Nana Barratt
20 Valentine's Day Crafts

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Valentine's Day is a day full of love! Looking for something to do, or need a gift idea? Here are 20 crafts you can do with friends, family or alone:
1. Arrange a flower bouquet
2. Bake heart-shaped cookies
3. Design and write a beautiful card
4. Create a heart outside using nature (leaves, flowers, rocks, etc.)
5. Capture the sunset or sunrise with your hands in a heart shape
6. Personalize a photo, treat or clothing item
7. Purchase a specialized beauty or wash-care product online
8. Paint a rainbow heart
9. Write a song for a loved one
10. Choregraph a short and funny dance routine for your family
11. Build a gift box of someone's favorite things
12. Create paper heart-shaped flowers
13. Write a love poem
14. Build a heart out of clay
15. Create you own keychain with a beautiful message and/or photo
16. Personalize your own teddy-bear
17. Put a heart sticker on all of the romantic places you want to visit
18. Create a balloon arch and write heartwarming messages on them
19. Crochet, knit or stitch a heart pillow, "ugly" sweater, or pair of socks
20. Draw, cut, and string together your own heart chain for decorations

Deanna (or "Nana Barratt") is an MA Creative and Media Enterprises graduate from the University of Warwick. She previously studied Popular Music, but decided to take a different career path into writing. She now writes about music, the TV and film industry, and East-Asian culture, and gives student advice and lifestyle tips.