DIY Valentine’s Day Heart Swag Craft with Scrap Wood

If you want a Valentine’s door decoration, this sweet swag will steal your heart. An easy DIY Valentine’s Day craft is a budget-friendly wood project you can make from scrap wood or new. I’ve included a template along with the tutorial to help you create your hearts.

A Budget DIY Project

I loved the trio of red bells I used on the porch for Christmas, and I decided a trio of red hearts would be a fun way to decorate for Valentine’s Day.

DIY Valentine’s Day Craft Supplies

I used a scrap piece of 8 x 1-inch pine wood for this Valentine’s Day Craft. If you are purchasing new wood, you will need an 8″ x 2′ x 1″ piece of pine for one swag.

Design Your Pattern

If you prefer, you can design your pattern or download this template for your convenience.

You can make your hearts any size that works for you. I used three different-sized hearts for this craft project.

Trace your design onto the wood. I decided to make two swags so you will see double the hearts on my board.

My husband agreed to cut the hearts using a scroll saw, and then he sanded the edges with a belt sander.

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Add age to the wood hearts

To make the hearts look older, I mixed black chalk paint with 50% water and did a quick wash over Valentine’s hearts.

Paint Valentine’s Day Craft

Next, you can paint your Valentine’s Day Hearts any color you wish. Mine are painted red with a coat of wax to seal them. You can use a spray sealer if you prefer.

How to Hang the DIY Valentine’s Day Project

If you want to hang your hearts, you will need small screw eyes and jute rope. You can drill a small pilot hole into the side of the heart so the screw eye can be easily attached.

Tip: I used a nail & hammer to tap a small hole, and it worked like a charm.

Finally, add one eye hook to each heart at the top of one side. This allows the hearts to hang slightly sideways.

I added an approx.โ€”location to add the eye screws on the template. My placement allows the hearts to hang in the position I desire.

It would be best if you played around with the length of your jute rope, depending on how you want your hearts to hang. Be sure to leave plenty of excess rope until you have everything adjusted. Tie a knot at the top of your jute rope to connect the hearts.

I initially used the heart swag on my guest bedroom door for this Guest Bedroom Valentine’s Day Tour.

Valentines Day Craft Idea - Wooden Hanging Heart swag Trio.

Then I added DIY Valentine’s Day Craft Swags to the front porch for winter. Please take a look at 5 Budget Friendly Winter Porch Ideas.

In addition, you can see the Scrap Fabric Heart Pillow here.

Front Porch with valentine's Day Decorations.  Hanging Wooden Heart Swags on white shutters

The swags look great all around the house. The forced blooms are showing up big time. Please take a look at How to Force Blooms in Winter.

Hanging Wooden Heart Swag for Valentines Day Decorations on vintage barn doors and crock with forced yellow bell stems.

DIY Wooden Hearts

You can also use the wooden hearts in several different ways. Here, they are tucked into the porch planters for another Valentine’s Day vignette. You can see the front porch styled with a Budget-Friendly Valentine’s Door Decor.

side view of porch with wooden hearts mixed with greenery in the planters and white heart baskets filled with flowers on the black shutters
Yield: one

DIY Valentine's Day Craft

DIY Valentine's Day Craft

Easy Triple Heart Wood Swag for Valentines

Prep Time 2 minutes
Active Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Materials

  • 8" x 2' x 1" Board or scape wood - for one swag
  • Black Chalk Paint
  • Red Chalk Paint
  • Wax
  • 3 Eye Screws
  • Jute Twine

Tools

  • Scroll Saw
  • Belt Sander

Instructions

  1. Print the template for the 3 hearts. Download here.
  2. Cut the hearts out and trace onto the wood board or scraps
  3. Cut the hearts using a scroll saw
  4. Sand the edges of the hearts with belt sander until smooth.
  5. Remove any dust with a tack cloth
  6. Paint the hearts with a 50/50 mix black chalk paint and water (allow to dry)
  7. Paint with red chalk paint. one or two coats.
  8. Once dry, add clear wax to seal and buff until smooth.
  9. Add eye hooks to center of each heart
  10. Add Jute Twine in a variety of lengths to the eye hooks

Notes

You can paint your hearts with any color of paint that you desire.

If you would like to move your heart swag to different areas, leave the jute twine long so you can adjust the placement of each heart.

Did you make this project?

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Thanks so much for stopping by today. I look forward to sharing my next adventure with you.

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  1. Rachel, these are super-cute and there are so many ways to use them! You have such a handy husband~I love that he participates in all your creative endeavors. Thanks for sharing.

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