One nice thing about Valentine’s Day is that it really can be celebrated for weeks. Growing up, my mom always called February the love month and we celebrated all month long.
So, keeping the tradition alive, I thought it would be fun to decorate with love.
This project is really easy and I love the way it turned out.
All you need is a frame, pretty paper (I used a silver sparkly piece), Eucalyptus and hot glue. You can buy a bouquet of Eucalyptus at any craft or floral store.
If you’ve ever twisted a petal off of Eucalyptus, you’ll find it looks just like a heart, making it a great Valentine’s craft material. Plus, it smells wonderful!
First, twist a bunch of the petals off of your Eucalyptus branch.
Then line a piece of cardboard with pretty paper and put it into a frame. Leave the glass out.
You can trace a heart onto your paper and then cover the outline by glueing petals over it.
Then just layer petals around and on top of each other until your heart is filled in. I purposely only used a tiny bit of glue so the ends would curl up. It makes it 3-dimensional that way.
Then prop or hang in your home where you can enjoy it all month (or year) long!
Happy Love Month!
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This is beautiful! I didn’t realize eucalyptus had heart-shaped leaves.
I know…it works out perfectly 🙂
This is so sweet!! I need to start thinking about vday! 🙂
I love your eucalyptus leaf heart. It is really beautiful and could be displayed year-round.
Love Month!!! Will let my hubby know 🙂 This is a great project, and one I can defiantly get the kiddos involved in!
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This is super cute! I think I’d like to try it and paint the eucalyptus leaves. 🙂
If you do that, I’d love to see it! Sounds neat!
JOHN! don’t forget valentines day, and the next!
🙂
Thanks for keeping the tradition alive! When your heart is filled with love, it takes more than one day to share it with all those you love!! HAPPY LOVE MONTH INDEED! 🙂
xoxox
This is adorable!! I love it so much!
Thanks! It was fun to make!
This is such a cute idea! Happy LOVE month!
Happy Love Month!
That’s cute!
Thanks!!
SO pretty!!!
Thank you!