DIY stencils for Valentine's Day. Volumetric recesses in the shape of a heart: master class and diagrams

How to decorate your house for Valentine's Day in an original way? How to create a festive atmosphere and emphasize that a holiday full of love and tenderness, joy and happiness has come to your home? We cut out paper decorations - and may Her Majesty Love reign!

Lovely gifts, cards and valentines are attributes of Valentine's Day. But if you don’t dress up your apartment or house, the holiday will not come for real. The heart is an organ directly responsible for high and pure feelings. That is why we will take it as a basis for various decorations.

Hang garlands, decorate walls and cabinets, present your loved ones with your own hands. And when dusk falls, look at the night and admire the delicate hearts that will decorate the windows. Moreover, in order to decorate and give a touch of comfort, you only need a few hours of free time, plain paper, templates for cutting hearts and scissors.

The simplest things become a miracle and give a festive mood! Don't believe me? Let's check it out together!

Garlands of hearts: using scrap materials

For such a garland you will need:

• Regular bobbin thread
• Paper cut hearts

We approach work creatively:

We take a ready-made template of hearts and circles, circle them with a pencil or cut them out right away, attaching them to colored paper, which will soon become a fun and delicate decoration.

And it does not matter at all if there is no paper for creativity in the house. Everything will do for a garland: glossy magazines, unnecessary posters or bright covers, which are a pity to throw away, but keep in the house as if to nothing.

It was this kind of mobile swaying from each movement that my colleagues and I created at work: we cut out hearts and circles from whatever, pasted the ready-made templates on threads in pairs in random order and got such an airy miracle:

Closer perspective:

Believe me: it looks original, elegant, and most importantly - the breath of the coming holiday is immediately felt!

We do not stop there, we create further.

Valentine cards on windows, cabinets or other flat surfaces

For creativity you need:

• Heart templates printed on plain office paper
• Scissors or dummy knife
• A little time and patience

I cut out original paper decorations with ordinary nail scissors in my spare minutes. The process is unhurried and exciting. It is important that the hand is firmer and more patience. And then these (or maybe completely different) openwork valentines will settle with you:

The flower motif can be made in color and white, who loves the exquisite simplicity of white

A couple in love cannot get enough of each other

Three different options for paper hearts

A whole plot composition

Chamomile delicate, exquisite, attractive

And the heart templates themselves for creativity: take, print, cut out.

Hello everybody! I want to remind everyone that soon we will have to celebrate the next holiday called Valentine's Day, which is celebrated every year at the same time on February 14th. What do you think, in most cases, is given on this day? Of course, small and cool paper valentines that resemble postcards, but only they are made in the form of hearts and decorated with love and care.

Nowadays, you can safely go to the store and buy such a charm, but still there is nothing more beautiful to make such original pictures and give to your loved ones.

Do you know where this holiday came to us from, write your stories below under this note? I think so, so I will not dwell on this issue, but I will immediately start with the most important and basic, I will teach you and show you step by step various ideas for Valentine's Day crafts, so let's get started.

Of course, you can knit such creations, or even sew, I saw recently how they made a heart from beads and even from felt. By the way, for those who are fond of felt toys, I suggest looking into this

It's no secret to anyone that even a child can make paper products, because there is such material in every home, the main thing in this matter is to competently approach and do everything as the author recommends. Therefore, see this step-by-step instruction and repeat, the result will be simply stunning and very beautiful.

I propose to make the first option for two halves at once, for example, a husband and wife, and hang such a decoration over the bed.

We need:

• paper
• paints
• ribbon
• scissors

Stages of work:

1. As you can see, everything is pretty easy and quick, dip your fingers in paint, that is, apply it to the surface of your palms, and then make a print that will resemble a heart symbol.

2. Cut with decorative scissors and thread the ribbon.

The next way to make a valentine from what you have, so to speak from scrap materials, is to take cardboard, preferably pink or red, and plus colored paper. You will also need glue, a pencil and scissors.

We need:

• colored red cardboard - 1 sheet
• sheet of pink colored paper - 1 pc.
• pencil
• scissors

Stages of work:

1. Everything is extremely simple, fold a sheet of cardboard in half and cut out a heart, then you have to make thin stripes out of pink colored paper, which you cut as if you are making grass or something like that, twist each such strip on a pencil.

