The very first big holiday after the New Year is Valentine's Day. Very soon, lovers will begin to intensively prepare for this day: come up with romantic gifts for each other, plan how best to spend this day and, of course, do it first.

It has already become a tradition for Krestik to help you find ideas and inspiration for any occasion, so we will start preparing in advance for February 14th!
Let's see how you can make paper valentines with your own hands, so as not to spend too much time, but as a result get beautiful and Original gifts for loved ones.

To start making a valentine with your own hands, especially if you are thinking of making it out of paper and in the shape of a heart, you should prepare a template. If you can easily draw a beautiful heart by hand, then go ahead for thick paper and a pencil! If you are not sure that you can handle it yourself, then download the heart templates we have selected, print them on a printer and carefully cut out the heart along the contour.

First make a cut with a clerical knife, then use small scissors, such as nail scissors.

As a result, you should get such a blank, circling it around the contour on beautiful leaf paper, and then cutting out, you get a neat heart.

So, we figured out how to cut an even and pretty heart out of colored paper. It's time to choose an idea for decorating Valentine's Day.

Super simple valentines

Let's first look at the simplest ways. A huge valentine heart can be made from small hearts, each of which is glued to a cardboard base.

Small blank hearts themselves can become full-fledged valentines if they are cut out of beautiful paper and decorated with buttons.

There is a special place on the Valentine for the name of the addressee or a romantic message.

A complete picture of paper hearts is the height of simplicity and genius!

After watching the video of the master class, you will learn how to make a heart box with your own hands:

Valentine card with a pattern

The beauty of this way of creating a paper heart with your own hands is that it is not at all necessary to be talented artist, even a child can make such a Valentine.

On a white heart or any other, but better light color, ordinary ballpoint pen draw uncomplicated curls, hearts, flowers and other delights.

Then, using the usual watercolor paints, paint only a few fragments:

As a result, you will get a one-of-a-kind Valentine!

Such valentines can be given not only to a loved one, but also to friends (because we love them too))

By the way, do you know why foreigners write XO letters on Valentine cards?
In fact, everything is very simple: X conditionally means “kiss”, and O means “hug”)

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Valentine's card using a stamp

The method using a heart-shaped stamp is also quite simple and popular when making paper valentines. To do this, you only need to buy one or more stamps. They come in different prints and different sizes:

If you can’t buy it, don’t despair - make it yourself from ordinary wine cork. Draw a heart and carefully cut it out with a utility knife.

Then apply gouache to the sponge and try to make an impression on a piece of paper.

And now let's see how to make a valentine with your own hands using a stamp.

On a blank for a postcard (you can use a ready-made one, you can fold a sheet of cardboard in half) using a small piece of masking tape, carefully attach the blank with a heart inside. Then, using a stamp, we fill the entire surface inside the blank with hearts, while the color of the hearts can be different shades red.

After the paint has dried, remove the paper blank and the valentine is ready!

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Another idea for making a heart stamp is to let the cardboard cylinder toilet paper give the shape of a heart, wrapping it with tape for reliability.

With the help of such a stamp, you can decorate a large sheet of drawing paper on which to write declarations of love!

Valentine card with hearts

Lovers of beautiful scrapbooking paper will definitely love the idea of ​​creating a romantic voluminous postcard with hearts.

The technique for creating a valentine card is very simple. Using a paper puncher, cut out hearts.

The number of hearts should be 2 times more than what we see on the card, because each heart will be two-layered.

In this version of the valentine, all the bottom hearts are made from the same type of paper, and the top ones are made from different ones.

Take a ready-made card base or make your own, and then mark the location of the bottom layer of hearts and stick them on thin double-sided tape. Just sew the top hearts to the bottom ones on a sewing machine - it's not difficult, the main thing is to be careful.

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By the same principle, you can make small valentine cards:

And voluminous valentines heart shaped:

If you don't have sewing machine then sew on the hearts by hand. To do this, first place the paper on a soft surface, such as a towel or ironing board, and then pierce it with a needle, using a thimble to push the needle through (watch your fingers!)

Ideas for decorating the house by February 14

And finally, get inspired by ideas for decorating your home for Valentine's Day. They also won't take much of your time, but they will definitely create a romantic atmosphere!

romantic wreaths

The wreath of paper hearts is based on a circle made of thick cardboard or a plywood blank. You can glue the exact same circle of decorative paper on top, and then just stick a lot of hearts on it!

It's even easier to make a wreath out of strips of double-sided scrapbooking paper. Bend them in half first, and then glue them on top, giving the shape of a heart. By gluing such blanks to each other, you will assemble an original wreath from them.

The more hearts, the larger the circle of the wreath.

