Announce the arrival of Valentine’s Day with this Victorian “Be Mine” banner!

Victorian Valentine Banner

Materials:
Solid color card stock
Paper heart doilies
Valentine stickers
Ribbon
Lace
Letter stickers or marker

Tools:
Triangle template (55k .PDF file)
Scissors
Hole Punch
Glue
Hot glue gun

Instructions:

1. Gather materials and tools. Choose a phrase and count the shapes that will be needed, one per letter. Trace triangle template onto card stock and cut out all of the shapes. Suggested phrases include LOVE, TRUE LOVE, XOXOXO, or BE MINE.

2. Place a Valentine sticker on each heart doily, then glue each doily to the front of a triangle. Add one letter of your chosen phrase to the bottom of each triangle using either stickers or writing with a pen.

3. Add lace to each edge of the triangles; three separate pieces. Attach using hot glue.

4. Punch holes near the top of each assembled shape, then thread ribbon through each letter in order. Thread from front to back on one side, draw the ribbon across the back, then pull forward through the opposite hole.