DIY Valentines Day Decor from Dollar Tree Wall Tiles

Do you decorate for each holiday? This standing heart set is made from Dollar Tree wall tiles and makes the perfect DIY Valentines Day decor!

I enjoy decorating for every holiday, but don’t want to spend big bucks on high-end holiday decor!

So instead, I challenge myself to make decor from inexpensive items!

Dollar Tree is one of my go-to places to buy items to makeover!

Today, we’ll be using their vintage-inspired wall tiles to make a standing heart set!

I would love to take credit for coming up with this idea, but I was inspired by these Christmas trees made by Cindy at DIY Beautify.

As soon as I saw them, I knew I wanted to make a heart version for Valentine’s Day!

Here’s what I came up with!

If you love them as much as I do, run to Dollar Tree and buy their self-adhesive wall tile!

Now let me show you how I made them!

Steps to Make a Standing Heart Set

Gather

Gather or purchase the following items to complete this project:

• Self-adhesive wall tile- Dollar Tree
• Card stock
• Wooden skewer- Dollar Tree
• Wood beads (3 sizes)- Amazon
• Wood candlestick 1/2″ hole- Hobby Lobby
• Wood glue
• Miter shears
• Thin marker
• White Paint-Waverly Chalk-Snow White
• Paintbrush
• Clear wax- Annie Sloan
• Brown wax- Valspar Dark Satin Acrylic Antiquing Wax
• Wax brushes
• Lint-free paper towels
• Dark Gray or black paint- Annie Sloan- Graphite

Prep

At Christmastime, Rich and I made unique Christmas trees from scrap wood trim pieces and used wooden candlesticks for the bases.

I had three candlesticks left over, and thought they would work great for the bases of my heart stands.

So, I decided to make a template first, to see if my idea would work!

Make templates

First, I made heart templates from cardstock.

I traced the inside of a Dollar Tree heart wreath for the largest heart and a cookie cutter for the smallest heart.

I did not have anything to use for the medium heart, so I folded a piece of cardstock in half and drew a heart that was in between the large and small sizes!

Next, I taped beads and a skewer to each candlestick and then taped the heart template to each one to see if I liked the idea!

It appears that this will work, so let’s carry on with the project!

Glue beads and skewer to candlestick

Place a small amount of wood glue around the edge of the candlestick.

Press the bead into it, making sure the hole is straight up and down.

Place the skewer inside to make sure the bead is properly placed.

Let dry.

Use two beads for the medium-sized stand and three beads for the largest stand.

Prepare tiles

Put your heart template over the tile and draw around it with a thin black marker.

Cut out the hearts.

Note the white sticky backing will fall away.

Paint

Paint the hearts and the candlesticks white.

Let dry.

Continue this step until you get the coverage you like.

I did three coats.

Distress

At first, I sanded the heart so that the silver would show through.

Unfortunately, it was very faint and did not give me the look I was going for.

So I would skip this step if I were you!

Antique with wax

Cover each heart with clear wax.

Then, put the brown wax over it and wipe it off with a lint-free paper towel.

Do the same thing to the wooden stands.

*Tip- don’t forget to use clear wax first, it makes it easy to remove the brown wax and keeps it from getting too dark!

Distress with paint

Since the first distressing technique did not work, I’m going to distress with paint instead!

I’m using a brush that’s flat on the bottom.

Dip it into the paint and blot off all of the excess paint onto a paper towel.

Dab the paintbrush onto the high points of the tile.

Now the hearts look like they were made from antique tin tiles!

Assemble the heart stands

Cut the wooden skewers

Lay a ruler on your table and put the base over the ruler.

I placed the smallest heart one inch from the wood bead and used a pencil to mark the skewer at the top of the heart.

Then, I used miter shears the cut the wood skewer on the pencil mark.

I measured two inches up the skewer for the medium stand and three inches for the tallest stand.

Adhere the hearts

Use a hot glue gun to adhere the hearts to the skewer.

Be careful when using a glue gun because it is very hot and can burn you.

We recommend using silicone finger protectors.

Display Your DIY Valentines Day Decor

If you’re interested in making DIY Valentines Day decor I hope you’ll try making these vintage-inspired heart stands!

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Blessings, Donna and Rich

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