Everyone has heard that a gift that is made with his own hand is always more pleasant and more valuable than any store present. But few people think about why this is so and how to use their skills to make a gift by February 14 with their own hands. It is important that special skills are not required. Anyone who can hold scissors in their hands and has great feelings in their hearts will be able to express them on paper, cardboard, cloth or any other material at hand.
What are good handmade gifts?
Valentine's Day, the patron saint of all lovers and loving hearts, is a holiday, albeit far from Russian culture, but very pleasant, as it allows you to once again remind you of your warm feelings. Since the holiday is personal, heartfelt, and the atmosphere is intimate on this day, then the gift should be appropriate. Why not do it yourself?
The advantages of a homemade presentation are many. First, it is unique. Such in the world will exist in a single copy, and its exclusivity in itself is worth a lot. Secondly, a particle of your soul will always live in a self-made gift, and how many years it has passed, no matter how the further relationship, This gift will always remind only of you and no one else.
When receiving a gift made with his own hands, a person involuntarily admires how much attention was actually paid to him, after all, it was necessary to come up with an idea, bring it to life, present with love and respect what was done on its own. Go to the store and buy something much easier, here and especially not need to think, especially if the gift is made just like that, for the sake of respect, as a gesture of courtesy on duty. Homemade gifts for such reasons never do. They are always in themselves a recognition in warm and tender feelings, a symbol of friendship, love, gratitude.
Usually, homemade gifts are obtained very high quality, because each stage of manufacturing is on the personal control of the master.
And on top of our arguments, it is worth noting that homemade gifts are again fashionable, like hundreds of years ago. It speaks of the special relationship of the giver, his taste, culture.
Cooking a card with your own hands
It is very difficult to imagine the celebration on February 14 without the traditional “valentines” - small cards, which are presented not only to lovers, but also friends give each other, and children to parents. Valentine's Day is not only about couples and spouses.
You can go the simple way and buy a postcard in the store: on the eve of the holiday they offer a great many. But you can invest in the soul of the whole soul and make it yourself. Is it necessary in order to give unusual cards to be a master? Not necessary. On the Internet there is a huge variety of templates of cards, you can choose any and in the future to make your Valentine exclusive. Here are some unusual postcard ideas for this romantic holiday:
white cardboard hearts painted or decorated with colored paper;
- You can make double hearts, on the page of which they write heartfelt words of congratulations;
- postcards of paper in the form of bears with a fold — there is also a greeting inside;
- cards with a “window”, in which glued chocolate hearts are wrapped in a wrapper;
- accordion cards, on each page of which you can write love declarations or place joint photos in neat paper heart-shaped frames;
- You can decorate homemade cards with rhinestones, ribbons, paper flowers or butterflies.
The postcard does not have to be a classic, as we imagine it. Any option is allowed, and therefore you can, for example, make a cardboard box, paste it with pink or blue paper, decorate it with paper flowers, ribbons. How to fill it is up to you, but she will also act as a valentine.
Very easy, almost weightless look valentines, made in the style of origami, as well as decorated with miniature flowers in the technique quilling. Postcards can be flat and voluminous, with gifts inside and without them, glued, drawn, printed. Small paper looks interesting heart pockets (on the edges connected by a stapler or glue) with a sweet filling - small candies-dragees. On such will be appropriate inscriptions like "My sweet" or "My sweet."
You can make a postcard, consisting of a mass of individual paper flowerscollected in one fluffy and showy heart. And the figures of animals, the same bears with little notes, confessions inside, will not leave anyone indifferent.
Do not dwell only on the hearts, Cupid or Cupid, angels, kisses, butterflies, various flowers are also considered symbols of the holiday.
Create original souvenirs
If you know how to knit, then you can present your loved one warm and cozy scarf. The main thing is that he would approach the overall style of clothing, then the partner will wear it with gratitude, feeling the warmth of your heart on a physical level.. Very interesting idea - knitted mitten for two hands. In this, you can even walk in hands in hand in February frost, and your fingers will not freeze over him or her.
A great souvenir will be knitted sweaters in glasses for tea or coffee. It looks very unusual and warms the eyes and soul. Also unusual and stylish look. crocheted wool with cell phone covers. You can mark them with the initials of the partner.
As a souvenir on Valentine's Day will perfectly fit Photo Framewhich you do yourself. If you do not have the skill of working with plywood and glue or a hammer, you can buy a ready-made inexpensive photo frame and decorate it around the perimeter with flowers from foamiran, corrugated paper, leather, felt, you can use the technique scrapbooking. It will be great if, before donation, the donor places a good photo of the couple in such a frame.
