How to make kick-butt valentines for everyone you adore

 
Schedule a 30-minute break (or an afternoon crafting palooza), cutie, ‘cause it’s time to make a pile of cards your nearest and dearest will go crazy for. Read on for our cutest ideas yet.

Cootie shot!

Make a cootie catcher for each of your buds and include different things about them—favorite colors, numbers and crushes. When they pick the right combo, they pop up your V-Day message.

Rock out

Make a mix tape for all your besties. Include songs that belong on the soundtrack of your lives together—like the jam you all boogied to at the Sadie Hawkins dance, and that tune that’s become a huge inside joke.

Just playin’

Hit up the dollar store and snag some plastic toys on the cheap—think animals and ridiculous action figures. Make little signs to hang around their necks that say corny things like “You’re a super friend” (for a super hero) or “Being your bestie is a blast” (for a rocket) or “You rock” (for a toy guitar) or even “You rule” (on little rulers). 

Go ahead, burst my bubble

Pick up a pack of balloons at a party store along with each of your buds’ favorite candies. Fill each balloon with one bud’s pick, then blow it up, tie it off and decorate the exterior with magic markers. Just make sure to write down which is which! Your girls can pop ‘em before homeroom and munch all day.

Insta-awesome

Snap a picture of you holding a sweet message, making a heart shape with your hands or blowing a kiss. Post in Instagram, share on Twitter or your buds Facebook walls or simply email to everyone you love.

Even more adorable ideas from Pinterest…


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    Hey there, cutie!

    Cute and healthy. Pick up some tangerines the next time you're grocery shopping to make these super easy goodies. 

    Pinned by: omasassy
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    Love to spare

    Dig into your old craft stuff (when's the last time you used pipe cleaners?) to make these cute-as-a-button cards.

    Pinned by: choix

    Get the how to here

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    Plenty o’ fish in the sea

    Give your friends a reason to smile with this fun little goldfish valentine. It's almost too cute to eat...almost.

    Pinned by: Charmios

    Get the how to here

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    What’s your fortune?

    Make your besties feel lucky with these totally pretty pink fortune cookies.

    Pinned by: lauren3301

    Get the how to here

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    Good eats

    Who needs a campfire, anyway? Make your friends drool with this mouthwatering valentine. 

    Pinned by: sdezigns

    Get the how to here
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    Wear your heart on your…tree?

    OK, not a card, but we love the idea of surprising Mom and Dad with a heart tree in the a.m. or when they come home from work. So cute!

    Pinned by: ezpudewa

    Grab the how to here

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by GL | 2/1/2016
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