BySarah Nenni-DaherUpdated:
You’re going to love the cuteness of these felt fortune cookies. This is great for a Valentine’s Day craft for classroom Valentines, too, because it includes actual fortunes to print, cut, and tuck inside.
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DIY Felt Fortune Cookies
Here at Ruffles and Rain Boots, we’re ready for all things red and pink. Valentine’s Day is one of our favorite holidays of the year because we love decorating and making up our own hilarious cards and sayings. (Seriously, Valentine’s Day puns are the best!)
This fun felt craft for Valentine’s Day is a great way to work together to create something really unique and cool. These would be perfect for a class party and a great gift idea for friends and family.
Psst: Make sure to check out my fast and easy Valentine’s Day rice cereal treats for some yummy desserts to have on hand. Nothing says love like desserts and crafts!
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Tips For Making This Easy Valentine’s Day Craft
Even though I’ve got the steps written out below to make this Valentine’s Day craft, here are a few things to keep in mind:
- If you have them around, let the children help out. If it’s a team effort, especially if you’re making these for school, getting them engaged is learning mixed with fun. Little hands can help with measuring the ribbon, tracing circles, and cutting the fortunes.
- Make a few extras because you’re going to need them. I mean that in a good way – these are going to be so popular.
- Add your own fortunes. We added a few hand written ones for our daughter that were just little sentiments about her good behavior, kind words, and other attributes we want to remind her of.
- If you have a Cricut or Silhouette, have the machines cut the felt circles. It will make the process go much faster if you’re making classroom Valentines.
- To make a countdown to Valentine’s Day, hang these in between a simple felt heart garland like this one you make or buy. Everyone can open one a day starting on February first.
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How to Make This Felt Valentine
Make sure to print out your free paper fortune cookie printable sheet here. Read below to learn how to make fortune cookies from felt – honestly these are so easy and quite a bit of fun when kids pop them open.
The fun part about this fortune cookie is that it can be used over and over again. Give it to someone for Valentine’s Day and let them create and pull out a new fortune anytime that they want. This is an easy way to make a simple and unique gift that they’ll love and remember you for always.
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Fortune Cookies for Valentine's Day with Free Printable
This cute felt fortune cookie craft is a fun and easy way to make a unique Valentine's Day craft. The little ones can even get in on the fun with this one.
Active Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Materials
- Red, Pink, and Glitter Felt (if desired)
- Black Marker
- 4 inch Circle Template
- 20 gauge craft wire
- Satin ribbon to match the felt colors
- White or Pale Pink Paper
- Printable Fortune Cookie Sayings or Markers to Write Your Own
- optional, small chocolate kisses
Tools
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Low temp Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
- Wire Cutters
- Paper Trimmer
Instructions
- Trace four-inch circles on red, light pink, medium pink, and dark pink felt using a black marker. Cut out the circles with scissors and cut inside the traced line so that it looks nice and clean. Note: you can have your Cricut or Silhouette cut the felt circles, as well.
- Measure the craft wire and cut them a bit shorter than the 4-inch felt of the circles using the wire cutters. Cut the coordinating ribbons to match.
- Use the glue gun and glue the wires to the middle of the circles of felt. Add the ribbons on top so they are covering up the wires.
- Cut the white paper 1/2 inches wide with the paper trimmer or let the kids cut them out. Use the various marker colors and write funny or punny fortune cookie sayings on the paper. Or download and print out the free cookie sayings and cut them out with scissors or the trimmer.
- Put the fortune in the middle of each fortune cookie along the ribbon line and pop in a chocolate or candy . Fold the circle in half, using the wire as a guide. The ribbon should be on the inside of the cookie.
- Angle the sides towards one another and bend the wire at the halfway point. This should form the shape of the cookie. This also makes it easy to open and close the cookie.
- Repeat with different colors of felt and make as many as your classroom needs or make 14 to hang on a heart garland as a countdown to Valentine's Day.
Notes
This easy craft can be prepared in advance and can even fit a small treat.
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More Fun Valentine’s Day Ideas
- Coffee Filter Peek-a-Boo Cards for Kids – Everyone. Will. Love. This. Craft. I probably made 30 hearts from my filters and had as good of a time as the little ones!
- Printable Valentine’s Day Cards – Another great printable are these Valentine’s Day cards. Just open, print, and fold.
- Love Monster Cupcakes – Friends, use a box mix because the most amazing part of these cute Valentine’s Day cupcakes is the crazy frosting!
- How to Paint This Valentine Painted Rock Set – Get creative and have fun with this art activity. You can set this up for all ages using paint, paint pens, or even markers.
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