Countdown to Valentine's Day! 5 . . .

Well, ladies & gents....it is getting down to the wire here for the big holiday, and high time to start focusing on easy, sweet little crafts that might be great to do with the favorite littles in your life!

DIY Heart Wreath

(courtesy of BHG via Inspirations by D)

Supplies You Will Need:


~ Several shades of pink and red paper
~ Scissors
~ Glue
~ 1 Cardboard or heavy stock paper
~ Heart shaped cookie cutters in a few different sizes
~ Soup can
~ Circle template (you can use a paper plate!)

Directions:

1.) Trace paper plate over card stock or cardboard.

2.) For the inner circle, use a soup can to trace a small circle inside of the larger one

3.) Once traced, cut the circles carefully, into a donut-shaped wreath form.

4.) Using the heart cookie cutters, trace hearts onto the red & pink papers and cut several hearts out.

5.) Glue the hearts around the cardboard wreath form, overlapping several hearts to add interest.  Continue to glue hearts until the card board is completely covered.

6.) Let dry and hang!

Cute, simple, and lots of fun too!  And not to brag or anything about the AMAZING talent and true budding artistic genius of my own little tyke, but check out this heart-melting Valentine I got in the mail from my big boy's first week in preschool . . .

I know, I know.  I may or may not have cried when I opened it.  And look, he even put glitter on it!  He knows his mom so well:)

Double Bonus Tutorial: The Cutest Little Paint Chip Heart Garland & Bookmarks . . .

As we head into this gorgeous weekend before Spring, I thought it would be fun to bring you two SUPER unique and super wallet-friendly projects that would fill up your Saturday & Sunday with all sorts of crafty goodness!!  Both are equally simple & equally delightful...so you might as just well knock out two of these little beauties this weekend!!  Check these out . . .

PAINT CHIP HEART GARLAND

Supplies You Will Need:
~ paint chips in assorted colors
~ needle & thread
~ heart-shaped craft punch

Directions:

1.) Using your craft punch, stamp a shape out of each of the swatches of paint color.

2.) Thread your needle and sew the heart shapes onto the string, bunting style!

3.) Hang somewhere lovely!!

Tutorial courtesy of Grace and Light

What a piece of cake, right?  And it basically costs nothing, so even better!!!

And now for the simplest & most budget-friendly little DIY gift . . .

PAINT CHIP BOOKMARKS

Supplies You Will Need:
~ Paint chips
~ Heart shaped paper punch
~ Circular hole punch
~ Ribbon

Directions:
1.) The first step is to carefully place the heart shaped punch in the dead center of each color on the paint chip. With firm, even pressure, push down on the punch to create a heart cutout.

2.) Here's what your paint chips will look like once the heart cutouts are completed.

3.) After your heart punches are finished, using the circular hole punch, create a centered hole at the top of the paint chip for your ribbon tassel.

4.) Next up, cut pieces of ribbon twice as long as the desired length of your tassel. Fold the ribbon in half, and place the ends of the ribbon through the circular hole.

5.) Insert the two ends of the ribbon through the loop.

6.) As a final step, gently pull up on the ends of the ribbon until the ribbon is taut and secure.

Tutorial Courtesy of Old Town Home

An endless supply of the most adorable handmade gifts all for around $6!  Amazing!!!  Now I know I am supposed to tell you to have a good weekend...but I may be popping back a bit in case I simply cannot help myself from sharing a bit more inspiration before the weekend is over:)  Have a great one!!