Looking for a quick and easy Valentine’s craft? I made a couple of these tin-foil tissue hearts ast night, just kind of playing around, to see how they would turn out.
Remember my tin-foil Christmas trees (that were actually inspired by Dilly-Dali Arts’ Xmas Stars)? Well, they were the inspiration for these hearts.
These are very easy, so I’ll just give you a quick how-to:
You’ll need some cardboard, tin-foil, tissue paper, mod-podge, glue and craft jewels. I generally try to re-use and re-cycle things we have around the house when we’re crafting, but every once in a while I “splurge” on some specialty items like googly eyes, pipe-cleaners and these awesome jewels. The dollar store usually has a great selection of these little gems, and you can get a bag of them for a buck or two.
Hello, my pretties!
Ok, back to business:
- Cut out a cardboard heart, and cover it with tin-foil.
- Cover the tin-foil with mod-podge
- Stick small squares of tissue paper into the mod-podge, but leave some foil un-covered.
- Apply another layer of mod-podge (carefully – the tissue paper is delicate).
- Once your mod-podge has dried, get busy with your glue and your jewels.
Ta-da…. I love that something this beautiful can be made with such basic materials!
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Nice! Love this idea. I’d have as much fun doing this as my daughter would!
These are beautiful! I’m adding it to my Valentines plans. Thank you!
Thanks, Sheryl! Link them up on my f/b page if ypu take pics. I’d love to see how yours turn out.
So beautiful!!!!!! I love it!!!!
Thanks, Caroline!
I love that you did 2 versions, a girly and a more gender neutral one. I just found shaped jewels, didn’t know what for yet, thanks for the sweet project idea
Thanks, Valerie. I LOVE adding a little bling to a craft with these gems!
Nico LOVES glitter and jewels are no exception, lol. He should like this one, just gotta finish a few projects first.
Beautiful…. this could also be a lovely Christmas activity. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Nina
Thank you Nina. I’m glad you liked them. We made triangle shaped ones at Christmastime, and turned them into tree ornaments. They were really beautiful too.
Those are absolutely beautiful! What a great idea. I’m sure my son would love this as well. I just recently splurged on gems as well.
Thank you for posting! I’ll be pinning and sharing.
I love the jewels! What a fun craft!
They are so pretty! I want to make some!!!
Love it! And doing it Tueday with our play-group!!!
Thank you as always for your wonderful ideas!