Send love to your friends and family with hearts. Krystin Fletcher brings families a Valentine’s-themed craft this month to try.
Materials:
Canvas or Heavy Cardstock
Contact Paper
A Variety of Pink & Red Craft Acrylic Paint
Q-Tips
Steps:
Begin by carefully cutting a large heart out of contact paper. You could also cut a few smaller hearts, if you prefer. If you don’t have contact paper,
you can create a stencil using cardstock and tape loops on the back.
Peel and stick your heart(s) onto your canvas, making sure they are secure and the edges are not peeling up.
Dip your cotton swab in some bright red paint and create a border around the heart. Don’t go all the way to the edge of the canvas with the red.
Then, with another cotton swab, dot the pink into the red dots and extend it beyond the red border. Repeat this step one more time with your lightest pink to extend to the edge of the canvas.
Allow to dry for at least 20 minutes before peeling up the contact paper.
Fun Tip: To get a confetti-like effect, concentrate the dots in the center around the border of the heart and less as you move away towards the edges of the canvas.
