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STENCIL HEARTS

Stencil Hearts
Materials

* Pencil
* Paper plate
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Red, white, or pink construction paper
* Sponge
* Red, white, and/or pink tempera paint
* Clear contact paper (optional)
* Marker (optional)

Instructions

1. Draw a heart on the center of a paper plate.
2. Cut out the heart by poking through the center of the plate and cutting from the inside out so the rim of the plate stays intact. (You will use the plate as a stencil.)
3. Hold the paper plate stencil against the construction paper.
4. Have your child dip the sponge into the paint and dab it over the stencil.
5. Lift the stencil, move it to another part of the paper, then dab again.
6. Continue dabbing and moving the stencil until the paper is covered with hearts.
7. When the paint is dry, use the painting as a greeting card, or cover it with clear contact paper and use it as a Valentine’s Day place mat.
8. If you like, use a marker to write love messages on each heart.

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STUFFED HEARTS

Stuffed Hearts

Gather your cherubs for a little Valentine’s Day fun. This heartfelt craft is a great way for you and your darlings to share love and affection. Creating these colorful hearts with your kids will be extra-special because they’re homemade with love. Add some hugs and kisses for the whole family to enjoy what Valentine’s Day is made of.
Materials

* Large sheets of paper (each at least 2 square feet)
* Tape or stapler
* Markers, crayons, paint, and/or paintbrushes
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Newspaper, tissue paper, or other paper scraps
* Hole punch and yarn (optional)

Instructions

1. Lay a sheet of paper on top of another and tape or staple the edges together to hold the pieces securely together for the next 2 steps.
2. Draw the outline of a heart on one side of the paper.
3. Cut along the outline to make two cut-outs.
4. Tape or staple the edges of the cut-outs together, leaving an opening along one edge.
5. Let your child color or paint both sides of the heart red, white, and/or pink.
6. Crumple up newspaper and stuff the heart with it.
7. Staple the opening shut.
8. If you like, punch a hole in the top of the shape.
9. Loop yarn through the hole and hang the heart from a wall or ceiling.

Safety

Adult participation needed for use of stapler and hole punch.

CUPCAKES

CONES

FAMILY GRATITUDE PHOTOSPINNER

Family Gratitude Photo Spinner

Are you looking for a creative way to celebrate your family photos? So often they end up tucked away inside beautiful albums or in boxes under the bed, cared for but not celebrated often enough. The Family Gratitude Photo Spinner is a project that brings your photos out into the open, encouraging you to live with some of your most favorite photos of the people you love. This project would make a great holiday centerpiece or a lovely everyday decoration within your home. It would also make an amazing gift for someone special.

Join well-known author, instructor, blogger and designer Ali Edwards as she leads you through the creation of a Family Gratitude Photo Spinner that overflows with thankfulness, love, and creativity. The author of four books on scrapbooking and a monthly contributor to Creating Keepsakes magazine, Ali's go with the flow, no-stress production-style scrapbooking will encourage you through the process of putting together this wonderful keepsake.

After completing the Family Gratitude Photo Spinner, Ali hopes that you will discover, as she has, that living with family photos out in the open helps us focus on so many of the very best things in life.

Ali's class includes:

• An inspirational voice message from Ali
• Colorful instructional handouts with step-by-step instructions
• Downloadable PDF templates
• Supply list with live links to product resources
• Private posting gallery to share your work and view the work of your classmates
• Message board to share your thoughts with your classmates

Scrapbooking kit club Cocoa Daisy is offering a limited supply of kits for this project. The kit will not include all the supplies listed in they supply list, but will include the main 7gypsies supplies such as the Photo Carousel, tabbed pages, pocket pages, and page protectors. A complete list of supplies included in the kit is available here.

ROSES

For this card I air-brushed the background of the center die with Copic Markers, then used Stampin’ Up! markers and shaded directly on the stamp image. Stamp the large rose 4 times and cut out, each one smaller then the last, roll the petals, and layer one on top of the other to make the 3-D rose.

