Valentine Threat? No Sweat! (2009 Edition)

It's that time of the year again, when everything seems to be nauseatingly happy and annoyingly pink. While a lot of guys out there have learnt the hard way and have purchased expensive gifts for the special one's in their lives (suckers!), there are still the occasional clueless ones who don't realize till the last minute, the expectation upon them on this very biased day.

A couple of years back we came up with a quick and cheap gift idea for a last minute Valentine fix, but not everyone was fortunate enough to get positive results out of that. So we decided to up the ante and come up with a last minute solution that will take a bit of effort (not too much though), and be a lot more appreciated from members of the fairer sex.

So this year, it starts like every other — our protagonist realizes that it's Valentine's day and he's forgotten to get a gift for his girlfriend.

The reason you see the dread on his face is because the last time he forgot an occasion, the consequences were not that pleasant (as clearly seen below). This year a gift is a must, and it can't be something lazy like a card or chocolates. The gift has to mean something, and it must be personalized.

Luckily, our protagonist discovers this article on Tech 2.0 in time and get's an idea that may actually get him off the hook. Yes, we are that awesome!

Our simple, yet effective solution to you comes from papercraft — a skill you probably learnt in school but forgot over the years in pursuit of other things in life. Well, it's time to get your cutting and folding skills in place, because you're gonna need it.

For this story, we pick out a Valentine day special papercraft developed by the brilliant artists at Cubeecraft.com.

Of course you have the freedom to select any other papercraft that may tickle your fancy (we have a good list of sites you can get them from on the last page), but for this example, our protagonist feels that the Val-09 papercraft would be apt. Click on the screenshot above to download the template.