Four DIY Valentine’s Day crafts in four steps or less!

We’re always up for a good DIY day, especially when it comes to holiday crafts. This Valentine’s Day, we’re sharing the love with four super-easy, low-budget projects! When we say inexpensive, we really mean it. Each of these four DIY’s were made from one small, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK moving box!
Here’s a detailed video to use as a reference point when making the DIY crafts!
Be Mine Tags
ValentinesDay-1Supplies:
1 small TWO MEN AND A TRUCK moving box
Scissors or box cutter
Ruler
Ribbon
Stickers or marker
Step 1: Cut the two all-white box flaps using scissors or a box cutter.
Step 2: Use your ruler to mark triangle shapes on the top left and right of each panel, cut them off.
Step 3: Place alphabet stickers or use a marker to say “Be” on one tag and “Mine” on the other.
Step 4: Carefully use your scissors to poke a hole in the top of your tags. Tie the ribbon in a bow at the top! TIP! We decided to keep the tags in place by hot gluing them to one another. However, this isn’t a must if you’d prefer they hang.
Candy Name Hearts
ValentinesDay-2Celebrate the little loves of your life – your kids!
Supplies:
1 small box
Scissors or box cutter
Ribbon
Paint and paintbrush
Stickers or marker
Hot glue gun
Step 1: Cut out the number of hearts needed for your banner. TIP! Use a heart stencil for evenly shaped hearts.
Step 2: Paint each heart with your desired colors. Be sure to let them fully dry!
Step 3: Use stickers or markers to spell out the names on your candy hearts. For extra fun, include your kids on this project and let them decorate their name heart however they’d like!
Step 4: Use a hot glue gun to secure hearts to the ribbon. Tie a bow at the top and you’re done!
Twine Heart Garland
ValentinesDay-8Supplies:
1 Small box
Scissors or box cutter
Jute and yarn
Hot glue gun
Step 1: Cut small heart shapes from your cardboard box.
Step 2: Use jute, twine, or yarn to wrap around your heart. We secured ours with a hot glue gun.
Step 3: In between the hearts, we created yarn pom-poms for variety. To make a pom-pom, use your palm to wrap the yarn in a circle. After you wrap (we recommend at least 30 times!), use a separate piece of yarn to tie a knot around the center, almost like a belt. You will then want to use your scissors to cut the loop ends on each side of the center tie. Fluff it up and you have a pom-pom! TIP! Watch our video tutorial to see how this is done.
Step 4. Thread the twine through your hearts and pom-poms and you’re garland is complete!
Pom-pom wreath
ValentinesDay-6Supplies:
1 small box
Scissors or box cutter
Yarn
Hot glue gun
Step 1: Begin by drawing one large heart on the side of your box. Then, draw a slightly smaller one inside of that. Cut along each heart outline.
Step 2: Using the method above, create several pom-poms to cover your heart. We used 17 larger pom-poms to cover our wreath.
Step 3: Secure the poms-poms down using a hot glue gun.
Step 4: Use a piece of yarn at the top of your wreath to create a hook to hang it.
We hope these DIY’s get you in the spirit of Valentine’s Day! Show us your DIY crafts by tagging us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® is the first and largest franchised moving company in the United States. Let us help move you forward! For more helpful tips and information on moving services subscribe to our blog and like us on Facebook.

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