Disney Valentine’s Day Cards

Yesterday, after realizing that Valentine’s Day is less than a week away I decided to make a few cards at home. It had been a while since I attempted any kind of craft and I figured it would be a fun activity for a Friday afternoon. It was. It even helped me clean out some of the crafting supplies I already had on hand. Today’s post shares five ideas for Disney Valentine’s Day cards.

1. Baymax

Part of the fun of making cards yourself is customizing them to match the interests of the recipient. My daughter loves Baymax these days, so he was the easy choice for my first card. He also sports a super-easy design, so that may have had something to do with it too.

After raiding the leftover craft bags in my closet (does anybody else have those?) I found a pack of blank cards and various pieces of card stock. I also found a sheet of self-adhesive black felt, which may have been left over from my Magic Band wall art craft. I used a tiny piece of it to add a little something to Baymax’s eyes, although you could just as easily use construction paper or a Sharpie.

Pretty straight-forward right? So simple, but still cute.

Then I added a silly play on a line from Big Hero 6 which I think my daughter will tolerate. I mean appreciate.

2. WALL-E

Next I started a card for my son’s favorite character at the moment, WALL-E. He was slightly more difficult to make than Baymax, so I made a quick pattern first. I used my son’s WALL-E plush as inspiration and tried to focus on the main shapes rather than getting lost in the details.

Here’s a quick look at all the pieces in the design. It reminded me of another movie about a robot, Short Circuit, from the 1980s. (“No disassemble!”)

After I put WALL-E back together, I used a white Sharpie to add the dot in his eyes.

Then I added a bad pun on Wall-E’s favorite word from his film (EEEEEE-VA!) to the inside of the card. Feel free to um, modify this ridiculous sentiment, to suit your own needs.

3. UP

For my last card, I decided to make the house and famous bundle of balloons from Disney Pixar’s UP. It’s one of my favorite Pixar films, especially around Valentine’s Day, because of the sweet (and sometimes heart-breaking) relationship between Carl and Ellie.

The spectacular house in the film was a little more difficult to replicate than the characters on the other two cards. After a few tries, I came up with the basic shapes shown above.

For the balloons, I used peel and stick foam hearts that I also had on hand from previous Valentine’s Day adventures. You can find them everywhere this time of year. I like the 3D effect of the hearts, but you could easily use paper too.

Then I added a line, also inspired by the film, to the inside of the card. I briefly considered “Squirrel!” or “I have just met you and I love you,” but ultimately decided on a play from Ellie’s adventure book instead.

4. Spider-Man

Speaking of adventures, and flying (kinda?) my next card was inspired by Spider-Man.

Now I realize Spider-Man technically isn’t Disney, at least in live-action movie form. Spider-Man is part of Marvel though and Disney owns most of Marvel or will once the 20th Century Fox deal is done. And Spider-Man appeared in Disney’s last Avenger’s movie too so…. it’s complicated. The source of inspiration for this card (a giant Spider-Man Tsum Tsum) came from the Disney Store, so let’s just call him Disney for the purposes of this post.

The Tsum Tsum version of Spider-Man was pretty easy to replicate. I cut out the shapes for his eyes from black and white paper, then drew the rest of the lines with a Sharpie.

Then I added a theme-appropriate message inside. I finished the whole thing faster than a speeding bullet.

Wait, that’s definitely not Disney.

5. Toy Story Martian

My final Disney Valentine was inspired by the Pizza Planet martians from Toy Story. Actually, it was inspired by an emoji-version pillow of the Pizza Planet martian from Toy Story, but you get the idea. My son picked this up at Magic Kingdom during our last visit, so I thought he might enjoy it in card form too.

Isn’t he cute?

I made a quick pattern again and cut out the pieces in bright green, dark green, black and white paper. The ears took a few tries. I added a message inside that read “Oooooohhhhh Valentine’s Day!” which I forgot to photograph.

Closing Thoughts

So there you go, five ideas for DIY Disney Valentine’s Day cards. Hopefully you found an idea you like or at least a source of inspiration for a different fabulous design of your own making.

If baking is more your Valentine jam, you’re also welcome to check out my previous holiday posts on Butterfinger Cupcakes and Simple Disney Sugar Cookies.

Until next time, Happy Valentine’s Day friends!

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