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Valentines Day is such a fun day to share with friends, kids, and loved ones. Show your love with an easy valentines craft project like this DIY conversation heart pinata! They are a colorful touch to your home decor, make great photo booth props, or even a fun way to send a Valentines Day care package.

February is heart month – a time to bring awareness to heart health. A local photographer offers mini photography sessions to former heart patients and asked me to help with creative ideas for a backdrop and props. What screams fun for valentines more than a Conversation Heart Pinata?

As a mom of boys, I knew it would awesome to bring in some other colors besides red and pink. We made a fun backdrop using plastic table cloths cut into strips for a fun fringe effect and then made pinata conversation hearts as photo props! They were really simple to make and I have had a few questions about them so I figured I would share a tutorial with you!

Make your own Conversation Heart Pinata for a photography prop. — Photo credit: Playtography, used with permission.

Plastic strip photo background with Conversation Heart Pinata as a prop — Photo credit: Playtography, used with permission.

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Conversation Heart Pinata

Make a fun valentines day craft with your kids! Share your love with these DIY conversation heart pinatas – use them as a photo booth prop, a valentines box, or stuff it with goodies and send it as a care package!

Prep Time10 mins

Active Time30 mins

Total Time40 mins

Course: Crafts

Yield: 1 Heart Pinata

Author: Brooke

Equipment

Cricut Explore Air

Materials

Cardboard – reuse some amazon boxes from your stash!
Box cutter
Packing Tape
Ruler
Glue gun
Glue sticks these are my all time favorites
Felt
Cardstock

Instructions

Create a heart stencil out of paper or cardstock. Place on top of cardboard and cut out two heart shapes.
Cut 2 inch wide strips of cardboard
Attach 2 inch strips to heart shapes with tape. I used scotch tape but wish I would have used packing tape. Bend and curve the cardboard to heart shape.
If filling the heart, fill with toys, candy, confetti, notes, or whatever else you would like to include.
Tape the second heart on top to close the box.
Cut 1.5 inch felt pieces and cut fringes along the length. Start at the bottom section of the heart and add rows to cover the entire heart.
Add additional rows of felt fringe down the sides.
Finish it off by snipping edges off the fringe so it separates the pieces a bit. This helps them to not lay completely flat and look more 3-dimensional. Use hot glue to stick down any pieces that don’t look right.
Cut out letters from cardstock using a digital cutting machine – I used my Cricut Explore Air two (my favorite tool in my craft room). Cut out any phrase you would like!
Glue letters onto the heart.