Entry #3236, February 1, 2014

Are you looking for sweet Valentine’s Day Gifts to give to the ones you care about? Here is a beautiful idea that shows your love and thoughtfulness: Make some homemade heart-shaped teabags and sugar cubes. It is not something difficult to do, but the results are personalized and cute Valentine’s Day Gifts. Here is how!

Valentine’s Day Gifts: Homemade Heart Teabags and Sugar Cubes

Valentine’s Day homemade teabags and sugar cubes

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Materials:

For the heart-shaped teabags:

Coffee filters

Scissors

Loose teas

Needle and cotton string

Heart template or heart-shaped cookie cutter

Cardstock (in desired color)

Valentine’s Day heart-shaped teabag

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For the heart-shaped sugar cubes:

Plain sugar

Heart-shaped silicon mold or cookie cutters

Water

Food coloring (optional)

Valentine’s Day heart-shaped sugar cubes in a gift box

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Directions:

Heart-shaped tea bags

Use the heart-shaped template or the cookie cutter to cut out 2 hearts out of the coffee filters. Take the needle and string and sew the two hearts together, leaving a small hole open. From the hole, insert about 2 teaspoons of your favorite loose tea. You can use a small funnel to help you with this step. Finish sewing the teabag. Take the cardstock and cut out a small heart or any other desired shape and attach to the string, either by sewing it on or just using a stapler. Sew the other end of the string to the teabag and you have your very own heart-shaped, homemade teabag!

How to make Valentine’s Day heartshaped teabags

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Heart-shaped sugar cubes

To accompany your teabags, or even as a stand-alone Valentine’s Day Gift, these easy sugar cubes are ideal. Take a bowl and add about ½ cup of sugar. Start off by adding ½ teaspoon of water and mix with a fork or spatula. Watch the density of the sugar; you are aiming at a paste-like consistency without melting the sugar. If needed, add another ¼ teaspoon of water to the mix. Add a very small amount of gel food coloring (tip: use a toothpick) and combine. If needed, add a little more food coloring until you get the desired color. Watch out for the consistency. Tip: If you use liquid food coloring, be sure to add less water in the beginning.

Valentine’s Day sugar cubes

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If using a heart shaped silicon mold, just spoon the sugar into the mold and even it out. Make sure to pad it firmly into the mold. Let the sugar-hearts dry for a few hours and then carefully push the cubes out of the mold and onto parchment paper. Let them dry for another few hours until firm.

If using heart shaped cookie cutters, place the cookie cutter on parchment paper and fill it with sugar; pad it firmly. Let it dry for a few minutes and then remove carefully the cookie cutter. Let the sugar cube dry for a few hours. Another way you could make these cubes with cookie cutters is to try to roll out your sugar paste onto parchment paper and use the cookie cutters to cut out hearts, just as you would do with cookie dough.

Dress your teabags and sugar cubes up and present them beautifully and it’s going to be a special Valentine’s Day Gift hit for sure! Need more Valentine’s Gift Ideas, click here.

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