EARLY HANDMADE VALENTINE CARDS Pinprick valentines - fancy, lace-like borders were made by pricking tiny holes along the edge of a paper with a sewing needle. Acrostic valentines - rhymed valentines in which the first letter of each line spelled out the loved one's name. Cutout valentines - made by folding the paper several times and then cutting out a lacelike design with scissors. (Like paper snowflakes) Rebus valentines - rhymes in which pictures take the place of some of the words. For example, a picture of a heart would represent a heart. Theorem valentines - watercolor designs painted with paper stencils. Puzzle Purse valentines - folded puzzles to be unfolded and read in order. Love Knot valentines- made of ribbon or drawn on paper. They consisted of graceful loops, sometimes in the shape of hearts. On the loops were written messages that one read by turning the valentine. | 
