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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
Instructions
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!
More photos of finished Valentine's Day cards:
http://www.crafty-moms.com/valentines-day-card-foamies.shtml
By Rachel Paxton from Washington State
About The Author: Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom of four. For
scrapbooking, card making, gift-giving ideas, and more family
memory-making activities, visit http://www.crafty-moms.com
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