2. Glue the flowers on the layout and you can also decorate with sparkles and something else to your taste if you wish. It turns out a slightly voluminous and at the same time elegant craft, which you can happily present to your mother, sister and tell how you love them.

And a similar idea that captivated me too, it also uses the interweaving of strips of paper:

But that's not all, if you turn on your imagination, then you yourself can come up with your own patterns, because there is nothing difficult here, see what can happen. Well, if you think that you cannot cope, then contact me and I will send you stencils, according to which you can make these adorable creations.

I really liked these views, there are stencils in an enlarged form. By the way, such crafts are called intertwined paper hearts.

The simplest thing is that you can do this and decorate this ordinary heart with any jewelry, letters, rhinestones, etc.

Master class of paper valentines for children

Undoubtedly, in schools now there is still such a tradition as to put mailboxes and throw anonymous wishes there, which everyone then receives. This is so cool and tempting that it makes this holiday unique for everyone.

Therefore, most schoolchildren, and just preschool children, love to create great postcards, and then give them to all those whom they love and adore.

Therefore, if you have children, then you can easily make such a gift with them.

For children in kindergarten and at home, by the way, you can use this type of work as a group to make such a drawing, crumple a heart shape from ordinary toilet paper jugs, and then dip it in paint and fill in the entire Whatman paper. Even a 2-3 year old child can cope with this task.

And if you still have not learned how to draw a heart, then you can use this stencil.

After all, children can simply decorate it with felt-tip pens or pencils and draw their own patterns, or use nothing else. Drawing antistress, or as it is called coloring.

Various ideas can be found if you want a bunch of such anti-stress, of course, this work will be more addressed to high school students and schoolchildren. I have several coloring pages in my piggy bank, if you are interested, write.

Or make a bookmark for this topic, cut out the hearts out of paper yourself, and the child should glue them with an example, but something like that.

You can also make origami, because such an activity will certainly delight the kids. Make a boat with them, and instead of a sail, a symbol of lovers on a stick.

Original card Heart for February 14 with a diagram

While preparing for this note, I found several ways of how you can beautifully and unexpectedly surprise your beloved or beloved. Indeed, on this day you really want something that will make your head spin. For example, if your betrothed will give you a ring, but not just like that, but in a purse. It will look dignified and romantic at the same time.

You will need to cut out two of these shapes from paper using ordinary sharp scissors:

And then connect them together, but in advance you will need to fold them in half, where you see symmetry, make a small incision where the antennae of the butterfly.

It will look something like this:

Now it remains to glue the ribbon or make it out of paper and put the cherished gift with wishes or a bill.

It is more difficult to offer such a craft, for those who are familiar with the technique of cutting out stencils, it will be easy for that, this is a method of sticking out with a special knife, as the people say vytynanka. You can get the stencil itself completely free of charge, if you write a comment below, I will definitely send it to you.

Also, in a hurry, you can build such a masterpiece using your palms. I think that the process of making such a product is already clear.

Looks gentle and of course with love. The beloved will definitely be delighted and smile and give you a kiss.

In America and other countries, they very often give their loved ones pictures related to this topic, you can use newspaper publications, you do not need to be an artist to create such a work, see for yourself.

Well, one more type is vytynanka, they are also appropriate to apply here. And I will write about them below. To be honest, such a souvenir can be attributed to a competition in a kindergarten or school.

Here is its template, cut out with a cutter or a special sharp knife.

We make voluminous valentines at home

As for such large and seemingly voluminous figures for this holiday, I propose to first go the easiest way and make a heart outline out of cardboard, and then with the help of woolen threads, you can take different colors, or you can take a single color. Tie, that is, wrap, as shown in this photo.

In the first version, we made flowers and glued them to the workpiece, you can also do it in this case.

You can also easily and quickly cut out according to such a ready-made sample, and then glue the sides, the box.

And then decorate it with all kinds of decorations, such as scrapbooking kits. I found a similar option in this video, I share with you:

While I was writing this note, an idea came to my mind, and it did not come to me by accident, my eldest son was sitting and collecting a mosaic from puzzles, so that's what I came up with. How did you see it?

Video on how to make crafts for Valentine's Day

Make such a romantic postcard in the form of your pens, here everything will be clear without words.

