Little Valentine's House Display

Hi everyone! I hope you are doing well. I've been creating a few crafts for Valentine's. Today we are creating a quick and simple Valentine's house display. I love working with scrap wood pieces that I find around our home. I found the little house during my Christmas shopping. I found it at my local Target store. It comes in a pack of two and it was for $1.00. It included the houses, along with paint. I decided to ditch the paint included in the pack since the colors were Christmas colors. If you're ready let's turn this little wood house into a sweet Valentine's house display.

Little Valentine's House Display

Painted mini house decoration with faux floral and heart fabric displayed on a windowsill

Craft materials such as, paint, mod podge, floral cutters and faux floral

Materials needed

One scrap square wood piece
One wood house
Mod podge
Acrylic paint
Paintbrush
Scissors
Floral cutters
Faux floral
Hot glue or any adhesive
One fabric heart decoration
Decorative craft paper
One pencil for tracing

wood square traced out on decorative paper and pencil on a table

Tracing the wood section onto decorative paper

Start by taking your wood square section and using your pencil, begin to trace it out onto your decorative craft paper. Once you have traced it out, use your scissors to cut out the traced shape.

Paintbrush, decorative paper, wood square and mod podge

Applying Mod Podge and craft paper

Next, take your Mod Podge and apply a thin coat to your wood section. Place your paper on top of your Mod Podge. I always use my blow dryer when I work with applying Mod Podge. Remove any creases or visible lines. Once you have done so, take your paintbrush and apply a thin layer on top of your decorative paper. Repeat the steps, and use your blow dryer over the top surface of your Mod Podge.

wood square, and acrylic paint on a table

Applying acrylic paint

Take your acrylic paint and apply it around the four sections of your wood piece.

unpainted mini house, acrylic paint and paintbrush on a table

You are now ready to apply your paint to your wooden house. I ended up combining my white and pink acrylic paints together. I did this when applying paint to the roof of my wooden house. I painted the rest of the house using my white paint.

Close up of painted roof of mini house decoration

Hand holding fabric heart over painted mini house decoration

Adding fabric heart

After, take your fabric heart and using hot glue add it to the front of your wooden house.

decoupaged wood square next to painted mini house

Attaching wooden house and wood square

Next, using either hot glue or another adhesive, add your wooden house to your wood square. I found that using an adhesive like E6000 worked much better. The hot glue left my wooden house with a larger gap between the house and the wood square. Definitely see what works better for you.

Faux floral, mini painted house, and floral cutters

Adding faux floral

Lastly, take your floral cutters and begin to cut your floral. I wanted to add three of my flowers to the wood section. I used a little hot glue when attaching my flowers to my wood square. I went with larger flowers, but feel free and go with any size floral that you choose.

Close up of mini painted house with faux floral and fabric heart

mini painted house decoration with faux floral and fabric heart

Your wooden Valentine's house display is complete. This lovely little house makes a great addition to a tiered tray near a heart garland, or near other Valentine-themed decorations. You can also display it on a fireplace mantel. I hope that you have enjoyed this simple craft creation. Be sure to let me know if you decide to create your very own. Thank you so much for stopping by. I'll see you soon.
Be sure to check out my recent Upcycled craft where I take an older craft and turn it into a sweet Valentine's hanging decoration. Upcycling an older craft
Also, be sure to check out my other craft blog over at https://stephcreatesthingsdiyhomeandcrafts.blogspot.com/

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