Heart Explosion Valentine: DIY for Parents or School BFFs
Heart Explosion Valentine Card DIY is so easy.
Give one to your parents, or all your school BFFs.
Bonus: ramp them up to totally awesome
with our printable “Sweets” Hearts!
This card looks harder to make than it really is,
so get your Mom to download the “sweets” hearts card elements →,
then follow the step-by-step instructions
to the best ever Valentine cards!
Heart Explosion Valentine DIY
What You Need:
- One (or more) 5″ x 7″ blank card and envelope
- 1 sheet of white printer paper for the Heart Template
- 4 sheets of red or color of choice sheets of printer paper
- Red or patterned scrapbook paper for decorative hearts, or get our printable “Sweets” Hearts Card Elements download here →
- Scissors, glue, marker.
Make the Heart Template for the Valentine DIY
Fold one corner of a piece of printer paper up to the top edge, which forms a triangle out of that corner. Cut along the straight edge of that triangle to make a square.
Open the square and fold in half to make a rectangle, and then in half again to make a small square with folds.
Open the square and cut out one of the small squares by using the fold lines for a guide, then fold the little square into a triangle. Draw a semi-circle across the wide end, then cut along the mark. This makes a a Heart Template for all your “Heart Explosions.”
- Fold the red papers in half, then in half again. Place your Heart Template against the folds and mark and then cut the heart tops. Unfold the papers and you have 4 four-leaf clover shapes.
- Cut along one fold of each paper from edge to center. Skip the heart next to the cut, then fold the next heart in half to the inside. Press the folds of this heart well, first to one side and then the other.
Small Hearts to Decorate the Heart Explosions
- Trace around the Heart Template onto a piece of scrap paper, then fold it in half and trim 1/4″ off all around. This is your new Small Heart Template. Cut patterned hearts, or “Sweets” Hearts from our printable, using the Small Heart Template. You need a total of 12 Small Hearts, 3 for each Heart Explosion. Fold 4 small hearts in half and glue over the folded hearts on the clover shapes. Glue a small heart on each side of the folded hearts.
- Put glue on the plain heart, then tuck it under the heart next to it and press well.
- Four clovers all glued up into hearts! With the folded heart to your right, stack and glue all 4 folded hearts together.
- Glue the bottom heart, with the folds to the fold of the inside of the card, along the fold of the card.
- Then glue the top of the heart pile to the right side of the card inside.
- Turn the card around, and this is the view!
- Decorate the front of the card and write a message for the person you give the card.
Finish the Card With Our Heart Explosion Printable
If you use our Printable follow these steps to finish the card before you glue the heart pile inside the card.
- Cut out the large inside rectangle and the card front rectangle.
- Glue the front rectangle on the Card Front.
- Glue the inside rectangle into the card inside.
- Now follow steps 5 through 7 above to finish the card.
