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Valentine Craft Projects -
Valentine's Day Cards
This easy and fun craft project was kindly contributed by Rachel
Paxton of Crafty Moms.com Please
email Rachel with any
questions regarding this project.
Fun with Foamies Valentine's Day Cards
by Rachel Paxton
Foamies have become very popular during the past couple of years.
You can find them in all shapes and sizes and for almost every
holiday. They are great for children's craft projects, but
anyone can use them to make easy, creative greeting
cards. I found a big tub of Valentine's Day Foamies at Walmart
for just a couple of dollars, so I decided to try my hand at
making homemade Valentine's Day cards with them.
This Valentine's Day project is a great activity to do
with your
kids. Children as young as toddlers can stick the Foamies on the
cards after you have done the initial cutting and
gluing.
Preschoolers can even help with that part. While I
was getting
the cards ready to put together, I gave my toddlers
some blank
paper and a handful of heart-shaped Foamies, and they
had a great
time sticking them all over their pieces of paper.
I came up with four different designs for my
Valentine's Day
cards. The materials listed below will make one of
each of the
four cards.
Materials:
- Four pieces of red card stock
- One piece of white card stock
- Valentine's Day Foamies
- Paper cutter, scissors
- Glue stick
- Decorative scissors
First use the paper cutter to cut the red card stock
into the
desired sizes for your cards.
I usually determine the
sizes of
my cards by the envelopes I have to put them in. I
have a stack
of envelopes of all different sizes, so each card can
end up
being a different size.
Card #1:
Turn the first card to open horizontally. I cut out
four small
squares of white card stock to glue in the center of
the card to
form one large square, with just a little space in
between
squares. I then placed a large red foamie heart in
the center of
each white square.
Card #2:
This card will also open horizontally. For this one I
cut out
eight small white squares and glued them in two rows
of four
squares across the face of the card. In the center of
each
square I placed a small heart foamie, alternating pink
and red
hearts. I trimmed the bottom edge of the front of the
card with
decorative scissors.
Card #3:
Turn this card to open vertically. I cut a large
square out of
white card stock and trimmed around all the edges of
the square
with decorative scissors. I glued the white square in
the center
of the card and placed a large red foamie heart in the
center of
the square.
Card #4:
This card will also open vertically. First I cut a
piece of
white card stock into the shape of a rectangle, to be
slightly
smaller than the face of the card. I next trimmed
around the
edges of the rectangle with decorative scissors. I
then cut two
red pieces of cardstock into the shapes of squares and
glued them
one above the other inside the white rectangle. Next
I cut out
two white squares to fit inside the red squares.
Lastly, I
placed a medium-sized red foamie in the center of each
white
square.
That's it! These Valentine's Day cards are fun for
anyone to
make. You can make them in less than half an hour and
people
will think you slaved over them for hours!
Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom of four.
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