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Penny Love

February 14, 2014 By: Amy Trager3 Comments

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Each year, I like to make a new decoration for Valentine’s Day.  I don’t like all the foo-foo stuff year round, but I love me some hearts and decorations right around February 14th.   The girls get so excited to pull out the Valentine storage tub and spreading the treasures all over the kitchen floor.  I like pulling things out and remembering past projects, craft time with my cousin or the kids.  We are starting to have a decent collection of homemade decorations, and I love that!   I saw this penny-letter project on Pinterest,  and the letters were painted shiny silver.  In the interest of not spray-painting in below zero temperatures, I decided to go with some wall paint I had in the basement.  Red = Love

WP_20140131_0051. Bought the wood letters at JoAnn’s.  $4 each.

2. Kids painted the letters red.

3. Scrounged around the house to find as many pennies as possible, then glued them down with gorilla wood glue.

6tag_040214-1337224.  Make a special stop at the bank for pennies because we only had enough pennies to cover the L.  I underestimated the masses of coins needed for this project….

5.  Let go of imperfections in the coin line (unless the glue hasn’t totally hardened, in which case move those babies into alignment!)

6.  Several coats of paint to cover the lowest value coin in our nation.  Push back thoughts of destroying money and defamation and un-patriotic behavior in painting over “In God We Trust”.

7.  Finish in time for the big day, and then pack it up for next year!

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Comments

  1. mom says

    February 14, 2014 at 6:34 pm

    Very nice
    XO XO

    Reply
  2. Laurie horanburg says

    February 15, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    Your sister posted this on FB and I loved your Valentine’s day craft. I was your Step Mom/Joan’s college roommate and my husband, Rick, was one of your Dad’s close friends in the college days. Your Dad also
    married us.

    Reply
    • Amy Trager says

      February 17, 2014 at 9:23 am

      Hi Laurie! Thanks for commenting on my “LOVE” craft! I do remember you and your family; we visited your house one time when I was a kid. I didn’t realize that you were roommates with Joan in college! How fun!

      Reply

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