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    DIY Valentine Fruit Piñatas

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    DIY Valentine Fruit Piñatas

    DIY Valentine Pinata from The House That Lars Built

    DIY Valentine Piñatas in Fun Fruit Shapes

    I’m thinking that these guys would be great to leave at a door for a friend or even send in the mail. And then match up the fruit with candies of the same flavor–can you imagine?! So cute! You can choose from an orange (orange you glad we’re friends?), peach “you’re a peach!”, a strawberry “you’re berry special”, a pear “you’re pearfect”, and a honeydew melon “HoneyDEW you want me to be your Valentine?”.

    + Printable Fruit Sticker Valentines

    Complete your DIY Valentine Fruit Piñatas with these printable fruit stickers! Just download the file here and print them out on sticker paper. It’s just the touch your special someone will love.

    DIY Valentine Pinata from The House That Lars Built

    How to Make Your Own DIY Valentine Fruit Piñatas

    Supplies:

    DIY Fruit Pinata from The House That Lars Built

    Instructions:

    1. Use our templates to trace the shape of the fruit onto cardboard. You’ll need two shapes per cardboard.
    2. Cut 1.5″ strips going against the grain of the cardboard for the sides of the fruit shapes. Glue or tape them onto the fruit shape.
    3. Cut 3/4″ fringe of crepe paper or tissue paper.
    4. Apply the fringe to the bottom of the fruit and then work your way up to the top of the fruit.
    5. STEM: Add on a stem by rolling a piece of tissue or paper around in a circle. Glue in place.
    6. LEAF: Cut a leaf out of paper or crepe paper and glue in place.
    7. Top it all off with one of our adorable fruit stickers (you can find them here).

    DIY Valentine Pinata from The House That Lars Built

    Other DIY Valentines

    A Valentine with a handmade touch is the best way to show your crush, your gal pals, or your loved ones you really care. Check out our Valentine’s Day archives for more DIY ideas for the crafty Secret Admirer, or click any of the photos below.

     

    DIY House Valentine Box stickers

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    DIY House Valentine Box stickers

    DIY Valentine Box House with Printable Stickers

    As a working mother to a toddler and now newborn, heaven help me, I totally understand the need to be crafty, but also the lack of time. These stickers are meant to make it a no brainer to get creative. And with the amount of Amazon boxes we are all most likely getting right now it’s a simple way to put those boxes to use.

    How to make a Valentine Box House

    Here’s how to make a simple box come to life with the addition of adorable Valentine’s Box stickers.

    Materials:

    Instructions

    1. (Optional) Wrap your box in a red/white/pink wrapping paper or leave it blank! Make sure to leave a flap in the back to retrieve the Valentines.
    2. Add door, windows and accessory stickers onto the box.
    3. (Optional) Add on a roof with construction paper or cardstock.
    4. Cut a slit into the top of the box to drop the Valentines.

    EASY, right?!

    And if you’re really feeling the desire to craft, get out all your craft supplies and let the kids decorate it with ribbons or sequins or whatever you have around the house.

    Here are some of the cutie pie sticker options to choose from. There’s four pages of fun stickers!

    Can’t wait to see how you make your Valentine boxes. Show us what you’re making with the hash tag #LarsLovesLove.

    If you like this project, you might also like the following:

    18 Beautiful Valentine’s Day craft projects
    Printable Friendship Bracelet Valentines
    Heart Friendship Bracelets

    And check out our Shop for more easy Valentine giftables, printables, and projects!

    Valentine’s Day Cherry Wreath Kit

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    Valentine’s Day Cherry Wreath Kit

    Valentine's Day wreath kit by The House That Lars Built

    DIY cherry wreath kit

    Remember our Orange Winter Berries Wreath Kit and the Lemon Wreath Kit? Now we have a Wreath Kit available for Valentine’s Day! By now, I think everyone has gotten used to spending holidays at home during quarantine, but that doesn’t mean you can’t decorate! As you may have guessed, wreaths are a staple in Lars holiday decorating. How could you pass them up when they’re so fun to make? And since we can’t have huge gatherings for the holidays, you can hang a wreath on your door for passersby to admire.

    Remember this Valentine’s Day Paper Flower Wreath from a few years ago? We also used it as a valentine’s Day floral crown. Maybe you’ll use your Cherry Wreath Kit for a paper cherry crown. The possibilities are endless! Plus, cherries are in season during the Spring and Summer, so you can leave your wreath up for months!

