{Felt Heart Valentine Holders}

Give your Valentinea sweet surprise inside one of these adorable Felt Heart Valentine Holders. These are sure to become family keepsakes.

I have been wanting to make Brooke’s FELT VALENTINE ENVELOPES for forever. I {heart} them.

When I saw Brooke’s, I decided to take a little spin on them and make felt heart pouches. My inspiration also comes from the ones at Pottery Barn Kids that hang on the chairs.

They have been a hit this week, my little ones have loved getting little notes and surprises in their hearts and writing little notes for each other. They were pretty simple to make. Felt is so easy to cut and sew. Here are the steps if you want to give it a go!!!

Materials you need to make Felt Heart Valentine Holders:

• Ric-Rac (1 inch wide) I used light pink and white
• Red Felt (Lots of it)
• Stiff Red Felt sheets (I got 1 heart and 2 pockets per large sheet)
• Paper to make heart template

Step 1:

Cut out a heart template using paper…I cut out a few different sizes to find the one I liked on my chair.

Step 2:

Cut out your hearts. For one heart pocket…you will need to cut both the pocket and heart shape out of the soft felt and stiff felt…so you will have 4 pieces.

Step 3:

Pin your ric rac between both the soft and stiff felt…Soft felt is on the front…I liked how it looked much better but loved how the stiff felt holds up the heart.

Step 4:

Sew the hearts together with the ric rac inbetween.

Step 5:

Take the two pocket parts (the stiff and soft felt) and sew the top of the pocket with the ric-rac in betweeen.

Step 6:

Now sew the pocket on to the heart. It should match up perfectly. Leaving the opening at the top for the pocket.

Personalizing these each was so much fun. With the help of my Silhouette and the white flocked heat transfer paper for fabric, I added everyone’s names. The font is CK (creating keepsakes) ELEGANT. I love the personalized touch. using ric-rac, I then made a little loop so that I could tie them on the chairs with cute red and pink ribbon. I LOVE how they turned out…It adds a lot of Valentine fun to our house!

My kids have been having fun writing letters and sneaking them in our hearts. I also have been putting little special notes and treats in the hearts:)  It would be fun to do 14 days of Valentine’s next year using these holders.

I made these heart shapes (above) in Photoshop, and printed them on red, pink and white. We have a stack of them to write little love messages on.

You can download the blank heart sheet here:  Heart TEMPLATE

What are some ways you are spreading Valentine’s cheer at your house? We would love to see your projects too!