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Color-me Heart Valentines Sewing Tutorial

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Cute Color-me heart valentines to sew.

color-me heart friend Valentine's Day stuffie

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Valentine Color Me Heart Sewing Tutorial

These color-me heart stuffies, inspired by our decorate-a-monster stuffies, are my all-time favorite Valentine’s Day craft for all ages! We sent one to my then-teenaged sister years ago, and she loved it so much that she now has it with her at college.

If the kids look a little young, it’s because today I’ve updated an OLD post to feature as part of the Sew a Softie for Valentine’s Day blog hop.

Materials

Color-Me Heart Valentine Tutorial

These heart valentines are easy to make:

  1. Cut a heart shape out of muslin (twice).
  2. Stitch together, leaving an opening for stuffing. I recommend a sewing machine, just because you need pretty small stitches with muslin.
  3. Trim seam allowance.
  4. Stuff.
  5. Stitch shut by hand, using a ladder stitch.
  6. Use fabric markers or Sharpie pens to add a face.
  7. Color yourself or give as a gift, along with fabric markers, Sharpie pens, or washable markers. We decorate ours with washable markers, so they can be decorated over and over!
color-me heart friend Valentine's Day stuffie

Johnny was good friends with his stuffie from the start! The Heart Friends seemed to get along pretty well right off the bat:

creative play with Valentine's Day stuffies

And they are having lovely adventures together!

creative play with Valentine's Day stuffies

Emma loved Valentine’s Day when she was small, so we’ve done some fun activities through the years! These felt hearts still make their way around the house, Anna still plays with our flannel board felt hearts, and I think next week I’ll show Anna how to make a felt woven heart. Maybe we’ll make an “I love you” handprint card again, too!

What is your favorite Valentine’s day craft? Who will you make this heart valentine for? 

Looking for non-candy Valentine’s Day ideas for friends? Here are a few ready-made ideas:

Do you have any fun non-candy valentine suggestions?

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  4. Added at Mommy-labs! It is so cool how you can just add a face to something and it comes to life! I love your felt board too!

  5. I just pinned this post to my Ideas to Remember and Share board. Your craft ideas are always so much fun! And then you have so many others that link up. I could be busy all day long looking at Valentine Crafts!

    • The kids thought I was nuts when I started the actual sewing part, so I was glad they liked them so much!

  14. I finally found a way to integrate teaching the children how to stitch. We have a long way to go to catch up to you but we’re having a go! Their Valentine cards are turning out lovely. At least the children will know how to sew on a button.

    Next, MacGyver wants to create a collage from fabric. Try taking a look at one of the books by Stella Blackstone like Secret Seahorse.

  15. Those are absolutely adorable! And so clever! I would have never thought of using washable markers to make them “reusable”. Great idea!

  20. Love the idea of making the heart and giving it as a gift with pack of sharpies! And yes a face makes all the difference to a soft toy :)

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