If you like easy peasy ideas for valentine's decor, then you'll love this! Plus it's a great way to recycle scrap wood you may have kicking around. But even better, this easy valentine's day scrap wood sign costs next to nothing to make.

Easy Scrap Wood Valentine Sign

You can see I used tongue and groove pine boards that I had in my stash but any small piece of scrap wood you have laying around is perfect for this DIY valentine sign.

If you don't have red and white baker's twine, no worries, use whatever string you have. For the heart, you can use a wooden heart shape like I did or make one with cardboard. 

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What You'll Need To Make It

Besides scrap wood, baker's twine, and a heart shape, you'll also need white school glue or a hot glue gun, and a wee bit of white paint. Again, use what you have on hand.

Here's How I Made It

Step 1 - Paint Scrap Wood

My previously painted tongue and groove scrap wood for the sign measures 12" x 6 1/2". Paint the scrap wood white with either acrylic craft paint, like I did, or chalk-style paint. Remember, we're going for a next to nothing cost here so use what you have on hand.

Step 2 - Creating The Quote

I created the, you tug at my heartstrings quote in Cricut Design Space because I'm making the quote with black permanent vinyl. Here's a screenshot so you can see the font and other settings I used if you have a Cricut machine. But if you don't, I've got you covered.

If you don't have a Cricut machine you could use either this image transfer technique or this image transfer technique for adding the quote to your sign. Design it first in Microsoft Word or PicMonkey.

Here's the quote cut and weeded in vinyl with the transfer paper on top. I had some small red vinyl hearts leftover from another project to replace the dot on the letter i with a red heart.

Step 3 - Transfer Quote Onto Wood

Transfer the quote onto the painted scrap wood and we're ready to play with some string but first, we need to do one more step.

Step 4 - Seal The Quote

Whether you made the quote with vinyl or used one of the other image transfer methods, it's a good idea to seal the quote. Use whatever satin clear coat you have on hand but make sure it's non-yellowing.

Step 5 - Add A String Heart

For this step, you'll need either a 3-inch heart-shaped cardboard cutout or a wooden cutout. I used a wooden one that I had on hand.

You can use white school glue or a hot glue gun for this next step. Confession: I started with school glue and found it too messy and ended up switching to a hot glue gun. Plus it went much quicker too - patience is not one of my virtues.

Starting at the top run a bead of glue along the outer edge of the heart and wrap the red and white baker's twine (or whatever twine or string you have on hand) around the heart, working your way towards the center. Easy peasy!

Cut a short strand of baker's twine and glue it onto the sign like a balloon string (pictured above). Next, glue the twine wrapped heart on the top left corner of the sign. I set mine a little over the edge of the scrap wood. Trim the excess twine on the bottom (pictured below) and we're done!

Here's another DIY Valentine's Day sign idea that you might like. For more heart-day inspiration visit my DIY Valentine Ideas page.

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