DIY Heart Marquee Light

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I consider items like paint and scrapbook paper to be a crafter’s ‘pantry items’ because we usually always have them on hand. Ya’ know kinda like flour and sugar are to a baker. I consider items like hot glue guns, exacto knives and scissors to be common utensils – just as mixers and spatulas are to a baker. Needless to say I had everything but the heart shaped box and marquee lights in my stash. After I used my 40% off Hobby Lobby coupon on the marquee lights (Regular price was $7.99) I paid $8. If you needed to buy paint and scrapbook paper you could still easily pay around $10.

 Here is how I made the light-

1. I flipped the lid of the box around and embellished the inside of it. I painted the outside and inside edge of the lid with gold paint. Then I painted the outside of the box with aqua blue paint. For the inside of the lid I mod podged a piece of scrapbook paper into it.
2. I used a pencil to mark the lid with where I would make my cuts for the lights. (Make your marks on what would be the top of the lid which you did not paint or embellish.) Then I used an exacto knife to cut a small ‘x’ then twisted until the hole was big enough for the marquee light to fit through.
3. Then I planned out how I would put my string of lights and where it would end. Once the small part of the lights were through I gently added the marquee bulb fitting over them.
4. Using the exacto knife I also cut a whole in the bottom of the heart box to fit the battery pack/switch for the lights through.
5. For the final step use a hot glue gun to glue the lid upside down onto the top of the box so your lights and embellished side are facing out.

I am in love with how the light turned out and now that I know about the handy kits at Hobby Lobby I see more marquee lights and letters in my future! The heart looks perfect on my faux mantle adding a bit of love to the winter feel it has going on.