How to make an original valentine yourself?

Every winter, shop windows are filled with colorful flowers, hearts, toys and other attributes of the Day of All Lovers. In addition to various postcards with confessions of love, romantics can purchase cakes and sweets in the most unusual variations of confectionery art. After all, the most important thing is to express your feelings and thoughts, which many dare not say aloud. About how to make an unusual greeting card for Valentine's Day, we'll tell you in this article.

Paper valentine in origami technique

This style of decoration cards allows you to create a neat and unusual valentine. To create it, you need a sheet of paper, fantasy and patience. You can prepare both ordinary plain paper and decorative ones - velvet, patterned, textured, glossy, etc. Remember that the larger the paper fragment, the larger will be the postcard to Valentine's Day. The sequence of actions for making the craft is as follows:

  1. Take a square sheet and bend it diagonally so that you get a triangle.
  2. Place it with a fold line inward and mark one more contour for folding.

  3. Fold the bottom corners of the paper in the direction toward the top of the craft.

  4. Put the postcard back and fold in half. By the condition of the technology, the front side will be the top layer of the valentine.

  5. The upper corners also bend around the edges.

  6. The remaining corners bend inward.

  7. Turn the resulting hand-made article face down. The original card is ready!

Ideas for creating Valentine-origami can be seen on the video:

We make a valentine in the style of scrapbooking

This technique of decorating the postcard will be the most unusual, because for its creation you need to be guided only by your imagination. Be sure that the second such you will not find on sale.

Make a valentine in the style of scrapbooking is not difficult, but there is no single rule for this. It is important to show a little imagination and your feelings for the addressee. To do this, you can use any objects and decorations from everyday use - cardboard, paper, beads, rhinestones, buttons, laces, cloth scraps, wooden sticks, paper clips, locks, sequins, figurines, etc. All this can be bought in a clerical shop. The main principle of creating a postcard is not to overdo it so that the congratulatory present turns out to be gentle, accurate and touching.

A detailed master-class on making valentines can be seen on the fragment:

Soap Valentine

This is the most time-consuming, but interesting way to create a gift for Valentine's Day. Let's consider in more detail the instructions for making crafts:
  1. Print out a suitable picture for the future composition on the printer.
  2. Riparite in a water bath transparent base for soap (it is sold in ready-made form) and add a red dye.
  3. Immediately add flavor or essential oil to your taste. This layer should turn out to be thin, transparent and have a weak aroma.
  4. Pour it into the mold to solidify.
  5. Cut out the desired outline from the prepared pattern, but make it a bit smaller than the shape of the soap.
  6. Place the picture face-down inside the mold on the already-frozen layer of soap.
  7. Melt the beige base with the addition of oil and flavor.
  8. When the substance has cooled to 50 ° C, pour it into the mold over the pattern.
  9. Done! Remove the shape and turn the soap back.

Thus, we have considered several ways how one can make a creative valentine for a loved one. Following simple advice, you can admire the second half, leaving unforgettable emotions in your soul.