Easy Valentine’s Day Craft: Birch Bark Heart Garland
Have you ever wanted to decorate for a holiday but the signature colors of that holiday just aren’t your favorite. That’s how I feel when decorating for Valentine’s Day. I’m not a huge fan of the color red. Pink is ok but in a house full of boys, it’s not the top of my list either. But you can decorate with colors other than the traditional colors. I’ve got a lot of white, gray and gold going on in my family room and I wanted to extend those natural colors to decorating for Valentine’s Day. So I made an Easy Valentine’s Day Birch Bark Heart Garland to add to my neutral decor.
I had some scraps of birch bark that I had leftover from my Birch Bark Angel Wings from Christmas. I knew I could use the scraps for a little project so I saved them. Can you say hello craft supply hoarder?
If you don’t have birch bark, you can find it at your local craft store or online. I got mine from Save-on-Crafts. You’ll need a good pair of scissors, a pen or pencil, twine and a heart template. I can’t draw an even heart so I just printed a template from a google image search.
Trace your heart template onto the back of the birch bark and cut out your hearts. I ended up cutting out 10 hearts for my garland. But of course you can cut out as many as you need.
I used a small hole punch and added a hole on both sides. Then I used some twine to connect the hearts together.
I draped the birch heart garland over my vintage ladder to add a little Valentine’s Day charm. But it would look great on a front porch or a fireplace mantel too.
Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day? If you liked this post please feel free to pin any of the images.
I love the rustic and natural look of these! Now, I just need to find some birch bark
Adrienne, this is darling! Love!!
These are so cute!! Thank you for linking up to Party Time and we hope to see you again next week!