Inspiration: After last year's strawberry hearts, I wanted to come up with something in a similar vein. Something with a heart shape - I thought about doing Luv Bugs, but I think I'll save those for next year. Instead I thought, a bunch of grapes can have a heart shape. But I didn't like the idea of cutting out lots of circles in felt. Luckily I remembered all the foam projects my daughter has been doing and went in search of materials.
How I Made Them: As I mentioned, I used foam pages. One plain purple and one glitter purple. I used a plastic tube I had from something, it was about the size of a small test-tube. I pressed this into the back side of the foam and then cut out the circles with scissors. If I had a large enough circle hole punch, that probably would have worked better. I did use some sticky-back stiff green felt to do the little leaf which I just free-hand cut out. I used pre-cut bookmarks I got at Hollo's (they were 2 inch by about 7.5 inch) and cut them down to 2 inch x 3 inch pieces. I glued on the circles (alternating rows between plain and glittered) and then stuck on the leaf (peel back and stick, so easy). I used purple gel pen to write "You're a grape friend, Valentine!" I'll have my daughter sign the backs before she takes some to preschool on the 14th.
Alternatives:
- Other fruits (raspberries - though that one might have trouble coming up with a nice saying), orange slices (Orange you a smiley Valentine!), bananas (in a smile! - I go bananas for you, Valentine), pineapple (make it heart shaped)...
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Its really nice idea's...!! thanks for sharing..Plastic card
ReplyDeleteGreat card. Its design is so nice and handmade things are so valuable. Thanks for sharing.
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