Do you struggle to find just the perfect gift for your significant other on Valentine’s Day? For many people, the traditional Valentine’s Day gift is flowers, chocolates, and sometimes even a nice dinner. Although those are all wonderful things, imagine getting a gift that took time and effort. D.I.Y gifts are super meaningful all while being reasonably cheap and easy to do. Here are five of the easiest D.I.Y Valentine’s gifts for any loved one for this special day.
1: Date Night Jar
This D.I.Y is one of the easiest and most fun to make, all you will need is colorful cardstock paper and a mason jar. Make sure the jar is clean and empty so you can decorate it any way you like. Next, you will cut little strips into the cardstock paper so they become individual mini-papers. Once you have that set you will need to think of as many fun and interesting date night ideas as you can. This should include things like movie night crafts of your choice and outdoor activities. Now that you have the date night ideas and the jar decorated, fold the mini papers in half, toss them into the jar, and give it a good mix. This is a perfect gift to help couples grow closer by doing simple activities together and it can also be used throughout the whole year, even after Valentine’s Day.
2: Heart Photo Collage
For this D.I.Y gift, all you will need is poster paper, any pictures with your significant other that you like, and tape or glue of some sort. Start off by tracing a heart around the poster paper, make sure that your heart is large enough to fit all the pictures you may need. The next step is to place the pictures in the desired order inside of the heart-if some pictures do not fit, you can cut them down to size. Once you have your pictures arranged perfectly how you want them, it is time to glue them down to the paper. When it is completely finished you should have a beautiful heart piece with pictures your partner is sure to love.
3: Handmade Cards
A handmade card is an easy way to show your appreciation for somebody by putting creativity and effort towards a special gift for them. For this, you will need any kind of paper for the base of the card, and colorful paper for the decorations. This D.I.Y can be made in many different ways, you could simply just draw a design on a blank piece of paper, or you could do more by making the colorful and custom to your Valentine’s liking. A handmade card is such an easy gesture that can go such a long way by simply showing that you put heavy consideration and thought into making their gift instead of purchasing it already made.
4: Chocolate Covered Strawberries
This is an easy and perfect gift for anybody who enjoys a sweet treat. All you will need for this is strawberries or any kind of fruit you would like and whatever type of chocolate you prefer. Start by washing your fresh fruit and gently pat them dry with a paper towel. Next, you will need to melt your chocolate, breaking the chocolate into small individual pieces will make the melting process easier. Once it is broken up, put it into a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for approximately 60 seconds then stir up any chocolate clumps and melt again if needed. Now you can go ahead and dip your strawberries into the melted chocolate and put them on a baking sheet with parchment paper. Once that is done, you can use white chocolate to design the strawberries in any way you would like. Some people just do a white chocolate drizzle and other people may use it to write out sweet phrases.
5: Origami Mini Bouquet
This is an extremely thoughtful gift, it takes more effort than the others but that is what makes it special. For this gift, you will need colored paper, something to cut with, cotton balls, and small pieces of fabric. Start by cutting small strips into the paper. After that is finished, hold a strip of paper horizontally facing you and fold the very end of the paper diagonally. Then you can start folding the diagonal piece over itself until it starts to form into the shape of small roses. Once you have the flowers made to your liking, tie a small ribbon around the middle of the fabric square and hot glue a cotton ball inside the top to give it a bouquet shape. Now that you have the base for the bouquet you can start hot gluing the roses onto the bouquet. You can make as many of these as you desire and put all the mini bouquets together,
These gifts are great ways to make Valentine’s Day a little more sentimental by making a gift specifically for them and not only putting money but creativity and effort into making it.
