ALT-1 How to Give a Creative and Original Valentines Day Gifts
This Valentine's Day, give a creative and original gift. Store bought gifts are great, but a truly one of a kind gift is one that you make yourself. If you're not crafty, don't stress out, there is something here for you to choose from.
Creative Valentine's Gift for the Book Lover
Create a book that contains poems, list of reasons the recipient is lovable, or write a love story about how the relationship began. Use a three-ring binder to hold all the pages together. Decorate the front and side with clip art, stickers, or make your own artwork.
A professionally printed book is unique. A book publishing site www.lulu.com will publish your book for a low cost. Just upload your files, select your styles, and you're finished. They do the rest!
Creative Valentine's Gift for the Video Game Lover
If you can knit, there are many online photos of old school video game characters knitted on scarves and sweaters. A crafty site www.craftster.org has many great ideas for knitting.
Make a video game quilt. The older video games had a low pixel count, so it's easy to make quilts with the characters and scenes. Find an image, cut your blocks, and sew together.
You can't go wrong with a one of a kind gift like these for the hardcore video game player. They usually already have everything anyway.
Creative Valentine's Gift for the Cabin and Country Style Decorator
Wood burning is a fabulous way to embellish plain boxes, picture frames, and even furniture. A simple craft can include using a heart shape balsa and birch box. These are found in most craft stores.
Draw an elegant design on the box with a pencil. One idea is to frame the edges with an ivy leaf, then in the center of the heart, write "Happy Valentine's Day," "For my true love," or "I love you." Then use the wood burning tool to follow the design. Fill the box with candies or little love notes.
Creative Valentine's Gift for the Food Lover
A food gift basket is a great treat for the food lover. Homemade brownies, cupcakes, cookies, and jar food gifts are a great touch. Wrap the brownies, cupcakes, and cookies in red cellophane and draw hearts on the plastic with a sharpie marker. Add a large red bow to the basket.
Creative Valentine's Gift for a Woman
Research how to make soaps, bath salts, and other beauty products. Purchase empty glass bottles and a basket at the dollar store. If time doesn't permit creating these items, pick up individual items and create a one-of-a-kind gift basket with store bought gifts. Beauty products are a great gift for women.
Adding a Homemade Card to the Gifts
Purchase card stock or other heavy paper and make a special card that says exactly what you want. Lay the paper flat, fold the top to the bottom and crease horizontally. Next, fold the left side to the right.
Do a simple search on the Internet for Valentine's images and print out favorite ones on photo paper. The photo paper gives the card a higher quality than plain paper. Cut out the clip art. Before gluing or taping the pictures to the card, arrange them on the card to preference, then glue or tape.
One of a kind crafts are pleasing gifts to receive and the extra work that is put into a gift is always appreciated. These are a few simple gifts to whip up, but there are so many more that can be made.
Brainstorm ideas about the person, what they love and their interests, and create something based on his or her personality. These unique gifts show that you pay attention to their interests and truly convey the meaning of love.
