The dollar store is one of my favorite places to pick up inexpensive seasonal crafting items.  A perennial favorite across all seasons is their glitter table scatter. Over on Creative Green Living, I show you how to take some wired burlap ribbon and combine it with Valentine table scatter to make a cute bunting perfect for a mantle, door, or mirror.  [how to make an easy burlap and glitter valentine heart banner]

Project estimate:

• burlap ribbon, $1
• Glitter heart table scatter, $1 and up
• Scissors, on hand
• Jute twine, on hand or $1 and up
• Hot glue gun & glue, on hand

Total: $3 and up

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I decided I wanted a Valentine’s Day wreath this year.  I’ve never been a big wreath person, but Pinterest can change a girl.  I wasn’t sure exactly how my wreath would look, I just knew I wanted it to be big, bold, and red.

I headed to Dollar Tree and just started picking up red Valentine items that “spoke” to me.  I liked the sparkly garland, and the heart picks were too cute to pass up.  I had a ton of red ribbon left over from Christmas, and some wood heart frames I had purchased at Michael’s.  I looked at my collection for several days, still not sure what to do with it.  So I just started playing with my supplies, and I wound up with a wreath that I absolutely LOVE.  Here’s how I ended up making it.

Project estimate:

• Wreath form, $1
• Wire edged ribbon, on hand or $1 and up
• Valentine garland, $1
• Heart Picks, $1
• Wood heart frame, $1
• Puffy hearts, $1 for 6
• Stickers, on hand

Total:  $5 and up

Step one:  Wrap the wreath form with ribbon (optional, but I can’t stand floral foam shedding!)  Paint the heart shaped frame.

Step two:  Cut the wire garland into 24 inch pieces.  Wrap one end of wire around the wreath form, and coil the rest into a loose spiral.  Repeat.

Step three:  Cut the wire edged ribbon into 32 inch strips.  Attach it to the wreath form by doubling the ribbon, and pulling the ribbon ends through the loop.  Repeat.

Step four:  Slide the ends of the heart picks into the base of the ribbon loops.

Step five:  Glue the wood heart to the front, and attach the puffy heart with a ribbon.  Add a cupid sticker (optional).

Step six:  Curl the ends of the wired ribbon in different directions.

Isn’t this a fun wreath?  If you don’t care for my red/gold combo, you could easily make it white/pink or any other colors that say “Valentine’s Day” to you.  Have fun crafting and creating!

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There’s enough candy on Valentine’s Day! Make quick and easy healthy valentine snacks for your kids to give out in class. Here are some Free printables for apple sauce squeeze pouches, oranges, and juice boxes.

To make them:

Download the free printable, print it out on your printer.

Cut out the labels to fit your healthy snacks. then attach with double-sided tape.

EASY!

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This quick, easy project doesn’t just have to be for Valentine’s Day.  You could easily use different stamps to create custom decorative candles for your home, for parties, or for gifts.  I made several winter themed candles as gifts for my neighbors for Christmas, and they loved them!  So pull out your inks and stamps, and let’s decorate some candles!

Project estimate:

• Candles, on hand or $1 and up
• Stamps and ink, on hand
• Tissue paper, on hand
• Hair dryer or heat embossing tool, on hand

Total:  Free or $1 and up

It’s a good idea to do a few practice runs with old candles or dollar store candles.  I often find bags of new to barely used candles at thrift stores, and they are great for practicing this technique.  The candle I used in this project was purchased at Dollar Tree, and while it is a battery operated votive candle, it has a wax coating on the outside, so it works for this project.

To make your own stamped Valentine’s Day Candle:

Step one:  Cut a piece of tissue paper to fit around your candle.

Step two:  Stamp the tissue paper.  First, I covered my paper with a text stamp that has the definition of love. Then I stamped the heart image over the text.

Step three:  Wrap the stamped tissue paper around the candle.

Step four:  Heat the tissue paper with a heat embossing tool or a hair dryer.  As the wax melts, the tissue paper will seem to disappear into the candle, leaving only the image.  Be careful to keep moving your heat tool so you don’t burn the tissue paper or create uneven dimples in your candle.

If you want to, you can further embellish your candle with ribbon, string, rhinestones, etc.  I’m decorating a few candles with blue and green damask stamps to match my living room.  Which stamps are you going to reach for?  Have fun creating!

