I’m going to count this as one of my #15in15. I got this idea from a friend, and she happened to have a Cricut that she cut her petals from. I did not have that, so I had to wing it.
I wanted to create Valentines for my son’s daycare group, and I had to do it early since I’m out of town the rest of this week. I already had 90% of the supplies on hand. All I had to purchase was a bag of Hershey’s Kisses (and I bought a pack of the red/silver/pink ones so they’re even cuter!)
I created a template for flowers and printed it out so I could cut my petals. The leaves, were done freehand.
Tools you will need:
scrapbook paper
flower template (3 sizes to layer)
leaf template (or freehand it)
glue
paper straws
Hershey Kisses or Hugs
Directions:
1. I created my own flower template. (You can download it, if you’d like to cut it out and trace/cut.)
2. I cut the three layers of petals and the leaves. I traced the flowers onto a pretty scrapbook paper, which I have a ton of. I drew the leaf freehand and I cut it so it would wrap around the straw.
3. Glue the petals together.
4. Add a Hershey’s KISS to the flower petals (I dabbed a little glue here.)
5. Then glue the petals to a pretty paper straw. (Thanks to my obsession with Pick Your Plum, I have a lot of straws handy.) I also added a short piece of washi tape to keep things in place.
6. Glue the leaves in place.
7. Write the names on each flower. I made an extra for my son so he won’t feel left out.
Super easy and fun for kids of most ages!
So cute! I want to come over and do arts and crafts 🙂
This is cute! My daughter would have fun with this one. We will have to try it out.
I am sure your son’s friends will like those pretty flower valentines–especially the Hersey’s Kiss attached!! This was a really good idea for an easy and usable craft item.
Those are super-cute! I love all the different elements!
Cute and simple and still gives a bit of a sweet for the day!
Who says you have to buy a Cricut? 😉 Looks like yours turned out just fine. Super cute and from the heart. That is all that matters.
Well those are really cute. We’re crafting tomorrow for the kids’ classrooms.
Ohh, that is adorable! I love it! My kids would eat all of the kisses, lol.
So cute. And I am not a crafty person, but I think I can actually make those if I tried!
Really cute.