Thank you for joining me on the Valentine’s Day Blog Hop! I’ve joined with 13 other talented bloggers to share Valentine’s Day crafts on a budget. Each blogger was given a budget of no more than $10 and challenged to create a Valentine’s Day craft using items from the dollar store or dollar section of their local stores. If you have budget Valentine’s Day crafts to share, please add it to the link-up at the bottom of this post so it can be seen on all of our blogs!
Today, I’m kicking off the Valentine’s Day Blog Hop with a Valentine’s Day Arrow Clips tutorial that was inspired by clips found at Target. I knew the Target clips would be easy to recreate with supplies found at the Dollar Tree store, so that’s what I did! The Target clips were $3 for 3 clips vs. $4 for 12 DIY dollar store clips – score!
Valentine’s Day Arrow Clips
Can you believe that all of these goodies were found at Dollar Tree? Amazing, right?!
Supplies:
- clothespins
- baker’s twine
- glitter foam hearts
- gem heart stickers
- hot glue/glue gun
- scissors
- thumb tacks (optional)
Directions:
- Glue the end of the baker’s twine to the inside curve of the clothespin.
- Wrap the twine around the clip until it fills the curve of the clothespin and glue the twine down. Cut off the excess twine.
- Just under the baker’s twine, glue a small foam glitter heart with the point down.
- Add two gem sticker hearts to the stem of the clothespin.
- Glue a large foam glitter heart to the top of the clothespin with the point down. Make sure to leave half of the heart off the clothespin.
- Glue baker’s twine onto the back of the clothespin near the point of the heart.
- Wrap baker’s twine around the bottom point of the heart and glue down. Cut off the excess.
Get creative with the ‘feather’ end of the arrow clips and use your imagination on the cutting pattern.
- Use a scissor and make three diagonal cuts in the large foam heart.
- Angle the scissor and cut small triangle slivers out of the foam heart.
- Optional – glue a thumb tack to the upper back of the clothespin to create a bulletin board clip and add to the inside of a gift bag.
Add the arrow clips to Valentine gift bags and you’ve got cute gift bag closures!
I hope you enjoyed this easy and budget friendly Valentine’s Day craft and visit the other blogs for even more great ideas!
- My Pinterventures
- DIY Adulation
- Houseful of Handmade
- C’mon Get Crafty
- Olives-n-Okra
- Inside The Fox Den
- Made In A Day
- The Robin’s Nest Designs
- Arrows & Awe
- Happily Ever After, Etc.
- Our House Now A Home
- The Home On The Corner
- Decor by the Seashore
- Intelligent Domestications
Share your $10 or less Valentine’s Day crafts on the link-up below and be seen on all 15 blogs!
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These are adorable, and I love how budget friendly they are!
This is so cute Erlene!! This would be great to make with my girl scout troop. Thank you for sharing and linking up with us over at the Welcome Home Wednesdays Link Party.
Thanks Lisa. Yes, it would be great for a scout troop craft. And what girl doesn’t like a little glitter and hearts 🙂
Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday!
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These are super cute. I know my grandkids would just love them. They make the perfect bag clip.
These are to cute! I love them clipped on the treat bags and I know my kids are going to love them too 🙂
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My girls love them. I made a few with thumb tacks to add to their bulletins boards too.
I love these arrow clips! They’re so cute and make the perfect addition to those little Valentine’s Day gifts! Thanks so much for organizing this! I had so much fun and love the great ideas everyone came up with!
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Thanks Celeste. I’m glad you joined the hop and glad you enjoyed it 🙂
How adorable these would be, either on treat bags or holding up a fun banner! Cute!! Pinned!
Thanks Megan. These would be cute holding up a banner. Hmmm….now I’m thinking where I can put up another banner…lol.
These are sooo cute! You had me with the Bakers Twine and Glitter Hearts!
Lory
therobinsnestdesigns
I know…I love bakers twine too. I was so surprised to find it at the dollar store.
Great idea Erlene! How fun for kids to put together! Thanks for hosting the Budget Valentine Blog Hop! It’s always fun to see what others come up with and gather some new ideas!
Hi Erlene!
Your Valentines arrow clips turned out super cute! What a fun project that kids can even help make. Thanks for hosting the blog hop. 🙂
Cheers,
AJ
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These are so cute! I love the sparkle on the hearts! I’d like to receive one of those bags.
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