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Paper Crafts to Warm Your Heart

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Honestly, the weeks of winter that follow New Year’s Day seem like a waste. Cold winds, snow drifts, icy roads, and no presents to show for it? No, thanks! In my perfect world, we’d fast forward to spring, but unless someone invents a time machine, we’re stuck with this crummy weather for at least a few more weeks. Luckily, there’s a way to stay toasty in these frigid temperatures–in a figurative sense, anyway. These Paper Crafts to Warm Your Heart will keep your mind occupied and your fingers unfrozen. Try out some homemade card ideas and share the warm fuzzies with family and friends. Deck out your home with easy DIY paper decorations, or learn how to quill paper embellishments that you can use on jewelry and cards. So, grab your blanket and get ready to banish those winter blues with these DIY paper crafts.

 

Adorable Origami Heart CardHomemade Card Ideas

Now that most people communicate via text message and email, it’s more thrilling than ever to find a piece of mail in your mailbox. Surprise your loved ones with these homemade card ideas, and who knows? They might be inspired to return the favor. These DIY card ideas also make beautiful homemade valentine cards.

Adorable Origami Heart Card
Fancy Folds Card
Washi Tape Heart Card
3D Hearts Card

 

 

DIY Paper DecorationsHeart Flower

These DIY paper crafts will put a smile on your face as soon as you walk in your door. These projects make marvelous Valentine’s Day crafts, but don’t let that stop you from putting them out all year long! Between an inexpensive paper garland DIY and a simple tutorial on how to make a cupcake topper, you’ll soon see that hearts are appropriate for all seasons.

Valentine Hearts Tabletop Tree
Heart Flower
Easy Hearts Garland

 

 

Quilled Hearts JewelryPaper Quilling Tutorials

Learn how to quill paper hearts and flowers that are intricate, adorable, and totally versatile. You can use these embellishments for a variety of projects, from cards and home decor to wearable paper crafts. With a little bit of creativity, you can look fabulous without spending a lot of time or money.

Quilled Hearts Jewelry
Lovely Quilled Heart Flower Card

 

 

 
Ideas for Valentine's Day: 12 Free Printable Valentine's Day Cards and Other Valentine's Day Crafts Free eBook
For more heart paper crafts, check out our free eBook, Ideas for Valentine’s Day: 12 Free Printable Valentine’s Day Cards and Other Valentine’s Day Crafts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What’s your favorite way to beat the winter blues?

 

 

 

 

 

Find Cute Valentine’s Day Ideas in the new eBook from AllFreeHolidayCrafts

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Valentine's Day Ideas: Heart Crafts and Cute Valentine's Day Crafts eBook

Over at AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com, we know that Valentine’s Day just isn’t the same without fun decorations, heart crafts, and other cute Valentine’s Day ideas to create. To prove our point, we’ve rounded up our top 10 cute and creative ideas for the holiday into one superb collection. The best part is, Valentine’s Day Ideas: 10 Heart Crafts and Cute Valentine’s Day Crafts is not only free for you to download and store on your computer, but it’s a printable craft collection as well! Like the Crazy-Cute Crochet Heart, shown on the eBook’s cover, all the cute Valentine’s Day ideas and heart crafts included in this collection are must-haves. Stop resisting! Grab your copy of Valentine’s Day Ideas: 10 Heart Crafts and Cute Valentine’s Day Crafts today.




Adorable Heart Crafts

Simple Heart Bunting
No matter what you have in mind when it comes to your Valentine’s Day Crafts, you’re no doubt going to embrace the classic heart-shaped symbol. Whether they are made from yarn, paper, or fabric, we’ve got fabulous heart crafts for you to try in our latest eBook. In fact, Valentine’s Day Ideas: 10 Heart Crafts and Cute Valentine’s Day Crafts is filled with as many heart crafts as your heart desires! Like this Simple Heart Bunting, all the heart-shaped crafts in our latest collection are devastatingly adorable.



More Cute Valentine’s Day Ideas

Puppy Love Bandana
While our heat crafts are cute enough to fill an entire collection, we didn’t stop there! Piled between these 24 pages you will find an assortment of cute and unique ideas for the holiday. We even have a fun little DIY accessory for your pets, fabric flowers, and a fabulously simple handmade Valentine’s Day gift. Don’t miss another minute of delightful holiday crafting, grab your free, printable copy of our of Valentine’s Day Ideas: 10 Heart Crafts and Cute Valentine’s Day eBook and let the festivities begin!





How many Valentine’s Day crafts do you plan to make this year?





