Ideas of Homemade Valentine Cards for Everyone

December 07, 2022

Making handmade Valentine cards for your beloved is something for all ages. It’s a chance to try to create something unusual and totally personal. It’s also a way to avoid the tacky commercialism which many people dislike about popular holidays these days.

There are many easy homemade Valentine's Day card ideas online. Choose your style and take your pick. Or decide to buy a personalised card from Boomf if you do not want to go all out with DIYing but still want something that is a little bit different.

Simple homemade Valentine cards

Simple homemade Valentine cards show your love without too much fuss or expense. Cardstock, scissors, glue and marker pens alone can produce something special.

Pop-up hearts are a surprisingly easy way to start.
The folded shapes of a heart bouquet open out into a 3D display.
Have a favorite animal holding the heart in a pop-up card.
Decorate with printmaking techniques using polystyrene or potato shapes.
Cool homemade DIY Valentine cards don’t come much cuter than a cheeky little heart-shaped mouse.
Print off one of the templates available online and color in the design.
Do you know a LEGO fan? Hunt down a tutorial to make a 3D LEGO card and wow them.
Cute homemade Valentine cards come in all shapes and sizes. Even a novice crafter can make a layered heart card, for instance.
Collage heart designs make easy Valentine’s cards, as you can use whatever you have to hand.
Fingerprint paint hearts are probably the simplest design of all Valentine’s day craft ideas.

Romantic handmade Valentine cards

Of course, the whole point of this celebration is romance. A cute DIY Valentine card can also be both a card and gift in one just by adding a frame to the package.

Use printed fabric scraps in the shape of hearts or flowers.
Choose real yarn or ribbon offcuts to add to a plain heart design on your card.
Use old buttons for emphasis or decoration.
Artists can choose to decorate their card in watercolor, oil or pastel.
Smaller heart shaped cards make great gift tags for presents.
Noughts and crosses (tic tac toe) is the ideal game to put on the front of an easy DIY Valentine card. X = kiss; O = hug, after all.
Include an eye in your romantic design to show you’ve had your eye on them for a while.
Show your Valentine you picked them with a bunch of flowers on their card.
Use chocolate, dessert or biscuit designs on your card for a sweet toothed Valentine.
Fill a small gift bag with their favourite sweet treats and attach your card.

Homemade Valentine cards for your boyfriend

Simple handmade Valentine's cards for boyfriends are the whole point of Valentine’s Day for many teens. Classroom competition is often intense, with popularity determined solely on the number of cards received.

Printable designs are a girl’s best friend. Search online for designs themed to his hobbies.
Simple cards with 3D hearts will get your message across without fuss.
Geeks will love emoji explosion cards, or look for templates with his favorite gaming characters.
For music fans or musicians, there are many suitable music-related DIY card ideas out there.
If he’s a cynic, maybe a Valentine Schmalentine card would work? With a wink and a hug, of course.
Pop art inspired Valentine cards are a possibility for non-romantic boys or men.
Heart collages are simple to make, whether you have access to magazines or use a free graphics website.
There are easy Valentine's Day cards DIY kits with pre cut pieces to make the words you want to say.
Some Valentine card kits come with everything including a glue stick if you are totally out of ideas.

Cool homemade Valentine card ideas for your husband

Just because you’re married doesn't mean that Valentine's Day is over. There are loads of easy DIY Valentine’s Day cards ideas for married couples and families.

Paint swatches or chips make great color options for cards. Choose your shades to match the tone or clash with it and cut shapes from the swatches.
A fingerprint Valentine card homemade by you and/or the children is a wonderful memento for dads.
3D cards often use mixed media - try combining paint with ribbons or buttons, for instance.
A heart-shaped tag on your gift is your chance to go wild on the creative side.
Ask the kids to make crayon art to put on your card.
Theme your card to your husband’s interests - gardening, sport, DIY - then add strategically placed hearts.
Do you have pets? Make your card from a photo of your pet with added hearts.
Or simply send him a “dogs before dudes” card if the dogs are in charge.
There are cool homemade Valentine's cards ideas for careers too.
Search printable templates online for an easy starting point for your card.

Handmade Valentine cards for your girlfriend

For most teens, this is easily the most important festival of the year. Entire reputations are made and lost on this day. Adults love a spot of pampering too.

Princesses. The obvious starting point for a girlfriend’s Valentine's Day card.
A mini vase card for real flowers.
A marbled card is understated and classy.
Tell her she’s a VIP with a pop-up card.
Creative Valentine’s cards handmade in the shape of heart snowflakes.
Be punny. You want her to “bee mine”, right?
A Valentine card homemade by you featuring a sweet little mouse in a heart.
Valentine's Day cards craft ideas include designs using threading and sewing.
Paper quilling looks complicated but is dead easy and versatile.
Make her a collage heart card with things that remind her of you.

Cute homemade Valentine cards for your wife

So, you’re now a happily married couple. That doesn’t mean the romance has to stop, far from it.

Keep showing your wife you love her with a pop-up heart card.
You put a ring on your princess, didn’t you? Give her a suitable card.
Make her laugh with an animal pun. Because you whaley whaley whaley love her.
There are loads of templates for creative Valentine cards online ready to be printed out and turned into a handmade masterpiece.
Make your wife a collage card using nothing more than free graphics.
Involve the family. Get the pets to “pawtograph” her card; ask the youngsters to help.
Fingerprint cards become a joint effort for you and the children to make together.
Decorate a copy of your favorite photo with eco-friendly glitter, sequins, or other embellishments and glue it to the front of the card.
A heart bouquet card is always a good choice.
Tie a small heart shaped gift tag on a bag of her favorite chocolate or sweets.

DIY Valentine cards for Friends

Prank your friends, or maybe drop them a hint with creative Valentine cards handmade just for them.

Send a heart bouquet card to someone who has helped you out in the past year.
Use conversation hearts for that one person who always makes time to listen.
Everyone knows a crazy cat lady or a dotty dog dad, don’t they?
An emoji explosion card is ideal for the geek in your friend circle.
Artists can go to town on mixed media cards, and give the gift of an original creation to someone special.
A childcare worker, preschool teacher or children’s nurse would appreciate a fingerprint paint heart.
Give the baker in your life a cupcake liner card.
Paper heart flowers can be made in all colors of the rainbow.
3D or pop up cards are easy and fun to make.
Valentine's lantern cards are an unusual choice.

Funny homemade Valentine card ideas

A funny Valentine’s card will always win a smile. What’s more, humor is the best way to diffuse any misunderstandings.

Puns are useful for Valentine’s cards - “I’m Batty About You”, or “You’re Dino-mite”.
Give a cat or dog shaped Valentine’s to a pet lover. They’re ‘purrfect’ or ‘a-paw-rable’, after all.
Make a set of printable 3D BFF conversation hearts (made of card and pipe cleaners) to express yourself.
Ask your Valentine to “Bee Mine”, or give them a “Bear Hug”.
“Rockit” with a musical themed pun.
Smutty cards have their place, and if your friend has a ribald sense of humor, they’re ideal.
Send your beloved a pop art inspired card with a witty tagline.
Give a decorated rock instead of a card to someone whose friendship “rocks”.
Is your beloved out of this world gorgeous? Send them a space themed card.
Flirting across a room calls for an “I’ve had my eye on you” message.

So there you are. Heaps of ideas to help you make your own Valentine’s cards.

However, although easy homemade Valentine cards are fun, if you’re pushed for time, we here at Boomf have a vast collection of Valentine’s cards designs that can be easily personalised and jazzed up with our confetti upgrades alone to make your preparations a little bit easier and your celebration more fun.