I love hanging up banners for any and every holiday! Two Christmases ago, I made a banner out of paint chips and I loved it, so I decided to create one for Valentine’s Day. I love using paint chips for several different reasons. First, they’re free! Which makes this a super affordable craft. Second, you can use any color scheme of paint chips you desire, so you’re guaranteed to match your room no matter what colors of decor you have!
I wanted this banner in my kitchen over the big window, so I went to the store and picked out paint chips of several different pastels, all of which match my kitchen.
While I was at the store I also picked up some pink ribbon, letter stickers, and a hole punch.
First, start by folding your paint chips in half.
Then, I cut out the shape of half of a heart with scissors.
When I got a heart shape that I was happy with, I used this as my guide to cut around on all of the other paint chips so that they were the same.
You definitely don’t need to do this. You could use a stencil, or template if you want, but half of a heart is pretty easy to freehand, so I just did that. You could also just freehand every heart and have each one be a little different. Totally up to you.
Once I had all of the hearts cut out, I took the hole punch and punched two holes in each heart.
Then, I threaded the ribbon through the holes.
I started out with the ribbon on the front of the hearts, but I decided I liked the look better when the ribbon was behind the heart. Again, this is up to you.
Once I had all the hearts strung, I used the pink, glittery letter stickers to spell out “Happy Valentine’s Day.” This is totally optional, but I liked it. Another idea would be to get smaller letters and make each heart look like a Sweetheart candy with little sayings like “Call Me”, “UR A QT”, etc.
At this point, your banner is ready to hang! This is one of the simplest and quickest crafts I have done in some time and it is so adorable! Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
