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You are here: Home / Crafts / Valentines / How To Make A Painted Rustic Heart Decoration With Wood Slices

How To Make A Painted Rustic Heart Decoration With Wood Slices

29th January 2020 by Claire Armstrong 24 Comments

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DIY rustic heart for Valentines

After Christmas, my favourite holiday to craft for is Valentine’s. That’s probably has something to do with it also being my birthday. This year I have made a cute painted rustic heart decoration with small wood slices.

Wood slices are really fun to craft with and come in a variety of sizes. In the past, I’ve made some fun Christmas ornaments with them. One of a Christmas pudding and the other a funky Frida Kahlo ornament.

This rustic heart is actually made up of tiny wood slices. The wood slices were a purchase mistake by a friend of mine. She had ordered them online and hadn’t checked the size and was expecting much larger wood slices than she got.

Instead of throwing them away, my friend passed them on to me. She knew I would find something wonderful to make with them. That’s when I got the idea of making a Valentine’s rustic heart decoration with them.

Instead of leaving the wood slices natural, I thought it would be lovely to paint them in the colours associated with Valentine’s day. That is reds and pinks.

The painted wood slices look a bit like geode slices and match the felt rug I made out of recycled sweaters.

The rustic heart fits so much in with my decor, I will keep it up all year on my gallery wall. Hearts aren’t just for Valentine’s day!

small wood slices for rustic heart

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What You Need To Make A Wood Slice Heart

  • Small wood slices – I used 12 mini wood slices between 2-3cm in diameter. You can easily buy these very cheaply online or in your local craft shops. As these wood slices are small it would be easy to cut your own from a branch.
  • Old picture frame for upcycling – You can find these very easily in your local charity shops. The one I used was 30cm by 40cm.
old picture frame for upcycling
  • Acrylic paint in assorted pinks, reds & white (for mixing)
  • Fine paintbrushes
  • Gorilla Mounting Tape Squares
  • Red Spray Paint
  • White card or mounting board

How To Make A Valentine’s Rustic Heart Decoration

1. Firstly, prepare the frame for the mounting of the wood slice heart. Remove the old picture and glass, then spray paint the frame red.
spray painting frame red

2. Next, paint the wood slices. I painted them in a series of striped rings, in various hues of pinks and reds. I used the natural ring lines on the wood slices as a guide.

painting the wood slices

3. Next, cut the white mounting card to fit the picture frame.

frame and painted wood slices

4. Arrange the painted wood slices on the mounting card into a rustic heart shape. Once you are happy with the design stick each wood slice down using the Gorilla mounting tape squares.

First, cut each tape square in half and stick one to the back of every wood slice. Then, carefully peel the remaining plastic off the tape and stick the wood slice to the white card. Making sure to keep the rustic heart shape.

rustic heart decoration
taking tape of mounting square

6. To finish off this rustic Valentine’s decoration simply place the mounted heart in the upcycled picture frame.

framed painted rustic heart
rustic heart for Valentine's day

This isn’t the first rustic heart I have made for Valentine’s day, last year I made a pine cone flower heart.

I’ve also made Scandi woven hearts out of denim and wool too in the past. And I have combined natural elements with felt to make a gorgeous embroidered heart Valentine’s decoration.

I’ve even used some rustic pallet wood for the backing of a neon Valentine’s heart sign.

I know I’ve said that this rustic heart was Valentine’s day it will, however, be added to my gallery wall where it will stay up all year round.

Wood slice Valentine's heart

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Filed Under: Crafts, Valentines Tagged With: heart, pink, rustic heart, valentines, valentines day, wood slice, wood slices

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Comments

  1. Sandi

    10th February 2020 at 10:23 pm

    I love this. It’s on my bucket list

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      11th February 2020 at 5:41 pm

      Thank you, it was fun to make.

      Reply
  2. Julie

    9th February 2020 at 3:57 pm

    Beautiful and a great use of that frame.
    I have a whole collection of frames I’ve picked up at charity shops that are waiting for their promised makeover!
    I love how the ring colours echo your beautiful felt rug.

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      10th February 2020 at 11:07 am

      Thank you, Julie. Funny, it wasn’t until I finished the heart that I realized it matched the rug.

      Reply
  3. Pamela

    7th February 2020 at 2:47 pm

    So unique and beautiful!

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      7th February 2020 at 9:34 pm

      Aww, thank you so much.

      Reply
  4. creativejewishmom/sara

    6th February 2020 at 10:27 am

    love it Claire and completely surprised as I just assumed from afar that it was coils of felt scraps! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      6th February 2020 at 8:17 pm

      Thank you, Sara. That has given me an idea!

      Reply
  5. Donna @ Modern on Monticello

    4th February 2020 at 6:28 pm

    I have so many wood slices from the trees in our yard and always looking for creative projects for them. Thanks for sharing a great idea at #HomeMattersParty

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      5th February 2020 at 7:58 pm

      I love crafting wood slices there are so many wonderful things you can make.

      Reply
  6. Michelle Leslie

    3rd February 2020 at 11:45 am

    So cute Claire and I’m totally with you. Valentine’s decor should stay up the whole year, especially when it’s something special like the wood slice heart

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    • Claire Armstrong

      4th February 2020 at 1:15 pm

      Thank you, Michelle. I love to decorate with hearts, it’s a very Scandi thing.

      Reply
  7. Bhawna

    3rd February 2020 at 5:00 am

    Such a simple and cute project. I am helping plan a valentine’s party for my daughter’s class and this will be a perfect project for a table of 5 kids. Thank you for the share.

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      3rd February 2020 at 11:38 am

      Thank you, I hope it goes well they should enjoy the painting.

      Reply
  8. Linda at Mixed Kreations

    2nd February 2020 at 2:26 pm

    Aww what a fun project and it turned out really cute!

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      3rd February 2020 at 11:38 am

      Thank you so much Linda.

      Reply
  9. Beth Watson

    31st January 2020 at 2:07 pm

    Quick and easy tutorial, but so hip and modern! Love your style! <3

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      31st January 2020 at 4:02 pm

      Aww, thank you that’s lovely to hear.

      Reply
  10. Allyson

    31st January 2020 at 2:24 am

    Wow, love this so much! It looks great ~ Pinned. I’m visiting from Artsy Fartsy Mama. If interested, I shared abstract art gift bags #29. Have a nice weekend!

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      31st January 2020 at 4:02 pm

      Thank you, I’ll take a look at them.

      Reply
  11. Rebecca Payne

    31st January 2020 at 12:19 am

    I love this idea. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      31st January 2020 at 4:01 pm

      Thank you, it was fun to make.

      Reply
  12. anastasia

    30th January 2020 at 10:42 am

    simple but useful. The decoration looks nice. I love it.

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      30th January 2020 at 9:04 pm

      Thank you, so much. It does look good in my home.

      Reply

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