Craft – Valentine’s Day Shadowboxes

Love

Today’s Craft project will show three different versions of Valentine’s Day Shadowboxes.  These would make wonderful holiday decorative items and would look great on a fireplace mantel or bookshelf.  They could also be given as gifts for family, friends or maybe a special teacher.

The tip for making this craft project is that after you have selected the shadowbox that you will use, check out your favorite craft store for inexpensive items that would fit into the dimensions and depth of the shadowbox.  This is where your creatively can be used to make a customized and one-of-a-kind Valentine’s Day Shadowbox.

The three items that I selected were a red sequin heart for shadowbox #1, a wooden love for shadowbox #2 and two interlocking puzzle photo frames for shadowbox #3.

Valentine’s Day Shadowbox #1 – supplies and instructions

  • Shadowbox
  • Red sequin heart
  • White sparkle scrapbook paper
  • Black self-stick black letters
  1. Disassemble the shadowbox, remove the backing.
  2. Using the cardboard backing, trace the size onto the scrapbook paper and cut.
  3. Attach the red sequin to the scrapbook paper using glue, allow time to dry completely.
  4. Reassemble the shadowbox.
  5. Using the self-stick letters, spell out “You Captured My Heart” and attach letter to the glass front.

 You Captured My Heart

Valentine’s Day Shadowbox #2 – supplies and instructions

  • Shadowbox
  • Wooden word (I used one that spelled “love” which I painted red and black, then I attached self-stick black sequin onto the black letters for extra sprakle!)
  • Valentine’s Day themed scrapbook paper
  1. Disassemble the shadowbox, remove the backing.
  2. Using the cardboard backing, trace the size onto the scrapbook paper and cut.
  3. Attach the wooden love to the scrapbook paper using glue, allow time to dry completely.
  4. Reassemble the shadowbox.

Love

Valentine’s Day Shadowbox #3 – supplies and instructions

  • Shadowbox
  • 2 pink puzzle photo frames
  • 2 small black and white photos, copied to fit the size of the puzzle frames
  • Valentine’s Day themed scrapbook paper
  1. Disassemble the shadowbox, remove the backing.
  2. Using the cardboard backing, trace the size onto the scrapbook paper and cut.
  3. Copy/print two black and white photos to fit the size of the puzzle frames.
  4. Attach the photos to the puzzle frames using glue or tape.
  5. Attach the puzzle frames to the scrapbook paper using glue.
  6. Reassemble the shadowbox.

Puzzle Pieces