Link Love: Valentine’s Day Craft Ideas

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Valentine’s Day is two weeks away – are you feeling the love? Even though I don’t have a valentine this year (does Ryan Gosling count?), I plan to make the most of this holiday. Growing up, my mom made Valentine’s Day fun and memorable. In the morning, we’d find a small gift next to our breakfast and receive candy to eat after our family dinner. She also made it a point to decorate our house with cute little heart-shaped accents and use pink and red paper plates, napkins and tablecloths for meals.

Sure, grand gestures are a fun aspect of Valentine’s Day (if anyone wants to get me a diamond, please feel free), but it’s the small, handmade touches that you’re sure to remember. In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, start decorating your space and wearing heart-shaped accessories. A Crocheted Heart Headband is perfect for little girls but moms can make one for themselves as well. This pattern for this adorable headband is extremely simple, making it ideal for beginners. You can also add a pretty handmade wreath to your door. Go green and make a Valentine’s Coffee Filter Wreath or show off your rustic side with a Charming Valentine’s Day Wreath. You might think these projects are complicated but they’re actually so easy to make!

Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about romance. Embrace the best aspects of the day and create adorable DIY designs that you can show off all year long. Even the smallest handmade item can brighten your day or make someone smile.

  1. Magnetic Valentine’s Card from Muslin and Merlot
  2. Anthro-Inspired Heart Pillow from Hearts and Sharts
  3. DIY Love Heart Crayons from Captured By Lucy
  4. Concrete Love Hearts Necklace from Fall For DIY
  5. Valentine’s Cork Heart from Sand and Sisal
  6. Valentine Storage Decor from Crafts By Courtney
  7. Giant Cupid’s Arrows from For The Love Of
  8. Valentine’s Day Garland from Vicky Barone
  9. Valentines Wreath from Nap-time Creations

What’s your favorite Valentine’s Day tradition?

 

Butterflies, Flowers, and Hearts: Creative Romantic Ideas with Easy Paper Crafts

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Just because we’re in the middle of winter doesn’t mean we can’t think of spring. Try a few paper crafts ideas that were inspired by warmer weather, and you’ll stay cheerful even in these chilly temperatures. Now that it’s past New Year’s, the countdown to Valentine’s Day begins. This year, we at AllFreePaperCrafts want to give you a head start on your Valentine’s Day to do list. We’ve put together a sampling of some of the most adorable homemade valentine cards and homemade valentine decorations you’ve ever seen. These simple paper crafts are an inexpensive and fun way to show your sweetheart how much you care.

Whimsical Wings: How to Make a Paper Butterfly

Test out some of our butterfly craft ideas to keep a smile on your face when the days are short. Check out some of our easy tutorials and learn how to make paper butterflies. You can use these adorable accents on almost anything from greeting cards to home décor. Plus, we have some super cute valentine treat ideas that were inspired by our fluttery friends.

Super Sweet Butterfly Treat

Forever Florals: Making Paper Flowers, Rain or Shine

Learn how to make paper flowers that will never fall victim to a cold snap. Homemade paper flowers come in all colors, shapes, sizes, and textures. We have a great collection of DIY paper flowers, and, like our butterfly craft ideas, you can use these floral embellishments all year. You can make flowers that will lay flat in a scrapbook, or 3D blooms with folded petals for a fancy card. These projects may look intimidating, but they’re actually as easy as they are elegant. When you start cranking out enough paper flowers to fill your snow-covered garden, the world of Valentine’s Day crafts won’t know what hit it.

Funky Heart Flower

Happy Hearts: How to Make a Paper Heart

Most people learn how to make a heart out of paper in elementary school. Give yourself a refresher on this childhood skill with some heartwarming paper craft ideas for all occasions. You can use these embellishments to make garland, cupcake toppers, and more decorations for Valentine’s Day. After all, there’s no quicker way to say “I love you” than with this iconic shape.

Washi Tape Heart Card

 

Which of these crafts would you like to try?

 

Craft Your Support for American Heart Month

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Last Friday, February 1, 2013, was the tenth annual Wear Red Day, which kicked off American Heart Month. American Heart Month was created in an effort to educate women of the dangers of heart disease. It is estimated that around 43 million women in the U.S are affected by heart disease. Having heard a number like that, I would imagine that you’re wondering what you can do to help. To show your support for American Heart Month, go red for heart disease this February! In honor of American Heart Month, AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com has selected a few of our favorite heart-shaped crafts that will help you go red this month. Show your support and craft your own heart projects for American Heart Month.  These heart-shaped crafts will help you show-off your devotion to this great cause, and you’ll have fun while you do it!

