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Red Hot Valentine Container!

February 11, 2014 By Laura

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This Red Hot Valentine Container is a sweet, vintage-style gift idea for Valentine’s Day. Use Mod Podge and a peat pot for heart-shaped cinnamon candy!
This Red Hot Valentine Container is a sweet, vintage-style gift idea for Valentine's Day. Use Mod Podge and a peat pot for heart-shaped cinnamon candy!

I have a fun little gift idea for Valentine’s Day: a sweet, vintage-style container of heart-shaped cinnamon candies!

I’m happy they still sell “red hots” that were so popular when I was a little girl . . .

Red Hots -- Cinnamon Imperial Hearts Candy

This vintage-style craft is very easy to make!

It all starts with a basic peat pot – the ones normally used for gardening when starting seeds or seedlings! You can find them in hardware stores, garden centers and even at the dollar stores in season. I bought a nice supply on Amazon here. (affiliate link — see my disclosure here)

After painting two quick coats of DecoArt’s Dazzling Metallic Paint (in Festive Red) on the peat pot, I let the pot dry while I got a vintage image prepared to decoupage onto the pot.

Valentine Container DIY - vintage image

Since I knew I wanted to fill up this little container with the traditional red hots, I chose this adorable image of Cupid grilling up some hearts!

After printing out the image on copy paper, I sprayed it with acrylic sealer so the inkjet image wouldn’t run.

Once the image was dry, I cut it out and then Mod Podged it (is that a verb?) onto the peat pot using Antique Mod Podge. (affiliate link)

Valentine Container DIY - decoupage image with Antique Mod Podge

Peat pots are very light, so it was easy to punch two holes into the sides for the wire hanger . . .

Valentine Container DIY - peat pots are light, so it's easy to punch holes in them

I wound red floral wire around a pen to get the curls, and then attached it to the peat pot.

Valentine Container DIY - red floral wire, blue hemp, doily-shaped sequin

I took blue hemp and made several loops, which I tied together, and attached a doily-shaped sequin.

Two pieces of vintage netting were stuck inside the pot, and then it was time to add the old-fashioned red hots!

Valentine Container DIY - vintage netting added into the container

 

Valentine Container DIY - filled up with cinnamon candy hearts

I think Cupid was definitely creating a batch of these cinnamon candies . . .

Red Hot Valentine Container made from a peat pot

 

Red Hot Valentine Container Tutorial

 

Vintage-Style Valentine Container

I actually made two of these Red Hot Valentine Containers, and sent one to my parents for Valentine’s Day! They’ve celebrated over 60 Valentine’s Days together so far!

Isn’t that awesome?

Happy crafting!

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  1. Malia says

    January 16, 2015 at 9:12 am

    Really darling idea Laura!

    • Laura says

      January 16, 2015 at 5:58 pm

      Thanks so much Malia!

Pet Scribbles is where I share my craft tutorials, home and garden projects, and occasional stories about my cats. I can never have enough pretty craft paints to work with, and I love to make things look time-worn with distressing and aging. Gardening is my therapy!

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