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Easy DIY Upcycled Cardboard Heart Flower Holder

 Transform your cardboard into a charming heart flower holder with this easy DIY project, which adds a touch of love to your home! I'm happy to share a simple upcycled craft project with you today. This is the perfect craft if you have extra cardboard around your house after the holidays. 

Cardboard flower heart holder display

Video tutorial

Materials for cardboard heart flower holder

Materials Needed

- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Heart shape for tracing (I’m using a heart from my heart banner)
- Acrylic paint (I’m using white and pink)
- Pencil
- Hot glue
- Artificial flowers
-Floral foam ball
- Optional: Fabric hearts (I found a pack of fabric hearts at my local Dollar Tree)

Cardboard, pencil, and heart

Begin by tracing the heart on the cardboard. I used my fabric banner heart to trace four hearts on the cardboard.

Cardboard with traced hearts

Next, using scissors, cut out each heart.

Acrylic paint and cardboard hearts

Afterward, take a paintbrush and apply paint to each heart. I painted the hearts white and pink, only on the front sides.

Painted cardboard hearts

Use hot glue to begin attaching each heart. When you finish attaching them, there will be an opening in the middle of the heart decoration.

Foam ball, cardboard hearts, and hot glue

Take your foam ball and insert it in the middle of the heart decoration. I used hot glue to gently press the foam ball into the middle and let it dry completely.

flowers, and floral cutters

Next, take your artificial flowers and insert them into the foam ball. I carefully pressed each flower into the foam ball while holding the bottom.

fabric heart and hot glue

Lastly, take the fabric hearts and attach them to each cardboard heart. This is completely optional. You could also add other embellishments of your choice to the decoration.

Hand holding fabric heart over cardboard heart

Cardboard heart flower holder with flowers

Wasn't that a simple creation using cardboard? I love how easy it was to personalize this project by adding a few materials I already had. So, before you decide to throw away that cardboard, take a moment to think about what you could create with it. I promise you'll come up with something! If you decide to make this craft, please let me know. Thank you for stopping by and crafting with me. I'll see you all soon!




Pinterest pin for heart flower holder


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  1. Melynda@Scratch Made Food!January 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM

    Stephanie, this is so cute! I love cardboard creations, everyone can afford to craft with such fun ideas! Visiting from Create it Link Party! Melynda @scratchmadefood!

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    1. StephanieJanuary 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM

      Melynda, thank you very much. That is so kind of you. Yes, I love creating new crafts with cardboard. It's such a great way to reuse it. Thank you for taking the time to visit and comment.

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  2. Amy JohnsonJanuary 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM

    Such pretty Valentine decor! It turned out great!

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    1. StephanieJanuary 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM

      Amy, thank you very much. I'm happy you enjoyed it.

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  3. Life Of 2 SnowbirdsJanuary 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM

    This is so cute! What a great way to decorate for Valentine's day!

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM

    Hi Stephanie. This is darling and inexpensive to make. What a great addition to the holiday decor.

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  5. French EtherealJanuary 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM

    Stephanie, this Valentine box is just adorable and I love that it is easy to make! I may borrow this idea to use at school. I think our AVLS kids would really enjoy putting one together to take home to their mothers for Valentine's Day. Hope you are staying warm where you live! So happy to share this post at Share Your Style #449 for you this week.

    Warm hugs,
    Barb :)

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    1. StephanieJanuary 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM

      Barb, thank you! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed this craft idea. It's wonderful that you might use it at your school—please do! That truly makes me happy. We're staying warm over here, and I'm hopeful the weather will start heating up a bit more soon. I hope all is well with you.

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