Or do something more interesting:

Volumetric valentine in origami style

On the Internet there are a lot of all sorts of crafts on the theme of Valentine's Day, especially using such a famous technique as origami, you can fold hundreds of different patterns.

You can make an origami heart yourself using this step-by-step diagram, follow it and you will succeed. After all, it looks really beautiful and original.

The steps are simple as always, you just need to fold the paper correctly.

And after the result will not be long in coming, practice first folding these adorable valentines on plain white paper, and then move on to colored ones.

Or use this kind of work.

You can also bake a delicious one, and then stick special toppers on sticks into it. To do this, you just simply have to cut out the hearts from paper, and then roll them up like an accordion and stick them on a stick.

Catch these templates, you can copy them, and then easily print yourself on the printer.

3D hearts are very popular now, you can also make them if you watch this video from YouTube:

You can request a stencil for this video from me below in the comments, I will definitely send it to you.

And also very original and super cool hearts with origami flowers that I really liked very much.

Do you know how these are made? Now I will show you the instructions with which you can make this wonderful thing.

Repeat the entire sequence, the main thing is not to rush and be careful.

Then everything will certainly work out.

Happened? Then go to the next steps))).

Glue the rhinestone and make a handle. Voila, beauty.

Quilling heart

Do you know what this unique and at first glance interesting word means, quilling? In fact, a technique that makes it very funny to fold the paper into little funny things. I think all those who love creativity and crafts are familiar with this type of work, or have you ever seen such cute souvenirs.

If you know how to use and make such valentines, please share your work with us, I can only offer you such ideas that I liked myself.

I suggest you make a photo frame and something else, take a look and decide for yourself what is closer to your soul.

Or make such a small but nice thing from strips:

We need:

Stages of work:

Take a ready-made heart template or make it by hand using a compass, or something round. Then attach the stencil to thick cardboard and cut out the blank. Next, attach the blank on colored paper and make some more stock, as shown in the figure.

Paste this green cover. Then cut a heart out of red colored paper and glue it on the back of the blank. On this side, you can write a love note or a poem.

After that, make figures for quilling, wind strips of paper on a pencil, use a special ruler and a toothpick.

When the washer works, leave it in the circle of the same engineering ruler.

Take your love photo and trace it to the desired shape, and then glue it onto double-sided tape or tape.

Now it remains to glue all the elements. And this is how wonderful and magical it looks.

And you can also build such a red pendant, a symbol of love.

Card with corrugated paper roses

Well, now I propose another fairly common version of roses, which are easy to twist, if you take the desired type of paper, we are talking about corrugation.

There is also a great idea of ​​a very large valentine, which is made in the style of a toppiar, looks great, at first glance you might think that such a charming invention is beyond your power, but in fact, believe me, your eyes are afraid, but your hands are doing it.

Now you will see the necessary basics and based on this information you can easily build such a thing. Moreover, after all, it can be presented not only for Valentine's Day, but also for March 8 or Birthday.

Stages of work:

1. Take regular foam and cut out the symbol of love from it, the thickness should be about 3 cm.

2. Next, take a stick or pencil, for this purpose, barbecue sticks are very suitable and stick it into the heart. Hide the stick using a decorative ribbon. Then insert the stick into the jar, it also needs to be decorated, wrap the dishes with cloth or paper, in general, with improvised means, you can even use plasticine.

To prevent the stick from falling in the pot, fill everything with plaster.

3. Now prepare the following materials for work, this is glue, it is better to take something like liquid nails, it is more convenient for them to work. Then you will need corrugated or crepe paper and a core from a gel pen.

Here is an easy and interesting master class on how to make a heart-shaped opening box with your own hands and decorate it with a carved ornament using the stick-out technique. Such a box will be the perfect handmade valentine, because inside it can fit a love message, candy or a small gift. However, such voluminous hearts can come in handy for a variety of reasons. For example, turn into an invitation to a birthday, wedding or party, or become a spectacular surprise package for any occasion.

Necessary materials

• cardboard with a density of 180-300 gr. (regular drawing paper or business card),
• sheet of scrap paper 30 x 30 cm for decoration,
• PVA glue,
• knife with replaceable blades,
• pencil,
• eraser.

That's all the simple materials that we will need in the process of making a valentine.

