Share the love the creativity way.

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Touch someone's heart by expressing sweet sentiments for Valentine's Day with a handcrafted gift made with a kit from Creativity for Kids (Faber-Castell), Cleveland, Ohio. There also are projects to make unique decorative items for the home that capture the special feeling of this day---and are nice for families to do together.

Let that special someone know how much they mean to you---on Valentine's Day and throughout the year--with charm-embellished Shrinky Dinks I Love You Cards ($14.99). The kit contains 12 cards for decoration in pink, purple, and blue, and each card has an opening on the front to display the charms. Color the charms with the hue-based pencils in the kit, then bake and shrink them in an oven. Add the charms and decorative ribbons to the cards and write a heart-felt message inside for that deserving loved one.

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To create a "charming" decoration, there's the Shrinky Dinks I Love You Tree ($16.99). It makes a great centerpiece--showing love and affection with...