Tutorial Tuesday: Conversation Hearts Wreath

I'm not a big fan of Valentine's Day.  It's just a little too girly for me.  Plus I don't like the idea of having to romantic just because of a silly holiday.  But.... I do love making things with my kids.  So this year I'm trying not to be such a scrooge and decorate a little bit.  I loved how my candy corn wreath turned out.  It was on my door for at least a month and I only lost about 6 candies, so I decided to make one using conversation hearts.  

This is how I made it:

1) I took a straw wreath, conversation hearts and electrical tape.

2) I wrapped the tape all around the wreath

3) Then I used hot glue and glued the hearts onto the wreath

4) I alternated the hearts each row

Here's the whole thing covered.  It took three bags (from the dollar store)

5) To protect the candy from the weather, I used a acrylic glaze

6) I sprayed two layers of the glaze onto the hearts.

7) I added some ribbon and hung it on my door

And just like that, I have a fun Valentine's Day wreath!

Here's a close up.... no more "call me" hearts now they say "text me".  Ha!