Dollar Tree heart shelf sitter

Are you ready for the simplest, quickest, and CHEAPEST little Valentine sign EVER?!?!? I had a blank space I needed to fill on my Valentines Coffee Bar, and this sign did just the trick!

Also… if you’re trying to decorate on a budget for Valentines day, I got you. This project LITERALLY only cost me a dollar, which was for the mini wooden heart!

Here’s what you’ll need…

• scrap wood
• mini wooden heart from Dollar Tree
• red paint (I used Cardinal Crimson from Apple Barrel Paints)
• white paint
• sanding block
• hot glue gun

I have a confession… the back side of this board was already white washed, and I was going to just use that side for this project to make it even more quick… BUT, I wanted to give you all a legit step-by-step of this, so I went ahead and white washed this side!

If you aren’t sure how to white wash a piece of wood, all you do is BARELY brush on white paint using a chippy brush.

While my board was drying, I moved on to painting the heart! Make sure to paint the sides too!

After your board is done drying, go ahead and sand the HECK out of it. I make sure to sand down all the edges, as well as in the middle of the board too.

It should look a little something like this!

Once my heart was dry, I did the EXACT same sanding process to it as well. I LOVE the texture sanding gives… it helps it not look so flat!

The last step is… you guessed it… hot gluing that bad boy on!! I decided to make my sign horizontal, but you could totally have it vertical as well!

TA-DAAAA!!! I think this sign took me MAYBE 5 minutes… and look how CUTE it looks on my coffee bar!!!

I’m serious guys. You simply cannot beat a 5 minute craft from the Dollar Tree. My work here is done!

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Last Updated on January 5, 2021