DIY Love Coupon Gift Idea
Buying gifts for a spouse can be one of the hardest tasks out there! These DIY Love Coupons are a great gift idea for any spouse and for any occasion! With 25 different love coupon options {plus 3 bonus, blank coupons to create your own} you can customize the perfect set of love coupons that your spouse is sure to love!
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When choosing a gift for my spouse I always try to give my spouse something that is: #1 personal and #2 something he can enjoy for several days – not just on his special day! These beautifully designed love coupons are the perfect combination of these two elements! Together with Kristin Clove at C Dot Love we created these gorgeous love coupon pockets. I wanted to not only be able to place the love coupons in the pockets, but also be able to insert something special to go along with it {gift card or tickets}. I have never seen love coupons like that before and Kristin totally nailed the design! Amazing!
With Kristin’s free printable design, making your OWN love coupon book is so simple!
Here is what you do to make your own:
MATERIALS
For your own love coupon book, you will need:
- Love Coupon Printable Pockets & Coupons {link also at the end of this post}
- Cardstock {to print your free printables on}
- Hole Punch
{I found this Heart-shaped Hole Punch
on Amazon – so cute!}
- Double-sided Adhesive
- 1 Metal Opening O ring
- Optional: Twine
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN
Making your own, customized love coupon book is super easy! First, assemble your envelope pockets using the instructions on the printable. There are 5 different designs and you can print and make as many as you want! Then, use a hole punch to add a hole in the upper left corner. Just make sure that each of the holes are in the same location.
Once all of your coupon pockets are created, simply place your metal ring through each of your coupon pockets.
Finally, add your front and back cover to the metal ring to create a book. Make sure your back cover faces outward!
Now for the fun part! You get to customize your love coupon specifically for your spouse! Which of the 25 different coupons options will YOUR spouse drool over?
And if you can’t decide – do them all! You can make as many as you want PLUS there are even blank ones to create your own!
Finally, the best part about this love coupon book is that you can add small items to the pockets to go along with the coupon. More than just a coupon for a movie – add the gift card to the local theatre OR the actual tickets to the show they have been excited to see!
There are so many options for what you can put inside these little pockets. From practical to, well, playful!
Once you have chosen your coupons and accompanying gifts – you can slide them into the pockets and . . .
Ta-da! You have your very own, customized love coupon book – a PERFECT gift for any spouse! They are going to LOVE this!
Before gifting my coupon book, I added some crafter’s twine. It helped keep everything together and presentable! I am so excited for my hubby to slide out each coupon and see his surprises!
This gift is PERFECT for so many occasions -Valentine’s day, birthday, or anniversary.
AND something like this never gets old. In fact, the expiration date is set to “Never.”
To get YOUR own love coupon kit, get your free printable here and make sure you send some love to Kristin at C Dot Love for your beautiful designs!
Out of time? Grab a pre-made book here!
Just so you know, the link at the end for the actual coupons gives you the envelopes again. The links in the material section are correct.
I can’t wait to use this super cute idea for the hubs!! I’m bad at thinking of gifts and he LOVES everything I get/do from you guys!
I cant find the coupon free printables. it only gives the envelopes. Can you provide the template for the coupons.
thanks
These are truly gorgeous!! I love them. I am printing these off today! Thank you! xox
These are wonderful – thank you!!
Super cute book! I always love your printables!
I just wanted to know what kind of paper you used to print these. Would regular printer paper work, or do you recommend using a thicker paper? I’ve always loved this idea and your designs are absolutely adorable. I’m definitely using these this year!
Hello i am trying to print them but i dont see where to print and i am on the computer.. i need help :/
What font are you using, i would like to find the same font to use on the custom coupons
They are absolutely awesome! My valentines gift for my lady friend 🙂
I love to see other peoples DIY! I find them cute and pretty and charming. But I never make anything – either seems to complicated, or I do not have the right materials and don not want to invest into something I am not sure about, etc.
