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Photo from Familyfun.com

I love this idea that I saw in Family Fun magazine. I know that teddy grahams and gummy bears still have sugar but I bet it's less sugary than most Valentine's Day candies! This is a cute and easy treat to send with your kids for their buddies on Valentine's Day.

Details and instructions here.

Valentine's Day Candle Holder

Hello! We are back with a very cute and easy Valentine's candle holder.

Here's what you will need:
Glass votive/tea light holders (I used Galej from Ikea, $1.49 for 4)
Thin paper (tissue paper, decorative paper, whatever you like)
Scissors
Glue

Start by cutting out some hearts. My preferred method is to fold the paper over and cut 1/2 a heart on the fold (so that the fold becomes the center of the heart). Since you are using a thinner paper, you can layer a few sheets at a time. I used my curved scissors to help with cutting the curves of the heart.

Next I glued a few hearts to the outside of the glass candle holder.

Then I cut a piece of tissue paper, large enough to wrap around the glass.

I glued the tissue paper to the holder and then trimmed the paper at the top and bottom.

I added a few more hearts on the outside of the tissue paper to add some dimension.

For another version, I used a two-sided handmade mulberry paper. I cut hearts out in various sizes and glued those directly to the holder.

Here's how both versions turned out: