Thumbprint Valentines

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Printable Envelopes

January 18, 2021 by Carolina Leave a Comment

These printable envelopes are an easy kid craft and fun for adults to make as well! Just print out these envelopes, cut them out, put them together… making these printable envelopes is super simple! And, go ahead and scroll all the way down to the bottom to check out more free Valentine’s printables!

Just a quick heads-up that these envelopes are square. And square envelopes do require more postage here in the US. If you’re in a country where square envelopes don’t require more postage leave me a comment so I can dream of moving there. Anyway, they require more postage here. Which is probably worth it. But if you feel like it isn’t, then I totally recommend that you hand deliver these cards. Because hand-delivered cards are the best. Just saying.

To make your printable envelopes, the first thing you’re going to need is the printable file. I’ve got that completely sorted for you. Just drop your email address below and I’ll send you the download link. By the time you’re done reading how to put them together, it should be waiting in your inbox (but be sure to check your spam folder – sometimes email programs get confused and think I’m spamming you when I’m actually sending all the goodness your way).

Start by grabbing your supplies. You’ll need paper, scissors, a ruler, a scoring tool, and some kind of adhesive – a good double-stick tape or glue will work.

Once you have your file, print it out. You can print it out on regular copy paper or some colored cardstock. There are really fun colored cardstock options available, so I vote you go for colored cardstock. But you do you.

Once you have it printed out, cut around the outline. The outline was made a really light grey so that if you’re not perfect at cutting nobody will notice. Probably.

After you’ve cut, use the ruler and scoring tool to mark the scoring lines. If you don’t have a scoring tool you can just fold on the dotted lines and it will work just fine.

Use glue or your double-stick tape on the sides to secure them to the bottom flap.

That’s it! Your envelope is ready for sending!

Be sure to check out all these other Valentine’s themed FREE printables!

Filed Under: 15 minute crafts, easy, fast and cheap, quick, valentine

Simple Pretzel Pin for National Pretzel Day

January 31, 2019 by Carolina Leave a Comment

Did you know that April 26th is National Pretzel Day? How do you choose to celebrate this fantastic snack food? I say you make yourself a simple Pretzel Pin that you can wear to proudly proclaim your love of pretzels! And you can whip one up with a few basic supplies, and in just a few minutes!

This project is part of Craft Lightning Week. All week long I’m sharing fast crafts that can be made in 10 minutes or less to celebrate obscure holidays. My friends Angie from The Country Chic Cottage and Lindsay from See Lindsay are joining in, along with some of our crafty friends! Be sure to scroll down to check out the obscure holidays they’ve chosen to celebrate!

DIY Pretzel Pin that you can wear to celebrate National Pretzel Day on April 26th

To make your Simple DIY Pretzel Pin, you’ll need:
Brown pipecleaner
Pin Back
Hot Glue

Start by folding the pipe cleaner in half, and giving it a light twist. This makes it a little shorter and a little thicker.

Fold into a loop, and twist about a half inch from the ends.

Then bend the ends down to complete the pretzel shape.

Use hot glue to secure the pin to the back. Allow to cool.

If you like, you can add some clear glitter to look like “salt” on your pretzel!

Check out these other simple crafts that celebrate obscure holidays!

Jessica from Everyday Party made this “Wine Not” tumbler to celebrate National Drink Wine Day!

Over at Tried and True, Vanessa is celebrating Valentine’s Day with this Valentine’s Wreath.

Our Crafty Mom shows you how to make a Poetry Journal for Great Poetry Reading Day.

Artsy Fartsy Mama is Celebrating International Waffle Day with the cutest waffle necklace!

Lindsay from See Lindsay shows you how to make a reverse canvas for International Women’s Day.

And Angie from the Country Chic Cottage is celebrating Dinosaur Day with this fun Dino Tagged Blanket!

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DIY Felt Earbud Case

January 29, 2018 by Carolina 6 Comments

This little DIY Felt Earbud Case is super simple to make with only a few supplies – and you can whip up a Felt Earbud Case in about 15 minutes! I love the design of this Felt Earbud Case, and want to whip a bunch up in different colors! An earbud case is super handy to have, to keep earbuds from getting tangled up. This earbud case is also a great option for storing charger cables. If you have big, bulky charger cables you can make a larger one using a bowl as your template rather than a glass.

This project is part of Craft Lightning Week. If you’ve been around a while you know that my friend Angie from The Country Chic Cottage and I partner with another crafty friend (this time it is Laura from Laura’s Crafty Life) for a week to create a different 15-minute craft project each day. And we invite our craftiest friends to join in! This week, all the projects are made using FELT! Check out all of today’s awesome creations at the bottom of this page, and be sure to come back each day this week to check out all the other fun felt creations that take 15 minutes or less to create!

