Two Upcycled Heart-Shaped Chocolate Box Crafts

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Photo of a large heart shaped Valentine chocolate box, empty with the lid to the side. Both the top and bottom of the box will be used to make two different wall hangings.

Upcycled heart-shaped chocolate box wall hangings for spring!

Don’t throw away that heart-shaped candy box from Valentine’s Day! Use it to make a beautiful wall decoration for Spring.

Get creative and transform your candy box into a beautiful decoration using seasonal flowers and other decorations.

Below are two ideas for Spring but you could also use your upcycled Valentine’s candy box to make a wall hanging for Fall using gerbera daisies or feature tropical flowers and shells for summer!

Upcycled Valentine’s Chocolate Box – Blush Rose

Side view of a heart shaped candy box hanging with wood bead rope handle filled with beautiful blush silk roses. This is an easy way to upcycle that heart shaped Valentine chocolate box!

Supplies

  • A medium to large heart-shaped chocolate box
  • Silk flowers
  • Floral moss
  • Floral foam or styrofoam
  • Ribbon or string to hang (I used twine with wood beads)
  • Scissors (or metal cutters) to cut faux flower stems
  • Hot glue gun
Craft supplies to make the Valentine Candy Box Wall Hanging.

First, make two holes to the top and add ribbon or twine with beads to hang later.

Add a way to hang your Heart Wall Hanging first.
Add ribbon or twine with beads to hang.

Next, hot glue floral foam into the box. Cut the foam down as needed. It should be just slightly shallower than the sides.

Cut and hot glue floral foam to the inside of the heart box to make the blush rose wall hanging.
Glue floral foam to the inside of the box.

Cut the stems off of your flowers. If the stems on your faux flowers are thick, you may need to use wire cutters. Apply hot glue to the end of each flower stem and push them into the foam. Hot glue floral moss when finished between flowers to fill in any gaps where you can see the floral foam.

In process is a blush rose wall hanging being made with an upcycled heart-shaped Valentine's Day chocolate box. Floral foam has been inset into the box and blush color roses are being pushed into the foam and hot glued in place.
Hot glue flower and floral moss in between as needed.

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Tunnel of Love graphic printed large and framed in a thin black metal frame on a white background. This retro one color graphic is red with a swan graphic and large reverberating heart design in red. The bottom of the graphic says '2 Tickets' in vintage style type. The framed image is large, 16"x20" on a cherry red industrial metal table with a glass next to it with paint brushes and a to the other side is a brown leather bound journal.

Tunnel of Love 
Instant download for sublimation, cut vinyl, and paper crafts!

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Upcycled Valentine’s Chocolate Box – Moss Shamrock

Finished wall hanging made from an upcycled heart-shaped Valentines Day chocolate box. There are two different upcycle ideas and this one has fabric glued to the outside of the box to cover. The fabric is white with small green bowties. In the center is a DIY shamrock made of moss. Around the entire outer edge of the St. Patrick's day wall hanging is pom pom fringe in white. The top had a natural wood bead rope to hang it by.

Supplies

  • A medium to large heart-shaped chocolate box
  • Floral moss or a sheet of moss
  • Lightweight cardboard (I used a cereal box) for shamrock
  • Tacky or craft glue
  • White cardstock or poster board to cover up the outside of the box
  • Scissors
  • A paintbrush or foam applicator
  • Mod Podge for fabric
  • Fabric or patterned paper (for background)
  • Ribbon or string to hang (I used twine with wood beads)
  • Hot glue gun
  • Download and print out of the Free Shamrock Template

Start by adding string (or ribbon) to hang your Shamrock Wall Hanging.

Upcycled Valentine's chocolate box as one of the supplies needed to make a beautiful heart shamrock wall hanging.
Add string or ribbon to hang it by.

Next, download and print the Shamrock Free Printable in the supplies list above. Use this as a template to cut a shamrock out of lightweight cardboard then cover it with tacky or craft glue. Press loose or sheet moss into the glue. Add more moss as needed then cut the excess around the edges to finish.

Use Tacky glue of craft flue to glue loose floral moss to the cardboard shamrock cut out or use a sheet of moss.
Glue loose floral moss to make the shamrock decoration.

If needed, cut a piece of white cardstock or poster board to cover your heart box. I was using fabric and I could see through to the wording on the box.

Upcycled Valentine's chocolate box as one of the supplies needed to make a beautiful heart shamrock wall hanging.
Cover the heart-shaped box.

Apply Mod Podge to your box to glue down the background paper/fabric. I used Mod Podge for Fabric and I also added a coat over the fabric to seal it.

Applying Mod Podge to glue fabric to a heart-shaped candy box to make a shamrock wall hanging.
Mod Podge fabric or patterned paper to the box.

When dry, finish it all up by hot gluing the shamrock, ribbon, and any other embellishments on.

Finish by hot gluing the shamrock, ribbon and any other embellishments on.
Hot glue embellishments on.

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RELATED CRAFTS IDEAS:

White sign with natural wood frame. The graphic on the sign is a in a round shape and says 'My First Egg Hunt 2025' The color of the graphic is aqua and purple. Within the graphic are two bunny silhouettes, spotted Easter eggs and a fun floral design. This is a cut file available for purchase in my shop Craftidly Designs on Etsy.

Paisley Shamrock
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