But the bright day has come – I actually made these for my boyfriend as his Valentines surprise! They turned out just as good as it is shown in the pictures. Thank you for making this available to everyone! 🙂
Greetings,
vaiva
YAY! So glad you made this and congrats on one of your first DIY projects! Hope he loves it! XOXO
Wow, these are just great!! Thank you so much for having these to print off. I have made a booklet for my husband. Have had a hard time last few months and no money, and these will be just the perfect gift for him. I’m really grateful. Even better than expensive gifts as they have more meaning.
Thank you for sharing! I love that! I am sure your spouse will love and appreciate this gift from the heart!
Kristin,
The love coupons are such a great idea. Thank you making them free. My boyfriend and I are in a long distance relationships because I’m doing a year of volunteer service. The convenience and affordability allow me to show him how much I car for him. Thank you!!!
Thank you for sharing your experience! We are thrilled that these love coupons went to good use! Enjoy and best of luck with the long distance thing!
Kristin,
The love coupons are an amazing idea. Thank you for making them. But I just have a probloem, I am not creative, can you give me more options of small items to put into the pockets ?
Thanks
Sophia – So glad that you enjoyed this! For mine, I chose to put gift cards for the activity or tickets to a particular show! If you can’t fit a particular item in there you could insert a paper with a clue to where the item might be found! That could be so much fun! Enjoy!
I couldn’t get the links to work :(.
Lisa –
I am sorry that this isn’t working for you! I would suggest trying in a different internet browser and if that still doesn’t work you can email me: sarina{at}thedatingdiva.com and I will email you the printables in an attachment!
Hey what fonts do you use for the empty ones?
Katie –
That is a great question. The person to ask would be our talented designer Kristin Clove at C Dot Love. You can find her here (http://cdotlove.blogspot.com) and she would be the best person to answer this question! Good luck and enjoy!
these are great.
Love coupons are actually a good way to strengthen the communication between you and your spouse. And it helps with meeting your needs. 😉
Thanks for commenting!These love coupons are great for marriages!
For everyone wondering, the font used is called Harman. It can be purchased here: https://creativemarket.com/AhmetAltun/75638-Harman-New-Year-Sale-84off
Hope that helps!
Kristin,
Even if you purchased the font, how would you create a custom coupon? I assume most people hand write them?
Good question! You have several options: You could use photoshop (or a similar program – I use Pixelmator), you could create your personalization on a word document and move it around until it prints directly onto pre-printed blank coupons, or the easiest method is to contact the designer with your request! Kristin Clove at C Dot Love is amazing and I am sure she would love to create your design.
I can not seem to get the coupons to print. Please help!?!
Can you give me more information? The link for the downloads (there are 2) is located at the very bottom of the post. It is a large pink bar that says, “Click to Download Our . . . ” From there it should open to another tab and the printables appear. You should then be able to download to your computer and print. Can you provide more details where it is not working?
These are adorable! I was going to have these ready for Valentine’s Day and that flopped – so I am making them a random gift for my man.
Just one question… Do you need to tape/staple the pockets shut? Will they stay shut on their own?
I love that you are still planning on doing the love coupons! I used double-sided tape to keep the pockets shut but tape would work too! Good luck!
My coupons are so much smaller than the actual envelopes. Is that how they’re supposed to be? The picture makes it look like they’re almost the same size and the tab sticks out past the envelope.
That is so odd you are experiencing that! You are correct – the coupons are designed to fit perfectly in the envelope pockets with the tab sticking out. I personally made the ones in the picture and the sizing worked just right. One thought is – sometimes when I print directly from my browser (Chrome, firefox etc) the print comes out skewed. Make sure you download the file to your computer and print from there. That is all I can think of that might be a factor! Sorry I wasn’t more help!
Thank you for making and sharing these free coupons. Nice little fun personal gift for anniversary. My partner and I are going to enjoy these 🙂 thank you!
You are so welcome! Enjoy!