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Valentine's Day Cards to Make

Spread love with handmade Valentines for adults and kids to make and give!

Valentine's Day Cards to Make

Spread love with handmade Valentines for adults and kids to make and give!
 
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Make Cards for Valentine's Day

Aunt Annie brings you Valentine's Day card projects that will please both children and adults. There are cards that are quick and simple enough to make for giving to an entire class, cards that include pop-ups, and others that offer the experienced crafter flexibility for creative and personal touches.

Check out the Valentine's Day Crafts for gifts and party decorations to make, and the tips section for a Valentine mailbox idea, super quick and simple Valentines, and colorful heart digital papers to download.  For even more heart digital papers to download and print, see Aunt Annie's Digital Papers for Valentine's Day.

The projects range in difficulty from VERY EASY to AVERAGE.

Browse this page for descriptions and illustrations of the Valentine's Day card projects, then select a card to make and have some crafting fun! Look for the Kid Friendly tag when selecting cards for children to make, for the Friday Fun tag on projects designed for group or classroom fun, and the Card Tutorial tag for adult greeting card crafts! Or jump to the category index for a listing of all crafts.

Cut Paper Heart Valentine Ideas

Cut Paper Heart Valentines
Description ↓

Kid Friendly This project features the art of paper-cutting to create Valentine's Day cards. You can easily make unique and striking Valentines using the included heart templates and colored and/or decorative papers.

EASY

Woven Heart Valentines

Woven Heart Valentines
Description ↓

Card Tutorial Add the look of basket weaving to your Valentine's Day card creations by weaving together paper strips or by using one of Aunt Annie's Woven Strips digital downloads to achieve the woven-look. The card ideas presented here can easily be adapted for other holidays or occasions by changing the colors or using different cutout shapes.

EASY

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Simple Valentines

Simple Valentines
Friday Fun Description ↓

Kid Friendly This project features quick and easy Valentine designs that are simple to make and perfect for classroom giving! Select from printable Valentine's Day card patterns with either 6 or 9 Valentines to a sheet. You likely have everything on hand needed to make these Valentines!

VERY EASY

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Appliqué Heart Valentines

Heart Applique Valentines
Description ↓

Card Tutorial These Valentine's Day cards feature heart appliqués made with patterned papers that you can download and print. The paper appliqués on these greeting cards are made to resemble fabric appliqué seen on clothing and quilts. The project includes details for making four Valentine's Day cards.

EASY

Serendipity Square Cards

Example Serendipity Square Cards
Description ↓

Card Tutorial In this greeting card tutorial, learn how to use leftover scraps of paper and cardstock to make colorful serendipity squares that can then be combined in various ways to make beautiful cards. Once you learn how to make serendipity squares, you'll never need to throw away those small scraps of paper again!

EASY

Valentine Pop-Up Card

Valentine's Day card with heart pop-up
Description ↓

Kid Friendly Learn how to make a special Valentine's Day card with a pop-up inside. When the card is opened, a heart will spring out! This simple pop-up is easy enough for children to make and offers enough flexibility for the creativity of teen and adult crafters. These pop-ups can also be added to any handmade or commercial card.

EASY

Pocket Cards

Example Pocket Cards
Description ↓

Card Tutorial In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make greeting cards with pockets that can be filled with little pieces of your creative art. They are also ideal for presents of money or gift cards. These pocket cards are very versatile; make several in a variety of colors to have on hand to decorate for any occasion.

AVERAGE

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Sweetheart Cards with Pockets

Sweetheart cards with pockets
Description ↓

Make greeting cards for your sweetheart that feature pockets that you can fill with little tokens of your love. The pockets are also ideal for presents of money or gift cards. These cards are  quick and easy to make using solid color cardstock and patterned papers that you can download and print.

AVERAGE

Repeat Cards

Repeat cards
Description ↓

Card Tutorial Learn to make cards using repeats of small rubber stamps arranged in threes or fours and matted. Once you learn this design concept, it can be used for repeats of any small object—paper punches, cutouts from decorative paper, stencils, and more.

EASY

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Easy Valentine Cards

Easy Valentine Cards made with cut outs
Friday Fun Description ↓

Kid Friendly Need to make lots of Valentines in a hurry but still want to show your creative flair? These easy-to-make Valentines are based on hearts that are cut freehand. After some simple prep work, this project is as easy as fold, cut and glue.

VERY EASY

Valentine with Pop-Up

Click to see Valentine with a Heart Chain Pop-Up craft
Description ↓

Kid Friendly Make a special Valentine's Day card with a pop-up inside. Have you ever made paper doll chains? Using that idea, you'll cut a chain of hearts and glue it inside the Valentine's Day card to make a pop-up that springs outs when the card is opened. What fun!

EASY

Strip Folding Heart Cards

Strip Folding Heart Card
Description ↓

Card Tutorial In this greeting card tutorial, make a card for Mother's Day or your sweetheart that features a framed heart motif while learning how to use a strip folding template. Once you learn this technique using the heart template, additional motifs can be made using other templates.

AVERAGE

Heart-Shaped Cards

Simple heart-shaped Valentine's Day cards
Description ↓

Kid Friendly Make simple and fun Valentine cards in the shape of a heart or with a heart-shaped top. Most of the cards have a circus theme, and one is especially designed for giving to your sweetheart.

VERY EASY

Scalloped Edge Cards

Scalloped edge cards
Description ↓

Card Tutorial In this greeting card tutorial, learn how to make a fancy edge on your handmade greeting cards using scallops and a paper punch. For a Valentine, use a heart punch to create a lacy bottom edge.

EASY

Cutout Edge Cards

Cutout Edge Valentine's Day card
Description ↓

Card Tutorial Special edge treatments are one of the things that can set your homemade Valentine apart from a store-bought card. This greeting card tutorial shows how to add a cutout edge detail to rubber stamped or heart cutout Valentines.

EASY

Valentines Card Set

Set of six Valentine's Day cards
Description ↓

Valentines aren't just for sending to your sweetheart, you can send them to anyone you love. See how easy it is to make a set of several  unique Valentine's Day cards to send to family and friends!

EASY

Sponged Paper Cards

Examples of Sponged PaperValentines
Description ↓

Card Tutorial See how easy it is to create custom decorative papers for use in your Valentine's Day card making. The beauty of sponging is the limitless range of color possibilities—make whatever color paper you desire!

EASY

Four Patch Cards

Four patch card
Description ↓

Card Tutorial Use this simple card making idea to create two beautiful Valentine's Day cards from a single 6" by 6" sheet of decorative paper. Just add a  heart cutout and your Valentine is done!

EASY

Stenciled Cards

Stenciled Valentine's Day Card - hearts
Description ↓

Card Tutorial In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make cards using stencils and acrylic paint. For a Valentine's Day, Aunt Annie shows how to make your own stencil using a heart paper punch.

EASY

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