Valentine's Day Paper Wall Collage
Craft Box Girls
Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite crafting holidays! I am not sure if it is because it is a happy holiday or because of all the fun pinks and purples! If you have been following me for a while you know I love paper flowers, pinwheels and creating 3D paper wall collages. This year I decided to combine paper flowers, pinwheels, conversation hearts and honeycombs to create a fun paper collage that can hang on the wall or fireplace as the perfect Valentine’s Day decorations!
For today’s project I am using a few different Astrobrights® paper and cardstock packs because I wanted a good variety of Valentine’s shades!
Materials:
- Astrodesigns® Watercolor Cardstock
- Astrobrights® Pastel Paper
- Astrodesigns® White Cardstock
- Astrobrights® Tropical Cardstock
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Pom Poms
- Hot Glue
- Tape Roller
Directions for Accordion Pinwheel:
1. For an accordion pinwheel you will need two pieces of paper or cardstock.
2. Starting at on the 8.5” side of the paper according fold each sheet accordion style.
3. Once the accordion is complete fold it in half and glue together. Hold together until glue is dry. Do this with both pieces.
4. Next glue both pieces together to form a circle.
5. Cut a heart or circle for the center.
Directions for the Traditional Pinwheel:
1. Fold one of the top corners to the edge.
2. Cut off the extra rectangle at the bottom.
3. Unfold to reveal a square.
4. Fold the opposite corners together to create another crease.
5. When you unfold you will see an x crease.
6. Starting at a corner cut in toward the center along the fold. Stop about 1.5” inches before you get to the center.
7. Repeat step 6 for each corner.
8. Place a dot of glue in the center and fold one point to the center. Glue ever other point to the center to form the pinwheel.
9. Glue a pom pom in the center.
Directions for the 3D Heart:
1. Fold a piece of paper in half. Draw half a heart with the center on the fold.
2. Cut out this heart.
3. Trace and cut the heart 3 more times.
4. Fold each piece in half.
5. Use a tape roller to glue the sides together. Do not glue all the way around. You want the back to be flat.
Directions for the Paper Flower:
1. Draw 3 different size petals. Cut out 9-12 of each size petal.
2. Cut a slit at the bottom of each petal, overlap and glue to give the petal dimension.
3. Cut a circle for the base.
4. Starting with the largest petals glue them around the outer edge of the circle.
5. Continue inward largest to smallest.
6. Finish the center with a pom pom.
Directions for the Conversation Hearts:
1. Cut out different size hearts.
2. Add sticker letters to create your own conversation hearts.
Directions for the Honeycomb:
1. Download and print the template of the circle or heart honeycomb.
2. Trace and cut out 16 hearts or circles.
3. Fold in half.
4. Place the first shape on the template and glue closed at the 3 positions.
5. Place glue dots at the 12, 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 position and place the next folded shape directly on top.
6. Open that shape and place a glue dot at the 3 position and fold closed.
7. Continue steps 5-6 with all the shapes.
8. Once you are done carefully open to reveal the honeycomb shape!
9. Since we are only making a half circle, we need to hold it open. Glue 2 craft sticks to the back to hold it open.
If you wanted to complete a full circle you would need to cut about 30-35 of the shape.
Repeat the steps above to make multiples of each item. Once you have a good variety cut a piece of poster board or foam board to the desired length and width of your wall collage. Add holes to the corners if you plan to hang it with string or hooks.
Lay out all your collage pieces before you glue them to make sure you have enough, and you fill the entire board. Once ready glue in place!
This is a great project for Valentine’s Day but can be duplicated for any holiday or season!
Happy Crafting!
Lynn