Make Your Own Handmade Valentines From Beautiful Handmade Paper

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Making Handmade Valentines from Handmade Paper

Many people like to make their own handmade personal cards for Valentine’s Day. There are numerous resources available for making handmade Valentines from kits bought in craft stores to printables downloaded from the internet. Making handmade valentines is also a wonderful activity to get the kids involved in. Start by making beautiful handmade paper then incorporate a gorgeous recycled paper heart.

This year, why not take it a step further and make your own beautiful handmade valentines from handmade paper. This is surprisingly easy to do although it may appear a little intimidating at first. The most important thing is to get prepared before you start so that you have everything to hand when you are ready to start creating your beautiful handmade valentines.

Make This Beautiful Heart Handmade Paper

What you’ll need to start making your beautiful handmade valentines:

A generous workspace with a large work surface
A stack of newspapers and some heavy objects
Scrap paper in various colours
Other materials for interest and texture such as scraps of thread or yarn, metallic thread, flower petals
A large tub
A blender
A mold and deckle

Get the full directions to make your own beautiful handmade valentines:

For a full list of everything you’ll need as well as full instructions on making handmade valentines from handmade paper see Handmade Valentines
If you have never made your own handmade paper before it is easier to start with a papermaking kit.

Arnold Grummer’s Papermaking Kit and Video Paper Making Kit Arnold Grummers Papermill Pro Papermaking Kit Arnold Grummer Papermill Complete Papermaking Kit with DVD Arnold Grummer’s Papermaking Kit Make paper in minutes Great for beginners Alex Paper Factory