Easy, Budget Friendly Valentine’s Day Banner

How to make a simple Valentine’s Day banner in no time with recycled and inexpensive supplies.

Hey everyone! I hope you a great weekend! Today I want to share a couple of really simple and inexpensive projects including this easy Valentine’s Day Banner and Valentine’s Day vignette. This is one of my favorite projects because it’s so crazy simple and you could make one for any holiday or party. Everyone has cereal or other cardboard boxes in their home. Well, this is a great way to recycle some of that.

 

 

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Here’s what you’ll need:

• a couple of cardboard cereal boxes (or more, depending on how long you want your banner)
• scrapbook paper
• Stencils of whatever size letter and font you like
• craft paint
• spray adhesive
• scissors
• pencil
• ruler

I started out by breaking down the boxes so they were flat and then I cut them apart into separate pieces. I drew out a pattern on what was the inside of the box with a ruler. I like the shape and thought it would be easy to stencil.

 

 

Then I cut the shape out and traced it on to 3 more sections of cardboard so that I had 4 pieces exactly the same size to spell out LOVE.

Although I adore red for Christmas, I’m not a huge fan of bright red, in your face, Valentine’s Day decorations so I picked out some neutral scrapbook paper to use for this project…

 

 

I flipped the paper over to the back and traced the cardboard template out…

 

 

I cut out the scrapbook paper in the shape of the cardboard and then used the spray adhesive to adhere it directly on to the cardboard. The trick with this is to do a few light coats not one thick one.

 

 

I left about 1/4 of an inch at the top so that I could bend it over to hold the twine I was going to use to hang the banner. I arranged the pieces in the order I wanted the colors to be and then I began to stencil. I mixed some different paint colors together until I found a version of red that I liked….

 

 

I used a regular glue stick on the top of each piece and bent it over with the twine behind it. I used clothes pins along the edge overnight to help it stick.

 

 

This was such an easy project and only cost $2.50 to make (basically the cost of the scrapbook paper) I love that it’s a more neutral Valentine’s Day decor and not too over the top. I just think it looks HAPPY!

The rest of the Valentine’s Day vignette is made up of a few quick projects. These wooden signs were made from pieces of left over MDF I had from another project. I painted it white and then distressed the edges a bit with sandpaper. I cut the heart out of more scrapbook paper and used the spray adhesive to glue it to the board.

 

 

To make the XO sign, I simply painted the wood, sanded down the edges and stenciled the letters in the same color I did the letters on the banner.

 

 

I purchased this box for $4 at a thrift store.  It was a kind of gross brown when I got it but add some chalk paint and stenciled letters and it becomes a cute DIY Valentine’s Day project with this letters box.

 

 

The white pitchers are my go to and look so pretty with the pink flowers. I added the key and scrapbook paper heart.

 

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This wooden pennant I made from wood chips my husband cut from a log. I tied everything together with the same color reddish pink.

 

 

I really like the way it turned out! What a super easy and inexpensive Valentine’s Day vignette! Do you have some Valentine’s Day projects planned??

 

 

 

Happy DIY’ing!!

Col

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