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Add some dimension to your Valentine’s Day decorations with these fabulous 3D tissue paper hearts! Emma at Gathering Beauty whipped them up with just two ingredients: tissue paper and thread! Go raid your gift wrapping supplies for your stash of tissue paper, plug in your sewing machine, and head over to her tutorial to see how easy these are! [how to make 3D tissue paper hearts]

Project estimate:

• Tissue paper, on hand or $1 and up
• Sewing machine, on hand

Total: Free or $1 and up

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We love map crafts! Claire at Pillar Box Blue used some old maps to make these adorable Valentine’s Day treat holders! If you don’t want to cut up actual maps, look around online for printable vintage maps (there are some mentioned in Claire’s post). You can even personalize these by using maps with a city or area that has sentimantal value to the recipient! [how to make map heart treat bags]

Project estimate:

• Maps, on hand or free and up
• Sewing machine or needle and thread, on hand
• Small tags, on hand or $1 and up
• String, on hand or $1 and up
• Candy, $1 and up

Total: $1 and up!

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When Carissa at Creative Green Living found a sleeve of crushed red paper cups, she knew they wouldn’t be much good for holding liquids, but she didn’t just want to throw them away. Instead, she used them for a fun Valentine’s Day kids craft! With an assortment of basic craft supplies, you can make a nearly endless variety of cute little critters. Set out the materials and let your kiddos’ imaginations run wild! [how to make paper cup love bugs]

Project estimate:

• Red paper cups, $1 and up
• Pipe cleaners, on hand or $1 and up
• Glitter heart “table scatter”, $1
• Googly eyes, on hand or $1
• Rhinestones, on hand or $1 and up
• Fast grab tacky glue (for kids) or a hot glue gun and glue (for adults), on hand or $1 and up

Total: about $2 and up!

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We LOVE the subtle gorgeous look of this heart wall hanging, just in time for Valentine’s Day! Jesica at Classic in Gray used several different colors and textures of yarn and a simple knot-tying technique to create this look. You’ll be amazed at how little effort it takes to makes something with such a big impact! [how to make a heart wall hanging]

Project estimate:

• Dowels, on hand or about $3 and up
• Yarn, on hand or $3 and up

Total: Free and up!

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Valentine’s Day is just two days away, but it’s not too late to get crafty! Grab your favorite washi tape and try some of these Valentine’s Day washi tape crafts!

1. Washi Tape Book Spines – Turn a collection of books into a bit of sweet heart decor with washi tape.

2. Heart Decor – Use your washi tape stash to make a pretty decoration right on the wall. Washi tape pulls away easily, so you can just remove it when you’re done without damaging the paint.

3. Heart Bunting – This tute uses small paper bags for this bunting, but any scrap paper you have handy would work as well with a little trimming and folding.

4. Sweet Heart Packaging – Cut out some cardboard hearts from an old cereal box to make a recycled version of these cute washi tape gift tags.

5. Heart Art – Not keen on putting a heart right on the wall? This cute framed heart art uses sheet-sized washi tape, but you could also do smaller hearts from an old fashioned roll of washi tape instead. Just stick pieces to wax paper, cut, peel, and restick.

6. Reverse Heart Art – I love the shadowbox effect of this washi tape Valentine’s Day craft!

7. Heart Notebook – This sweet embellished moleskine would make a cute addition to a Valentine’s Day gift!

8. DIY Heart Thumbtacks – Make your bulletin board so, so lovey dovey.

9. Covered Heart Boxes – Turn a cheapo heart-shaped box from the craft store into something totally cute with layers of washi tape.

10. Cupid’s Arrow – Use washi tape to make cute Cupid’s arrows for the wall!

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Need some inspiration for inexpensive yet very nice and thoughtful Valentine’s Day gifts?  Our pal Tanner from A Little Craft In Your Day demonstrates two fun ideas in this video!  First he makes a project that has been very popular in our DSC Facebook group, a gumball machine made out of a flower pot and a glass bowl, followed by a heart candy collage.  Watch the video below, or read Tanner’s blog post for more details.

Project estimate (flower pot gumball machine):

• Flower pot, $1 and up
• Round glass bowl, on hand or $1 and up
• Knob or large bead, on hand or $1 and up
• Paint, on hand
• Glue, on hand or $1 and up
• Candy, $1 and up

Total:  $2 and up

Project estimate (heart candy collage):

• Paper, on hand
• Frame, on hand or $1 and up
• Candy, $1 and up
• Glue, on hand or $1 and up

Total:  $1 and up

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