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Rainbow-Heart Door Hanger

June 28, 2013 by Aida 3 Comments

Rainbow-Heart Door Hanger | The Crafting Foodie

A rainbow-heart door hanger. Hearts and rainbows. They're the center of my four year-old's universe. The only items missing are "gems" (a.k.a. rhinestones). Oh, and glitter. Two out of four of her favorites isn't bad.

I've been eyeing this lovely craft for some time. I originally saw a rainbow-heart door hanger on the blog A Little Learning for Two. I couldn't let Softers see it on my Pinterest board because she would've insisted that we drop everything (including her baby sister) and make this rainbow-heart door hanger.

The materials for the project are all items you probably already have around the house. The first step is to make a heart template. I picked out a frozen waffle box from the recycling bin to make the original template.

Using the original heart template, I traced six more hearts, creating seven total hearts (one for each color of the rainbow).

Rainbow-Heart Door Hanger | The Crafting Foodie

Then using some heavy-duty cardboard (I used a box from the mail), I traced the hearts and cut them out. In order for the colors to really show up on the cardboard, we decided to paint the brown cardboard hearts white.

Rainbow-Heart Door Hanger|The Crafting Foodie

After the white paint dried, my budding crafter/artist, thoroughly enjoyed sorting the hearts by size then stacking the pieces up to make two full sets of hearts.

Rainbow-Heart Door Hanger | The Crafting Foodie

Using our favorite acronym – ROY G BIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet), the hearts were painted the colors of the rainbow. Rainbow-Heart Door Hanger|The Crafting Foodie

Rainbow-Heart Door Hanger | The Crafting Foodie

Once all of the hearts dried, we hot glued them together. Using a ribbon from a birthday gift, we strung them up, and hung them on the playroom door.

Rainbow-Heart Door Hanger | The Crafting Foodie

We are already making plans for another rainbow door hanger. This time we're thinking of making it in the shape of an actual rainbow or a unicorn.

Rainbow-Heart Door Hanger

Materials:

Cardboard (to create a template)

Marker/Pen

Scissors

Thick Cardboard (I used a carboard box from the mail)

Paint

Paintbrushes

Glue

Ribbon

1- Create a heart template out of cardboard

2 – Trace six additional hearts inside of the original template, creating a total of seven hearts.

3 – Trace each heart on the thick, heavy-duty cardboard.

4 – Cut out each heart.

5 – Paint each piece white (optional)

6 – After the white paint dries, paint the hearts the colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet)

7 – Once the hearts are dry, glue them together. Make a hole at the top of the hearts and string ribbon through the hole.

8 – Hang on any door and enjoy a colorful and bright decoration.






Filed Under: Craft with Recycled Materials, Crafts for Children, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day

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Comments

  1. Hani@haniela's says

    June 30, 2013 at 7:00 am

    I have a thing for all things hearts. This door hanger is so pretty. I’m always looking for new ways to use all the boxes I have. I feel like their only purpose can’t be just for holding stuff and shipping. Thanks for the idea. I think I’ll make this for my niece.

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  2. Aida @ TheCraftingFoodie says

    June 30, 2013 at 11:28 pm

    Hi Hani,

    Thanks so much for the kind compliment. I hope you try the door hanger. It’s such little effort for something that is so appreciated by my little one. I hear you about the boxes from the mail. I have a whole closet full of them hoping to use them to ship out treats to friends and family who live out of state. Once you make the door hanger, would you mind sending me a photo or posting it on your beautiful website?

    Thanks!
    Aida

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  3. Rebekah L. says

    July 26, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    This is so adorable – I just know my girls would love making one of their own. Definitely pinning for a future project.
    Thanks for stopping by!
    Rebekah @ Somewhere in the Middle

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