1. Hold the two Kisses flat sides together.
2. Smoothly and tightly wrap the pieces of cellophane over the tip of one of the kisses and down the other kiss. Twist the excess cellophane before the tip of the second kiss.
3. Lay the stem on top of the excess cellophane and hold snugly.
4. Start wrapping the floral tape around the stem and cellophane just beneath the kisses, inserting the artificial leaf near the top of the stem. Continue wrapping the tape down the stem, overlapping it and pulling it tight until you reach the bottom. Tear off excess tape.
5. Tie a bow from the ribbon just beneath the leaf.

Cut various shaped hearts from white and pink construction paper. Using red tempera paint, decorate the hearts with children’s thumbprints. Set hearts aside to dry. On a 4 1/2 by 8 1/2 inch paper write out “Thumb-body Loves You”, and tape the paper to an empty 12oz juice can. Glue a painted heart to the can, then glue the remaining hearts to popsicle sticks. Press a small amount of clay into the bottom of the can, then tuck a small amount of red tissue into the can, and then insert the sticks through the paper and into the clay.

Cut out hearts of different colors and sizes, and use extra things like pink or red feathers, arrows, etc. and just paste away on a large sheet of construction paper.

Cut out a heart (large) and glue on hearts for eyes, nose & mouth. Attach paper strips, folded accordion style, for arms and legs and trace child’s hands and feet and attach to the accordion strips.

Cut out a large heart. Cut up small pieces of construction paper (either pink or red but not the same color as the heart) and glue them all over the heart. You can also use pieces of crepe paper, which are crumbled up.

Cover the shoebox with red construction paper, and cut a mail slot in the top. Decorate the box with paper scraps, material scraps, stickers, what ever you want.

Cut out hearts for the length of the body (as many hearts and different colors as you like) and glue them together. You can decorate the body with little hearts or stickers. For the antenna cut a little heart and glued them on, and the eyes can be little hearts too.

Sew two hearts together, one from ordinary material and the other from lacey material. Fill this with potpourri and put a little bow at the top.

• Begin by carefully cutting tiny angels, cupids, and hearts from the old valentine cards and wrapping paper.

• Glue the cut-outs and bric-a-brac, such as colored macaroni, doilies, buttons, and notions, over the outside of a small cardboard box (jewelry boxes for earrings are perfect).

• Fill the boxes with sweet nothings, such as bath oil beads, candies, small seashells, or colorful bows.

  Tips: Kids can easily create several boxes for giving to teachers, grandmothers, and other favorite valentines.

• To start a fanned-out message, cut two shapes from sturdy paper: a five-inch rectangular shape, one inch wide at one end and 2 1/2 inches at the other, and a three-inch wide heart. Then use these templates to trace and cut eight rectangles and eight hearts.

• Glue the hearts to the wide ends of the rectangles.

• Then write a letter on each heart (”I LOVE YOU”) and punch a hole in the middle of the narrow end. Put the rectangles in order and fasten with a brass paper fastener.