Making a blank

To make voluminous hearts, we can use any bonbonniere patterns that we like. For example, these are the schemes:

Source: http://firstwedding.ru/

We print out a sheet with a diagram. If you don't have a printer, you can just put a sheet of white paper on the monitor and trace the diagram with a pencil, everything will be perfectly visible. Cut out the template.

Using the template, we translate the Valentine's schemes onto the selected cardboard. We cut out the workpiece with a breadboard knife, we crease all the dotted places with a knitting needle or a creasing stick.

Valentine decor

Now it's time to decorate our hearts before they are glued into a bonbonniere. I offer you three different decoration methods to choose from.

Openwork box

The easiest way to decorate hearts using the vytynanka technique is to cut through all four halves with an openwork ornament. You can come up with and draw any of your drawings or use my options.

In order for the box not to lose the rigidity of the structure, I retreat from the edge of each quarter by only half a centimeter, this is quite enough.

Important! In order for the ornament to be symmetrical on all parts of the product, you must first draw and cut it on the template, and then transfer the template to the box itself.

Scrap paper

Easy and quick decor option. We take our paper template, at one of the quarters we retreat half a centimeter from the edge and cut out the middle in the form of such a droplet.

We put a drop on a sheet of scrap paper and make four blanks.
We tint the edges of the droplets with stamp paint.

We glue the parts into place on the box.
This is the beauty of the result!

Mix of both options

Another way to decorate hearts is to cut out a carved ornament from scrap paper and glue it onto the bonbonniere blank. Here's what came of it for me.

Each of these options is good in its own way. Which one is better - you choose! Here are all my four valentines together.

I hope my master class will be useful to you and will help you quickly prepare for any holiday! In the same technique, you can decorate any other boxes, the schemes of which can be viewed in.
Good gifts to you, and may the creative mood remain with you 365 days a year!

Vytynaka "(in Ukrainian it is written" vitinanka ", but read through" s ") - these are openwork ornaments or silhouettes cut from colored or white paper. which would describe these "paper laces" ...

At least once in our life, each of us made a vytynanka - these are the very snowflakes from paper that we cut out with mothers and grandmothers in childhood, and then glued onto the windows on soap. Such a small miracle - a couple of scissors cuts and you unfold amazing patterns ...

Well, as a lover of doing all sorts of different things with my hands and encouraging a lot of things, I often return to experiments with paper and scissors. I once gave such a vytynanka to my husband for Valentine's Day:

And although this is not a traditional valentine, in this plot there was a place for a heart - just between the faces of a couple in love

The picture was carried absolutely symmetrical (an ordinary sheet of writing white paper folded in half), and then I made some "gender differences": I shortened the boy's hair and slightly reduced his butt, and cut off a couple of other "extra details". Almost everything was cut out with nail scissors, plus some small I made parts and internal cuts with a breadboard knife (it is also called a clerical knife, and is often sold in hardware stores - they cut wallpaper, etc. - this is a knife with a retractable very sharp blade).

Vytynanka with a couple in love turned out to be very popular - I cut out similar ones over and over again, leaving the main plot and changing the details around. We gave such vytynanki to friends for a wedding and girlfriends "for good feng shui", and even for my brother I cut out such a pair as a gift to his girlfriend ... Well, more than once or twice I gave the template to friends, and not only to girls - there were also guys, who were ready to do something with their own hands for their loved ones.

I share a diagram and a couple of secrets:
1. - it will expand in a new window in a larger size: it can be copied and printed. By bending the sheet in half, you can see that the picture almost symmetrical - it will be seen what is cut out immediately and what is cut off later.
2. It is important for beginners! - cut meeeeeeeeeeenoooo then the lines will be smooth and there will be no errors. 3. From the whole picture, you can leave only the pair itself, if you do not have enough skill and patience to cut out all these birds and flowers - this option also looks good.
3. White vytynanka looks good on any colored paper. The background can be wallpaper or scrapbooking paper with a low-contrast pattern.
4. Do not stick the vytynanka on the base as a whole - the paper from the glue may warp and the appearance will be very sloppy. You can simply place it in a frame under glass without glue at all, or you can grab it pointwise in two or three places or on a couple of small pieces of thin double-sided tape.
5. Most of all, I like to arrange the protrusions in the so-called anti-frames - this is just glass with several clips and hinged on plywood and completely without a frame as such. Or in a frame, but with a wide mat.

More gift ideas for loved ones -

Oksana Shapkarina,