Valentine's Sewing Cards for Kids - free printable

Remember the Summer Sewing Cards I posted last year? My kids love sewing cards and it's a fun way for them to spend those lazy weekend afternoons, while developing some fine motor skills and concentration (and allowing mom to do some crafting of her own).

Recently I reprinted the summer sewing cards for them and then I thought maybe I should make a winter set. But weeks passed and suddenly I had a brilliant idea: why not make some Valentine's sewing cards?

Well, here  they are, a brand new set of sewing cards, all Valentine's inspired:

If you want to use the cards, just download the file here, print the pages on lightweight cardboard (or print them on paper and then glue them on cardboard), punch holes where indicated and give them to your kids, along with matching thread and round point needles.

Have fun!

Crochet Hearts Hairclips

Originally I intended to share these cute hair clips before Valentine's Day but...I'm keeping it real, remember? And in real life, unfortunately, not everything runs the way you plan and not all projects get completed in time. And this one, although fairly easy, should have been ready days ago. But it just was not meant to be.

However, since hair clips and hearts can really be worn any day of the year, I'm going to share them with you anyway.

Valentine’s day projects – part 3

Truth be told, I part 3 was not in my plans. My time is limited and, by the middle of the week, my inspiration has had better days. But I had (insistent) requests for a hearts necklace and last night I found myself complying.

So I went and cut a few more little felt hearts. Initially I thought I would just sew them to a ribbon, but when I was looking for said ribbon I came across some red beads I don’t even recall buying and I decided to use them as well.

I marked the center of the ribbon and put a bead there, thinking that because the beads were heavier than the felt hearts, a bead in the center would make the necklace settle better (in case you want to make something similar, after some trial and error I found that the best way to make the ribbon go through the holes in the beads was to use an extra thin crochet needle).

I tied a knot on each side of the bead to keeping in place.

The hearts are sewn on pairs, one on each side of the ribbon. I always tend to sew things, but in hindsight, glue would have probably been easier (and faster).

Then I added more hearts and beads until it was long enough. Because I was tired and ready to go to bed, I just tied the ends with a knot and cut the excess ribbon, although probably a pretty little bow would look better. Oh well, maybe next time. ..

Teresa

Valentine’s day projects part 2 – hair clips

Remember yesterday’s project?

I cut some extra felt hearts, this time including red along with the two shades of pink, and dug around my craft supplies for simple hair clips (sorry about the dark pictures, it was already night when we finished and lighting was not the best).

Then all I had to do was to sew the hearts to each other (in a way that no thread is showing at the front) and glue the groups of hearts to the hair clips.

And there you have it: nice and easy Valentine’s hair clips (which the girl already used to school today, since she cannot resist when she has something new…)

Have a lovely Valentine’s day,
Teresa

Valentine’s day projects part 1 – pony tail holders

Valentine’s day is not a day we celebrate a lot in our house. Not even when my husband and I were dating. We did give each other the occasional gift, but the date usually goes by without a lot of fuss.

Since the kids started school, however, they are used to making a special project in class for Valentine’s day. Since my youngest is in her first year at school, I tried to explain her what it was all about and we decided to come up with something fun and that she could use (we have too much clutter around the house as it is, so useful was in order for the day). Hair accessories seemed just the right choice.

So I bought a bag of cheap ponytail holders (I forgot to take a picture, but it came with an assortment of holders in several colors). I chose the smallest size they had because (1) she does not have a lot of hair anyway and (2) if you make a pair, they can double as pigtail holders.

I’m lazy so I used my Sizzix Big Shot to cut some small hart shapes out of pink felt, but you can easily cut use scissors to do the job.

I chose 4 plain ponytail holders in pink and round buttons matching the colors of the hearts.

Then all I had to do was to sew the hearts to the buttons and attach the buttons to the ponytail holders…

And voilà: cute Valentine’s day ponytail holders

You can make them in any color, using matching or contrasting thread and buttons.

And because they are small, you can even use them as a ring.

While we were on a roll, we also made some hair clips, which I will tell you all about tomorrow.

See you around,
Teresa