From Christmas to Valentine's: A Love-Filled Tinsel Heart

The Christmas lights and tinsel have finally come down, leaving front yards and porches decidedly naked, and the storage bins in the basement filled up yet again. Isn’t it a shame to get only one holiday out of a big box of decor? We think so!

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It’s time to head on down the stairs, open up that box marked “X-mas Decor,” and haul out a string of lights and some tinsel garland!

If your approach to Valentine’s Day has a bit of a sense of humor, we think this heart’s the one for you. It’s big, shiny and lights up red in the middle! If that doesn’t make you smile, we don’t know what will.

More for Valentine’s Day: No-Skill Glitter Heart Necklace

You’re likely to have a little cardboard lying around the house, so you probably won’t have to head to the store for much - which is always a bonus! On top of that, it won’t take you more than half an hour to pull this craft together, which leaves you with plenty of time to come up with more ways to say “I love you!”

Materials:

• Cardboard heart cut out

• Tinsel garland

• Ornament

• Stick

• Ball ornament

• Ribbon

• String of Christmas lights

• Feathers

• Red duct tape

Tools:

• Hot glue gun

• Scissors

• Utility knife

• Metal saw

Instructions:

1. Cut your cardboard into a heart with a hole in the center.

2. Cover the hole with strips of red duct tape and pierce little holes in the tape (Consider the sticky side of the tape the back of the heart)

3. Poke the light bulbs from the string through the holes.

4. Hot glue a “frame” of tinsel around the outside edge of the front of the heart, letting long tails hang from the bottom of the heart.

5. Cut tinsel garland into pieces and loosely knot into balls.

6. Hot glue tinsel balls to the entire front of heart.

7. Tie a ribbon and glue feathers to one end of a stick.

8. Tie ball ornament to the end of the garland tail.

9. Pierce the stick through the middle of the light hole and secure it to the back with more tape.

For more on left-over Christmas decor and what to do with it, check out these links:

• 7 Tips For Packing Up Your Holiday Ornaments For Next Year

• Use Your Leftover Gift Wrap To Make This Awesome Photo Booth

• 3 New Ways To Use Christmas Ornaments

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