Garland of hearts

In addition to the wreath, you can also make garlands with hearts. A figured hole punch with a heart and a regular hole punch for piercing round holes will come to the rescue.

The garland can also be made from hearts folded from strips of paper (based on the “heart” element, borrowed from quilling)

Of course, we will definitely show you more complex and interesting options DIY valentines, but if for some reason you need to make a valentine very quickly, you can always use one of the ideas listed here!

They can be used to make various applications, voluminous crafts(candles, soap, coasters), stripes, gypsum accessories for a particular holiday and much more. We made for you large selection heart templates to help you get creative.

We tried to pick up not only the most popular images, but also something unusual to make your crafts unique. All heart stencils are easy to print and cut out of paper. If you need to print several templates on one sheet at once, collect them together using a graphic editor. In the same way, you can maximize the image and split it so that it can be printed on several sheets, and then create a large craft.

In this collection you will see double hearts, patterns with twisted patterns, hearts from hearts, stencils with wings, as well as those made up of different figures. Browse it all: you will probably find exactly what you are looking for here. Some of the templates will be simple enough that you can draw them even without printing.

A number of stencils are also useful for crafts with children. In the selection you will also see funny images that can be useful for creating family cards, albums or notebooks. Whether you are working with glass or wood, decorating dishes, vases or any other home accessories, the heart stencils collected here can inspire you with new ideas.

How to decorate the house in an original way for Valentine's Day? How to create festive atmosphere and emphasize that a holiday full of love and tenderness, joy and happiness has come to the house? Cut out decorations from paper - and let Her Majesty Love reign!

Cute gifts, cards and valentines are the attributes of Valentine's Day. But if you do not dress up an apartment or a house, the holiday will not come for real. The heart is an organ directly responsible for high and pure feelings. That is why we will take it as a basis for various decorations.

Hang garlands, decorate walls and cabinets, give your loved ones, made with my own hands. And when dusk falls, look at the night and admire the tender hearts that decorate the windows. Moreover, in order to decorate and give a touch of comfort, you only need a few hours of free time, plain paper, heart templates for cutting and scissors.

The simplest things become a miracle and give a festive mood! Don't believe? Let's check it out together!

Garlands of hearts: we use improvised materials

For such a garland you will need:

• Ordinary bobbin threads
• paper cut hearts

Let's get creative:

We take a ready-made template of hearts and circles, circle them with a pencil or cut them out right away, attaching them to colored paper, which will soon become a fun and delicate decoration.

And it doesn’t matter at all if there is no paper for creativity in the house. Everything will fit for a garland: glossy magazines, unnecessary posters or bright covers that are a pity to throw away, but to keep in the house, no matter what.

It was such a mobile that swayed from every movement that my colleagues and I created at work: we cut out hearts and circles from anything, pasted ready-made templates on the threads in pairs in random order and got such an air miracle:

Closer angle:

Believe me: it looks original, elegant, and most importantly, you immediately feel the breath of the coming holiday!

We do not rest on our laurels, we continue to create.

Valentine cards for windows, cabinets or other flat surfaces

For creativity you need:

• Heart templates printed on plain office paper
• Scissors or craft knife
• A little time and patience

I cut out the original paper decorations with ordinary nail scissors in my free minutes. The process is slow and exciting. It is important that the hand be firmer, and more patience. And then you will have such (or maybe completely different) openwork valentines:

Floral motif can be made in color and white, who loves refined simplicity white color

A couple in love can not see enough of each other

Three different options paper hearts

Whole plot composition

Chamomile gentle, refined, attractive

And the templates of hearts for creativity themselves: we take, print, cut out.

A nice gift for a person who is dear to you will be a souvenir in the form of a heart. To do this, you will need a paper cut heart template. You can make a souvenir or a gift with your own hands at any moment when you are overwhelmed with bright feelings. The person to whom the present is intended will be touched by your attention. Such a gift will add a touch of romance to your relationship.

There are traditional holidays or celebrations for which hearts are given:

• Valentine's Day (February 14);
• wedding anniversaries;
• birthdays of dear people.

But the feelings that people experience do not fit into calendar dates. You can always give a gift, where a piece of your soul is invested, when you want to please a loved one.

How to make a pattern

If you have the simplest artistic skills, let your imagination run wild. Draw a template for cutting yourself, then circle it and cut it out. Often simple stencils are downloaded on the Internet. For this, it is better to choose vector clipart. They can be enlarged.

The easiest way is to redraw the image from the monitor screen, or rather copy it. Attach a thin sheet of paper to the screen and trace the outlines of the picture with a pencil. More easier way printouts of a heart template for cutting on a printer. If there is no printer, dump the form on a USB flash drive and use commercial printout centers.

