A DIY Heart-Shaped Brooch is a great way to recycle old jewelry and buttons into a sweet Mother’s Day gift or Valentine’s Day gift. Mom will love pinning it to her jacket or sweater!
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Cute Craft Alert: Heart Brooches and Pins
A number of years ago, I made a DIY brooch heart from recycled jewelry. A brooch is a decorative pin with a clasp on the back so you can pin it on your clothing.
Arranging the different pieces of jewelry and buttons on the wooden heart base is fun. I think a mother or special person would enjoy a personalized gift like this!
In this tutorial we'll walk through the process to turn buttons into a beautiful pin in just a few steps. It's a great craft for kids to make as a DIY gift or even a costume piece.
Add a pretty DIY corsage and fun Mother's Day card, and you'll have everything you need to make it a special day for mom!
Supplies
Here are a few quick notes about the supplies you will need to make this heart pin craft!
- Wooden heart- Use a wooden heart in the size you’d like for your pin. These come in a package at a craft store.
- A latch pin- Latch pins come in a package and can be glued on the back of the brooch.
- Recycled jewelry- Gather up old pieces of jewelry that you might have in your jewelry box as well as buttons and small beads. You can purchase a small packet of buttons and gemstones if you don't have enough of your own.
- Gold trim- Use gold trim to glue to the edge the heart to finish it off.
- Glue- E-6000, hot glue, or tacky glue will work.
- Tweezers- Tweezers are helpful in placing jewelry pieces onto your brooch as you glue them on.
- Paint- White acrylic craft paint and a brush for painting the wooden heart.
Steps to Make a Valentine Brooch
Lay out paper on your work surface and use the white acrylic craft paint to paint the wooden heart white. Let it dry and then turn it over and paint the other side. Be sure to paint the edges of the wooden heart as well.
Lay out the jewelry on the wooden heart in an arrangement that works well. Do this before you start gluing so that you can move things around until they are in an arrangement that you like.
Take a reference photo and then take the jewelry and items off the heart.
Use glue to glue each item on the heart. Start by gluing the background items on first. Then glue the second layer onto the pin in the arrangement that you had predetermined.
Let the heart shaped pins brooches dry.
Use glue along the edge of the heart. Lay the gold trim all along the edge and clip it so that it doesn’t overlap, but fully covers the edge of the heart.
Turn the heart over and glue the latch pin onto the back of the heart.
Craft Tips
Here are a few tips for you as you make Heart Shaped Brooches and Pins:
- Picture the arrangement- Take a picture of the jewelry arrangement on your heart before you take it off. Then you can refer to the picture to get the items glued on in the way that you planned.
- Use tweezers- Use tweezers to help you place the small items into the glue on the heart.
- Pin placement- Glue the pin so that the latch opens towards the bottom of the heart. This helps prevent the pin from opening accidentally.
- Adding trim- Start the gold trim on the point of the heart. Go around the edge and then clip it again at the point of the heart. This is the most natural place to start and stop the trim.
Craft Variations
Want to switch things up? Here are a few ways you can customize and play with this heart brooch craft.
- Adding buttons and such- Use all buttons and no jewelry when making your brooch. Or be creative, what else could you glue on the surface of the heart?
- Vary the paint- Paint your heart whatever color you would like instead of white.
- Change the trim- Use a different color or type of trim on the edge of the heart.
FAQ
Use a painted wooden heart and glue on jewelry and buttons to cover the heart in a pleasing arrangement. Glue gold trim around the edge of the heart and a latch pin on the back to complete the brooch.
A brooch is a decorative pin with a clasp attached to the back. The pin is used to attach the brooch to the garment (like a coat collar or sweater). It is to decorate the garment with something unique and eye-catching.
A brooch pin has a latch pin on the back that opens. The pin is sharp and will go through the clothing (down and back up). The sharp end of the pin then latches again on the back of the brooch and will securely remain on the garment until removed. Brooches look nice attached near the neckline or on the collar of a garment. They are eye-catching.
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DIY Heart-Shaped Brooch from Recycled Jewelry
Equipment
- Tweezers Tweezers are helpful in placing jewelry pieces
Items Required
- wooden heart in the size you’d like for your pin
- Latch pins
- Recycled jewelry Gather jewelry and buttons or purchase buttons and gemstones if you don't have enough of your own
- gold trim to glue to the edge the heart
- Glue- E-6000, hot glue, or tacky glue
- Tweezers are helpful in placing jewelry
- White acrylic craft paint and a brush
Instructions
- Lay out paper on your work surface and use the white acrylic craft paint to paint the wooden heart white. Let it dry and then turn it over and paint the other side. Be sure to paint the edges of the wooden heart as well.
- Lay out the jewelry on the wooden heart in an arrangement that works well. Do this before you start gluing so that you can move things around until they are in an arrangement that you like.Take a reference photo and then take the jewelry and items off the heart.
- Lay out the jewelry on the wooden heart in an arrangement that works well. Do this before you start gluing so that you can move things around until they are in an arrangement that you like.Take a reference photo and then take the jewelry and items off the heart.
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