DIY Valentines Day Conversation Hearts

This is the perfect Valentines Day craft: it's super cheap, easy to do, and turns out adorable! 


I love the little conversation hearts that come out around Valentines Day. They are so cute! I found a way to make my own fake hearts to display for the holiday (and I won't have to worry about anyone eating them!!!)

I found these plain wooden hearts at AC Moore for only 79 cents each. Score! I bought three.

The rest of the supplies I had at home: paint, paint brush, and a stencil. I used Martha Stewart high gloss craft paint in three Valentines Day colors.

First thing I did was paint the hearts a base color 
Note: This is NOT a good craft to do with three year olds! I did this while baby-sitting my neice and after leaving her unattended for literally 5 minutes there was red paint EVERYWHERE. That's why my purple heart is a little wonky, she clumped on tons of paint and it dried before I noticed!!

After the paint is dry I laid out my letter stencils.  I used these awesome Martha Stewart stencils that are sticky on the back but you can reuse them over and over again!

I dabbed on my paint and pulled off the stencil while the paint was still wet. Here's my finished result!

Adorable! So I made another...

And another!

These little hearts will add a ton of color to my Valentines decor this year
 

 You can see how my purple one got a little wonky here..oh well. Lesson learned: don't leave three year olds and paint alone!!!
 


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13 comments

  1. Love this idea!, too cute. Thanks for sharing!,
    Hope you have a great day,

    -Kayla :)

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  3. I love conversation hearts and these are just about CUTE enough to eat! :)
    xo
    Angelina

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  4. These are so beautiful and they look so really, you know like the candy. LOL Lovely, Have a great weekend.

    Hugs,
    Vanessa

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  5. So awesome! Great iconic decor for Valentine's Day!!

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  6. Awww these are just adorable!!!! What a cute idea, you did a great job with these! What a fun Valentine's Day craft! I love using Martha Stewart's paints, and this looks like such a fun little project!

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  7. Adorable! You should change comments to only allow registered users so you don't get spam!

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  8. Too sweet, Rebecca!!! Love them!Thanks so much for sharing the great tutorial!
    Have a fabulous week!
    Hugs from Portugal,

    Ana Love Craft
    www.lovecraft2012.blogspot.com

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  9. SO adorable! Now I MUST take a trip to the store to see if my local craft store has any! These are so cute.

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  10. These are cute! I love conversation hearts and this craft is just way too cute!

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