Here’s a fun, easy way to create homemade paper Valentine cards.

What You Need

• Colorful construction paper
• Glue
• Marker
• Scissors

What You Do

1. Download the Pattern
   Download the Valentine Patterns.
2. Make Cards
   Make cards with the pattern or use your wildest imagination to create your own cards. Other possible ideas:
   • • Squirrel: “I’m NUTS about you!”
     • Snake: “You’re the besssssst!”
     • Rabbit: “Hop to it and be my Valentine!”
     • Wolf: “We’ll have a howlin’ good time together!”
     • Bear: “I can’t BEAR to be without you!”

   Craft by Michele Reyzer. Originally appeared in the February 2011 issue of Ranger Rick magazine.