Let’s make a handmade Valentine’s card! A collection of ideas that convey your feelings
Valentine’s Day is a time to share your feelings with someone special.
Have you ever wanted to include a heartfelt message along with your chocolates? A handmade Valentine’s card is perfect for moments like that.
With a handmade card, you can convey emotions that store-bought items just can’t express.
In this article, we’ll share plenty of DIY Valentine’s card ideas—from simple ones you can make easily to more intricate designs.
Give them a try for inspiration!
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Let's make handmade Valentine's Day cards! A collection of heartfelt ideas (21–30)
Cute card with beads
When you shake it, the beads on the cover move—it’s a cute and stylish card.
You can make it if you have construction paper, a clear bag, beads, stickers, and other decoration items.
First, cut the card base out of construction paper and fold it in half.
Next, cut a heart-shaped window in the center of the front cover and attach a clear bag filled with beads to the back side.
Once the clear bag is securely fixed, glue the front and back covers together.
Finally, decorate the cover with your favorite items, and it’s done! If you use brown-toned construction paper for the base and wrap it with aluminum foil, you can even make it look like a chocolate bar.
A card for quietly confessing your feelings
Let me introduce a Valentine’s Day card with a hot air balloon motif.
In this idea, you create a 3D effect by cutting two pieces of construction paper into heart shapes to form the balloon’s envelope.
Attach the balloon to a backing sheet with clouds drawn on it, and draw the basket area with a pen.
By writing your message in small letters on the envelope part, you can make a quiet, subtle confession.
If you make the heart from dark brown construction paper and write on it with a black pen, it’ll be even harder to notice.
It’s a heart-pounding idea that makes you wonder, “Will they notice it?”
Heart Card Made with a Craft Punch
In recent years, you can find craft punches in various shapes even at 100-yen shops.
They’re very convenient when you want to make many identical pieces, since you can create parts in specific shapes with a simple punch.
In this idea, we’ll use a heart-shaped craft punch to design the front of a card.
To give it a Valentine’s feel, punch heart pieces from red, white, and pink construction paper and cover the entire front.
Finish by placing a large heart in the center, and it’s complete.
A card where letters appear under light
You can secretly share a message! Why not try making a fun handmade card where the letters appear when you shine a light on it? It’s very easy to make: write a message on a heart cut out of construction paper, then layer another identical heart on top and glue them together—that’s it.
At first glance it looks like just a simple heart-shaped card, but if you shine a light on it with your smartphone, the words will appear.
Slip it in with chocolate for someone you like to convey your feelings.
You can also write words of thanks and use it as a surprise for friends.
Card with a big ribbon
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Here’s a handmade card idea featuring a striking, three-dimensional oversized ribbon.
Create the base by folding a sheet of construction paper in half, then glue a white sheet on the cover that has two strip-cut pieces of construction paper crossed in a plus sign.
Adding a large ribbon on top makes the card look like a present.
To make the ribbon, cut slits from each of the four corners of a square piece of construction paper toward the center, then glue the separated corners to the center.
Adding highlights with a white pen will give the ribbon even more dimension.
A card that reveals a photo and a message when you pull it
How about making a card where heart-shaped pieces flap and flip when you pull the base? You can stick photos or write messages on the hearts, so it’s perfect for anyone thinking of a memorable Valentine’s gift.
Line up a 7 cm × 12 cm piece of construction paper on top of a 7 cm × 17 cm piece and tape them together, then draw five horizontal lines on the 7 cm × 12 cm piece, each 1 cm apart from the bottom.
Fold it in half so the lined paper is on the outside, then stick the heart pieces along the lines.
Wrap a strip-shaped piece around the overlapped section of the construction paper, attach a ribbon to the front of the top heart, and you’re done.
A card with a bear on it
Here’s an idea for a Valentine’s Day card where a bear pops out when you open the doors.
First, fold a piece of construction paper in half to make the base of the card.
Then cut slits on the front cover to create doors, and attach a strip-shaped piece with a bear on it to the back side of the doors.
This way, when the doors are opened, the bear slides out from behind them.
Write “OPEN” on the doors to prompt the recipient to open them.
Use the remaining space on the cover to add hearts and lettering to complete the design.