Love is…Valentine’s Day Craft

Do you need an easy craft to make your home more Valentine’s Day ready?? If so, keep reading. If you don’t think you do, keep reading and you might change your mind! 🙂 This craft was inspired by Bethany’s post last week on Love being Free, Filled, & Flowing and one of my favorite Bible verses.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.      1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Materials:

Construction Paper- Pinks and Reds preferable

Scissors

Stencils

Sharpie

Tape

Ribbon (Optional)

12-14 Mini Clothespins (Optional)

2 Hooks (Optional)

2 Large Binder Rings (Optional)

Instructions

1. Find a blank wall or space in your home to put your artwork.

2. Choose your Valentine’s day colored construction paper and a heart template that you like. You can either create your own template by hand or find a heart online that you like and print it out.

3. Stencil the words LOVE IS and LOVE NEVER FAILS. As I have said in previous crafting posts, stencil the letters upside down so that if the trace/cut isn’t perfect the pen or pencil marks will not show on the front. Cut each letter out.

4. Trace and cut 12-14 hearts. (You can group some of the phrases or do each individually) Use a sharpie to write the words from the verse- Patient, Kind, Does Not Envy, Not Proud, Not Rude, Not Self-Seeking, Not Easily Angered, Keeps No Record of Wrongs, Does Not Delight in Evil but Rejoices With the Truth, Always Protects, Always Trusts, Always Hopes, Always Perseveres.

5.  This is where you get to be creative! Find a wall space to spread out your finished product. I used the 2 hooks to hold up the 2 large binder rings. I tied the ribbon to the rings and then used the mini clothespins to attach the hearts. Then, I used scotch tape to put the stenciled letters on the wall. See the photos below…

Another idea would be to intersperse these words and hearts around a photo collage that is already in your home. You could attach the hearts to one long ribbon on the hearth and have one large heart at the front that says LOVE IS and one large heart at the end that says LOVE NEVER FAILS!

This craft is so easy and so fun! If you have kids, have them help you pick out the colors for the paper! If they are old enough, they can help cut out the hearts! And, let them help you find the perfect spot to put up in your home to remember what love really means, not only on Valentine’s Day, but all year round!

What are your favorite Valentine’s Day crafts?? Share your ideas for this craft- Did you use the inspiration from the verse in a different way? Did you find a different place to put this craft in your home?