Go Red: Heart Crafts to Wear

Shimmer Heart HeadbandA quick project like our Shimmer Heart Headband is a great way to whip up an accessory in no time that will show your support. You can wear this headband with any outfit, so go red on a daily basis! Another quick way to accessorize for American Heart Month would be with a pair of Hanging Heart Earrings, simply pop these easy-to-make earrings in and you’re instantly representing American Heart Month. These Valentine’s Day crafts are also a great way to make yourself a little extra something to wear on the 14th, and who doesn’t love multipurpose projects?

Heart Wreaths for the Cause

If you want to step it up a notch, add some flair to your front door with one of our red wreaths. Hanging one of these wreaths during February will help spread awareness of American Heart Month, to your neighbors, friends, and each passerby. Take our Upcycled Dollar Store Wreath for instance; this heart-shaped wreath is one big red statement! The Upcycled T-shirt Heart Wreath is another great option for women looking for way to spread awareness. Plus, both of these heart-shaped wreaths are made from inexpensive materials.

If you’re a female crafter, what better way to use your talents this February than by creating a few crafts to demonstrate your support for American Heart Month? Help spread awareness and influence your family, friends, neighbors, and acquaintances to share their support as well. Don’t hesitate to spread the word, and find out more information from the American Heart Association!

Link Love: Heart Crafts for Valentine’s Day

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Love it or hate it, there’s no denying that Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. While I don’t have a special someone, I still love Valentine’s Day. In fact, every year I draw a heart around the date on my calendar. To me, Valentine’s Day is a time to show you care. It’s also a chance to decorate and eat a ton of delicious candy. What could be better?

There are plenty of projects that can satisfy your creativity before and after Valentine’s Day. A Wired Heart is a fun, unexpected project that can be displayed all year. Since Valentine’s Day occurs during a chilly season, you might want a taste of the outdoors. A Valentine’s Day Topiary allows you to celebrate without heading into the cold. Hearts are the true symbol of Valentine’s Day, but they can used in art projects all year long. A Chic Decorative Heart looks great in any room of the house.

You don’t have to go crazy with red and pink supplies to celebrate Valentine’s Day. In fact, simply making crafts in the shape of hearts can be a fun and easy way to decorate. Best of all, when you think outside the box and use unexpected materials and colors, your crafts become much more practical. You can wear sparkly heart-shaped shoe clips or use a heart-shaped coin wallet all year long.

  1. Paper Valentine Candy Filled Hearts from In My Own Style
  2. Paper Heart Ornaments from Morning Creativity
  3. DIY Glitter Heart Art from Ellinee
  4. Valentine Wreath from Design Improvised
  5. Hand Warmers Valentine Heart from Petit Elefant
  6. Leather Heart Coin Purse from Fabric Paper Glue
  7. Tiny Crocheted Hearts from The Party Artisan
  8. Heart Hair Clip from At the Picket Fence
  9. Hanging Heart Decoration from Isobel Higley

Link Love: Love is in the Air

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Love is in the air in craftland! You wonderful crafters sure love hearts (and pink, and felt, and ruffles…) I had a hard time narrowing down all of the pretty Valentine’s Day crafts I’ve seen lately, so expect more next week!

  1. Heart Felt Wreath from The Idea Room: Love the fluffy felt circles, love the pun.
  2. Adorable felt roses from Spending Less Living More: Same concept, but you can use it for weddings or year round decor as well!
  3. A paper heart from Smile Monsters: I love a simple heart craft.
  4. Heart art from Danielle is Nesting: Part of her No Money Monday series, and I love how it really does require no money!
  5. Button heart decoration from Till Death do us Part: Simple and sweet.
  6. Sequin heart shoe clips from Grosgrain: Save a bundle by making these knock-offs on the cheap!
  7. Valentine’s Day jewelry from AliLilly: See these earrings and more!
  8. Felt heart hair clips from Krafty Kat: Hand stitched with TLC.
  9. Heart shaped bird feeder from Skip to My Lou via Alphamom: Show the birds some love too!

Gift Sunday: Hearts & Crafts

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If on Valentine morning you haven’t yet crafted anything special for your special someone, you are definitely running out of time. You might want to check out a few last minute Valentine ideas if you have a couple spare hours before your loved one wakes up! Crafting on Valentine’s Day is also a bunch of fun for the kids, or the couple who will celebrate their love on a different day. It’s never too late to show someone you care.

Here’s a few last minute heart crafts to make for someone special, or craft with the kids:

Love Card – a nice card goes a long way on Valentine’s Day

Button Heart Ornaments – This one’s great for the kids to make for Grandma and Grandpa, or to decorate the house with.

Melted Crayon Heart Valentines – A fun craft for a Sunday afternoon for the kids to play with and get into the Valentine spirit.

If you like these projects, check out more Last Minute Valentine Crafts.

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