10 Easy Valentins Day Ideas, Last Minute Home Decorations and Gifts

These romantic and simple Valentines Day ideas are great for last minute gifts and home decorations. From interesting wall art to whimsical hearts garlands, these inspiring Valentines Day crafts help to add meaningful accents and brighten your home.

These pretty Valentines Day crafts can make you want to design few, one to keep for yourself and others to share with special people in your life.  Handmade hearts decorations are quick to make, but they romanticize your home, table decor and adorn Valentines Day gifts in elegant style.

If you like to paint, try to create a mini pallet with a heart. This Valentines Day idea is from Design, Dining, and Diapers. Brush red and pearl white paints over a dozen wood shims to create an original wall decoration with a shimmery effect.

Simple Valentines Day craft ideas

Also you can make a plain pillow stand out with just a snip of canvas, permanent marker and hot glue gun. This heart project is featured on Craftberry Bush. The pillows with hearts decorations are impressive, romantic and unique. It is a simple Valentines idea that takes 30 minutes to complete. The subtle hearts motif extends the shelf life of the pillow, so toss it on an armchair and show it off year-round.

Add whimsical designs to you home, windows, walls or chandeliers, with easy to make hanging hearts decorations and garlands. Start with two-dozen plastic grocery bags, foil, an iron, and a sewing machine. Dangle your hearts decorations from a tension rod as seen on the blog Aunt Peaches.

The best Valentines Day crafts can be made with items you already have in the house. Dig into your spare button stash and affix a motley collection onto a well-read novel, creating a nice display, inspired by Valentines Day project by Crafty Scrappy Happy.

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Another quick Valentines Day idea comes from Christina’s Adventures. Start with a heart-shaped punch, scrapbook paper, glue tape, and a ruler. Top it off with a couple scrapbook letters and glittery cardstock. Find a frame, and create an impressive Valentines Day gift.

Dress up an ordinary glass candle holder with aluminum foil or craft paper. Use letterpress dies to cut out the heart border before fastening the foil or paper around the candle holder with hot glue. Customized votives make gorgeous, easy and affordable Valentines Day gifts, Mothers Day presents and romantic table decorations.

  by Ena Russ   
   04.10.2016