Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day
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Valentine's Day Gift Ideas:

13.More Handmade Valentine’s Day Gifts Crafts:

vi.Jar Of Love:
Materials Needed:
Pink and Red Acrylic paints Decorative Jar with lid (cork or screw);
For Baking Dough:
3 1/2 cups of flour; 1 cup of salt; 1 1/2 - 2 cups of water;
Method:
Start by mixing your dry dough ingredients with a small amount of water. Your dough needs to be moist but not stick to your hands. Knead the dough until it is a soft smooth ball. Roll out your dough and using a sharp knife or a heart shaped cookie cutter cut 3- 4 hearts out of the dough (make sure they are small enough to fit into your Jar bottle). Set the hearts down onto a lined baking tray and proceed to cut out some X's for Kisses. You can make a long roll of dough and cut it into lengths to form a cross. Place these onto the baking tray and place into a pre- heated oven (around 200'C) until the shapes are hard and golden. Allow the shapes to cool. Paint them using the acrylic paints. We painted ours pink for the hearts and red for the kisses. Once the paint has dried, place them into the jar and secure the lid. It would be nice to tie a nice big bow of ribbon around the lid along with a small gift card saying "Love and Kisses".

vii.Heart Candles:
Materials Needed:
glass bowl or vase (one large or several small); small heart and or rose shaped floating candles; water;
Method:
Fill the bowl or vase half way with water. Place the floating candles of choice on the water. Light candles.

viii.Personalised Love Poems:
Materials Needed:
Collect a Photograph which you can paste on poem card;, Glue, Printout of Love Poems; decorative-edge scissors (scallop, wave, etc.), Decorations, heart cutouts, pencil;
Method:
Take the Printout of love poem, in such a way that you have space above to fix a photograph of the two of you. You can use heart decorations and other decorations as you please. Using decorative scissors give the bottom of the poem a scallop shape. You can decorate it with ribbons, glitters, paper rose buds. You can laminate it and give it to your Valentine.

ix.Heart Shaped Valentine Cake:
Materials Needed:
8 or 9 inch square cake pan; 8 or 9 inch round cake pan; homemade or purchased cake mix and icing for two cakes; Valentine cake; decorations - heart shaped sprinkles, chocolate kisses, cinnamon hearts, conversation heart candies etc.;
Method:
Prepare and bake a square cake and a round cake. Let both cakes cool. Cut the round cake in half. place the square cake on a plate or serving board so that it becomes a diamond shape. Position the two half circle cakes, as shown, on either side of the top part of the diamond to form a heart-shaped cake. Cut and trim, if needed, to make the cake sections fit together properly. Cover the cake with icing and decorate as desired.

x.Love Mugs:
Materials Needed:
White coffee mug; printed Heart stencil pattern; Perm enamel surface conditioner; Perm enamel paints (your choice of colors); Perm enamel gloss; sharp nail scissors or Exacto knife;
Method:
Purchase an inexpensive glass coffee mug or use a solid white one that you may already have around. Clean the mug well with dishwashing liquid and water, then rinse and dry thoroughly. With a paint brush, brush on the surface conditioner. You must let this dry, but you can usually paint on your design within an hour. You can purchace stencil paper that is specifically manufactured for making your own stencils, but why not save the money and use plain paper and tape? Print out the pattern, put wide tape on both sides of the paper pattern, then cut out using sharp cuticle scissors or an exacto craft knife. Put the stencil in position on the mug (not too close to the top) and keep it in place with spray stencil glue, or tape it firmly in place. Use a makeup sponge to sponge the paint colors on the stencil. You will need two coats of paint. Make another stencil on the other side of the mug handle so that you have a picture on both sides of the mug. If you wish, try painting some small hearts at the bottom as a border, as well as down the stem of the handle. Let dry overnight. Paint on the perm enamel gloss with a brush, and let cure for ten days before washing.

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