Holiday Craft Source

Today I was on the Disney Family Fun website and came across 25 Easy Valentines Day Gift Giving Crafts.

If you are looking for a quick craft project for you and your children to make to give out on Valentine’s Day, be sure to check these out.

My favourites are:

• Captive Heart
• Clip Hearts
• Cookie Cutter Heart
• Beading Hearts
• Pencil Toppers
• Book of Love
• You Rule

Happy Crafting!!

Valentine’s day is only a few weeks away. Have you started to make your Valentine’s Cards yet?

You might want to check out this cute valentine card from The Long Thread. There are two versions of the card to make, one with a crayon heart on the front and one without.

What a great idea for a Valentine’s card.

I was reading some of my favorite blogs today and I would like to share some of the creative and interesting Valentines Crafts from these bloggers.

• Ramblings of a Crazy Women has many great Valentine Craft Projects: Valentine’s Day Flower, Valentine’s Day Cards, Pre-School Valentine’s Game, Valentine’s Day Sunchaser, Valentine’s Day Card Box and more.

• Lucky Me has many great Valentine Craft Projects: Heart Sun Catchers, Secret Valentine Messages, Valentine Bugs Felt Board, Valentine Flowers, Heart Art and more.

• Maya Made has posted about Woven Hearts Baskets.

Happy Crafting!!

I was browing the internet today and I came across some quick Valentine gifts you can sew.

Valentines Cookies from A Blog by Candy.  Give some of these as a gift on Valentines. Click here for supplies and instructions.

A Recycled Valentine from The Long Thread. A little heart with arms. Click here for supplies and instructions.

Valentine’s Day Busy Book from Lavender and Limes.  This little book is made with felt and leftover buttons. Click here for supplies and instructions.

Happy Crafting!!

Today I would like to share with you some free Valentine Crochet patterns I found on the internet.

• Valentine Slippers from Moms Love of Crochet. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Heart Bookmark from Lee’s World. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Filet Crochet Heart from JPF Crochet Club. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Lacy Heart Coaster from Crochet Memories. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Crocheted Heart Discloth from Crochet Pattern Central. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Easy Crochet Heart from The Art of Crochet.  Click here for supplies and instructions.

If you make up one of the above items, please let us know how it turned out.

Happy Crafting!!

Well Valentine’s Day is going to be here before you know it. Have your children started to make up their Valentine Cards for the class party?

Check out some of these great Handmade Valentine Cards ideas we found today.

Top 10 Homemade Valentine Cards from Family Fun:

• Thumb Bunny Card
• You’re Dino-Mite
• The Write Card
• Feet-Heart
• and many more card ideas here.

Valentine Day Cards from Kaboose:

• Butterfly Kisses Valentine Card
• Easy Homemade Valentine Cards
• School Valentine Card
• Cards and Coloring Pages

Cards for Valentines from Enchanted Learning:

• Valentine Rose Coupon Card
  
• Sponge Heart Valentine Cards
• Pop-up Valentine Card
• Heart Picture Valentine Card

Sweet Valentines from from The Best Kids Book Site.

• Heartwarming Valentines Day Card
• Glitter Valentine Hearts
• I Dig You Valentine
• Valentine Cat

Make Your Own Valentine Cards from Activity Village:

• Glittery Heart Card
• Stripy Heart Card
• Fingerprint Flower Cards
• and many more here.

Here are some links to Valentine coloring pages, printable cards, and clip art:

• Valentine Printables from Activity Village
• Printable Cards from DLTK’s Growing Together
• Print Clip and Give Cards from Kid’s Turn Central
• Printable Disney Valentine Cards from Disney Stationary.com
• Zeebra Valentines to Print from Bunny Cakes

I hope you and your children have a great time making up their Valentine Cards this year.

Happy Crafting!!

Today I was searching for some knitting heart patterns to make for Valenines. Here are a few of the free patterns I found.

• Winged Heart Tatoo from Jujube and Lolo. This heart has a Tatoo on it. Click here for supplies and download pattern in .pdf format.

• Valentine Surprise Pillow from Unwind. This little pillow has a small pocket on the back to hide a small gift. Click here for supplies and pattern.

• Small Knitted Hearts from Mochimochiland. Knit up some of these small hearts as a quick gift for Valentines. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Heart Lace Cloth from Smariek Knits. Knit up this discloth for Valentines Day this year. Click here for supplies and pattern.

Happy Crafting!!

Well Sunday is here again. Where has the week gone? Seems like yesterday I was writing last Sunday’s blog post.

Below are some Valentine Decorations and Mobiles for you and your children to make for Valentines.

• String of 3D Hearts and 3D Hearts Mobile from Enchanted Learning. Make some of these to decorate your home or classroom for Valentines.

• Valentine Handprint Wall Hanging from Kaboose. An easy craft for children 4 years and up. All you need is some construction paper, crepe paper streamers and some paint. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Bright Banners from Kinderart.  An easy craft for children Age 4 to 14. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Recycled CD Valentine Hanging from My Craft Book. Make this hanging from some of your old CD’s. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• String of Hearts from Wondertime.  These hearts will spool out of an envelope and later you can hang them up as a mobile. For children ages 4 and up. Click here for supplies and instructions.

Happy Crafting!!

I thought it would be nice to start off this year’s posts with 3 hearts you can make for Valentines Day.

At CraftStylish I found a Heart Sachet you can sew using some of your scraps. Click here for complete instructions.

At CraftBits I found hearts for you to crochet. You crochet these 2 hearts and then attach a magnet on the back so you can place it on your Fridge all year round. Click here to complete instructions.

And at AllFreeCrafts I found Heart Pin Cushions you can knit or crochet. This is a great project to use up left over yarn. Click here to complete instructions.

Happy Crafting!!