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How To Make A Painted Love Sign

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Tonya here… with less than 4 weeks until Valentine’s Day it’s time to start thinking about making gifts for those we love, and decorating our home to celebrate the people we love. I’m going to show you how to make an easy Valentine’s Day art project that’s perfect for your walls, but also makes a lovely gift, and can be left up year-round. Thank you to Testors.com for sponsoring this post. All opinions are my own.

 

See the little ‘love’ pallet sign hanging above my reading chair in the photograph above? That’s what we are going to be making.

What you need:

  • Plain wood sign (I found this one at Walmart for $2.97 – or make your own, you just need a piece of wood, hemp cord, and a staple gun)
  • Testors Craft 3oz Aerosol Paint – White Wedding Gloss and Gold Metallic
  • Testors Craft Acrylic 2oz Paint – Star Dust Glitter Burst and Deep Sea
  • Sticks
  • Stencil, or alternatively I’ll show you how to print your own below.
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Hot glue

Using the White Wedding Gloss Testors Craft 3oz Aerosol Paint lightly spray 3 coats of paint over the wood sign. By allowing each coat to dry before doing the next and just adding a light spray each time, you’ll still see the wood grain coming through and give your sign a shabby chic look.

Next, you can either use a stencil, or create your own, then trace around with a pencil to create the word ‘love’ replacing the ‘o’ with a heart. I created my own using PicMonkey.

Paint each letter with two to three coats of Testors Craft Acrylic in Deep Sea (allowing each coat to dry before applying the next).

Break sticks into pieces small enough to fit onto the heart … this is great if you have a child who loves to collect sticks from the yard or on nature walks.

Using the Testors Craft Aerosol in Gold Metallic apply a couple of coats of paint to each of the stick pieces.

Attach your sticks to the wood sign using hot glue.

Using the Testors Craft Acrylic in Star Dust Glitter Burst apply a coat to each of the letters.

And, there you have it, a lovely sign to hang up in your home for Valentine’s Day, and every day.

Take a look at my other Testors crafts too:

Here’s one of our favorites crafts that makes a lovely DIY gift… A Handmade Breakfast Tray For Dad

 

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DIY painted love pallet sign
 

 

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127 Comments

  21. I’d love to make a house sign. For the dining room- a sign depicting our last name and the individual names of each family member. Something warm and cozy with earth tones.

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  32. We always make our own cards; we made candy stuffed felt hearts once. This year we are making cookies for friends. We just love DIY gifts!

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  42. I like to make homemade Valentine’s with my daughter. We also make her a collection box for school at home too for her exchange there.

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  46. I’m not doing any DIY for Valentine’s Day, but I am doing many DIY projects for my upcoming wedding. Centerpieces, invitations, place cards, etc. Thank you!

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  48. We are making heart beaded bracelets. Taking pipe cleaners and beads. Great gifts for anyone. I’m a room parent for my kids school.

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  54. I love making canvas art with the kids. They pick 3 or. 4 acrylics & then we use masking tape to made the shape of hearts on the canvas. Then I let them go to town with the paint on the canvas. When it’s dry, we peel the tape off & hearts are there. Super fun & family & friends love getting them as gifts. Wish I could post a pic here. Maybe I’ll post it on your FB post 😊

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  61. We make cards and usually heart shaped cookies or mini cakes. This week my granddaughter and I made some bead necklaces.

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  65. I haven’t done much crafting lately. I have a 2 year old and my others are college aged. I get lots of ideas but little follow through.

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  67. My nephew likes to color pictures for my boyfriend and I., as well as for his grandparents.

    I myself like to go on Pinterest for inspiration on a diy gift for my boyfriend every year. Last year it was baking soda/essential oil shower vapor disks to help him wake up and get a good start in the morning.

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  69. My kiddos LOVE to paint, ANYTHING!!! As long as there is paint involved!!! And glitter… 😉 I prefer crafts like the one we made yesterday for their teachers; cut a cute design out of a Valentine’s Day gift bag & framed it, put cute little bows on them & will also give a dry erase marker so they can use them on their desks for jotting down notes, to-do lists, etc.! Thanks!

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  71. I love anything with hearts on it. I like to make cards and cookies in the shape of hearts. It is festive and fun on a cold day.

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  72. A great Valentine’s Day craft I have done with my girls is a puzzle piece frame. Take an old puzzle that is missing pieces (if you have kids, you have one). Paint the puzzle pieces red. Get a photo of your child. A head shot looks best, so maybe a school picture. Glue the puzzle pieces together around the picture. You’ll need 2 layers of puzzle pieces. Then decorate. We’ve just used a dotting tool and dotted them in pink and white. We’ve used nail gems and glued those on. We’ve also added a ribbon to hang the frame with. Finally, glue magnets to the back of the frame. Ta da! You have a cute photo frame for the fridge!!

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  79. That is so lovely. The texture the little sticks bring on the heart is great. I love the fact you didn’t need any expensive equipment to make this either.

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  84. We have been using different things to stamp with paint. I cut a heart out of a potato and my toddler dipped in paint and stamped. We also made a toilet paper roll heart.

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  90. I think mt g-son and I would like to paint rocks in festive Valentine’s Day hearts. I have so many great design ideas!

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  93. Love your ‘love’ sign (pardon the pun 😉 ! It looks like so much fun to make and accessible, too. Using sticks to create the heart just makes it all the more interesting and creative. Such a great idea 🙂

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  94. My kids and I are going to be making their Valentine’s day card and I’d like to make a heart necklace with my kids im currently looking up crafts to do with them

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  97. I really enjoy making signs and whatever other projects I can paint. Not very good at it but still enjoy making lots of cute signs for our home. We live on our SS in an expensive area so need to find ways to save money for art, more fun that way to us. Haven’t ever tried Testors paint so would be great chance to try it making this sign. Always open to try new ideas and supplies.
    Happy Sunday

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  99. We made a wreath with valentine’s day colored felt circles. This year I’m thinking about making one using scrap fabrics

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  105. I don’t craft too much for Valentines day but I usually make a card for my husband. I also usually bake something heart shaped.

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  107. We like all kinds of crafts! My kids are grown up now but we still like to make Valentines using all kinds of multi media.

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  109. My kids love to make their own Valentine’s. Last year we made my parents a sign from old pallets and the hearts were their handprints.

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  116. My kids and I love cutting out hearts and making homemade valentines day cards for family and friends!
    We also make their own Valentines Day Card mailboxes for their Valentines Day party at school.
    Last year we made a minions box, robot box and a Unicorn box for valentines day!

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  117. Love the idea! I paint rocks and have been thinking about trying my hand with signs. Would LOVE to win these paints to try!

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  120. I usually bake something special for Valentine’s Day. My grandson and I will probably make a little craft item for his Mom 😉

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  124. My two girls are older now. My youngest is a junior at ole miss is Oxford which is a 3 hour drive from home. My oldest daughter graduated last year in radiation, got married and just found out they are expecting our first grand. I enjoy making them valentines cards then put happies with the card and they always live it.

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    • My sister makes her own jewelry and sometime I help. Most of the time; I just do creative projects with my grandchildren

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