    Valentine's Day wreath kit by The House That Lars Built

    Cherry Wreath Kit pre-order

    Get a head start on planning your Valentine’s Day this year! Pre-orders begin TODAY January 7 and run until January 14. Order yours now for a special early bird sale price! This Cherry Wreath Kit is perfect for bringing some love into your home this Valentine’s Day.

    Click here to order your Wreath Kit on Sale

    Valentine's Day wreath kit by The House That Lars Built

    Your Valentine’s Day Wreath Kit includes:

    • A workshop style video walking you through the entire project!
    • Red, Pink, and Green Crepe Paper
    • Floral Wire
    • Floral Tape
    • Red Cardstock
    • Satin Ribbon
    • Styrofoam Balls

    You can’t go wrong with little cherries and paper hearts! Tie it with a red or pink ribbon for the finishing touch!

    Click Here to Order Your Wreath Kit

    Valentine's Day wreath kit by The House That Lars Built

    Our wreath kits have been popular, so make sure to get yours before Jan 14th. After that they will no longer be available.

    Valentine’s Day in quarantine

    This Cherry Wreath Kit is the perfect way to decorate your home for Valentine’s Day, even if you’re celebrating on your own this year. There are more ways to share the joy with loved ones who are far away. Send them a box of paper hearts (and maybe some paper cherries!) like we did here and here! You could also send a Valentine’s Day care package to friends and family who are far away. And if you want EVEN MORE ideas, check out our Valentine’s Day board on Pinterest! While you’re crafting your paper cherries, you can put together a gift for someone else to continue spreading the love!

    Compliment Cards to Spread the Joy (not the germs)

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    Compliment Cards to Spread the Joy (not the germs)

    funny and kind compliment cards to send to people you admire!

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    How to use these compliment cards

    Everyone could use a little more sunshine right now. Do you have a friend who is always giving you the advice right when you need it? (and when you want it! A hard balance to find!) Send them the “you help me grow” compliment card! Your friend that has been sending all the right memes right as social distancing is starting to get unbearable? Send them the “you are my favorite person to text” compliment card! Have a coworker you were just starting to make small talk with before you started working from home? Send them the “you have great style” compliment card and keep that friendship going!

    funny and kind compliment cards to send to people you admire!

    Share joy with everyone!

    There is a compliment card for every kind of relationship in your life. Your sister, your childhood best friend, your neighbor you admire from afar, your boss, anyone! Even a stranger at the grocery store who is rocking their mix patterns and bold colors, tell them they have good taste!

    Click here to download the printable version!

    We would love to see how you use your compliment cards to spread joy, tag us here!

    Valentine’s Box Competition Winners

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    Valentine’s Box Competition Winners

    2020 Valentines box contest winner!

    The winner of the first annual Valentine Box challenge is…Hannah Gumbo of @NotAllThatGlittersIsGumbo. Hannah created a box inspired by Belvoir Fruit Farms Elderflower and Rose Lemonade and KILLED IT! There’s even a window in the back to retrieve valentines. Take at look at her Instagram post to see the video she made.

    The Lars Team Valentine Boxes

    Don’t worry, no Lars team members were actually allowed to win the competition, but they certainly all could have been winners! Here’s what they did:

    Hannah:

    Hannah used the left over Anagram balloons from our Valentine heart attack and cardboard to construct her box. She made it because she really like the shape and look of diamonds. And diamonds are girls best friend, of course. The fact that it is hot pink just makes it extra girly for Galentines!

    Emma:

    Emma wanted to use some of the tutorials from our website. She started with the DIY Gingerbread Gift box Tutorial, moved into the paper flower tutorials (poppies, peonies, and daffodils), worked a little magic and the flower greenhouse Valentine’s box was born!

    Brittany:

    I knew I wanted to create a Dala horse but my idea was solidified as I was walking through Ikea and spotted the dala horse candies (which yes, I did buy to match my box and hand out as my valentine candy). I used the Dala Horse template template from our Craft the Rainbow book and got to work. The shape of the body is a liiiittle off because I didn’t actually use the template (my bad!) and I ran out of time to paper maché it, but I do love the heart details and overall I’m happy with my Valentines Dala Horse Box!

    Sammy:

    Sammy loves piñatas and she wanted to make a piñata with a non-traditional valentines colors!

    Just a handful of our favorites!

    If you look at the hashtag #LarsValentineBox you can see some of the amazing entries. Here are just a few of our favorites!

    Anatomical Heart Valentine Box

    My amazing neighbor, Charlotte, showed me the coolest Valentine box that she made herself and I thought it was so clever that I had to share it. She created an anatomical heart Valentine box made from a papier mache balloon and even included veins. Isn’t it awesome?! I love it so much!

