Happy Valentine's Day! This year, I decided to do a little celebration with a "cupid theme". In this post, I will be sharing putting up a simple but creative celebration to honor the day of "LOVE" at home. Every holiday for us is an opportunity for learning and creativity, people have different reasons and ways for and in celebrating "Valentines", it is not just for romantic love but all forms of love such as love for family, friends, pets, the people around you or even yourself.
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If you want and have time, try creating your own simple but fun "valentine" celebration at home for yourself, family or loved ones. I like to balance the elements I put together in my DIY so it does not come out too much cupids just because this is "cupid theme" but we can also see other valentine elements mixed and blend into the picture.
DIY CUPID DECORS + LINK TO FREE PRINTABLE!
Add hearts and cupids as decorations around, you may hang or stick them on the wall, on a backdrop or anywhere you like. I used cupid silhouette patterns and add them as part of a table banner as seen in images in this post. Click Here To Check Out Printable Cupid Silhouettes I put together that you can print immediately, these are collection of cupid silhouette patterns that are easy to cut.
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Print silhouette directly into white heavy weight paper or print a single pattern you want and use as a guide to trace on any color of heavy weight paper you like. Feel FREE to use your creativity how you would want to use these cupids for your valentine decoration purposes, print cupid in its "actual size" from the printing settings.
DIY PATTERNED HEARTS DECOR + LINKS TO FREE PRINTABLES!
Create heart decorations in various sizes, mix plain hearts with pattern hearts for fun and variety. Click Here To Check Out FREE Printable Heart Templates in black & white and colored ones (pink & red) or you may also try hearts in various shapes (wide, narrow, pointy, etc.) Click Here To Check Out FREE Printable Hearts Template in Tons of Different Sizes & Shapes. Use these "FREE Printable Valentine Digital Papers" by clicking on the links below, try creating some patterned hearts with these papers! If the digital papers are in a ZIP file, extract any pattern paper of choice into your computer. Double click on the extracted image and in picture viewer, click on "printer" icon, in the printing preferences choose the following options: PAPER SIZE: depending on the size of paper you will use "Letter - 8.5 x 11" or "Legal - 8.5 x 14" ; FIT: "Fill Page", next click on "print". After printing insert patterned paper back into printer and print blank heart templates onto it. Cut and decorate the way you want it!
FREE Printable Valentine Digital Papers Set 1
Valentine Digital Papers SET 1: The links are arranged according to how they appear in the collage image above, from (left - top to bottom then to the right). Update: I have added other FREE printable heart digital papers not included in the collage image above because some printables have been taken down by the website or blog owner.
FREE Printable Valentine Digital Papers Set 2
Valentine Digital Papers SET 2: The links are arranged according to how they appear in the collage image above, from (top - left to right then bottom). Update: I have added other FREE printable heart digital papers not included in the collage image above because some printables have been taken down by the website or blog owner.
I didn't have a tablecloth in the color I needed so I just cover this medium sized foldable table with pink cartolina paper and added a plastic cover on top for protection. I taped white crepe paper hanging at the front and sides of the table, you can put out a table like this as a special table to display food or dessert. I added a heart banner at the front with the word "LOVE" in it and cupid silhouettes holding both ends of the hearts. I used printable heart buntings in variety of patterns, Click Here to Check Out The FREE Printable Valentine Pink Heart Buntings I used from Brother Creative Center.
You can also just hang the patterned heart buntings as they are without any words in them all around your table or anywhere you choose. If you want to have some words in your banner, you may try these FREE printable alphabet banners to form any words of choice to hang as valentine message or greeting on the wall or table by checking out the links below. Cover your table with a party plastic tablecloth, you can get it online if you can't find some anywhere in stores near you.
Check out these FREE printable alphabet banners by clicking on the links below, choose any shape or print white banners in any color of paper you like related to the DIY, these banners are perfect to mix with your cupid elements.
EASY 3D HEARTS, USE IT IN VARIETY OF WAYS!
I created these 3D paper hearts as table decor, this is adapted from a "3D paper heart craft" I saw used as a hanging decoration but instead of hanging the hearts I put them in sticks. I alternately used heart patterned wrapping paper with red & pink constructions papers for my 3D hearts, I taped my hearts to balloon sticks and put them inside a red box. I added a heart balloon in the middle and stuffed the box with strips of red crepe paper to keep the 3D hearts and balloon in place.
