It’s the season of love! I’m excited to give you a quick tutorial for an inexpensive and simple Valentine DIY Tic Tac Toe Bag! Make this fun Valentine’s craft with OR for your kiddos!
I’m taking a short break from my month long organizational challenge and it feels really nice.
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and these DIY Tic Tac Toe bags are perfect for children to share with their special Valentine’s!
If you are a little crafty, you might just have all of the items in your craft space already!
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Materials for Simple Valentine DIY Tic Tac Toe Bag:
- Muslin bags
- Paint, pens, or markers to make X, O, and tic tac toe grid
- Wood chips, small stones, or similar for tic tac toe pieces
- If using paint, you’ll need a small craft paint brush
- Stencils for writing special words or sayings (optional)
How to make your Simple Valentine DIY Tic Tac Toe Bag:
Crafts don’t get much easier. This cute little DIY bag took me about 15 minutes from start to finish. Fast, easy, and pretty are my favorite projects.
Step 1: Pencil the Tic Tac Toe grid on the bag
I did a little bit of measuring, but just “eye-balling” the bag would work fine! I used a pencil and ruler to draw straight lines for the tic tac toe grid.
Very little pressure was used with the pencil. Just enough to let me know where to paint.
If you decide to use a fine tip marker instead of paint, you can skip past the paint step that is next!
Step 2: Paint the Grid
Since I was painting the grid, I put some paper towels inside the bag so the paint would not bleed through.
If using paint, be sure to off-load your brush onto a paper towel prior to painting the grid. Chalk paint and acrylic paint were the types of paint I used.
BUT, nearly any kind of paint would work fine for this if you have paint in Valentine colors you like!
Step 3: Paint the X’s and O’s on the tic tac toe pieces
I used black chalk paint for the X’s and red acrylic craft paint for the O’s. Once again, these are supplies I had. If you do not have paint, the tic tac toe pieces would look great with marker!
If you do not have wood chips/slices, small stones would work really well. Be creative! Use items you have on hand in your home or outdoors.
Step 4: Stencil a saying/phrase on your Valentine bag
Your Valentine bag can be personalized to say whatever you’d like! I had a stencil I used on terra cotta pots this past year, so I used that to write “Love”.
Other phrase ideas might be “Be Mine”, “XOXO”, or simply “Happy Valentine’s Day”. It’s yours, make it unique!
You could also free hand a Valentine message with a fine tip marker if you have pretty handwriting. I didn’t trust mine!
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Inspiration for this cute little bag from Magnolia by Joanna Gaines.
Judy says
This is such a cute idea! I would love to make this for my sons friends or even as a birthday gift bag idea. Thank you for sharing this and making it look so easy.
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My pleasure! Have a great week, Judy!
Jen says
How cute! This makes me want to throw a party for my daughter and have all her friends make one of these!
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What a great idea for children to do this in a group with their friends! Enjoy!
candy says
I have everything already here at the house to make this valentine bag and the game. The grandkids would love helping me make this and playing with it afterwards.
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I’m sure your grandkids would love doing this with you. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Holly says
This is adorable- and easy enough that I could make them for my daughter to hand out in her class! I especially love the little wood pieces you used 🙂
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My pleasure, Holly! These would be great, personalized Valentine’s for school. Have a great week!
Karen says
What a cute and simple craft project. This would be an easy project for a birthday party.
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Thanks, Karen! Enjoy!
Blue DeBell says
This is so cute! my . boyfriend loves homemade gifts, so definitely gonna be using this one to wrap his grift. LOVE!
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Love that you are doing this for your boyfriend! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Bailey says
This is adorable! But still looks like enough for a someone like me who lacks all crafty bones.
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Thanks, Bailey! This project is basic even for the non-DIYer! Have a wonderful weekend!
jessica lynn says
My kids will LOVE this, and it’d be so great to take with us for those moments when we need a distraction somewhere!
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Thanks, Jessica! I hope your kiddos enjoy!
Anne-onedeterminedlife says
This is such a cute idea! I don’t have much wood around, but I do have a bunch of small rocks. Something like this on the small rocks would be fun too.
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I agree, Anne! I think small rocks would work great for the tic tac toe game. Enjoy your weekend!
Emily says
This is such an adorable DIY Valentine’s Day gift. I love how simple it is to make, but it’s also so thoughtful. I think my kids would love receiving this gift for the holiday!
Cheyenne says
Very cute! My kids would love this.
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Thanks so much, Cheyenne! Have a wonderful weekend!