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Craft Tutorials | Adult Crafts | Crafts for Seniors | Heart Photo Magnets

Heart Photo Magnets

Author by Amanda Davis on January 31, 2015 Updated on December 6, 2020

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Here’s a fun photo magnet project you can make for Valentine’s Day to give to your sweetie. These heart shaped magnets are perfect for showing your love all year long. Wouldn’t these make an adorable little engagement or wedding gift too? They are also a perfect project for young couples in love.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

 

Heart Photo Magnets

To make these heart shaped magnets, I used some acrylic sealer spray to prep the photos I printed out, and decoupage medium to attach them. The paint color for the hearts is Americana Burgundy Wine.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

These are fun housewarming gifts too, or make one for your best friend. They are easy to make and are so cute!  When you’re done, check out these heart projectgs (20 of them!) over at Tatertots and Jello.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Note: some links below are affiliate links. That means if you happen to buy something, a small percentage of that sale goes back into this site, which enables me to continue to bring you free tutorials such as this one. So, thanks!

As always, a full printable supply list and instructions are at the end of this post.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

For this project you will need the following supplies:

  • Wooden hearts
  • Photos printed on paper
  • Decoupage medium (such as Mod Podge or Americana Decoupage)
  • Red paint
  • Acrylic sealer spray
  • Scissors

Before you do anything else, print out your photos and adjust them to fit on your wooden hearts. Place the heart over the photo and trace the heart shape.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Now you can paint the hearts with Burgundy Wine and set them aside to dry.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Meanwhile, spray the front AND back of the photos. You can see I didn’t bother spraying the entire sheet, just the area with the photos.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Let the sealer dry for about 15-20 minutes. Using sharp scissors so you get a clean cut, cut out the heart shape, cutting inside your tracing lines. You may need to trim the photos more to fit on the wooden hearts.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Paint a thin layer of decoupage medium onto the red hearts.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Paint a thin layer of decoupage medium onto the back of the photos. They may curl up on you…

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Just carefully flatten them out and let the decoupage medium dry, it will only take about a minute. What you’ve done is prepped your paper and your surface which will help avoid bubbles and wrinkles.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Paint more decoupage medium onto the heart and place the photo on top of it.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

You’ll have a few seconds to get them positioned before the decoupage medium begins to dry. Be sure to smooth the photos out and make sure there’s no air underneath.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Paint a generous, but not dripping layer of decoupage medium over the photo and all the edges.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

Let the decoupage medium dry, it will dry clear.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

When dry, turn the hearts over and attach a magnet using a “dollop” of decoupage medium. Let the magnets dry before using.

Heart Photo Magnets by Amanda Formaro, Crafts by Amanda

More decoupage projects:

  1. Mosaic Wine Bottle
  2. Dictionary Magnets
  3. Distressed Map Coasters
  4. All My Decoupage Projects for Adults
  5. Check out the Valentine section here!

 

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Heart Photo Magnets

Supplies

  • Wooden hearts
  • Photos printed on paper
  • Decoupage medium
  • Red paint
  • Sealer spray
  • Scissors

Instructions

  • Before you do anything else, print out your photos and adjust them to fit on your wooden hearts. Place the heart over the photo and trace the heart shape.
  • Now you can paint the hearts with Burgundy Wine and set them aside to dry.
  • Meanwhile, spray the front AND back of the photos. You can see I didn’t bother spraying the entire sheet, just the area with the photos.
  • Let the sealer dry for about 15-20 minutes. Using sharp scissors so you get a clean cut, cut out the heart shape, cutting inside your tracing lines. You may need to trim the photos more to fit on the wooden hearts.
  • Paint a thin layer of decoupage medium onto the red hearts.
  • Paint a thin layer of decoupage medium onto the back of the photos. They may curl up on you…
  • Just carefully flatten them out and let the decoupage medium dry, it will only take about a minute. What you’ve done is prepped your paper and your surface which will help avoid bubbles and wrinkles.
  • Paint more decoupage medium onto the heart and place the photo on top of it.
  • You’ll have a few seconds to get them positioned before the decoupage medium begins to dry. Be sure to smooth the photos out and make sure there’s no air underneath.
  • Paint a generous, but not dripping layer of decoupage medium over the photo and all the edges.
  • Let the decoupage medium dry, it will dry clear.
  • When dry, turn the hearts over and attach a magnet using a “dollop” of decoupage medium. Let the magnets dry before using.
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  1. Fran says

    February 11, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    Thank you so much for this!!! I have had kind of a rough year. This was the jump start project that I needed.

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      February 14, 2020 at 7:58 am

      Yay, so glad you enjoyed it and I wish you happiness going forward!

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