DIY Valentine felt gift box printable

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

what you'll need

felt box

felt box template
X-acto knife
metal ruler
cutting mat
1 – 12" x 18" stiff felt sheet
rotary fabric cutting tool (or X-acto knife)
bone folding tool (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

let's do it

felt boxes

Download DIY Valentine felt gift box printable and open in Adobe Reader.
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 instructions.
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.

springy felt boxes

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.

white felt rolled roses

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.

red felt rosette

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.

Cheryl Says

These boxes are super simple to make. Have a few extras on hand and personalize them as you need them!