Easy Fruit Lovers Heart Craft

Heart Craft with Polymer Fruit Slices

Make an easy fruit lovers heart craft with unfinished wood and little polymer fruit slice confetti in vibrant colors.

This simple DIY project can be made for Valentine’s Day, but is really good all year round.

Fruit never goes out of style at my house, since we love to eat it, grow it in the garden and, now, make fruit themed crafts.

This craft is appropriate for children and adults, since no advanced skills are required.

If you have a small child, you’ll want to help them with the fruit confetti just like you would help them with glitter or sequins.

Whatever your age or skill level, it is easy to make a fruit lovers heart that looks fantastic.

Unfinished Wood Hearts

An unfinished wood heart is a good choice for an easy craft project that looks great.

They are inexpensive, readily available and easy to use.

The wood looks nice for a quick craft, but you can also keep your projects for years.

Just open up the package and the hearts are ready to use.

Make sure you choose hearts that already have a hole drilled in them for easy hanging.

Some packs also include twine or ribbon for hanging.

Buy a small pack for yourself or buy them in bulk for class projects or a fun party activity for a group.

Polymer Fruit Slices Confetti

Brightly colored polymer clay fruit slices are ready to be used in creative ways.

The small bits of polymer that are made into confetti are typically used as a fun mix-in for homemade slime.

However, they are also perfect other DIY crafts including these cute hearts for fruit lovers.

The multi-colored fruit slices add a pretty pop of color to this craft.

Mine are scattered randomly, but you could also form an organized pattern.

Polymer fruit slices can be purchased as a mix or separated by type of fruit.

White School Glue

There is no need for specialty glue for this project, since regular white school glue that dries clear works just fine.

And, of course, school glue is also very easy to clean up, if there are any spills.

Mix glue with a little bit of water in a small bowl, so that you can use a paintbrush to apply it to the craft.

First, you’ll paint a layer on the unfinished wood heart.

Then you’ll add the little polymer clay fruit slices and a brush on a top coat of the glue and water mixture to finish up the craft.

Pointed Tweezers

Tweezers are not absolutely necessary for this craft, but they make it a whole lot easier to get your fruit pieces positioned exactly where you want them.

Pointed tweezers are best to pick up the tiny polymer and control where you are placing them.

If all you have are slanted eyebrow tweezers, they can work, too.

However, the pointed ones are better for this craft.

They are inexpensive and can get used for this and other DIY projects.

Ribbon or Twine

Many of the unfinished wood packages include twine for hanging, which is great.

If you prefer ribbon, a narrow 1/8″ ribbon looks nice, too.

You can go for a natural look or choose a color to match your favorite kind of fruit.

Easy Fruit Lovers Heart Craft

Supplies / Materials

Unfinished Wood Heart
Assorted Polymer Confetti Fruit Slices
White School Glue
Water
Ribbon or Twine

Tools/Equipment

Pointed Tweezers
Small Paintbrush
Small Dish

Instructions

1) Pour glue and some water into a small bowl and mix it together with the paintbrush to thin in out.

2) “Paint” the unfinished wood heart with the thinned glue.

3) Arrange the polymer fruit all over the wood heart. Use tweezers to place the tiny fruit confetti however you’d like. Scatter the fruit randomly like mine or create a pattern. Let the glue dry.

4) Paint a top coat of glue on top of the fruit slices. Let dry.

5) Hang with ribbon or twine.

Easy Fruit Lovers Heart Craft