Valentine’s Day – And Then Home

Fun and Easy DIY Valentine’s Day Home Decorations

christine — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:39:40 +0000

Valentine’s Day is a fun occasion to bring out a little festive decor. Even if you only add a little red or pink decor for a couple days, it’s fun to add those special pieces. Not sure what to add? This week we wanted to bring you some ideas on what you can do yourself to create that perfect Valentine’s accent in your home! Check out our Fun and Easy DIY Valentine’s Day Home Decorations.

We have gathered the best Valentine’s Day projects and crafts here for you to see. They’re easy and they all look amazing, so no matter which one (or two!) you pick your home will look Valentine’s ready! Get the kids involved in some of these crafts, make a gift for a spouse or gift your front door a beautiful red hanger for some lovely curb appeal!

Let’s get started!

Valentine’s Burlap Heart Wreath with Couple’s Monogram – Where The Smiles Have Been

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Super-Easy DIY Pom Pom Garland – Sustain My Craft Habit

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Sweet Valentine Love Table Runner – Champagne and Sugarplums

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5-Minute Valentine Garland – Money Wise Moms

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DIY Cupid’s Arrow Valentine Decor Craft – Thrifty Jinxy

Photo By: Thrifty Jinxy

Valentine’s Tissue Box Covers – Super Mom, No Cape

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Fun and Easy DIY Valentine’s Day Home Decorations

DIY Valentine’s Day Wreath Craft with Fun Fur and LOVE Letters! – Fun Learning Life

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Easy Yarn and Felt Valentine’s Wreath – Champagne and Sugarplums

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How to Make Pine Cone Roses – Sustain My Craft Habit

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DIY Valentines Decorations for Your Home – Cookies, Coffee and Crafts

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Free Valentines Day Printable – The Inspiration Edit

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Easy DIY Curtain Ties/Valentine’s Day Decor – A Butterfly House

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Deal Up This Heart Cards Garland – Champagne and Sugarplums

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Cross-Stitch Wood Heart Sign – Dukes & Duchesses

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We hope this helped give you some Valentine’s Day inspiration! What are you planning on decorating with this Valentine’s Day?

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15 Creative Valentine’s Kids Crafts

christine — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:30:13 +0000

Valentine’s Day has crept on me again this year but the girls and I still managed to fit in a few Valentine’s Crafts to keep us (them) busy. While looking for inspiration, I managed to find a lot of crafts that were really cute, easy and inexpensive to make. Today I’m sharing a couple of my favourites. Take a look at my top 15 Creative Valentine’s Kids Crafts.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

This craft is quick and easy, these googles also create hours of fun. Take a look at Make and Take’s – Pipe Cleaner Heart-Shaped *LOVE* Goggles

Make and Take – Pipe Cleaner Heart Shaped “LOVE” Goggles

Just looking at this makes me smile, fun, cute and easy. This craft is a blast to make! Crafty Morning – Paper Plate Heart Cow

Crafty Morning – Paper Plate Heart Cow

Christina made these very cute yarn wrapped hearts with her kids and shared them. Easy to make and beautiful when finished. 2 Little Hooligans – Valentine’s Day Crafts with the Kids

2 Little Hooligans – Valentine’s Day

Cute and easy to make the kids will love to see this card garland come together. Have them pick out all of the heart cards and tie on their favourite valentines ribbon. Champagne and Sugarplums – Deal Up this Heart Cards Garland

Champagne and Sugarplums – Heart Cards Garland

Lessons, gestures, 14 acts of kindness. This craft incorporates a fun task everyday until Valentine’s, and includes a free printable. Make and Takes – Counting Down to Valentines, Free Printable

Make and Take – Counting Down to Valentines, Free Printable

Here’s one the older kids can do all by themselves. Put the materials out and have them create! Provide a bunch of different beads so they can make many hearts. They can work as Valentines too. Activity Village – Beaded Ornament

Show the animals some love this Valentine’s and get the kids involved, they will love seeing the birds using their bird seed hearts. Wine and Glue – Love Birds: Valentine’s Day Bird Feeders

Wine and Glue – Valentine’s Day Birdfeeders

These little guys are super cute. This tutorial shows how to make the cute monster, and how to make the pom-pom! Check them out. Practically Functional – How to Make Pom-Pom Monsters

Practically Functional – How to Make Valentine’s Day Pom-Pom Monsters

Easy to make and the kids love these melted crayons. The Nerds Wife show you how to make these fun melty crayons and also give you some printable valentines to stick them to! The Nerd’s Wife – Handmade Valentines: Heart Shaped Crayons

The Nerd’s Wife – Crayon Hearts

Add a cute heart shaped tag and fill them with colourful candy and you’ve got an easy and inexpensive valentine. Your kids will love to choose different colours and candies for each of their friends. And Then Home – DIY Mini Candy Favour Jars

And Then Home – DIY Mini Candy Favour Jars

Your kids will love to paint their own coasters for Valentines. Once the coasters are cut, they can paint any design they’d like, keep them for use in your home, or have them paint their friends initials and give’em away! A Bubbly Life – DIY Heart Coasters – Valentine’s Day & Wedding Favors!

