Tinker with crepe paper for Valentine's Day: ruffled hearts, table stands, plugs and wreaths

In many ways, crepe paper is a great handicraft material: it is not only very pretty to look at in its structure and available to many colors, but also makes tinkered thanks to these properties very attractive. For Valentine's Day you can make hearts and flowers and from it, in turn, bouquets, wreaths, plugs and many other things with crepe paper. We have collected some simple and inspiring ideas with instructions for you. All instructions are easy enough to tinker with children.

Hearts of ruffles for cards or plugs

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This heart is suitable as the basis for many different handicraft ideas and can be used entirely according to your ideas. For example, it is perfect if you want to make a card for Valentine's Day. It is made as follows:

  • Cropped paper band in any colors (monochrome or ombré effect from several similar nuances, for example)
  • Handicraft adhesive (shouldn't dry too quickly)
  • Cardboard box as a base
  • Paper for tinkering a heart template
  • Lead or colored pencil
  • Scissors

How to make this kind of heart to Valentine's Day:

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  • Print out the template and cut out the desired heart size.
  • You use this heart as a template to do it on cardboard, for example for a card.
  • Cut crepe paper into small squares. It is best to put several strips together to cut several paper squares at once and save time.
  • Apply glue to part of the heart.
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  • Take a square, put it in the middle on the non -sharp end of a pencil and press it and turn it in a little.
  • Press the ruffle obtained in this way to any point in the heart. Start at the top and slowly work towards the bottom.
  • After a few rows, change the color if you want to design a multicolored heart.
  • So continue until the whole heart is covered.
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Tinker plugs with ruffled heart with crepe paper

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With this type of heart you can also make a plug and make a nice gift for Valentine's Day.

  • To do this, wrap a wooden stick with crepe paper. Apply a drop of glue from time to time at intervals.
  • Cut out a cardboard heart. You can use our template as a template again.
  • Glue the stem on the heart.
  • Design it with the crepe paper ruffles as described above. You could also glue a message to the middle of the heart beforehand and only distribute the ruffles around it.
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You can use the heart for such a table decoration that turns out to be a great Valentine's Day gift:

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Or how about an XO sign?

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AlsoGirlands can be made of this papercan be made.

Wreath with crepe paper tinkering for Valentine's Day

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All you need is a ring as a base and crepe paper to create a decorative wreath of hearts. This is how it is done:

  • Croeppaper in any valentine colors (tissue paper is also suitable)
  • Cardboard or cardboard
  • White paper to print
  • Glue
  • Scissors or punches
  • Band

How to make the cardiac creak with crepe paper:

  • If you don't have a heart dance in the right size, cut out your hearts yourself. For this you can print out our template for rings and hearts in two sizes, cut it out and use as stencils.
  • You put the prepared template on the desired paper colors and trace the outlines.
  • Cut out many hearts.
  • Spread them on the prepared mapping. As soon as you are satisfied with the arrangement, you can stick your hearts. Try to always put the individual elements off. You can and should overlap the ring so that this interesting look is created.
  • Finally, you can stick a nice band to the back to hang up.
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