Valentines Day Heart Tree Tutorial

This heart tree is a cute valentines day craft,  it's also very easy to make!

Items you’ll need to create this craft:

Sticks

Krylon Spray Sparkles

Red & Pink Construction Paper

Brown Twine

Vintage Jar or Vase

Hot Glue Gun

Scissors

**You can purchase majority of these items from Wal-mart.

Step 1: Time to pick up sticks. I am very fortunate to have a forest on my mom’s property. Therefore, I was able to cut some tiny branches off some trees and use them as my sticks. Another way to find sticks is to take a walk/drive to a forest or park and cut some tiny branches off some trees. At this point make sure you have a jar or vase to put your sticks into, this way you can cut your sticks accordingly to your vases size.

Step 2: Lay your sticks on some cardboard and spray them with some sparkly Krylon paint. The spray makes the sticks look stained and sparkly, giving the sticks a girly touch.

Step 3: Now that the sticks are drying, take some red & pink construction paper and start cutting out little hearts. I used one piece of each colored paper and had plenty of hearts for my tree.

Step 4: When the sticks are completely dry, put them back into your vase. Now you can start gluing the hearts on your tree branches, the more the merrier! Once the hearts are glued on, I used my twine and wrapped it around the lid of my jar. The twine gives my jar a vintage look!

I hope you guys enjoyed this valentine’s crafts as much as I did!

DIY Decorative Sticks

I’ve always thought the bundle of sticks décor looked great placed in corners of rooms, just to fill a space. I know you can purchase this stick décor at Ikea, Wal-Mart or any other décor stores ranging from $15-25 dollars. However, I thought I could just save some money and make my own stick décor with a girly twist.

Items you’ll need:

Cutting Shears

Sticks

Glitter Spray

Vase

Step 1: I was able to take some cutting shears and cut down a few straight branches and some red dogwood from my mom’s forest. Once all my sticks were cut, I took the shears and cut all the small branches off making sure the sticks looked straight and smooth.

Step 2: I then purchased some Krylon Glitter Spray to give my sticks some sparkle. I took some string and tied the sticks all together. (Easier to spray) I then took the glitter spray and sprayed the sticks. Make sure to do it outside and let sit for a few hours. The glitter looks excellent on the sticks and gives the sticks a stained/store purchased look.

Step 3: Once sticks are dry, untie them and place them in a nice vase. Now you can place the sticks in any room of your home! Enjoy J