Valentine’s Heart Lantern
This craft is a great craft to make with the family. It’s really easy to do, and it looks like you spent HOURS on it! Trust me all of your friends will be impressed with your talents! These Valentine’s Day crafts take less than 30 minutes to make each jar. Get the whole family in on it, and you will have an adorable set of jars to decorate your home for Valentine’s day!
Here are the supplies that you need:
- Tissue paper (white, pink, red, purple)
- Mod Podge
- Paint brushes
- Mason or Ball Jars
- Red Acryclic Paint
- Red Glitter
- Small piece of card stock (to make your stencil)
- Precision Paper cutting scissors
Once you have gathered all of your supplies, make sure your Mason jars are clean and dry.
Then tear the tissue paper into small pieces and set aside.
On a piece of card stock, draw the shape of a heart. If you don’t want to draw it free hand, you can always print the heart template here, and trace it on your card stock.
With your paper cutting scissors, cut out your heart shape. Set the cut out aside. If you cut through the bottom of the cardstock, retape it so you have a heart stencil. Cut the edges of the stencil so you don’t have a lot of excess paper.
Tape the stencil to your jar with tape. Make sure it’s secure, but that the tape doesn’t cover any of the center of the stencil.
With your Modge Podge and tissue paper, cover the inside of your heart stencil. When you are done, gently remove the stencil. Make sure to not remove any of the tissue paper with the stencil.
With a fine paint brush, take your red paint and define the edges of the heart with paint. This gives it a more defined look.
Once your heart is completely outlined, paint the entire rest of the jar (minus the heart) red.
As you are painting, coat the red paint with red glitter. You can add as much or as little as you like, but the more the merrier in my opinion!
Continue painting and sprinkling until the entire jar is coated in glitter and paint. Set aside and let it dry!
To get the Valentine’s heart lantern look, use a tealight or small votive candle to light up your heart!
You might also enjoy making this Heart Picture Frame Craft!
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Tonya says
So pretty! I can see my daughter and I having a lot of fun making one of these together. Thanks!
Crunchy Frugalista says
I can’t wait to hear how yours turn out! Have fun!
Emily says
Very cute! Looks doable even for me, I’m not very crafty. haha.
Crunchy Frugalista says
Yep, even the “non crafty” can have fun with this one. If it doesn’t turn out symmetrical just say you were going for the anatomical version of the heart 😉
Amber Edwards says
OH I love Glitter! That is so cute! I love it!
Crunchy Frugalista says
Yes, there was glitter EVERYWHERE after this craft. My daugthers thought it was fabulous!
Jeannette says
What a cute craft and it looks easy to make! The kids would love this – thanks for sharing.
Crunchy Frugalista says
You’re very welcome. It’s super easy to do, and clean up isn’t too bad either.
Ronni Keller says
SO cool!! I could even do that too!!
Crunchy Frugalista says
Lol, I am sure you could Ronni.
Brooke says
I wonder if I could do a zombie heart version of this (green glitter maybe?) with the boys since the youngest is really into them right now.
Crunchy Frugalista says
We are a zombie friendly family. So I would definitely encourage a zombie heart! My kids are enjoying calling me bait since I am hurt right now. Hope the zombie apocalypse doesn’t come anytime soon!
Mariah says
How adorable! I love this! I think I may make it with my students at school!
Crunchy Frugalista says
Let me know how that turns out with a class Mariah. I have a Girl Scout friend that wants to know how it will turn out with a group!
Rhonda YVSG says
Wow, how cool is that! Great craft project for a Valentine’s Day party. Oh and I love your pinterest board!
Crunchy Frugalista says
Thanks, Rhonda. Pinterest has so many awesome ideas for Valentine’s Day!
Motherhood on the Rocks says
These are super cute! I think I’m going to make one this year
Crunchy Frugalista says
Can’t wait to hear how it turns out for you!
Monique says
I think my little ones would love this! I could see a few of these on my dining room windowsill. 🙂
Crunchy Frugalista says
They are so fun to make, and even little little ones can help
michelle says
ok I know this may be a stupid question lol but what is modge podge lol i want to do this with my kids 🙂
Crunchy Frugalista says
There are NO stupid questions ;). Mod podge is a craft glue. Here’s a link to Amazon so you can see what it looks like http://amzn.to/SpDNek My kids and I call it modge podge. It’s more fun to say it that way 😉
Amy says
Is the tissue paper on the outside of the jar or the inside?
Crunchy Frugalista says
You can do either, but I did it with the paper on the outside, where the stencil is taped.
Jean says
These came out so well! I’d like to make a whole bunch and decorate the table. My sweet daughters love to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
saminder gumer says
this is an amazing craft and seems pretty easy to make. i will have to try it out this year.
susan king says
Love and am going to use some of these !
tristan lindsay says
I LOVE this idea. I am so going to try it with my four kids this week-end.
Ashley Sears says
Tristan, so glad you love the idea. Have fun with it. You can do so many variations with it. We made them as candy jars one year.
Alison Palmer says
I loved doing this with my granddaughter. Also it would work for Hallowe’en, Thanksgiving, Christmas and on and on. I’d better stock up on glitter!
Ashley Sears says
We do also have a Halloween lantern pattern here too 🙂 Hope you have a blast doing them with your granddaughter https://quirkyinspired.com/halloween-crafts/