I’ve been crafty recently.
I’m not one to typically use my time for crafting, unless it’s coloring with my Princesses P, but since my Grandpa passed away a couple of weeks ago I’ve had the strong pull to create.
Maybe I am dealing with my grief through creativity and creation. I like to think that this is his gift to me since he was such a talented and artistic man. I spent a lot of my childhood watching him create and sometimes I even got to join him. You can read more about my amazing Grandfather in earlier posts. Here are a few: Dance Me to the End of Love , Requiem for my Father and Remembering Grandpa.
The good news is that my house is now decorated for Valentine’s Day with things such as this super cute DIY Valentine Plaque!
DIY Heart Plaque Tutorial:
Supplies Needed:
- Brush On Tacky Glue (or tacky glue and a paint brush)
- white paper
- heart-shaped buttons
- round wood plaque
- pink acrylic paint
- Krylon Glitter Blast Spray
Step 1: On a plain white sheet of paper, brush tacky glue in the shape of a heart.
Step 2: Place your heart-shaped buttons on the glue. I had a little helper…Princess Sweetie Pie. Aren’t those cute little fingers?
Let the button creation dry for several hours.
Step 3: Paint your round wood plaque with acrylic paint and let it dry.
I got this plaque in the craft isle at Walmart for only 99 cents!
***Confession: I forgot to take a picture of this step…oops! And the next two steps! I must have been distracted by my Princesses P.
Step 4: When your button creation is completely dry, cut around the buttons.
Step 5: Glue button heart onto your dry painted wood plaque. Let dry for several hours.
Step 6: Spray with Glitter Blast to give it that sparkly wow factor!
Ta-da!! Hope you can have some fun creating this like I did. It looks very cute displayed in our living room!
More good news…I’ve been creating some FREE Printables to share with our wonderful readers too!!
*To print just right-click, save-as and print in the size you prefer. Please let me know how it works, this is my first official “Printable.”
How will you use these printables? Leave a comment to share your Valentines DIY ideas!
Here is part of my DIY Valentine display (sorry for the poor photo quality, I just couldn’t get a good one!) Hope you all have as much fun as I did!
I used the printables to make a hanging display!
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That plaque is adorable! I can tell you are enjoying your newfound craftiness. I seem to skip taking photos for steps too, but my trick is to always make 2. Then I can take the missing photo the second time around.
Good idea Elizabeth! On this one I only had the supplies for one plaque but I think I see other plaques in my near future!
I love the Valentine’s Day ideas!!! Especially the plaque. How cute would that be for a Vday party at school???!!!!
Thanks so much Cakegirl! I love the plaque so much, I might have to make another one as a gift for my daughters kindergarten teacher now that you mentioned the school party! By the way, my family loves Creme Brulee too, I will have to try your recipe!
What a fun and beautiful project! And your printables are great, too. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Sharefest. I hope you have a lovely weekend and a happy Valentine’s Day.
Thanks for the compliments misssrobin. I really enjoyed reading your post Any Man of Mine. Your writing is so honest! Thank you!
Cute and easy project. Me and the grandkids are working on Valentine posters. It’s all fun. Love the banner too.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks Anna! It’s really fun to do some of these things with the girls! Next on the list is finding some DIY Valentines for Princess P’s kindergarten class, I don’t want to have to go to the store! Haha!
The plaque is so sweet! I think this is something my oldest would especially enjoy! Thanks!
Thanks Kate! Let me know if your daughter and you make it and share your version! Thanks for the Starbucks deal! Maybe my honey and I can get a quick coffee date in sometime this week!
Guess what, your “printables” are also “clipable”. I put it on my school bulletin to teachers in the box for Thursday, Valentine’s Day!!! It worked, and it’s so cute. THANKS!
Thanks for letting me know it worked! I’m so glad you could use them, how fun that they are being used at school!! 🙂
Super cute craft idea. It looks so pretty when finished. Where did you get the heart shaped buttons? and Yes, your little ones fingers ARE sweet and adorable.
thanks for the printables too.
I got the buttons at Walmart as well, I should have mentioned that! It was a really fun project and turned out even better than I had thought!