Small presents for Valentine's Day: 8 great DIY ideas

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It doesn’t always need to be an extravagant arrangement of blooms, a sumptuous piece of jewelry, or a pricey meal to commemorate Valentine’s Day! Instead, why not consider one of our 8 small Valentine’s Day gifts to dazzle your significant other? We believe that with these suggestions, you can certainly bring joy to your partner’s face. The most delightful part is that you receive complimentary butterflies fluttering in your stomach.

Table of contents: Petite gifts for Valentine’s Day

1. Elegantly wrap chocolates

For this, you’ll require:

  • 1 box of chocolates
  • Heart-themed wrapping paper
  • Golden wrapping paper
  • Scalpel or crafting knife

Here’s how to do it:

1.1 Initially wrap the chocolate box in the heart-patterned wrapping paper and subsequently in the golden wrapping paper.

Golden gift
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1.2 Next, utilize a pencil to outline the letters “I”, a heart, and the letter “U” on the golden paper. With a scalpel or crafting knife, lightly score the shapes halfway so you can fold the golden paper aside.

Love message on gift
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2. Customized image

For this task, you’ll need:

  • An empty toilet paper roll
  • Red paint
  • White cardboard
  • A black marker
  • A photo
  • A picture frame

Here’s the process:

2.1 Compress the toilet paper roll to form a heart shape. Then, dip one end of the roll into the red paint.

Heart stamp
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2.2 Press the heart shape onto the white cardboard.

Red hearts on cardboard
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2.3 Adhere a cut-out picture to the cardboard and utilize a black marker to sketch lines on the photo, making it appear as though the hearts are balloons attached to strings. To finish, frame the white cardboard with a frame of your preference.

Personal picture

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3. Herz-Muffins

For this you require:

  • Dough
  • Muffin tin
  • Paper muffin liners
  • Candy hearts
  • Aluminum wrapping

This is how it functions:

3.1 Dispense the dough into the paper muffin liners and embellish it with the sugary hearts.

Muffins in Form
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3.2 Create a small sphere and two slim, petite shapes using aluminum foil. Position these forms between the paper cases and the perimeter of the cavity so that the dough adopts the shape of tiny hearts. Bake the muffins for the indicated baking duration.

Heart shape muffins
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3.3 The lovely heart-shaped muffins are complete.

Colorful muffins
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4. Butterfly bags of candy

For this you require:

  • Zip bag
  • Your preferred sweet
  • Clothespin
  • Paint and brushes
  • Googly eyes
  • Pipe cleaners

This is how it functions:

4.1 Fill the treats into a zip-top bag, seal it, and fold over the top edge of the bag once.

Bag
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4.2 Color a clothespin with paint and attach two googly eyes onto it.

Paint a clothespin and attach two googly eyes to it.

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4.3 Position the clothespin at the center of the packed zip bag and attach a pipe cleaner to the upper section of the clip. Slightly curl the pipe cleaner on either side so that it resembles a butterfly antenna. Perfect little tokens for Valentine's Day!

Butterfly bag with sweets
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5. Chocolate heart

For this you require:

  • double-sided tape
  • Merci chocolate
  • Styrofoam heart
  • Rocher chocolates
  • red gift ribbon

Here’s how to proceed:

5.1 Adhere the chocolate bars next to each other on a lengthy strip of double-sided adhesive tape.

Chocolate bars side by side on a long piece of double-sided tape.
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5.2 Secure the ribbon and chocolate vertically around the Styrofoam heart.

Styrofoam heart
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5.3 Affix the Rocher chocolates atop the Styrofoam heart with the double-sided adhesive tape.

Rocher chocolates
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5.4 Lastly, fasten a red gift ribbon around the heart. The Valentine's Day gifts are complete.

Chocolate heart

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6. Tomato hearts

For this, you will require:

  • cocktail tomatoes
  • toothpick
  • Paper for Cupid's arrow

This is the procedure:

6.1 Slice a third off each of two cocktail tomatoes diagonally so that the two pieces can be combined, forming a heart shape.

cocktail tomatoes
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6.2 Secure the two pieces of tomato with a toothpick. By attaching the appropriately shaped paper to the toothpick, it resembles Cupid's arrow.

Tomato hearts
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7. Strawberry roses for the cocktail

For this, you will require:

  • Strawberries
  • wooden skewers
  • slender red gift ribbon

This is the procedure:

7.1 Slice the strawberries as illustrated in the video.

Cut strawberries
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7.2 Pierce the wooden skewer through the stem into the strawberry.

Insert the wooden skewer through the stalk into the strawberry
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7.3 Create a small bow using the red ribbon on the wooden skewer and set it in a cocktail glass.

Strawberry roses for the cocktail

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For this project, you will require:

  • yellow cardstock
  • red cardstock
  • multicolored cardboard
  • Adhesive
  • a length of thread
  • Thesa film

The procedure is as follows:

8.1 Begin by folding the yellow cardstock and cutting a circle from the top. Additionally, carve a heart shape from the red cardstock.

Card and heart cut from cardboard
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8.2 Place a line of adhesive in the center of the red heart and adhere the thread onto it.

Adhesive applied to the middle of the red heart
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8.3 Attach the heart and the thread onto the circle of the yellow cardstock using adhesive tape.

Heart with thread secured with adhesive tape
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8.5 In the end, cut a segment from the colorful cardboard, incorporating a circle, and adhere it to the yellow cardstock. This will conceal the thread. If you twist the heart multiple times before placing the card in an envelope, it will also twirl when removed. A true showstopper!

Heart card
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Presenting gifts on Valentine's Day is nearly as enjoyable as receiving them yourself.


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