To make the DIY Felt Earbud Case, you’ll need:

Square of Felt
Glass
Fabric Marking Pen
Coordinating Embroidery Floss
Scissors
Embroidery Needle

Trace the glass three times, and cut out.

Place the glass on one of the cut circles. Overlap a little over the midline, then draw an arc.

Cut two circles of felt to match this same arc. Place them on top of the remaining circle.

This is the design for the earbud case. Simple, right? Now just stitch all the way around. You can use whatever stitch you like, I prefer a blanket stitch.

Make sure to place the second arc on top, and stitch all the way around. Then your earbud case is complete!

Want some more fast crafts that can be made with felt? Check out these fun fast felt projects!

Over at Swordfights and Starry Nights, Christine made some cute felt Hearts that you can use on all your Valentine’s Crafts!

This Felt Valentine from Sew What Alicia is perfect for holding Valentine’s treats!

Lindsay, the Artsy-Fartsy mama made this adorable dog costume from felt!

How fun is this floral headband that Everyday Jenny made?

Learn how to whip up these felt versions of paper dolls that Pam at PS I Love You Crafts made.

Mary Beth at Cupcakes and Crinoline is getting you ready for Easter with these colorful felt Easter eggs!

My Co-hostess Laura made this fun felt rainbow heart banner.

Angie, my long-time co-hostess for Craft Lightning used felt in making these cute stock snowmen.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for more felt fun!

Filed Under: 15 minute crafts, craft lightning, easy, fabric, fast and cheap, simple Tagged With: cord, felt, sewing

Locked Heart Valentine’s Day Card

January 9, 2018 by Carolina 1 Comment

As I was walking through Michael’s Crafts Store, I saw these adorable lock and key brads. I knew they would make the perfect card! I love lock and key symbols for Valentine’s Day, so I looked up Valentine’s Card designs in Cricut Design Space. I simplified and adjusted the “Dear to my Heart” card that is free in Design Space if you have Cricut Access. I’ll link to my revised versions of the card below so that you don’t have to make any adjustments, you can just cut them out yourself to make both versions of the Locked Heart Valentine’s Day Card.

This project is part of a fun week of Cricut Valentine’s projects that my friends Angie from The Country Chic Cottage, Jen from 100 Directions, and other friends from around the internet are joining together on. If you scroll down to the bottom of this page, you can check out lots of Valentine’s projects that you can make using a Cricut Machine!

To make the Locked Heart Valentine’s Day Card, you’ll need:

Double-sided 12×12 cardstock
Cricut Machine
Scoring Stylus
Lock and Key Brads (for one version)
Hot Glue Gun

Cut out either the locked heart card using brads or the locked heart card without brads.

If you’re using paper with a directional print, be sure to place the paper right-side-up on the mat. Otherwise you’ll end up with something that looks like this:

To keep the cardstock from curling, peel the mat from the cardstock instead of the cardstock from the mat.

Fold the envelope on the score lines.

For the version with the brads, put the prongs of the brad through the heart and then through the envelope.

Then glue the envelope flaps closed.

The top flap of the envelope rests under the heart to hold the envelope shut.

For the version without the brads, slip the toungues into the grooves to secure the heart in place before gluing the envelope together.

For the card, fold the creases to put together the gate-fold card.

Place the heart on top. If you’re using the non-brad version, the tounges and grooves will line up. For the version with the brads, place the lock brad through the heart and through the back of the card before securing.

Before closing up the card, write whatever sentiment you want to offer your loved one.

I love the way the double-sided cardstock really makes the heart pop!

All done! Gift your Locked Heart Valentine’s Day Card to someone special!

Be sure to scroll all the way down and check out all these other great Valentine’s Day projects you can make with your Cricut machine!

Filed Under: 15 minute crafts, cricut, easy, fast and cheap, paper, simple, valentine Tagged With: brad, Card, envelope, lock, paper, Valentine's

DIY Candy Hearts

January 13, 2017 by Carolina Leave a Comment

Making your own Candy Hearts is a sweet way to Celebrate Valentine’s Day! It is so easy to make your own DIY candy hearts, and then box them up in little boxes to pass out to friends! You can add extracts to your hearts when you make them to give them a custom flavor… maybe you like peppermint, almond, lemon, or anise… each adds its own special touch to the holiday!

This project is part of Craft Lighting Holiday. Each day this week I’ve been sharing a fun and fast Valentine’s Day craft that can be done in 15 minutes or less. And my co-hosts Angie from the Country Chic Cottage and Laura from Handmade Home have been sharing in the fun! We’ve also asked our crafty friends to join in… check out all their great projects below!

To make the candy heart boxes, you’ll need:
Paper
Sizzix Thinlets Mini Recipe Card Box (from the Where Women Cook Collection)
Sizzix Thinlits Plus Die Set – Box, Matchbox (optional – for the lattice cut-out)
Sizzix Die-Cut machine and baseplates
Hot glue

Candy hearts (check out the video below on how to make them)