DIY Valentine's Day Garland

I love decorating for the holidays but unfortunately I just did not have the time to get Valentine's Day decorations up this year.  With V-day being this Thursday, I felt it was necessary to have at least one decoration up so I decided to make some last minute heart garland with supplies I had lying around the house.  Not only is this garland the cutest but it is also super simple.

Supplies:

Cardstock

Ribbon

Glitter

Glue

Thread

Heart punch or stencil

Paint brush

First I punched out all the hearts needed for my garland.  I decided on 9 hearts which were made up of three different cardstock colors.  Depending on the size of your garland, you may choose to use more hearts.  To cut out the hearts, I used my Martha Stewart heart punch but if you don't own one no worries.  Just use a heart shaped stencil instead.

I decided to coat my red hearts in red glitter.  I used a paint brush to apply the glue to the heart and then poured on the glitter.  I must say I love glitter.

Since I was going to use thread to hang my hearts, I needed to put a tiny hole in the top of each heart.  Just find something pointy around the house to make these holes. 

Now hang each heart on a piece of thread.  I then attached all my hearts to a piece of ribbon by poking a hole in the center of the ribbon and pulling the thread, which the heart is hanging on, through the hole.  In the back of the ribbon make a knot big enough that the thread won't slide through the hole you created.

And there you have it!  A quick and fun Valentine's Day decoration.

What do you think?  

St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner.  How cute would shamrock garland be!!