Valentine's Day always puts me in the mood to craft! Traditionally Valentine's Day is meant to be a day to express your love to your significant other so why not get in the mood with a simple love-themed craft?
By the time February rolls around most of us are feeling a strong case of cabin fever and need a little boost to tide us over until spring arrives. Crafting can do just that - give you a winter blah boost!
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Today I'm sharing a really cute DIY Valentine's Day Cupid's Arrow craft. They can be used as table decorations, mounted on a canvas for wall art, or given as a candy-free gift.
This craft is so super simple and would be fun to do with kids too.
Cupid's Arrow Supply List:
Felt sheets (any color!)
hot glue & glue gun
8"-10" long skinny stick or twig
ribbon or baker's twine
scissors
Tutorial Instructions:
1. From the felt cut the following:
- cut two - 2" x 2" x 2" triangle for the arrowhead
- cut two - 4" x 2" rectangles for the arrow fletching (these are the feather-like tails on an arrow)
2. Place one arrow piece face side down and then add a bead of hot glue down the middle of the triangle. Quickly place one end of the stick on the hot glue making sure the stick doesn't poke past the tip of the triangle. Then run another bead of hot glue along the top edge of the stick above the section that is glued to the bottom triangle. Place the second triangle on top of the stick, right side up making sure it is lined up with the bottom triangle. Put a dab of hot glue on the inside of each of the triangle points and press closed.
3. Cut a triangle shape out of the long end of each rectangular piece of felt. On the other side of each rectangle felt piece cut off the top two corner edges. See the picture below for an example:
4. Place one piece of fletching face down and then run a bead of glue down the center. Quickly press the other end of the stick onto the glue. Run a bead of hot glue along the top side of the stick and put the second piece of felt fletching on top of the stick matching up the bottom piece of felt. Spread open the top and bottom edges of the felt along and run a bead of glue along the stick pressing the felt closed around the stick. Do this on both sides.
5. Cut small upward-facing slits along both sides of the fletching to give it a feather-like appearance.
6. (optional) Tie a piece of ribbon or baker's twine around the stick just above the fletching.
Congratulations you are all done! Here are some great ideas to style your new Valentine Cupid Arrows:
- stick them face-up/face-down into a large glass vase and display it on your mantel or as a centerpiece
- tie a long piece of twine to each arrow and hang them in a window or along your mantel like a banner
- hot glue each arrow in alternating patterns to a canvas for a piece of wall art
- attach an arrow to the top of a gift instead of a bow
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