Valentine Topiary

Hey y’all! My friends Terrie from Decorate And More With Tip, Corine from Junk To Gems and I are all doing a DIY video today. You can see them all here. I chose to do a Valentine Topiary DIY!

Supplies

I saw some topiaries on Pinterest that were cut out of Styrofoam, painted, and placed on dowel rods then were put into flower pots on a front porch.

So I had to make a couple for my front porch.

I recently purchased a new mirror that was shipped encased in thick styrofoam.

Perfect for hearts.

Step 1: trace a heart onto your styrofoam

Step 2: cut out the heart using a styrofoam cutting tool. 

To see how this works check out the video here.

Step 3

Once you have your hearts cut out it’s time to prove the styrofoam to make it easier to paint.

I’m using a coat of Mod Podge for this.

Step 4

Once the Mod Podge has dried, I applied some peel and stick vinyl lettering that I cut out on my Circuit machine.

Step 5

Paint your hearts.

I used three different colors of acrylic paint.

It was necessary to apply two coats for an even coverage.

TIP:

Just before the paint dries, remove your lettering.

If you let the paint dry it may become difficult to remove the lettering.

Step 6

Place your hearts on to small dowel rods, place them in your planters and add ribbon!

Making your Valentine Topiary is just that easy!

I love how the topiaries turned out and I can’t wait to make a wreath and finish out the front porch!

Now be sure and head on over to Terrie’s and  Corine’s to see what they are making today!

Until next time…..

Tammy

 

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