VALENTINE EYES FOR YOU

CRAFT MATERIALS:
	Craft foam
	Pen
	Scissors
	Pipe cleaners
	Envelope
Time needed: About 1 Hour

1. Draw a heart on craft foam that's about 2 1/2 inches wide and 2 1/2 inches tall. Draw a second heart inside the first that's roughly 1 1/2 inches wide and 1 1/2 inches tall. Cut them both out. Then trace around the see-through heart to make another just like it.
2. Twist together 2 different-colored pipe cleaners, leaving about I inch untwisted at each end. Cut them in half with scissors (use old ones since pipe cleaners can dull the blades). Fold over the twisted ends and tuck in the sharp points so they aren't exposed, then bend those ends into curved earpieces.
3. Poke the other end of one of the pipe cleaners through the outside edge of one heart, about two thirds of the way up the side. Twist it around the other pipe cleaner, then wrap the ends back around the heart and tuck in the sharp tips. Repeat with the other pipe cleaner arm.
4. Add a nose bridge by poking a 3-inch section of pipe cleaner through the inside edge of each heart and twisting it back onto itself. The hearts should sit about 1/2 inch apart.
5. Make a case for the glasses by sealing a #10 business envelope (we used a translucent vellum one) and trimming about 3 inches from one end, rounding the corners. Write a message on a paper heart and glue it to the envelope.

SWEET VALENTINE NECKLACE

CRAFT MATERIALS:
	Plastic wrap
	Scissors
	Unwrapped candies
	Ribbon
Time needed: Under 1 Hour

1. Cut a strip of plastic wrap 36 inches long and 4 inches wide. Starting in the middle of the strip and working toward the ends, lay unwrapped candies 1 inch apart along the strip's center. Make your row of candies about 20 inches long.
2. Fold the plastic wrap around the candies and roll it up to make a long tube. Tie 3- to 4-inch lengths of ribbon between the candies and at the ends.
3. To form the necklace, tie together the ends of the plastic wrap and trim the excess.

VALENTINE PUZZLE PIN

CRAFT MATERIALS:
	Puzzle pieces
	Red spray paint
	Newspaper
	Glue
	Pin backing (available at craft stores)
Time needed: Under 1 Hour

1. Place 20 to 25 old jigsaw puzzle pieces, excluding the straight-edged border pieces, on newspaper and spray-paint them red (brush-applied paint will also work).
2. Let the pieces dry thoroughly before gluing them into a heart shape. Use only as many as you need; each heart will look different.
3. Glue on a pin back and present it to your true love.
Variations:
Glue on magnetic backing to create a sweet magnet.

HEART ART

CRAFT MATERIALS:
	Small piece of wood
	Acrylic paint and brushes
	Sandpaper, optional
	Eight cut nails
	Hammer
	Flexible wire (such as lead free solder wire)
	Ball chain
	Pencil
	Old magazines or newpaper
	Glue
Time needed: Under 1 Hour

1. Brush paint on front and sides of wood and let it dry thoroughly. If desired, sand the painted surface to create an antique look.
2. Draw a heart shape on the wood using a pencil. Then, hammer the nails halfway into the wood, spacing them evenly along the heart outline.
3. Wrap and twist lengths of wire and ball chain around the nails. You can also embellish the design with a wire arrow.
4. For a finishing touch, add a Valentine's message using letters cut from the magazines or newspaper.

CRAFT MATERIALS:
	Card stock
	Hole punch
	Scissors
	Marker
	Glue
	Googly eyes
Time needed: 30 Minutes or Less

1. Cut a heart from colored card stock or heavy construction paper (use it as a template to make more).
2. Punch a starter hole for each finger with a hole punch, then use scissors to enlarge the circle; a child's fingers should fit snugly through the holes.
3. Decorate the heart with a paint pen or marker, adding facial features, and write your message on the back. Glue on googly eyes.