Secret Message Valentines

 Minieco has a fun secret message valentine that she spruced up using a bottle and cut out confetti hearts. The secret is lemon juice. Using a paint brush or even a q-tip write the secret message on a blank piece of paper. To reveal the secret message the recipient must heat it using an iron, light bulb or heater.

Good for ages 15 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.minieco.co.uk/message-in-bottle/

Small hands big art cuts up the secret message and stuffs them into a homemade heart shaped and laced up transparent envelope. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.smallhandsbigart.com/blog/featured-article/semi-secret-valentine/

Paper Clip Heart Valentines

This is a really cleaver way to bend a paperclip to make a heart which could be used as a bookmark.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Paper Heart Bookmarks

Make It:

Sew many ways has a great tutorial on how to sew a heart bookmark. This idea could easily be adapted using scrap booking paper and some glue. It might not be as sturdy in the long run, but it still makes a really cute craft.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/2012/01/tool-time-tuesdayfabric-heart-bookmark.html


Bloomize shows how to make the bookmark using origami in 15 folds.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.bloomize.com/fold-a-heart-page-marker/

Martha Stewart also has a paper bookmark tutorial. It's fairly simple. All you need is 2 pages of scrapbook paper and glue.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.marthastewart.com/273705/heart-bookmark

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Valentine Thumbprint Bookmarks

Free kids crafts shows you how to make a simple bookmark decorated with thumbprint hearts.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/valentine_thumbprint_bookmark-e1355.html

Sweet and lovely crafts makes thumbprint animals for her version.  She writes valentine puns on each one to go with the animals.

Get the instructions here:
http://sweetandlovelycrafts.blogspot.com/2012/01/thumbprint-valentine-day-bookmarks.html

Felt Heart Bookmark Valentines

Thirty handmade days has another version of a heart bookmark combining a paperclip with a stitched felt heart.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://thirtyhandmadedays.com/2012/01/homemade_valentine_cards/

Valentine Fortune Cookies

Make It:

Design wash rinse repeat has instructions for how to make valentine fortunes.

Good for ages 10 and up.  It's unclear how the fortune glue together.

Get the instructions here:
http://celesterockwood-jones.typepad.com/designwashrinserepeat/2009/02/freebie-fortune.html

Splash of something has a similar tutorial.

Get the instructions here:
http://splashofsomething.com/2012/02/14/diy-valentine-cards-takeout-style/

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Unfolded Envelope Valentines

Martha Stewart shows how you can make a really easy folded heart valentine that folds up into its own envelope. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.marthastewart.com/272470/folding-hearts?czone=crafts/craft-card-making-center/card-spring-summer&center=276974&gallery=274260&slide=269660