You can create these 3D paper hearts in sticks and use it in variety of ways: as a table centerpiece, cake topper or even as picture prop. Click Here To Check Out A Tutorial On How To Make A 3D Paper Heart from Easy Peasy And Fun, it is a simple paper heart craft for kids that you can hang as paper heart decors for valentines, get creative with the papers to use and come up with your own look for your 3D hearts! I think the 3D hearts in sticks fits with this DIY as they somewhat resemble the tip of cupid's arrow.
MAKE ORDINARY PICTURES FUN WITH VALENTINE PICTURE PROPS + LINKS TO FREE PRINTABLES!
I created crepe paper roses as one of our picture props, Click Here To Check Out Tutorial On How To Make Crepe Paper Roses, These are the easiest paper roses you can make. I found these heart shaped balloons with "I Love You" prints in them from a store I went to and they are great as photo props as well.
You can also use some FREE printable "valentine photo booth props", to make an ordinary picture moment festive and into the Valentine mode. Click Here To Check Out These FREE Printable Valentine Photo Props we used from Kristen Duke Photography. The printable has a couple of valentine elements in it such as large hearts, valentine words, lips, mustache, conversations hearts, arrows and more.
TURN ANY DRINK INTO AN INTERESTING VALENTINE DRINK + LINKS TO FREE PRINTABLE BOTTLE LABELS!
I dressed up these ready to drink bottled iced teas using a "FREE printable love potion bottle labels". These fun valentine bottle labels makes any bottled juices or water look interesting to drink. I added heart stickers on the bottle caps of our juices.
Check out these other "love potion" theme valentine bottle labels by clicking on the links below to spice up your drinks in a bottle. These bottle labels makes you feel like you are going to drink a "love potion", I would prefer to use these labels on a red colored drink or bottled iced teas.
FAST & EASY VALENTINE CUPCAKE DESSERTS + LINKS TO FREE PRINTABLES!
Don't have time to bake or don't have an oven? Sometimes you don't have budget for those cupcakes with stunning decorations sold or made to order in a bakeshop, you can simply customized any plain cupcakes you bought in the bakeshop or those cupcakes in packs of 10 from the supermarket to create fast and colorful valentine cupcake desserts or sweets, just make your own frosting for the cupcakes then add some valentine sprinkles or cupcake toppers on it. Try these 3 kinds of frostings for your cupcakes + FREE printable cupid valentine cupcake toppers by checking out the links below:
Wrap your cupcakes with some cupcake wrappers, if you have a printer at home, check out these FREE printable valentine cupcake wrappers in various designs, choose any pattern you like and dress up your cupcakes.
If you don't have a printer at home or have no time to put together multiple cupcake wrappers one by one by hand, you may purchase some cupcake wrappers in supermarkets or baking stores near you or shop for some cupcake wrappers online that come in multiple pieces a pack and cost a little, choose a plain one or in universal pattern such as polka dots or stripes so you can still use any leftover in future occasions that uses the same colors.
CUPID INSPIRED DIY VALENTINE TREAT BAGS
I created these "heart struck by arrow" treat bags using the pattern of a ready made treat bag. I added a heart window at the front and arrow stickers on the side striking the heart, Click Here To Check Out How To Make Your Own Easy "Heart Struck By Arrow" Treat Bags. I made 4 treat bags and give them to Lauren and my nieces, they were delighted and thankful to receive such a special and colorful treat last Valentine's Day. I made mine mostly handmade but I have shared how you can easily create yours, check out the link to the DIY above.
GET A LOW-COST QUALITY PRINTER FOR HOME PRINTING!
Print FREE printables for home DIYs and more! I'm using "HP Ink Tank 115" single function inkjet printer for printing printables in my DIYs, I bought it online at shopee.ph. It is a quality and low-cost printer for home printing that uses tank for the ink. It needs a total of 4 ink bottles (CMYK) to refill the tank, you can save even more by refilling with universal ink. Just make sure the ink is compatible with the printer model before deciding on a purchase.
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POST UPDATED: February 2023
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