Love is in the air! Make a DIY Valentine felt gift box to show that special someone how much you care—not to mention how talented you are. It’s super inexpensive plus we give you a free printable and easy directions for decorating three boxes.
To make a basic box you’ll need a printer that prints 11″ x 17″ paper for our templates. If your printer’s unable to do the job, we have instructions below on how to print the template out on letter size paper.
Download, print then cut out our felt box template using an X-acto knife and metal ruler. You’ll want to use a cutting mat on which to place the template and stiff felt—this special surface protects your cutting tools from damage.
Use a rotary cutter (or your X-acto knife and ruler) for the felt then make crisp folds as indicated, using either a bone folder or the back of a wooden spoon. Grab your hot glue gun and dab a little glue on the top edges of the squared flap then bring the angled flap over and adhere to form a perfectly square box.
Now you’re ready to decorate your DIY Valentine felt gift box to your heart’s content—after all, it’s Valentine’s Day, isn’t it? It’s all about the presentation. Follow our directions to make felt roses to gift to your lover, or springy pipe cleaner spirals to give to the kids—the possibilities are endless so go for it!
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DIY Valentine felt gift box instructions
- felt box
- felt box template
- X-acto knife
- metal ruler
- [url href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006SDOFO/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0006SDOFO&linkCode=as2&tag=chery01-20″ target=”_blank” title=”Cutting Mat”]cutting mat[/url]
- 1 – 12″ x 18″ stiff felt sheet
- [url href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B7M8WU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000B7M8WU&linkCode=as2&tag=chery01-20″ target=”_blank” title=”Rotary Cutting Tool”]rotary fabric cutting tool[/url] (or X-acto knife)
- [url href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PNTZDI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002PNTZDI&linkCode=as2&tag=chery01-20″ target=”_blank” title=”Bone Folding Tool”]bone folding tool[/url] (or a spoon)
- hot glue gun
- springy felt box
- 1½” Styrofoam ball, cut in half
- hot glue gun
- 6 pipe cleaners
- pen or pencil
- 3″ Ric-Rac
- heart shaped embellishment on skewer
- felt, paper and stamps or marker (flag)
- white felt rolled roses
- white felt (or color of your choice) for rose
- scissors
- hot glue gun
- green felt for leaves
- red felt rosettes
- red stiff felt (or color of your choice) for rose
- scissors
- hot glue gun
- green felt for leaves
- Download [url href=”http://everydaydishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/printable-diy-valentine-felt-gift-box-everydaydishes_com.pdf” target=”_blank” title=”DIY Valentine felt gift box printable”]DIY Valentine felt gift box printable[/url] and open in [url href=”http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/” target=”_blank” title=”Adobe Reader”]Adobe Reader[/url].
- Print out template (if you don’t have a printer large enough to accommodate an 11″ x 17″ sheet of paper, tile it on letter size paper following these[url href=”http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/print-posters-banners-acrobat-reader.html” target=”_blank” title=”Adobe Print Poster”] instructions[/url].
- Cut out template on cutting mat using X-acto knife and ruler.
- Place template on stiff felt and self-healing mat, cut out with rotary fabric cutting tool or X-acto knife using ruler as guide.
- Fold where indicated using metal ruler; use bone folding tool (or back of spoon) to make a crisp fold mark.
- Place small dab of glue on top side of squared flap; bring angled flap over and secure to squared flap (flap edges should be even to get a perfectly square box).
- Apply additional hot glue along seam if needed to hold box together.
- Pinch edges together for a crisp edge, once glue has cooled.
- Add roses, letters or anything else that makes this box a personalized gift.
- Glue Styrofoam ball to top of box to form dome.
- Cut pipe cleaners in half and wrap tightly around pen or pencil to curl.
- Put small amount of glue on end of pipe cleaner and place in Styrofoam dome.
- Wrap any exposed areas of Styrofoam with thin strips of felt and decorate with Ric-Rac.
- Slightly bend and pull spirals until desired look is achieved.
- Snip wood skewer to length needed then place in Styrofoam.
- Cut flag out of paper and felt, stamp or write greeting if desired.
- Glue flag to skewer.
- Cut square out of white felt about size of your palm.
- Starting at one side of square, start cutting with scissors to make a spiral out of felt (the less precise the cut, the more natural your roses will look).
- Round off corners if square with scissors.
- Roll up felt tightly, starting from center.
- Use hot glue to secure rose shape in place.
- Cut leaves out of felt, glue to bottom of rose.
- Glue in place on box.
- Cut square out of red stiff felt about size of your palm.
- Starting at one side of square, start cutting with scissors to make a spiral out of felt (the less precise the cut, the more natural your roses will look).
- Round off corners of square with scissors.
- Roll up felt to form a spiral, starting from center.
- Loosen grip on spiral until it loosens enough to give you the shape of rose you are looking for.
- Use hot glue to secure rose shape.
- Cut leaves out of felt, glue to bottom of rose.
- Glue in place on box.
