1. Begin
the handprint Valentines by placing
some paint in the paper plate and have your cardstock you want to stamp
on ready. Then, dip your hands in the paint. See the diagrams below
which shows you the hand placement needed to achieve the design. You
may need to practice a little, or do a few of them until you find a
heart design you are happy with.
2. Once you have your designs stamped, set them
aside to dry and go wash your hands.
3.
When the designs are dry, you can add glitter glue to them to
accentuate the heart. When the glue is drue, cut out the excess paper
around them (called “cropping”). Fancy edged scissors make a nice touch
but it is not necessary.

4. Mat your design on a the opposite colored
cardstock. If you stamped on white, glue the white design on the red,
and vice versa. If you used your whole hands to make the heart, the
design is probably quite big and takes up most of the paper. To make
this into a big card, add another piece of red cardstock behind it. The
next step explains how to attach the paper together. If you used the
sides of your hands for the small heart, you will probably have room to
mat this design on a rectangular piece of cardstock that can be folded
into a card.

5.
To attach the two pieces of paper together for the big card, you will
punch two holes through both sheets. Then, you can thread yarn through
the two holes to hold the two sheets together. This can be done to the
smaller card as well, for a decorative element. To do this, measure
along the edge you want to tie with yarn. Mark two dots, each about 1
inch in from the outer edges. Punch out these two holes with a paper
punch.

6.
Thread some yarn through the holes and tie in a bow. This will allow
the big card to flip open.
7. Your
handprint Valentines are complete! The inside
is open for your thoughts and creativity.
