Pinterest has many wonderful ideas for holiday crafts, including Valentine’s Day! While browsing through pins last week I stumbled upon a project from Southern Lovely. She made a Button Burlap Heart Canvas and I fell in love with the final product. I thought the idea was genius and decided to take it upon myself to create one for my own home. I changed the colors a bit and added a little something extra with the buttons I had left over. Have you fallen in love yet? You can make your own Valentine Button Heart Canvas too!
Ready to get crafty? Here is what you are going to need..
- 1 blank canvas
- pink paint
- paintbrush or sponge
- painter’s tape
- red buttons
- red felt or burlap
- hot glue gun
- ruler (optional for precision!)
First thing is first. This is the hardest part and it isn’t even so hard! Using your painter’s tape you are going to place down strips to create a horizontal pattern across the canvas. I found it much easier using a ruler to measure the width between the strips. The tape is going to act as your boundary and when it is removed you will have pink & white stripes.
Once your board is lined to your liking, begin painting the white areas with your choice of color. I went with Pink because it stayed within the Valentine theme. Black or red work too. The canvas will absorb the paint rather quickly so it may take 3-4 coats to get the color to appear. Allow to dry but not completely. The paint should be slightly wet when you remove the tape strips. Otherwise it becomes very difficult to get off.
As you begin removing the painter’s tape you may notice that some of the paint has bled through onto the sections of white. To clean this up you can use a damp q-tip which will smooth out the edges and remove the excess color. If the paint does not come off with ease, go back later with a thin paint brush and white paint to touch up those areas. While the canvas is drying you can move on to your button heart.
Create a heart out of red felt or burlap. This will add texture and depth to your canvas. Using a hot glue gun attach the red buttons all over the surface to cover any material showing. Once it is dry you can glue the button encrusted heart in the middle of your painted canvas.
Using the remainder of the red buttons I spelled out the word “LOVE” and used the hot glue gun to secure them on the bottom of the canvas. If you don’t have enough buttons you can use a different color paint or a paint pen to add wording.
The Valentine Button Heart Canvas can add a personal touch to your decorations next month or even act as a gift for someone special. Hang it in your living room, kitchen, or even bathroom to spread a little love throughout the home. Also, the word “love” can always be alternated for two people’s names or a Valentine message to your sweety!
That is incredibly cute. I would love to make one for myself. I have the perfect place to hang it, too 🙂
I LOVE this! I'm not a huge crafter, and sometimes things look a little *too* homemade, but this is great!
that's adorable. i wonder if i have enough buttons…
This is so colorful and cute!! So adorable for Valentine's Day!
It's not that these are just gorgeous, the red color is so strong! I love that! The color really pops and is a happy color, I love to look at!
Mitch
I love this idea. What a cute Valentine Craft.
That turned out so cute, I love it!! I've seen some button crafts before, but yours looks much better because of the solid red behind it. Makes it look much fuller! Great job!!
This is such a beautiful idea! I am totally going to make this with my kids this weekend because I have the buttons! -Amy
I can't get enough of the cute Valentine's projects I keep coming across. This would be so easy and I already have a lot of fabric that would make a great background (I'd have to buy buttons since I don't keep those on-hand.)
This is so frigging adorable! I love crafting with buttons because I'm not very crafty and they're so easy to work with!
This is so frigging adorable! I love using buttons for crafts because I'm not very crafty, and they're so easy to work with!
Oh, I just LOVE this! 😉 It's so pretty.
Such an easy Valentine's Day craft. It turned out super cute!
This is adorable. What a great idea for cheap decor and fun Valentines!
I love this. I'd would hang thing on our home. I'm so into doing valentine's crafts these day.
This would be so lovely to hang up for the month and not difficult to put together. I just love it!
I saw something similar on pinterest! very cute!
This is such a cute Valentine's Day craft! I like that you added the pink lines to the canvas – it really makes the red button heart stand out.
This is such an adorable Valentine's Day craft! I love the idea of buttons, and it's something that I might even manage to accomplish.
LOVE This!! Great idea and so pinnable!!
That is really cute! I love the look of the buttons on the design.
This is adorable. You've just inspired me to do something with a spare canvas I had! Pinned!
What a fun valentines day craft you could definitely use this as a base to work from and take it in many different directions – for more than just valentines day too. 🙂
So adorable – so many red buttons – Love it.
This is super cute! I thought about doing something similar to this. 🙂
This is a really cute and fun idea. Thanks for sharing.
This is adorable, Jessica! I love it! That would be a fun project to do with my daughter. Thanks for sharing your instructions.
These are so cute! I can't wait to make them with my kiddos!
This came out fantastic! I have so many buttons, I'm thinking I could use this concept to make a few pictures!