How to make inexpensive Valentine’s Day Cards

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I love Valentine’s Day and love the fact that kids exchange cards at school. But I’m not at all gungho about all those kiddie cards that say “Be Mine” and “Will You Be My Valentine”.  Sure I may be old fashioned but I would prefer to have a “Thankful you’re my friend. Happy Valentine’s Day” message or a simple “Happy Valentine’s Day” message.

Now don’t get me wrong, DaySpring and Veggie Tales does carry some cards that I do like but I wouldn’t want to spend too much on cards. And with a “no candy”, “no food” policy at the  kids school, we can’t do any of the cute, food/candy-related ideas on Pinterest.

Our alternative?

Making our own, inexpensive Valentine’s Day Cards!

 

How to make inexpensive Valentine's Day Cards

 

How to make inexpensive Valentine’s Day Cards

 

These are really inexpensive cards to make. For under 5 US$, you can make cards for 20 of your child’s classmates. I picked up the bee-hive cutouts (36 in a pack, for 1$) from our local Dollar Tree store and the card-stock confetti (24 in a pack, for 97 cents) and pencils (20 in a pack, for 1.97 cents) from Walmart.

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The first thing I would recommend doing would be to cut a small slit in the middle of each confetti heart (to slip the pencils through)

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and then slip a pencil through each slit , preferably having the eraser end in the front.

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Now get each bee-hive and cut a slit near the upper left hand corner and one near the lower right hand corner.

(I like folding the paper gently to cut the slits. Do remember that the slits will hold the pencil, so try and cut at least 1 cm or so away from the sides.)

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Now write/type your Valentine’s Day message on card stock, cut, center and glue it onto the hive.

(Our message reads- Buzzing by to say, “Have a Happy Valentine’s Day!“)

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Now slip the pencil through the slits on the hive

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And voila, there you have it, a super cute and unique Valentine’s Day card with a practical gift attached to it!

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Best of all, you don’t need to be crafty to wing this one.

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If you prefer to do something with butterflies, check out the Butterfly Valentine’s Day card we did last year.

Marina is a grateful, South Texas-based mom of two daughters and a son (a 15-year-old, 11-year-old and 7-year-old). Her husband, of 18 years, is her best friend and biggest cheerleader. The family loves soccer, their sweet rescue pup Jingle, good food and traveling!

What tides her through each day? A hot cup of cardamom chai, God's Faithfulness and Philippians 4:13!

37 Comments

  1. This is such a cute idea! I love how easy they are and they have that homemade touch to them too!

  3. Love this idea and reading this post just reminded me that my 5th grader might need a few dozen Valentine’s day cards this year since he’s attending school.

  5. These are so sweet! I used to make my own Valentine’s when I was a kid. This is a great deal and much more meaningful than store bought cards.

    1. I agree. There’s just something about homemade /semi-homemade cards that have that edge, right?

  10. Oh my goodness! Those are such adorable valentine’s day cards! I love it! So cute and simple and very cost effective!

  11. I love how these use supplies you can buy. With three kids, crafting all of the Valentine’s from scratch would take too long!

  12. Those are adorable Marina! Love them, so creative! The Dollar Tree is one of my favorite stores!

  14. I got those hearts from Walmart too and I’ve been waiting on an opportunity to use them. These are adorable!

  16. Cute and easy. Great combination! It’s nice to see a variety of home-created Valentine’s in the kids’ boxes. Shows thought and creativity… and gives the kids a sense of ownership in the whole process!

  19. These are so adorable! I really love the idea. They’ll make a great gift for Valentine’s Day. Thank you so much for sharing!

  25. Those are adorable…. my daughter would love to get one of those and to make one for each of her friends.

  28. You know, I wouldn’t have thought it worth the trouble to make them, but you proved me wrong because there’s no trouble!

  29. That’s really cute! I would have probably wrote “Bee Mine!” 😉 We’ve been coming up with some really fun ideas, too. I don’t know why I ever bought the store ones now that I’ve started brainstorming. So many fun ideas!

  32. Aw. These are so cute! I love the idea of including a pencil with the Valentine’s card. I remember, when I was younger, my favorite Valentine’s Day cards to get that school day were the one with little “extras” attached. 🙂

    Thank you for sharing!

  33. That is a cute idea, but I bought valentines for my son for $2.50 and it involved zero work on my part 😉

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