Valentines Day Templates For Crafts

• Color-Aid paper
• Craft knife
• Art paper
• Scissors 
• Marker
• Small wrapped candy

• Cut out the elephant (being careful not to cut through the fold   at the top of its back) and then use a craft knife to cut two small slits on each side of the head (a parent's job).

• Cut two little paper hearts from the Color-Aid paper and write  a message on one side.

• Fold the hearts in half lengthwise and slip them through the slits to form the elephant's ears and tusks.

• Glue the trunks together at the tip.

• For an added surprise, tape a wrapped candy inside the             elephant.

• Thin cardboard
• Scissors
• Colored paper or card stock 
• Pencil
• Glue stick
• Googly eyes and stickers
• Colored markers
• Pushpin
• Ribbon or string

• Cut a heart-shaped template, about 2 1/2 inches high by 2 1/2 inches wide, out of thin cardboard. Your child can trace around it in pencil to make the shapes he'll need.

• To make a mouse, cut out two colored paper or card stock hearts (one for the body, one for the head) and glue them together, as shown.

• To accent the ears, glue a different shade of paper semicircles to the upper curves of the head.

• Then fold the ears so they'll stand upright.

• Attach googly eyes and a sticker nose.

• Use the pushpin to make a hole for the tail.

• Thread ribbon or string through it and knot the ends to keep them from slipping back through.

• Finally, print a Valentine's message on the trunk!

• For an elephant, trace around the template, then, before           cutting out the shape, draw a curved trunk that extends           directly from the bottom of the heart.

• Cut out the head as one piece and flip it over so the pencil lines won't show.

• Glue the tips of two heart-shaped ears to the back of the head.

• Attach googly eyes and decorative stickers.

• Then add your message.

• Red card stock
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Photocopy of a photo of the giver (with eyes the right size to peep through hole-punch holes)
• Hole punch 
• Glue stick or double-sided tape-marker

• Fold the card stock in half and draw a heart shape with one side along the fold to form a hinge (we used a heart-shaped cookie cutter for a pattern).

• Cut out the heart, keeping the hinge intact.

• Measure the distance between the eyes on your photocopy.

• Use a pencil to mark that distance on the top heart and punch out the eye holes with a hole punch.

• Cut the photocopy to fit inside the card and glue or tape it in place, lining up the eyes with the eye holes.

• Write "Peekaboo!" on the front of the card, and inside, write "I love you" and any message you like.