Creative love coupons

Special Valentine’s Day gifts

Looking for an unusual gift for Valentine’s Day? If so, take a look at our hand-decorated jar filled with love vouchers. For this idea, you need to come up with a selection of things you would enjoy doing together with your partner, one for each month - or even week - of the year, or a little treat they would enjoy. It doesn’t have to cost much – it could just be a walk, a visit to the cinema, a cosy evening at home watching TV, or a joint cooking session. It really doesn’t matter what you choose. The main thing is to have a nice time together. Designing the jar is really easy when you use edding gloss paint markers, as the ink they contain is completely opaque so it shows up really well on dark surfaces. As well as vouchers, you could also fill the jar with heart-shaped balloons hand-decorated with loving messages. We show you how, step by step.

Categories: Special gifts
Valentine's day
Products: Paint markers
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Metal
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

Make sure you have all your materials to hand before you start. You can see everything you need at a glance in our photo.

Step 2

When the balloons are inflated you can decorate them with lovely designs using the edding gloss paint markers. Instead of tying a knot in the balloon, seal it with a bulldog clip. In our example we wrote “love” using the white paint marker.

Step 3

Glue a circle of metallic paper onto the jar lid, followed by a slightly smaller one cut out of the black paper. Before using a gloss paint marker, you must activate it by following these instructions. Start by writing the word “love” on the black paper using the silver gloss paint marker. Alternatively, you can write on the actual lid itself, as the ink adheres perfectly to all smooth materials such as glass or metal.

Step 4

For the word “Coupons” we used the copper-coloured marker. The ink dries very quickly, so there’s minimal risk of smudging. Now you can add additional features in green, such as lines, hearts or dots.

Step 5

The balloon decoration must be completely dry before you let out the air or tie it closed with a knot. Make additional love coupons on white, coloured or dark paper in a flash using edding gloss paint markers to add your own designs.