Whether as decoration for the home and garden or as a gift for a dear friend or relative - the gnomes always go and have been conquering our hearts for a long time now. If you only know the little guys from the Christmas season, you might be surprised that they actually suit every occasion. Also for romantic Valentine's Day. We've got a few tutorials that will help you make both stand-up figurines and cute Valentine's Day cards to make someone (or yourself) happy. If you would like to make gnomes for Valentine's Day, get started now, because time is running out!
To display on the table or windowsill or to give as a gift to a friend who is a huge Secret Santa fan - this onefunny sock gnomesis not only simply made, but literally radiates love. It can stand free-standing or placed in a wreath to create a Valentine's Day door wreath. These Styrofoam gnomes are also very good for hanging up as they are quite light. If you would like to make a gnome for Valentine's Day, proceed as follows:
- 1 sneaker sock
- 1 normal sock
- Kunstfell
- Styrofoam cone (approx. 22-23 cm long)
- wooden bead
- Hot glue
- optional: felt or other materials for decoration
Instructions on how to make gnomes with socks for Valentine's Day
- Cut the socks and fur (see pictures).
- Sew the long sock that will serve as a Zimpfel hat together on the cut, diagonal side (you can also glue it instead).
- Put the sneaker sock over the bottom part of the cone.
- Glue the cut fur slightly below the edge of the sock.
- Fix the wooden bead as a nose on the beard you received.
- Put on the hat.
- Decorate the gnomes as you wish.
If you want, you canon a wooden discand even put groups together in this way. This makes it easier to move them around if, for example, the space on the table is needed for something else or you want to wipe dust.
Make your own gift box with foam rubber and a template
For this project, you can reuse a used box or specifically purchase a new box. You can then make gnomes out of foam rubber for Valentine's Day and create other motifs. At the end you will find a link to the templates to print out.
A notice:Instead of foam rubber, you can simply use craft cardboard or felt.
- Cardboard box
- white paper
- Foam rubber in red, white, pink/pink, orange + any colors for the balloons
- 4 pipe cleaners
- 6-8 cotton balls
- Band
- Hearts made of foam rubber
- Carpet knife or cutter
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Hot glue and hot glue gun
You can use the cardboard to make a mailbox like this, or you can pack it firsta giftand then design the packaging by making gnomes for Valentine's Day.
- Pack the box or cut an opening in it as in the example.
- Cut white paper to cover the box.
- Print out the template and cut out the designs. Glue the two parts for the hat together.
- Use the cut out motifs as stencils to transfer them to the foam rubber.
- Cut them out and create the hat (don't forget the pompom). Glue the nose to the beard.
- Glue the beard shape and hat onto the cardboard.
- Create the beard with the cotton wool.
- Glue the feet to the bottom of the beard and the hands to the sides.
- Make the bouquet of balloons using hearts, pipe cleaners and ribbon. Glue the balloon bouquet to your hand.
Secret Santa template to print out.
For Valentine's Day, make elves with children from handprints
Surely the kids want their loved one toofor the day of lovemake a joy. Help them by making these cute elves out of handprints. They can also be used as cards and written on the back if you wish. You can find out how to make gnomes for Valentine's Day below:
- white craft cardboard
- Any patterned paper (also painted and designed by the children)
- Glitter paper
- pom poms
- Glue
- Scissors
- optional heart punch (you can also buy ready-made hearts or cut them out yourself)
So simple and yet so beautiful:
- Trace the outline of the child's hand on the white cardboard and cut out the hand. Depending on the age of the children, they can also complete these steps themselves.
- Then cut out a triangle from patterned paper. This will be the hat.
- Stick the hat on your hand (on the palm area, because the fingers represent the gnome's beard).
- Glue a pompom for the nose to the edge of the hat.
- Decorate with a heart.