If you are preparing a gift for your mother, then you should choose the most beautiful photo of parents in love. Images from the past will remind them that they are connected not only by joint square meters, credit and children, but also by tender feelings that were at the heart of all the fundamentals.
If you can make figurines of plaster, clay or papier-mâché, make a small original piggy bank in the form of a kissing couple on a bench and sign it with the meaning “Loved by car” or “We are saving for a romantic trip”.
Even if you have never created your own toys, you can use one of the ready-made, commercially available kits for needlework and Sew a romantic bear, funny heart with arms and legs. Or, for example, a squirrel, if the name of the person to whom the gift is intended is Belkin or a hare, if he is Zaitsev, etc. Not a single pragmatist will refuse such a nice trinket.
You can use ready-made kits and make a gift soap from natural materials with your own hands, you can make themed fridge magnets, even children can do this task.
With your own hands you can create an original key ring - knitted, wooden, from beads, from leather straps or ribbons. Can make a big photo paper collagewhere your happiest moments will be collected.
If you arrange the pictures beautifully and add small paper hearts or rhinestones, then the collage will please the eye for a long time and remind you how lucky you are with your loved one (favorite).
Another version of the self-made souvenir - the so-called Bank of reasons. This is a plastic, glass or birch bark, filled inside with notes indicating the reasons why you love your partner (girlfriend, boyfriend, mother). For example, “Because you ridiculously snort at night” or “Because you are kind and strong and always ready to help.” Usually at least hundreds of such notes are placed in a jar. Believe me, the one who will read them will read every single one, and this process will be fascinating.
Sweet ideas
Sweeter holiday will make sweet gifts, and here it is also not necessary to be a chef of a prestigious restaurant or pastry chef. Very much from the category of tasty and beautiful is created by own hands without any special skills.
The most popular option is A personalized homemade cake that can be decorated with hearts made of red and pink mastic, oil cream. The cake can be quite small, for one tea party for two, but it will be a very pleasant surprise after the February evening rather cool walk. If the cake is for a loved one (favorite), and the couple is already quite close on the physical level, you can make an erotic cake, there are many options for such decoration of a simple confectionery on the Internet.
Tea time with such a cake will smoothly turn into an unforgettable romantic night.
Nice gift You can even make out multi-colored dragees and an empty can with a screw cap. Pasting a clean jar with paper, for example, in the form of the same hearts, decorating with ribbons, attaching a gift inscription with the obligatory wish of Valentine's Day, and pouring the multi-colored dragee inside. It looks very impressive.
Homemade chocolate in some countries it is considered a traditional surprise by February 14th. For example, the Japanese, with the help of homemade chocolate hearts, hint to the opposite sex representative, who is presented with a valentine, that they would like to start a relationship. For this gift you will need chocolate without nuts and raisins, without filling, as well as a silicone ice form with heart-shaped cells.
The chocolate is melted over low heat, the chocolate mass is poured into molds, leveled with a knife and put in the refrigerator to freeze. Then the hearts are easily removed from the form and ready to give and use.
Gourmets can try to cook the chocolate themselves - from butter, cocoa, sugar and milk.
An excellent option for a homemade sweet gift is homemade cookies. You can just make cookies, hearts, and you can make cookies with predictions, putting in each little note with a pleasant romantic prediction. Tea party will turn into a fun romantic adventure.
Looks great on a festive table for two. a bunch of fruit. It is very simple to make it, it is important only to have a large supply of long skewers and a solid assortment of different fruits. Both useful and pleasant.
Packaging matters
A gift made with your own hands, it is important to pack beautifully and correctly in order to create a certain intrigue. Suitable for this purpose boxes, bags of thick paper. You can decorate them paper butterflies, flowers, ropes and ribbons, bows of various colors and sizes. Packaging matters because it is her who sees the first, and the beautiful packaging sets the mood for the foreboding of a real miracle inside it.
Use wrapping paper, foil, cloth and a wide variety of jewelry, beads, buttons for packaging.
It is also important how you present your self-made gift. Try to do it in a romantic setting, when no one will distract you. Intrigue your partner, arrange for him a romantic dinner with candles and a glass of wine, you can prepare a poetic or musical gift, and then safely present your creation - it will surely be received with gratitude.
Master-class on creating a gift for February 14 do yourself in the next video.