Kids Craft: Candy Heart Frames

By: Heidi | 7 Comments

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I took down our Christmas decorations last week, and since it’s been so warm here lately it felt a little silly to decorate with a chilly winter mantel…so I jumped straight to my Valentine’s Day decorations! As soon as I hung up my heart card garland, the boys wanted to make a Valentine’s craft of their own. I dug around in my supplies and came up with a super easy and cute Valentine’s Day kids craft – conversation heart photo frames!

What You’ll Need:

Unfinished wood frames (I picked up ours for $1 each at Michaels)
Craft paint (I love the Glamour Dust line from DecoArt! Best glitter paint EVER!)
Candy conversation hearts
Tacky glue or low temperature glue gun

Start by painting the blank frame. My boys chose to paint their frames a solid color first and then top it with a glittery layer.

Brush a thin layer of tacky glue on to the face of the frame, and start gluing on the candy hearts. Take care that the layer of glue isn’t too thick or else the candies run the risk of melting/dissolving in the glue if it takes too long to dry. Alternately, a low temperature glue gun also works really well to adhere the conversations hearts to the frames.

Allow to dry, add a photo, and ta da – you’re done! Super easy, and totally cute! I think these would make great Valentine’s Day gifts for grandparents, aunts and friends!

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Samantha D says

January 18, 2015 at 5:19 pm

What a cute project – I’d love to share this on my blog for an up coming post!
Let me know!

Thanks
Sam
http://cooksandcreates.blogspot.com/

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- Heidi says
  
  January 19, 2015 at 9:36 am
  
  Thanks, Samantha! My sharing policy states that any of my posts may be shared with only one photo used along with a link back to my blog for the full tutorial. 🙂
  
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Jan says

August 20, 2014 at 8:22 am

I want to make the tissue paper heart but I didn’t see instructions on how to make the tissue squares into flowers. If you could email me that, I would appreciate it. Thanks

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Carolina says

January 18, 2014 at 12:28 pm

Such a fun idea for using the conversation hearts!

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- Heidi says
  
  January 20, 2014 at 9:20 pm
  
  Thanks, Carolina! 🙂
  
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The Funster says

January 12, 2014 at 12:09 pm

Heidi,
OMG! What a great idea! This is so simple to make and also so inexpensive. With Valentines Day just around the corner, this is such a timely post! Thank you for providing such a great idea!

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Stephanie says

January 9, 2014 at 9:48 am

How cute! I need to let my kids make some of these, my house really needs some more Valentine’s Day decor!

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