DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Folded Heart Valentine's Day Cards

This is an easy color, cut and paste paper craft that folds from a heart shape into a cute little envelope.  It's a simple, but terrific way to share your Valentine's Day messages.  Young children find it quite magical that the square unfolds into a heart shape.

Materials:

• printer,
• paper,
• something to print a message with,
• scissors
   
• Optional:  Stickers or small paper heart plus stamp glue.

Instructions:

• Print out the Valentine's Day template of choice.
• Cut out the heart.
• Fold so the decorative side is on the outside, using the dotted lines on the template as a guide:
   
  • Fold the lumps on the top down first.  Crease well (slide your finger over the fold so it makes a nice, crisp crease).
  • Fold the edges of the heart in towards the middle.  Crease well.
  • Fold the point of the heart up to complete a little square envelope.  Crease well.
• Unfold.
• Write a Valentine's Day message on the plain side of the heart within the square created by the fold lines.
• Refold (it will be easy this time because of all the creases).
• Seal with a Valentine's Day sticker or a small cut out paper heart and glue or stamp glue.

Printable Craft Templates:

• After printing, close the template window to return to the main page.
• If the template doesn’t fit on one page, adjust your printer margins:
  • In most browsers: Print → More settings → Margins → Minimum
  • Or use Page Setup / Printer Setup in your printer dialog

Folded Heart Message template    (color)   or    (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions