Maybe it’s the free chocolate and the pink and red color combo everywhere, but I’m really into Valentine’s DIY’s this year and I’m going to run with it while I can. Plus I’m a secret romantic at heart despite my off the wall Valentine’s day history…
If you’re more crafty and less mushy when it comes to this holiday, then these DIY date idea arrows are just for you. In case you happen to have skipped the crafty gene, you can still use the general concept of date night tags and put them on something else. Like genuine arrows. Just kidding, that would be kind of weird and a little scary.
1/4 inch dowel rods
felt sheets
tacky glue
scissors
mailing tube
wrapping paper (for wrapping around the tube, optional)
Martha Stewart round hanging labels (from staples)
pen
Cut out a triangle to use as a pattern for the tips of the “arrows”. Cut out two triangles from each color. Place one triangle on a flat surface and cover with tacky glue making sure to get the edges, then place a dowel rod just below halfway down the arrow.
Cover a second triangle with glue and then place over top, lining up the edges with the first, and press gently together. Repeat this for all of the dowel rods (I only made three).
Once the glue has dried, you can trim up the edges of the triangles with scissors to give them a more finished look.
Repeat the same steps that you took for the arrowheads but use a rectangle shape this time for the ends of the arrows.
Once they’re glued in place on both sides like before, cut a v-shape in the bottom edge of the felt and then cut sections along the edges of the rectangles to create a fringed look.
Once the arrows are done, write your date ideas onto the Martha Stewart labels and wrap them around the arrows with twine.
To decorate the mailer tube, I wrapped it in gold polka dotted wrapping paper from Hobby Lobby.
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Really loving those arrow, easy to make and so cute !
I hope you don’t mind , i put it in my “Valentine day’s selection” of DIY that i love ;)
http://dododo.fr/selec-diy-be-my-valentine/
I made mini cardboard versions of these using paper straws so I could hide a message inside as an original Valentine’s card idea. Thank you so much for the inspiration!
Am going to use pixie sticks and send them to school with our son for Valintines Day!
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LOVE it! Super cute and love that its so unique.. Your blog is adorable!!
thanks so much!
LOVE, LOVE this idea! My 15 yr old daughter is going to do this for her boyfriend too :) And, it’s so inexpensive for her to do and so unique! I could even have my grandson (he’s 3) make a couple for his Mommy (she doesn’t have a Valentine this year) but to get anything for him, that’s homemade she will LOVE. And it will be so much fun to write down exactly what he says to put on the arrows…lol I can only imagine, what he will come up wth Thank you so much!!
This looks like such a fun little project!
It is!
Love this idea!!!
thanks so much!
So cute! I like how cupid is gonna get a tool revamp!
Haha, thanks Gabriel! Hope you’ve adjusted well back to real life after the Alt whirlwind :)
Love it – so cute!
thanks Shannon :)
Oh, these are so cute!! I have an obsession for arrows. We love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
Any time!
This is such a sweet idea :)