Valentine's Day card.

February 14 is the most romantic holiday in the world - Valentine's Day. Even the most shy and timid can tell about their feelings on this day!

This day is named after a Christian priest who lived in the old days of the Roman Empire during the reign of Claudius II. He was called a cruel emperor because he believed that single unmarried men fought better than those who had lovers. The emperor issued a ban on marriages for love. St. Valentine was a priest, and in secret he married people in love. This did not go unnoticed, and then Valentine was sentenced to execution. While waiting for his time in prison, Valentine met the jailer's daughter and fell in love with her. He prepared a small card in the shape of a heart, where he confessed his feelings to her. On the bottom, he wrote "your Valentine." He was executed in the year 269, February 14. The girl didn't read the card until after his death. So Valentine became the patron saint of all lovers, and heart-shaped cards with declarations of love were called "valentines".

The most important symbol of this holiday is the valentine - a card in the shape of a heart. Traditionally, lovers exchange these cards to express their feelings.

Valentine with your own hands

In printing kiosks or bookstores you can meet a lot of different cards in the shape of a heart, but, agree, making such a valentine, you will make a great surprise to your loved one.

To make a valentine we will take such materials:
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- white cardboard;
- red paper;
- scissors with regular and shaped blades;
- ribbon, braid or a ready-made bow;
- PVA glue;
- a carnation earring;
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Cut out 2 hearts from white cardboard, put one of them on colored paper and trace around the contour.

Using scissors with shaped blades, cut out a heart with a 3 mm margin from the edge.

Glue this heart onto the cardboard heart.

Cut out a rectangle for the text from white paper and a small heart from red paper and glue them as shown in the photo. The bottom part of the valentine will be ready.

For the top part of the valentine, cut out the end of the arrow and a small heart from cardboard

Glue the heart onto the arrow and glue the back side to the second large heart

Attach the ribbon - bow to the top left and beads to the right with glue

Put the valentine together using an earring with a carnation clasp closure

To do this, put the upper part of the card on the lower part, and with an ordinary needle or awl pierce a hole in the bottom of the hearts, and then fix the parts between each other with an earring

If you slide the top heart relative to the bottom heart by the arrow, you can read the text of the message

That's it, our Valentine's card is ready!