Emily Neuburger, MAT, MS, LMHC

heart magnets

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Material list:
wooden circles 1″ or 1 1/2″ wide
heart stamp
acrylic paint
magnets
hot glue gun

What to do:

Simple. Lightly coat the heart stamp with acrylic paint and stamp the wooden circles. Once dry, glue the magnets on the back with the hot glue gun.

I carved my own heart stamp, but it would be just as nice with a store bought stamp.

If you’ve never carved stamps before, and feel inspired to try, this would be a great first carving project. You’ll need a linoleum cutter and some sort of carving material. Heck, the heart shape is so simple and small, you could even use some sort of rubber eraser that is laying around the house. Using a pencil, draw the heart shape on a piece of paper. When you are happy with your shape, turn it face down onto the carving material and scrape/rub it with your fingernail. This will transfer your image onto the carving material. Use your linoleum cutter to carve away the negative space, and your wee heart will be complete.

I have sets of four magnets in a little stamped muslin bag listed in my shop for Valentine’s Day.

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Comments

  3. These are so simple and so sweet! I might try this idea with letters to replace those annoying plastic letter magnets we have on the fridge. These are so much prettier!

  7. I love these cute little magnets! Thanks for posting your link on my blog! I will follow you now, and can’t wait to see what else you can do.

  10. This is such a cute craft! Where did you get the wood circles? This has great potential with all sorts of different holiday symbols–love it!

  11. Hi Andrea –
    Thanks so much! I purchase my wood circles in bulk shipments because I use a lot of them, but a craft store (like Michael’s) often sells packages of them in the wood craft section.

    E