    Happy Valentine’s Day! See you around next year!

    Last Minute Valentines Printables

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    Last Minute Valentines Printables

    Print, cut, sign and send. We are making Valentines extra easy for you this year with all of the PDF’s available in our shop!

    Valentines PDF Printables

    For more Valentines printables check out our shop!

    Valentines game printables!

    Don’t miss out on saying I love you this year in an extra fun (not to mention easy!) way! Tag us with #larsloveslove so we can see how you say I love you this year!

    Valentines Baby’s Breath Heart Wreath

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    Valentines Baby’s Breath Heart Wreath

    We took a few extra steps of DIY to make this wreath as cost effective as possible by making the heart shaped foam wreath ourself. With a handful of floral foam, glue sticks, string, live baby’s-breath (we use live and then let it dry itself out naturally), spray paint, and cardboard we set out to make our wreath!

    Valentines Baby’s Breath Wreath

    Directions: 

    1. Draw a heart on a piece of cardboard with a slightly smaller heart (about 2 inches apart) inside of it.
    2. Take a good pair of scissors and cut out the outside as well as the inside of the heart.
    3. Take your floral foam pieces and place them around your guide making sure all of the cardboard is covered. Note that some will need to be cut in order to fit all the way around it.
    4. Taking a glue stick spread a generous amount onto and secure each piece in place, this will need time to dry. You can use a glue gun, however, it does not stick as well but it will speed up the process.
    5. With a sharp knife, trim the floral foam according to your guide.
    6. Once you have the shape you want, take some twine and secure each piece in place.
    7. Take your baby’s breath and lightly spray it with spray paint until the color is as deep as you want it.
    8. Once the baby’s breath is dry cut the pieces off and start placing them packed tightly together onto the wreath.

    We are loving this wreath on our door this Valentine season and can’t wait to see it on all of your doors! Tag us with #larsloveslove so we can see these wreaths in all their glory!

    Hint Hint Hubby: Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

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    Hint Hint Hubby: Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

    Husbands! Boyfriends! Significant others! We are talking to you. We assume your lady did her job and sent you over to our complete Valentine’s Day Gift Guide. Using this guide will allow you to surprise her AND find a gift you already know she will love! We have categorized our gift ideas to help you narrow down the search. What will make Valentine’s Day extra special this year for your true love?

    For sentimental value

    Heart jewelry is a natural direction to go when gift hunting for your Valentine. To make your gift long-lasting and unforgettable make sure to find jewelry she will love to wear all year long! These earrings and this necklace are simple and minimal, and she won’t want to take them off! Pair it with a fragrance you’ll both love and your upcoming date nights are sure to be extra special!

    For the hostess

    Does your wife love to host amazing parties? These gifts will know you took time to think of what she would love most. Bring a hint of romance to every party with this agate cheeseboard made of amethyst, February’s gemstone. Putting your flowers into a new amazing vase this year will instantly level up the gift.

    For everyday

    Sometimes the best gifts are the simple ones, that she can use every single day! Above you’ll find a floral thermos, a portable charger, a new passport cover (maybe to tell her about an upcoming trip, eh? 😉 and more – all in colors she will swoon over!

    For the hopeless romantic

    Flowers she can keep forever (they are dried!) romantic vases and perfumes that hint of Paris – the city of love. Make this Valentine’s Day feel like her favorite romantic movie with these gifts.

    Surprise her! Unique and unexpected gifts

    Your Valentine will never expect a fun gift like this heart-shaped waffle maker – Even better, use it to make her breakfast in bed! And bring her this monogrammed mug with her initial!

    For a well-deserved spa day

    Offer to watch the kids for a couple hours and let your wife try out all of these self-care items – like this luxurious waffle robe, or this silk pillowcase. Write a sweet love note in this bar of fancy soap. She’ll love you forever for it.

    How to wrap your gift

    When it comes to gift-giving, it’s really the details that make it special. Taking extra time and care your wrap your gift will pay off, we promise she will notice! Below you’ll find our special Valentine’s Day wrapping paper, and some of our favorite gift wrap items. Your lady will be thanking you before she has even opened her present!

    Find our full Valentine’s Day wrapping paper collection here! And to include a fun valentine card with your gift, click here!

    Phew, now that we’ve gone over the big stuff, time to get a card, head on over to our shop to pick one out! 

    Good luck!

    Valentines Gift Box with Arlo Cookies

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    Valentines Gift Box with Arlo Cookies

    Printable Valentine cookie box

    When Luna (creator of Arlos cookies) agreed to work with us we were ecstatic! We knew we wanted to create a box to put the cookies in but we needed them to be just as lovely as the cookies would inevitably be. With our task at hand we set out to make the most beautiful Valentine gift box worthy that would be carrying the elegant cookies.

