Potted Hearts and Ornaments
Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching and if you are looking or an easy and fun way to decorate check these out. Have the kids help too!
All you need is:
Creative Paperclay
Acrylic paint - I used red and pink
Knife
Rolling pin
Small pot
Foam
Moss
Skewer
Stencil, lace or something to make the pattern
Take about 1/3 of a package of Creative Paperclay (More if you want to make a lot of hearts) and using your rolling pin flatten out the clay.
Once the clay is flattened as thick as you would like your ornaments to be gently roll over your lace or stencil so the pattern becomes part of your heart. Next, draw a heart on scrap paper and then cut it out for a pattern (HINT: choose a side you like best of your heart and fold it in half before cutting it out so that both sides are the same).
Now using your heart pattern, use a knife to cut out hearts. Have the whole heart covered in a pattern or only a portion of it. Push a skewer into the bottom of your heart if you want to pot it up and then set it aside to dry. Alternatively, use a skewer to create a hole near the top of the heart to create an ornament.
Let them dry out for a day or two! Hint: Flip them over and use a book or two to help keep them flat as they dry.
Now grab your paint and paint them! For mine once they were painted and still wet I used a paper towel to remove most of the paint on the patterned sections to highlight them.
Once the paint is dry it is time to pot them up!
Cut the foam so it fits into the pot and glue it in (I used hot glue). Next poke the skewer with the heart on it into the foam (Add some glue to keep it in place). Then put moss on top to hide the foam and complete the pot.
For ornaments just add yarn or string to hang them and you’re done!
I would love to see all your hearts! Comment your photos below.
Cheers until next time!
Kelly Martin
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