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Special Valentine Message Magnets Made From Salvaged Materials
Posted Jan 26, 09 -Filed Under crafts (recycled materials), gifts from recycled materials, holiday crafts: Valentine's Day (recycled stuff), reuse game pieces, reuse magazines, reuse magnets, promotional flat flexible
Send a Valentine message to someone special in your heart. This sweet gift will be a constant reminder of your love.
How-to:
A. Cut letters from magazines. You will find a great variety of fonts in all sorts of colors. Go searching for just the right ones. You may want to find all the letters in the same color or you might want the letters to be as varied as possible. Cut out the letters and make sure they fit on the tiles.
B. I used the tiles from a salvaged My First Rummikub game which was missing some of the pieces. Paste a letter on the front of each tile.
C. The magnets I used are promotional flat flexible magnets. (Promotional flat flexible magnets are often given out by businesses for promotional reasons, are usually business card size and are easy to cut.) This is a perfect use for those unsolicited magnets. Use scissors to cut a piece large enough to cover the back of the tile and glue it there.
See my other post for additional ideas and uses for tile magnets including using them as a teaching aid.
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This is a great idea! I love magnets and especially using old magazine scraps.
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