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Homemade Valentine's Day Gifts for Women

By , About.com Guide

Want to impress your wife or girlfriend with a homemade Valentine's Day gift? Consider these ideas:

Bath Salts

Bath SaltPhoto © Flickr user 2Eklectik

Give the gift of relaxation in the form of a big bottle of homemade bath salts.

A Coupon Book

Coupon BookPhoto © Flickr user kwantakoon

Make a coupon book with vouchers for things that you're willing to do for her. You can create your own coupons or choose from the ones featured here.

A Button Bouquet

Button BouquetPhoto © Erin Huffstetler

Round up a bunch of old buttons (try a thrift store or Ebay), and create a special bouquet that she can keep forever.

Chocolate Covered Cherries

Chocolate Covered CherriesPhoto © Elizabeth LaBau

You'd don't have to be good in the kitchen to make chocolate covered cherries, and the results are nothing short of spectacular.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate Covered StrawberriesPhoto © Elizabeth LaBau

Chocolate covered strawberries are ridiculously expensive to buy, but super easy to make (think minutes).

Try:

An Edible Bouquet

Love PopsPhoto © Elizabeth LaBau

Treat her to an edible bouquet that looks great and tastes even better.

Treasure Soap

Valentine's Treasure SoapPhoto © Flickr user LilytheDesigner

Tuck a small gift (jewelry is sure to make you popular) inside a bar of melt-and-pour soap.

Heart Soap

Heart SoapPhoto © David Fisher

Purchase a heart-shaped soap mold from a craft store, and make her a batch of heart soap. It's as simple as melting a block of soap in the microwave and pouring it into the mold.

Flowers Wrapped in a Love Note

FlowersPhoto © Flickr user jakeprzespo

Start with a bouquet of store-bought flowers. Then, replace the cellophane that they're wrapped in with a piece of tissue paper that you've written a love note on.

A Gift Wrapped in a Chocolate Box

Chocolate BoxPhoto © Elizabeth LaBau

Transform a small gift into a "wow" gift by wrapping it in an edible chocolate box.

A Paper Flower Bouquet

Paper FlowersPhoto © Erin Huffstetler

Recycle old magazine pages into a bouquet of paper flowers. Just follow these instructions for making gift bows, but leave the pipe cleaners long to create the stems.

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