DIY: Magic/Never Ending Letter | Valentine's Day | Gift Ideas - YouTube

Hey everyone! It's the drea! Welcome back! It is not the 14th yet so I have another Valentine's

day themed video for you. If you thought the I ♥ U pop up card we made last time was cool

you're going to love the magic or never ending card we'll be making today. It is extremely

easy to make so lets just get into the video!

The things you'll need are: construction paper you can either use two colors or just one

ruler, pencil

scissors, scoring tool (like an empty mechanical

pencil or a small dotting tool) and glue or double sided tape. I'll be using

a glue stick.

Lets begin!

Start by measuring and cutting out 4 15cm by 7.5 cm rectangles of paper. If you're using

two different colors of paper cut 2 from each color to make 4. Put 3

rectangles aside and leave one to

work on. Place the rectangle in a standing vertical

position and with your ruler mark and score a horizontal line 3.75 cm away from the top

edge and 3.75 cm away from the bottom edge.

Then fold and crease both of these lines. It's best if you crease them forward and backward.

It should look something like this. Repeat to the other 3 rectangles.

Now take a rectangle and place it vertically once more

with your ruler mark a vertical line at 3.75cm running from the top edge to the top

crease mark and at the bottom running from the bottom edge to the bottom crease mark.

It should look something like this. Repeat on the other rectangle of the same color.

Once that's done place both rectangles vertically next to eachother, make sure they're

aligned and leave a tiny gap in between them, this separation should be a small one but

it still must be there or else it'll be difficult to open the letter.

Add glue or double sided tape on the top 2 outer squares.

take another rectangle which now should be of a different color and glue it horizontally

on top of the 2 vertical ones. It should be aligned with the top edge.

Press down firmly to make sure it's well secured, and repeat

at the bottom, add glue or double sided tape on the bottom 2 outer squares.

Take the last rectangle, and glue it horizontally on top, it should be aligned with the bottom

edge. This way there's a small gap between these two rectangles as well.

Press down firmly to make sure it's well secured.

And it should look something like this. At this point you can go back and erase the undesired pencil marks.

Now open the letter and crease down on the folds.

If there's any excess paper sticking out anywhere use your scissors to trim it off.

Open the letter again and crease down on the folds once more.

If the paper happens to overlap use your scissors to trim a bit of the edge off so

it doesn't overlap anymore, continue opening the letter making sure

to crease the folds and checking that no excess paper sticks out and the paper doesn't overlap.

Meanwhile fixing it if does.

At the end the letter must open without any problem.

I think this is a good size but if you want to make it bigger you can use 20cm by 10cm

rectangles, mark the horizontal line 5cm away from

the top and bottom edge and

finally mark the last vertical lines at 5cm to make the outer squares.

Repeat the process as normal. And you're done!

Write your message and decorate to your

heart's desire and it's sure to make an awesome letter.

I hope you liked this idea did please don't forget to give it a thumbs up. I'll be leaving a link to my Valentine's

Day DIY playlist in the description box below in case you're interested. If you recreate

this and happen to post anything about it on social media feel free to tag me or use the hashtag

#diyswithdrea I'd love to see your creations specially if you put your own twist to them.

It'd make me so happy to see them. Unfortunately that is it for today. Thank you so so much for watching

always feel free and welcome to leave any comments or suggestions on what

you would like to see on my next video. And as always if you enjoy watching and like what I do

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and until next time. BYE!