    To say we love the cookies and the box designed to carry them is an understatement! Wether you are putting Arlos Cookies in these boxes or any other Valentines treats they are bound to amplify your valentines gifting this season! Get your Valentine Cookie Box here!

    Be sure to tag us with #larsloveslove so we can see how lovely your valentines gifts turn out!!!

    Find Arlos Cookies

    Website of Arlos Cookies
    @arlocookies on Instagram

     

    Valentine Hair Clips Round-Up

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    Valentine Hair Clips Round-Up

    A handful of our favorite hair clips!

    We got a new batch of clips in and listed them in the shop. You can find them here!

    Valentine hair clips

    Total e-clips of the heart printable card

    Or grab our new clip Valentine cards here.

    Snag these up quick so you can send these cards out to everyone you love! Be sure to show us how you styled the card with #larsloveslove!!

    DIY Valentines Heart Pom-Poms

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    DIY Valentines Heart Pom-Poms

    DIY Heart Pom-Pom’s

    DIY Heart Pom Poms

    You can find the full tutorial for our DIY heart pom poms in our new e-book over in our shop.

    You can find the tutorial over in our e-book in our shop.

    We want wait to see how your heart pom-poms turn out! Make sure to tag us with #Larsloveslove so we can see how yours turn out!

    If you like this project, you might love these too:

    Balloon Heart Attack
    DIY Rainbow Pom Pom
    Ideas for Valentine’s Activities

    Ideas for Valentine’s activities

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    Ideas for Valentine’s activities

    Things to do with your gals for Galentine’s Day

    We love a good Galentine event here. Remember this from last year? And this one? And here are some additional ideas.

    • Craft Night. This is, of course, our favorite way to celebrate. May I suggest our Lipstick Valentines or heart friendship bracelets, or heart tassel boxes
    • Heat Break Bingo. Our printable Bingo set is SO fun. You can put on this playlist while you’re crafting or making Valentines or decorating cookies and then play the game at the same time. Each time a song on your sheet comes up, you can place a piece on. First one to Bingo, wins!
    • Karaoke. There’s no better place to make a fool out of yourselves than in front of your gals.
    • Spa Night. Because we all need one!
    • Decorate cookies. Get inspired by @arloscookies and then place them in one of our Conversation heart boxes!
    • Watch a rom com. Some of Team Lars’ faves are the following:
      • Brittany: You’ve Got Mail, Never Been Kissed, Pride and Prejudice
      • Emma: How To Lost a Guy in 10 Days
      • Hannah: 10 Things I Hate About You
      • Sammy: Pretty in Pink, She’s All That
      • Holly: When Harry Met Sally, About Time (not a comedy but “you’ll love it)
      • Jane: She’s the Man
    • Get take out or Door Dash
    • Hot Tub
    • Online shopping. Listen, Sammy, our content editor, actually does this with her friends. They put it up on their TV and get opinions about what they should buy. These are some of her favorite places to shop:
    • Concert.
    • Paint night. Try a paint by numbers or go to a ceramics painting shop.
    • Just Dance. This is perhaps my favorite thing to do ever. The new 2020 is awesome.
    • Play Mash for old time’s sake.

    Things to do with your kids for Valentine’s Day

    • Cupcake or cookie decorating (paired with our lemon apron, of course 😉
    • Valentine’s coloring page placemat from our shop
    • Work on Valentine’s. These ones are perfect for little hands as are these!
    • Valentine Games like Bingo tic-tac-toe,
    • Make a Valentine Box. And join in on our competition!
    • Write appreciation letters to grandparents.
    • From Hannah, our studio assistant: My mom used to do a fancy dinner for us kids. She’d make a heart shaped pizza.
    • From Emma: My mom used to make us heart pancakes that were pink and left a Valentine on our plate for breakfast.
    • Sammy: My dad used to make the most amazing Valentine cards for each of us kids.
    • Sammy: My mom used to give us all a little Valentine’s present.
    • Hailey: We would also spend way too much time on valentine boxes, that was a pretty big deal

    Things to do for the classroom for Valentine’s Day

    • Hailey: Our school had a Valen-gram set up every year where you could buy a candy for someone anonymously and StuCo would deliver it.  My mom was a teacher at our school and ALWAYS bought us one haha.  
    • Make a Valentine Box competition. Join us!

    We’d love to hear your clever ideas. Dish! 

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