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Valentine’s Decorations: Twig Heart Canvas

January 26, 2021

We love combining nature finds in our art projects. Today we share a gorgeous guest post showing you gow to make a Twig Heart Canvas decoration. Love how you can custmise the colours and how the DIY Twig Heart really pops out! So cute! Add this to your Kids Valentine’s Day Activities to do list today!

Painted stick heart canvas for Valentines. Super easy Valentine's Day Decoration or Valentine's Wall Hanging. Love the bold pink and contrast with the nature items. #Valentines #valentinesday #valentinesdaydecor #decor #nature #sticks #hearts
First published in January 2014

Today the lovely Ness from One Perfect Day*  this gorgeous twig heart art with us today as the  31 Days of Love series continues. Crafting with nature is a wonderful way to get arty this Valentines. And I think this Twig Heart Canvas Craft looks absolutely gorgeous. So simple. So pretty! The prefect Valentine’s Decoration or even Valentine’s Gift Idea!

*sadly Ness is no longer blogging and this link is owned by someone else now!

As our 31 Days of Love series has grown over the years, I have grouped all our Valentine’s Day Crafts in groups for easy browsing:

  • Valentine’s Card Making Ideas
  • Valentines Art Projects
  • Kids Valentines Crafts
  • Valentines Day Crafts for Preschool and 
  • Valentine’s Day Decorations

Hi, I’m Ness from One Perfect Day where we share fun and simple crafts, and creative ways for kids to play and learn.

We have a huge gum tree in our front garden and our lawn is always covered in fallen leaves and twigs. This means we have an endless supply of sticks for all sorts of crafts and imaginative play. Today I’m sharing how we put some of those sticks to good use by making this golden heart canvas. It really was very simple to make and we had a lovely afternoon gathering and painting our sticks.

To make a Twig Heart you will need:

  • Canvas
  • Paint in two colours of your choice (we used pink and gold)
  • Sticks in various lengths
  • Glue
  • Pencil
  • Paper
  • Scissors

How to make a Twig Heart Canvas

diy Valentines Day Canvas

How to make a painted stick heart canvas

1. Paint your canvas. You may need to paint two coats to achieve a nice even coverage of paint. Set aside to dry.

2. Prepare a heart shaped template. This will act as a guide when arranging your sticks. Simply draw a heart on a piece of paper and cut it out. Do you know the simple trick for drawing a perfectly symmetrical heart? Fold your paper in half and with the fold on the left, draw half a heart. Cut along the line you have drawn, open up the folded paper and voila! A perfect heart.

3. Arrange the sticks in a heart shape. Place your heart shaped paper template on a flat surface and place your sticks on top. When selecting sticks, try to use ones that are relatively the same thickness and fairly straight. (See pic number 1 above)

4. Paint the sticks. When you are satisfied with the arrangement of the sticks, paint them in your colour of choice. We chose to paint ours gold and the effect is just lovely when the sunlight hits the canvas. TIP: As you paint each stick, lay them to dry in the same arrangement that you made over the template. This will make life MUCH easier when it comes time to place them on the canvas. (see pic number 2 above)

5. Mark your starting point on the canvas. When the canvas is dry, place your paper template over it and make a VERY FAINT pencil mark (I just made a very small dot) at the lower tip of the heart. This will show you exactly where to start placing the sticks on the canvas.

6. Arrange the sticks on the canvas. Place all of the sticks on the canvas BEFORE you glue any of them down. This will ensure that you can rearrange them slightly until they are just right.

7. Glue the sticks to the canvas. I used simple clear-drying craft glue but you could use a hot glue gun if you wanted.

One last tip – Lay the canvas flat until the glue is completely dry, otherwise you may have a slightly droopy heart, and a few gold sticks on the floor. Ask me how I know this 😉

That’s it! Your gorgeous stick heart is now ready to hang on the wall.

diy heart canvas

 

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Ness lives with her family in Sydney and is the creator of One Perfect Day where she writes about family, food, and playful learning for kids. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter. Her mantra is “Every day may not be good but there is something good in every day” and she loves to share those good moments on Instagram.

Check out all our Valentine’s Day Decorations here:

As well as all our Kids Valentine’s Day Activities here:

How to make a Twig Heart Canvas for Valentine's Day or Mother's Day. Nature crafting to make Valentines Decorations is extra special!

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Comments

  1. anna says

    January 24, 2014 at 9:16 am

    Love this! It’s so cute!

    Reply
  2. Kate_Laughing Kids Learn says

    January 24, 2014 at 10:11 am

    Absolutely ADORABLE!

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    • Red Ted Art says

      January 24, 2014 at 11:06 am

      Isn’t it BEAUTIFUL?!

      Reply
  3. Kate - The Craft Train says

    January 24, 2014 at 11:11 am

    This is so gorgeous! My girls would love one hanging in their room.

    Reply
  4. @zingzingtree says

    January 25, 2014 at 3:23 pm

    Just love this

    Reply
  5. jo Ebisujima says

    February 10, 2014 at 6:58 am

    Love this, what a cute idea, finally something to do with the never ending supply of sticks my boy brings home!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      February 10, 2014 at 8:25 am

      Hooray for sticks!

      Reply
  6. Emma White says

    February 10, 2014 at 11:29 am

    Aw thanks for this looks fab im gonna get the kids to make them for grandma x

    Reply
  7. Nell@PigeonPairandMe says

    February 11, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    This is beautiful! Might just get the kiddiwinks to make one for their Dad….hope he’s doing something similar for me! 😉

    Reply
  8. Jess Paterson says

    January 18, 2015 at 10:51 pm

    This is lovely! I love the bright pink background, and I’m a sucker for twigs and wicker baskets so this is right up my street.

    Reply
  9. Ashley says

    January 25, 2015 at 5:13 pm

    This is such a lovely art project! I’ve featured it in a round-up of heart shaped art projects for this years Valentine’s Day on my blog here if you’d like to take a look: http://www.ashleypicanco.com/5-diy-valentines-day-canvases/ Thanks for sharing your creativity!

    Reply

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