More complex patterns hearts with intricate patterns and inserts can be printed using a plotter (device for making stencils). In this case, you will need the services of an advertising agency. They make any stencil printout on different media: thick, colored paper, adhesive base, etc.

On video: how to draw a perfectly even heart

What can be done with a heart stencil

Heart stencils can be used for many DIY items. The value of such a gift is higher than that of a simply bought souvenir, because a piece of your heart and warmth is invested in it.

Products from templates for cutting out in the form of hearts:

• Postcards. They can be shaped like a heart or have attachments inside. By connecting several hearts and attaching them to two sides of the postcard, we get a three-dimensional image. Kirigami (the so-called paper cutting and making figurines) is very popular among hand-made lovers.

Postcard with a heart inside

Postcard with a heart inside

Card with paper hearts

• Heart shaped pillows . It can be decorative pillows for the sofa. Flavored, filled with herbs, with beautiful applications, decorated with colored ribbons - suitable different material, the main thing is fantasy and the desire to make an original gift.

Pillow in the shape of a heart

Pillows with photo printing

Decorative pillows

Pillow decor in the form of hearts

• Photo frame or mirror . Stencils will become the basis of the future frame. Possible use various materials. For decoration use shells covered with acrylic varnish, color thick paper, mosaic or pieces of pottery. The image in a frame in the shape of a heart will also decorate the interior.

Puzzle heart frame

Mirror in the shape of a heart

Souvenir-pendant in the shape of a heart

• Napkins made with cutout templates. Create a whole series of napkins with applications, drawings, texts. They will decorate the kitchen and will look cute on the festive table.

Napkin in the shape of a heart

Knitted napkins

Composition in the shape of a heart paper napkins

• Dessert. Another idea can be culinary dishes with the image of hearts. Sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar, attach the stencil. Also, you can cut the biscuit in the shape of a heart, then the cakes will be doubly tastier :)

Cakes sprinkled with coconut

Heart in a heart

cookie cutter

Heart shaped cookies sprinkled with icing

Festive cookies for Valentine's Day

With the help of such stencils, you can revive the furniture in the children's room. The child will enthusiastically join this exciting activity. As you can see, templates for cutting fancy shapes will be needed more than once for the manufacture of various things. Do not rush to hide them, because you can give warmth to a loved one every day.

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Templates and souvenirs in the form of a heart (45 photos)

Puzzle heart frame

Paper tissue heart

Pillow in the shape of a heart

Pillow decor in the form of hearts

Decor in the form of a heart on the wall

Decorative pillow with heart

Card with paper heart

Composition in the form of a heart from paper napkins

Mirror in the shape of a heart

Postcard with a heart inside

Souvenir-pendant in the shape of a heart

Heart shaped potholders for the kitchen

Card with paper hearts

Colored paper heart card

Heart frame with paper flowers

Pillows with photo printing

Napkin in the shape of a heart

Postcard with a heart inside

Decorative pillows

traditional symbol all lovers are hearts. And you can not only cut out hearts, but also make them beautiful decoration for boxes.

Boxes decorated with hearts

cardboard box beautiful shape- in the form of a heart, an oval, etc. - can be turned into a very elegant box. To do this, cut out a new openwork “top layer” from paper in the shape of a lid and carefully glue it onto the lid. You can use bright paper to make the pattern look more impressive, or, on the contrary, you can pick it up in the same color, but a tone darker or lighter.

WHAT YOU NEED TO WORK

■ Any beautiful paper you like - thin will merge with the surface of the box.

■ Tracing paper, carbon paper, thick paper.

■ Knife with removable blades.

■ Zigzag tailor's scissors and sharp little scissors (they can replace a knife with detachable blades).

■ Simple pencils, soft and hard.

Work order

1. Using tracing paper and carbon paper, transfer the selected pattern to the paper from which you want to make a template: attach the tracing paper to the pattern pattern given in the article and circle it with soft with a simple pencil; lay the paper for the template, on top, "face" to it, - carbon paper and tracing paper. Then, with a well-sharpened hard simple pencil, circle the drawing with pressure. Cut out the pattern with sharp scissors and a knife. The template is ready.

Heart cut templates

2. Take a sheet beautiful paper and fold it in half.

3. Having attached a template to the folded paper, circle the pattern with a well-sharpened soft simple pencil. Remove the template. Cut out the applied pattern with a knife - the details located inside, and with tailor's scissors "zigzag" edges - they will turn out to be jagged.

4. Unfold the product and, placing a sheet of paper on it, smooth out the traces of folds with the convex part of the spoon - the decoration for the box is ready.

Advice

Do not connect the ends of the scissors when cutting, otherwise the paper may become chipped!