The shelves in stores are crammed with gift ideas for Valentine’s Day but there’s a precious charm about receiving a handmade gift that trumps any gift you can buy from a store.
An Easy Valentine Gift a Child can Make
This sweet toilet paper roll Valentine butterfly doubles as a fun craft to do with your child and an adorable Valentine gift idea, as a pen holder.
Materials required:
Toilet paper roll
Watch them wiggle eyes, Black(500 PIECES) – BULK
Fun Express Mini Valentine Heart Doilies – Assorted Colors – 100 PiecesCreativity Street Chenille Stems/Pipe Cleaners 12 Inch x 6mm 100-Piece, GreenDarice Pom-Poms, 1-Inch, Red, 40-PackNeenah Astrobrights Premium Color Card Stock, 65 lb, 8.5 x 11 Inches, 250 Sheets, Re-Entry Red
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A pair of scissors
Glue stick
A square cardboard piece, as big as the heart shaped doily or bigger.
1. Glue the red paper to the toilet paper roll
2. Fold the ends of the paper into the openings on either side of the roll.
3. Glue two heart shaped paper doilies on the roll, to form the butterfly’s wings.
4. Now stick two wiggly eyes on the other side and with a pen or marker draw a smile on your butterfly, if you would like.
5. Fold one green chenille stem in half and hot glue the folded point on the stem and stick the same inside the top opening of the roll
6. Hot glue a red pom-pom on either end of the stem to complete the butterfly’s antenna.
7. Stick a red heart shaped doily onto the extra cardboard square
and cut around the shape of the heart.
8. Finally, hot glue the bottom of the roll to the heart doily on the cardboard, to form the base of the Valentine pen stand.
There you have it, an easy and incredibly sweet Valentine pen stand your child can make for your home or even a preschool teacher.
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