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Show nam mi w mes By LA VADA Here are helpful suggestions for the children for making Valentines for their friends, for designing their own party favors, and making a gift for Mom TTTTTITH A FEW SCRAPS of paper, y J ribbon and a scissors, plus a W W little imagination you can easily and inexpensively make your own Valentines. Val-entines. The ideas on this page include several party suggestions that will be helpful help-ful if you're planning to entertain some friends this year. How did this business of Valentine's Day get started? One story has it that about this time of the year birds choose their mates, and so the custom was started for young men and maidens to choose their Valentines, or special friends, on that day. So on this holiday we send messages and gifts to our family, and friends we wih to remember. In England and Scotland young men and women have long gathered together on the eve of St. Valentine's Day. Their names were ' written on slips of paper, and each drew a name. In this way, each young man and woman had a Valentine. Thus the group was divided for participation participa-tion in games. and for the exchange of small gifts. TABLE FAVORS V'A. V at PATTERNS Decorate nut cup with Barrow ribbon and heart for candy favors. Circle cup with ribbon and pull end of the ribbon through hole in heart Tie s bow over heart to hold It in place. Serve cupcakes at the party, topping each one with a candy heart; paste red paper hearts around the paper cup. For basket, bend a pipe cleaner and insert ends be-tween be-tween cake and paper cup to form the Candle of the basket. PLACE CARDS' A I 1 IT Measure a piece of red or white paper 7x5 inches.. Fold it through the center of the 7-lneh width, and then through the 5-Inch width us shown In diagram. This gives a French fold and the card will now stand, runch two holes toward the top of the folded card, and also through a gold heart. Tic these parts together with a narrow red ribbon. Then you can paint or crayon the names of the guests across the card. If you have red ink or a red pencil, you might write in the names. This makes an attractive place card for your party table Fold paper and cut two heart patterns, one white and one red. Tbijue, red heart should be slightly larger. Paste white on red, then dm tr' or trace a picture, or write a message, on white heart. Color tails picture with crayons or paint. Make a closed Valentine by joinlqes one half of heart to each edge of heart. Punch holes on outer eilhr Paste picture inside, then tie folded Valentine with narrow ribbc-a ,E A SACHET FOR MOTHER- in Use scraps of red silk, velvet or felt and cut out two hearts. Decorate with sequins, beads or tiny artificial flow n. Stitch edge of hearts together With blanket stitch, as illustrated. Tuck small pads of cotton and sachet powder, pow-der, dried rose buds or violets, into the pocket and then finish your stitch Ing. Sew a narrow ribbon and a small ring to the top of the heart so it can be hung on a clothes hanger. You can buy sachet powder at cosmetic count ers; rosebuds and violets may be had at the herb counters la most store. I r |
