DIY Valentine's Day tags

Hand-stitched felt heart charms with crafting materials for Valentine's Day.

A lovely Valentine's Day charm that is creative and handmade! This DIY project is perfect for quick crafting hours at home. Gift it to your loved ones or use it to decorate presents—your charm will bring heart and joy to Valentine's Day.

Age: From 9 years

Duration: 1 hour

Difficulty level: Medium

For this project you will need:

Two hand-stitched felt heart charms with thread and needle.
Crafting fusible bead flowers: hand places beads with tweezers on a round pegboard, I AM CREATIVE bead bag and finished flower motifs

Loving handmade work for gifting

This small DIY project is full of heart. Two simple heart-shaped felt pieces are sewn together with a few stitches, transforming into a personal gift for someone special.

Creative time-out with meaning

Sewing the felt hearts is calm, relaxing, and gives you space to switch off. Stitch by stitch, you create something personal that expresses appreciation. A small project with a big impact, perfect for Valentine's Day.

Step-by-step instructions

Step 1

Take any piece of paper and fold it in half. Cut out the shape of half a heart along the fold. When you unfold the paper, you get a perfectly symmetrical heart.

Materials for a self-sewn felt heart charm are ready.

Step 2

Place the heart template on the felt and trace it with a fine-liner.

Heart template being transferred onto pink felt.

Step 3

Fold the felt in half and place the template on top so that you get two hearts of the same size. If necessary, secure the paper template with a pin to prevent it from slipping.

Heart shapes are being cut out of pink felt fabric.

Step 4

Cut a piece of thread - it's better to make it a bit too long than too short. Start at the bottom of the heart tip and sew the two pieces of felt together along the edge. Leave a small opening to stuff the heart with batting. Then sew it completely shut and secure the thread with a knot.

Felt heart being sewn together with needle and thread.

Step 5

Attach the lobster clasp to the felt heart – and your loving DIY charm is ready to be gifted!

Finished felt heart charm with lobster clasp on a crafting mat.