A Bubbly Life – Heart Coasters

15 Creative Valentine’s Kids Crafts

Here’s a fun one! Once the tissue paper squares have been cut this craft is quite simple. They look very pretty hanging in the window too! First Palette – Tissue Paper Suncatchers

First Palette – Tissue Paper Suncatchers

Perfect for the kids to make a parent…because then we get to eat the brownies too! Putting the ingredients into the bottle is not only fun for the kids, but they are learning too, winning combo if you ask me. Check out this cute Valentine. Champagne and Sugarplums – Brownie in a Bottle – A Sweet Treat for Valentine’s and More

Champagne and Sugarplums – Brownie in a Bottle

Who doesn’t love a craft with googly eyes? This card will have your kids giggling, they’ll love sticking the eyes on the card and giving it to their Valentine. Kendall-Jackson – DIY “I only have eyes for you” Valentine Card

Kendall-Jackson – DIY “I only have eyes for you” Valentine Card

You likely have all the materials needed to make this one. Fuzzy Mama gives you the step by step instructions with pictures and examples on how these stamps can be used. Fuzzy Mama – DIY Valentine Stamp

Fuzzy Mama – DIY Valentine Stamp

I hope you liked the list and you found a craft or two for you and the kids to make this Valentine’s Day!

Happy Crafting!

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DIY Mini Candy Favour Jars

christine — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 12:30:01 +0000

I love candy and who doesn’t? I also love showers – I’m talking bridal showers, baby showers or any similar occasion! While hosting and organizing is not my favourite, I definitely like to dive into a good theme. From rustic to cartoons and don’t forget colours, creating the perfect shower can be a lot of fun. Today’s post brings us to one of the tougher shower decisions – the favour. What do you give to people to thank them for coming to such an important event? Check out our DIY Mini Candy Favour Jars and look no further!

Most guests will agree that they would prefer something consumable for a favour. Something they don’t have to keep on the shelf for many years, especially since nine times out of ten it won’t match their decor! This is why giving candy is such a popular idea. It can easily fit any theme, it’s inexpensive and guests will love that they don’t have to keep it forever.

These Mini Candy Favour Jars are great for any favour occasion. Use them for showers, as wedding favours OR even a Valentine’s Day gift. All you need are some small jelly candies, washi tape and mini bottles. I was able to get the washi tape and bottles from the local dollar store and the candies from the bulk store.

Let’s see how to put these delicious little gifts together…

DIY Mini Candy Favour Jars

What you’ll need;

Mini bottles
Washi tape (or any other decoration)
Small candies (I recommend using small jelly candies)

What you’ll need to do;

Basically all you need to do is open up your jar, fill it with the candy, close the lid and decorate as you desire. That’s it!! So simple, inexpensive and yet thoughtful and beautiful! What’s not to love??

Hope you loved these DIY Mini Candy Favour Jars and are able to use them in an upcoming event!! If you’re not convinced this is the best idea for your event, check out Victoria’s DIY Favour Boxes Using Scrapbook Paper and see how she made a chocolate bar look fantastic for her chic wedding! Planning a bridal shower? Certainly check out this Easy Breezy Garland.

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Tissue Paper Heart for Any Occasion

christine — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:00:16 +0000

This is a fun craft that looks nice on the wall or in a frame. The materials are easily found at the local dollar store or even in your existing crafting stock. The main thing you need is tissue paper and some 12×12 card stock, construction paper would work too if that is all you have. This easy Tissue Paper Heart can be displayed all year or only on certain holidays. Perhaps the most fitting are Mother’s Day, Easter and Valentine’s Day.

The steps are fairly simple, once your checkerboard background is done, all you need to do is stick the tissue paper down. It can be a little time consuming but the end result is nice, a 3D piece of art for your wall or mantel! Sticking the tissue paper down can also be done by your children, if you have them, a fun craft that they’re sure to enjoy!

The checkerboard background is perhaps the most challenging part of this craft. It does take some time to measure, mark, cut and piece back together correctly, but it quickly becomes worth it once you see the pattern coming together. Let’s take a look at the easy to follow instructions below…

What you’ll need:

tissue paper
2 pieces of 12×12 cardstock
ruler
pencil
glue stick

Step 1.

First thing is to take your tissue paper and create 2×2 inch squares. Do this by making 2 inch marks horizontally and vertically across all pieces (about 2 full size sheets are needed). Connect all of the marks with your ruler, creating the squares. Then cute them out to create the individual squares.

Step 2.

Next you will need to create evenly cut strips out of your cardstock. To do this, measure and mark strips that are 2 inches wide. Once marked, cut along the lines to create strips. There should be 6 strips of each colour.

Step 3.

The checkerboard. To create this nice pattern you will need to weave the card stock back and forth between each strip, placing glue to the back of each ‘square’. See the picture below. Once finished set it aside and allow it to dry.

Step 4.

Once your checkerboard background is completely dry, draw a heart in the middle to use as a guide for your tissue paper design. Adding the tissue paper is the fun part! Take a square of tissue paper and gently wrap it around the flat end of your pencil. Use the glue stick to add a small amount of glue to the end of the pencil, on top of the tissue paper, then place your pencil firmly down on your design. Fill in the heart completely, keep the tissue paper close together for a fuller look.

Tissue Paper Heart for Any Occasion

Ta-Da!! A fun craft to make for Mother’s Day, Easter, Valentine’s Day or even just for fun! Try mixing up the designs and colours for different occasions. Need some other fun and easy crafts to do? Check out andthenhome’s craft page, there’s something there for everyone.

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