How to make a DIY gift for February 14

Valentine's Day, the patron saint of all lovers, is attracted by the opportunity to most beautifully reveal their feelings to a loved one or to remind them of those who have been married for a long time. It is noteworthy that for this celebration it is not at all necessary to buy expensive gifts and jewelry - it is much more symbolic to make a present with your own hands, having invested in it a piece of your love and care. In our article, we will consider various ideas on how to make a gift for February 14, so that it leaves pleasant feelings and memories for a long time.

A handmade pillow is not only a beautiful, memorable, but also a necessary item, so with this gift you will never lose. There are various manufacturing options - you can sew the entire pillow in the form of a heart or a standard shape using white, pink, red fabric, and then proceed to decorate it.

As a decoration, you can sew hearts, the first letters of the name, process the perimeter with elegant lace. One of the interesting options is a pillow with a pillowcase, which displays a love confession. The pillow base can be purchased at the store or sewn by yourself, stuffed with soft padding polyester.

The main element of such a gift will be a pillowcase, which will have to work hard. For the manufacture you will need a white fabric without drawings and prints. Following the pattern and considering the size of the pillow, prepare two halves, but do not stitch. On the front side of one of them write with your own hand the message in verses, which should be selected in advance. When the fabric dries well, you can supplement the message with a decoration, for example, in the form of a fabric heart-pocket, as shown in the photo. Sew a pillowcase around the perimeter, and put a Valentine card in your pocket. Such a present will definitely not leave your soulmate indifferent!

As a beautiful and useful gift, you can make yourself a pretty soap, filling it with useful components of aromatic oils. To make soap, you need to purchase a soap base, complete with which aroma oils and dyes are often supplied. You will also need appropriate molds, alcohol in the form of a spray and a saucepan for kindling. The soap base can be white or transparent - the choice will depend on the desired end result. Alternatively, you can use baby soap.

So, we cut the soap base into pieces, put it in a pan and heat it in a water bath or in the microwave. When the mass melts, add dye, a few drops of aromatic oil at your discretion, cosmetic fragrance and mix thoroughly quickly. The molds must be treated with alcohol, filled with a soapy mixture and set to solidify. Next - we take the finished soap and pack it beautifully.

The considered method is the simplest. If you already understood the principle and learned how to make an elementary bar of soap, you can try more complex options, for example, make a beautiful white soap with a red heart. To do this, you need small cookie cutters and a large rectangular one. First we make small hearts - it is necessary to melt a part of the soap mass, add oil and red dye. Pour the finished mixture into molds, wait until it hardens and remove. Then again we melt part of the mass, add aromatic oils, perfume fragrances.Pour the finished mixture into a rectangular shape, treated with alcohol, and put one or two red hearts (depending on size), leave to harden for several hours.

A pleasant surprise for your partner will be the originally issued declaration of love. First you need to write out on a piece of paper all the good words that you want to please your partner (partner), so that then you do not get confused and do not repeat. From a sheet of white paper we cut out small rectangles, on each of which we write a confession. We turn the leaves in the form of scrolls, we tie each rope.

Next, choose a container - you can use a regular liter jar, decorating it previously with paper hearts or using decoupage technique, pasting it with a beautiful napkin. You can take a box of candy or cookies as packaging. Another interesting option is to purchase a large package of tea bags, each of which attach one scroll or envelope with recognition. Such a gift will long remind your soulmate of your warm sincere feelings.

Another necessary thing that you can do with your own hands in the form of a pretty heart. The easiest option is to make a volumetric heart from dense fabric. First you need to draw and cut a template out of cardboard, transfer it to a fabric (leather) and cut two identical figures. Next, we sew them along the edge, leaving a small gap on top, fill with sintepon, foam rubber or unnecessary scraps of fabric. Do not forget to sew a loop to which the key ring will be attached. You can decorate the keychain with the help of beads, lace or embroider warm words intended for your loved one.

Postcards have long been an attribute of any holiday. On Valentine's Day, you can make a beautiful valentine card for your loved one, fill it with warm words and confessions.

To work, you need a sheet of red cardboard, thin strips of pink or white paper, scissors, glue and felt-tip pens (marker, pen) for writing a congratulatory text. It is necessary to bend a sheet of cardboard in half and cut out the heart so that it can open, as shown in the photo. Then, on thin strips of paper, we make small cuts to create lush flowers. Each strip prepared in this way must be wound with a slight bias on a thin stick (you can use a regular brush), glue the edge. We remove the workpiece and fluff the "petals", arching them to the sides. Glue each flower to the card around the perimeter.

When the flower row is completely finished, you can fill the empty interior with imitation of stems, using the remnants of thin strips of paper. Next, open our craft and already on the inside write to your loved one about your sincere feelings.

Such a gift by February 14 will be an excellent alternative to the usual bouquet, of course, will delight and surprise any woman. With proper care, the toy may not lose its aesthetic qualities for up to three weeks, and making it is not so difficult. You can choose a character at your own discretion or after learning about the preferences of her future hostess. It can be a cute teddy bear, a kitten or another animal, but if you are going to make a toy for the first time, it is better not to tackle complex options.

For work, you will need the following accessories: a floristic sponge, wire or wooden sticks (for fastening parts), a knife, glue, a stand and, of course, flowers (hyacinths, carnations and others). It is necessary to cut out all the details of the toy from the sponge, so to speak, the body. Next, we fasten them together, using floristic wire or wooden sticks, oiled with glue. The finished figure must be thoroughly moistened, put in a container and wait until excess water drains.At this time, you can prepare the buds, cutting them obliquely, so that there are two or three centimeters of the stem. Now, one at a time, stick the flowers into the sponge until we fully form the toy.

When presenting a gift, do not forget to recall how to properly care for the present. The toy needs to be thoroughly moistened with water every day: pour on top with a thin stream until water leaks from below, and “fill” small parts (pens, legs, tail, etc.) with a thin syringe.

Indulge your soulmate with delicious sweets made with your own hands, because purchased items can never be compared with homemade treats. If you are good enough to be friends with the oven and the dough, you can bake a cake. It is better to use a proven recipe to be sure that it will turn out really a masterpiece. As decoration, you can use fruits and berries. Chocolate lace will look beautiful on the cake. Preparing them will not be difficult: you need to melt the chocolate bar (without nuts and other fillers), fill the syringe with a mixture and squeeze the desired pattern onto parchment. Complex compositions can be drawn on paper in advance and the chocolate mixture can be poured along the intended contour. Parchment is left in a cool place until the chocolate hardens, carefully removed and transferred to the cake.

A simpler option is to make candy hearts, also using melted chocolate. You can add additionally ground nuts, raisins, chopped dried apricots or prunes. Prepare silicone molds in advance, fill them with mass and refrigerate for 30-40 minutes. Then carefully remove.

Another simple, but quite tasty and spectacular dessert is jelly hearts. To make it, you will need a bundle of jelly (raspberry, strawberry or cherry), water, heart shaped tins, frozen berries, coconut flakes for decoration. We prepare jelly according to the instructions on the packaging. Sprinkle the molds with coconut (chocolate) chips and pour the cooled jelly mixture. For beauty, you can add a berry to each form. We put the containers in the refrigerator until completely frozen. Next, we extract the finished desserts and again lightly sprinkle with coconut flakes.

More ideas for making gifts by February 14 are presented in our photo gallery. Here you can find a variety of samples of finished work: postcards, toys and many beautiful useful gizmos. Enjoy watching!