Arts and Kats #1: Valentine's Day Garland

Hey guys it’s Kat here, and I’m here with a Valentine’s Day Decor tutorial thingy. I know Valentine’s Day is literally like, a week away, but I have to show you guys this. So I got inspired by one of my favorite youtubers, Wengie, to create this decor.

It’s a garland, conversation heart, thingy. It added nice color to my plain wall, so I would definitely give this a thumbs up.

Materials:

• String
• Colorful construction paper
• Hot glue
• A black and red marker
• Tape

Step #1:

• Find a heart template on the internet and print it out. Cut it and then use it as a stencil to trace hearts on your construction paper. I cut 8 hearts.

Step #2:

• Write cute messages on your newly cut hearts, like “Be Mine” or “XOXO”.

Step #3:

• Free hand (or get a template) a triangle on a plain sheet of paper. Cut that out and then trace your stencil onto construction paper. I used 18 triangles.

Step #4:

• Write the letters onto the triangles of the words, “Happy Valentines Day”. (I left out the apostrophe). Make sure to write only one letter on each triangle.

Step #5:

• Lay out your hearts and triangles by a piece of string. Arrange to your desired positions. To make glueing easier, I flipped the word, (so day would be arranged as yad) and then turned them to the empty side. That way I could just go and put a dot of glue on each piece of paper.

Step #6:

• GLUEEEEEEEEE :D (it was actually the most frustrating part) :P

Step #7:

• Once the glue is dry, pick up the string and use tape to stick it on any desired surface.

Some notes: I would use red marker for the hearts and black for the triangles. I think it’ll show better that way.

And that’s all I have for today! Byeeeeee

Question of the day: Does anyone do DIYs?

Answer of the day: Most of  the time, no. When I watch DIY videos, I always want to do them but never have the supplies. For the DIY I made, it was super simple and I just happened to have all the supplies. All the other times, why would somebody by like, packs of art supplies, so to speak, for one DIY? It’s unreasonable, so they just don’t do it. If you have the supplies, I say go for it.