Made from a wooden shapes and scrap ribbon, this Dollar Store Buffalo Check Heart Plaque will greet all your Valentine’s guests in style! It’s easy and inexpensive- get the supplies from the Dollar Store!
Create this super cute Dollar Store Buffalo Check Heart Plaque in just about 30 minutes (not including drying time)! A fun craft to make with your friends on a cold winter’s night.
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Buffalo Check Heart Plaque Supplies:
- Wooden Heart Plaque – Dollar Store
- Wooden LOVE Sign – Dollar Store
- Natural Jute Twine – Dollar Store
- Ribbon – Scraps in Shades of Red and Burlap
- Scroll down for complete list of materials
Buffalo Check Heart Plaque Instructions:
STEP ONE
Gather all supplies. Remove any rough edges off the wooden pieces with a sanding block.
Basecoat the wooden heart plaque with white craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.
STEP TWO
Starting in the middle, apply painter’s tape vertically through the center of the heart plaque. Use a small piece of painter’s tape as a spacer and continue applying vertical stripes of painter’s tape out to the right and left edges. Burnish the edges of the tape with a fingernail or bone folder.
Apply a light coat of light pink craft paint, let dry.
Apply a light coat of red craft paint using a dry brush, remove painter’s tape, and let paint dry completely. Don’t worry if your brush strokes show because it adds to the buffalo check effect.
STEP THREE
Starting in the middle, apply painter’s tape horizontally through the center of the heart plaque. Use a small piece of painter’s tape as a spacer and continue applying horizontal stripes of painter’s tape out to the top and bottom edges. Burnish the edges of the tape with a fingernail or bone folder.
Apply a light coat of light pink craft paint, let dry.
Apply a light coat of red craft paint using a dry brush, remove painter’s tape, and let paint dry completely.
STEP FOUR
With a small flat paintbrush, apply red craft paint in each square where the light red lines intersect, let dry. Apply a second coat, if necessary. Use the flat edge of the paintbrush to create the edges, and don’t worry about perfection for this step. Let paint dry completely.
STEP FIVE
Measure scraps of ribbon, burlap, lace, and trims that are 6” long. Stack in an “X” pattern on top of a 12” natural jute twine. Tie the jute twine tightly in the center of the ribbons, securing with a knot. Fluff ribbons, and then trim any excess ribbons with scissors.
STEP SIX
Attach wooden love sign to the center of the buffalo check heat with E6000 Adhesive.
Adhere the scrappy bow to the top right-hand side of the heart plaque with E6000.
Measure and cut a 12” length of natural jute twine and attach to the back of the heart as a hanger with E6000 Adhesive.
Print the Tutorial:
How Make a Buffalo Check Heart Plaque Craft
Made from a wooden shapes and scrap ribbon, this Dollar Store Buffalo Check Heart Plaque will greet all your Valentine’s guests in style!
Materials
- Wooden Heart Plaque – Dollar Store
- Wooden LOVE Sign – Dollar Store
- Natural Jute Twine – Dollar Store
- Ribbon – Scraps in Shades of Red and Burlap
Tools
- Craft Paint – Light Pink, Red and White
- E6000 Adhesive
- Paintbrush
- Painter’s Tape, 1 ½” Wide – Dollar Store
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Sanding Block
Instructions
STEP ONE
Gather all supplies. Remove any rough edges off the wooden pieces with a sanding block.
Basecoat the wooden heart plaque with white craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.
STEP TWO
Starting in the middle, apply painter’s tape vertically through the center of the heart plaque. Use a small piece of painter’s tape as a spacer and continue applying vertical stripes of painter’s tape out to the right and left edges. Burnish the edges of the tape with a fingernail or bone folder.
Apply a light coat of light pink craft paint, let dry. Apply a light coat of red craft paint using a dry brush, remove painter’s tape, and let paint dry completely. Don’t worry if your brush strokes show because it adds to the buffalo check effect.
STEP THREE
Starting in the middle, apply painter’s tape horizontally through the center of the heart plaque. Use a small piece of painter’s tape as a spacer and continue applying horizontal stripes of painter’s tape out to the top and bottom edges. Burnish the edges of the tape with a fingernail or bone folder.
Apply a light coat of light pink craft paint, let dry. Apply a light coat of red craft paint using a dry brush, remove painter’s tape, and let paint dry completely.
STEP FOUR
With a small flat paintbrush, apply red craft paint in each square where the light red lines intersect, let dry. Apply a second coat, if necessary. Use the flat edge of the paintbrush to create the edges, and don’t worry about perfection for this step. Let paint dry completely.
STEP FIVE
Measure scraps of ribbon, burlap, lace, and trims that are 6” long. Stack in an “X” pattern on top of a 12” natural jute twine. Tie the jute twine tightly in the center of the ribbons, securing with a knot. Fluff ribbons, and then trim any excess ribbons with scissors.
STEP SIX
Attach wooden love sign to the center of the buffalo check heat with E6000 Adhesive. Adhere the scrappy bow to the top right-hand side of the heart plaque with E6000. Measure and cut a 12” length of natural jute twine and attach to the back of the heart as a hanger with E6000 Adhesive.
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