onegoodthingbyjillee.com

These were so unusual and cute I had to feature them! Jonie explains how to make beautiful, cupcake-shaped gift boxes. You can put a wrapped gift inside. You can also make smaller cupcake boxes and put jewelry inside as a gift.

The cupcake boxes are surprisingly easy to make since they use paper mache boxes as the base. Jonie includes a number of examples and explains how she made them. Neat project!

To see the complete project,  click on the How to Make Homemade Cupcake Gift Boxes link below to see Jonie’s tutorial.

How to Make Homemade Cupcake-Shaped Gift Boxes

thenerdyfarmwife.com

This is an excellent post. Forsythia is a fragrant, spring flowering bush that is bright yellow. It also has antiviral properties. In this article, Jan explains how to make forsythia soap. If you don’t have forsythia blooms in your garden, Jan provides a source where you can buy the flowers.

The recipe uses a forsythia infusion and also forsythia-infused oil. Jan also includes a variety of oils, mango butter, a perfect essential oil and other ingredients. It’s a really nice recipe with very clear instructions.

Jan provides a link to Soap Making 101 which explains the cold process soap making method. She also shares an outstanding online tool that calculates the amount of essential oils that you need for any natural beauty recipe.

Click on the How to Make Forsythia Soap link below to see Jan’s recipe.

How to Make Forsythia Soap

craftsunleashed.com

This is such a cute Valentine’s gift, especially for kids. It’s a small bottle of soap bubbles with a cute tag, charm and Baker’s twine. Love it!

Shaunte provides a supply list with links to places where you can buy any supplies you don’t have. There’s a printable PDF for the tag and message. Excellent job and fun craft for Valentine’s Day. Click the How to Make Easy & Cute “Don’t Burst My Bubble” Valentine Crafts link below to see Shaunte’s tutorial.

How to Make Easy & Cute “Don’t Burst My Bubble” Valentine Crafts

craftsunleashed.com

I think this is a wonderful idea for a gift for Valentine’s Day. It can be a romantic gift for that someone special in your life. Or it can be a sweet gift for your kids.

Angie (Crafts Unleashed) explains how to roll up a personal Valentine’s message in a small bottle. Add some heart-shape confetti, a pretty tag and charm and you have the perfect gift. Click on the Handmade Message in a Bottle Valentines link below to see this simple tutorial.

Handmade Message in a Bottle Valentines

handsoccupied.com

These stacked ombre heart candles are perfect for Valentine’s Day. BUT they are also perfect for a special birthday gift, for Mother’s or Father’s Day or any other occasion where you want to tell someone you love them.

This is really a pretty easy project. Heidi explains the best way to melt the soy wax, color it red and stamp the individual heart candles. Tabbed candle wicks make it easy to stack the different hearts. In the end you have a beautiful and unique candle. Yes, you can burn the candle like any other candle. Heidi explains why this works. Click on the How to Make Stacked Ombre Heart Candles link below to see the tutorial.

How to Make Stacked Ombre Heart Candles

blog.consumercrafts.com

Those little conversation hearts really do scream “Happy Valentine’s Day!”  In this crafty post, Vanessa explains how to make a DIY Valentine Heart Banner.They’re easy to make and colorful . I think they’d be great to hang in the kids’ rooms, at the office, or in a home entryway where it’s the first thing you see

She includes a step-by-step tutorial, a printable, and a link to some really neat glittery papery. It’s a great tutorial.length. Hang your banner somewhere visible for everyone to enjoy!

Click on the DIY Valentine Conversation Heart Banner link below to see the complete tutorial

DIY Valentine Conversation Heart Banner

blog.hobbycraft.co.uk

Hobbycraft has collected 15 different Valentines craft projects for kids. If you see a project that looks good, click on the link  under the photo for that project and you’ll see the complete tutorial.

Here are the projects:

• Yarn Heart Cards
• Crayon Hanging Hearts
• Tissue Paper Heart Wrath (so pretty!)
• Painted Newspaper Heart Cards
• Valentines Day White Chocolate Bark Bites
• Glittery Heart Snow Globes
• Felt Candy Hearts
• Pom Pom Valentine Monsters (cute!)
• Pretty Patterned Heart Garland
• Valentine Twig Arrows
• Tissue Paper Stained Glass Window Decoration
• Soft Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
• Valentines Pom Pom Bouquet
• Heart Air Balloon
• Handprint Monkey Valentine’s Card

Click on the 15 Cute Valentines Crafts for Kids link below to see all of the Valentines Crafts for Kids.

15 Cute Valentines Crafts for Kids

Photo Credit: /www.awkwardcupid.com/

Grace has found 12 Valentine’s Day cards with puns that will make your loved one feel the love and laugh out loud. Some of the cards are for sale. Others you can make. If you see a card you like, just click on the link under the photo.  Here are just a few of the cards to whet your appetite:

williams-sonoma.com

BuckAndLibby on Etsy.com

BuckAndLibby

To see all of the punny Valentine’s Day cards click on the 12 Punny Valentine’s Day Cards Your Significant Other Will Love link below

12 Punny Valentine’s Day Cards Your Significant Other Will Love

This is a great tutorial that explains how to make ice lanterns (ice luminarias).  They’re candles that have leaves and berries frozen in the outer walls of the candle.  Once they’re made you can pop a battery-driven tea light in the middle. They’re really beautiful. You can use them to decorate your walk or window ledges outside.

These ice lanterns work best if you live in an area where the weather is freezing or below. That way, once you make them, you can put them outside and enjoy them longer.

Jess explains how to make the mold, add the leaves and berries, freeze the lantern and unmold it. Neat tutorial!

How to Make An Ice Lantern

craftsunleashed.com

I loved this DIY Bubble party favor  project by Morena. They’re pretty, colorful, and creative. You can really blow bubbles with them too. I think they’d be great for a summer party, outdoor wedding, or birthday party for an older child.

Morena shares a supplies list that includes sources for everything. There’s a nice step-by-step tutorial. I really like the way she used Mod Melts to decorate the cork tops. The tags and twine she used for decorations are also perfect. This DIY project is a winner.
Click on the DIY Bubbles – Make Your Own Bubble Party Favors link below to see the complete project.

DIY Bubbles – Make Your Own Bubble Party Favors