Valentines Day Crafts: Creative Ideas With Yarn
Entry #3216, January 26, 2014
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, so why not make a few fun and easy crafts that will be perfect for decorating your home or even as handmade gifts of affection for anyone you care about? Here are a few ideas for Valentine’s Day Crafts using yarn.
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Valentines Day Crafts: Creative Ideas With Yarn
Use Yarn to Wrap It
Choose any shape you like, letters, hearts or circles, and wrap it with yarn. It takes some patience to make, but in return you will get a beautiful wreath or decoration item. To make letters or hearts, you can cut the template out of sturdy cardboard and wrap the yarn of your choosing around it. Add a few decorative items out of felt or buttons to get an interesting effect.
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Make Easy Cookie Cutter Yarn Hearts
Another easy and fun craft, which is ideal to make with kids, too, is to make yarn hearts using cornstarch glue and a heart-shaped cookie cutter. To make them, first make the cornstarch glue by getting a saucepan and mixing ¼ cup cornstarch with ½ cup water. Place the saucepan over medium heat and heat the glue until it is translucent and thick. Let it cool so you can use it. Now take your yarn and cut it into small pieces. Take a parchment paper and place the cookie cutters on it. Coat the yarn piece with glue and remove any excessive glue with your fingers; place the piece inside your cookie cutter. Continue until the cookie cutter is filled with a thin layer of yarn and press it flat. Remove the cookie cutter and let your heart dry for a day.
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Craft some Pom Pom Hearts
A super easy way to make some quick decorations is to make pom poms of different sizes and colors. As soon as you have made your pom pom, cut a V-shape on top of it and you have a cute heart already. With a small heart pom pom and using a safety pin and a simple key chain ring you can make an easy yet effective gift right from the heart. Also, you can use simple pom poms to glue them onto wire or onto cardboard, shaping a heart with them. It will look really sweet!
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Use Yarn Together with Wire
Using wire to create some beautiful craft is an easy way to make beautiful items. Just take some wire and shape it into what ever you would like. Hearts and words are great options. Next you can either wrap the wire with yarn or glue pom poms on it to make a stunning wreath. For making a heart, think about using a wire hanger that you will bend into a hearts shape.
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Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to show our love. To celebrate it even more, make simple crafts that also will look great in any home.
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