Bepuzzle Your Valentine

Before Christmas, we made Rudolph magnets out of puzzle pieces.  I recommended saving puzzle pieces for crafts, and a few people asked me to post more puzzle piece craft ideas.  I finally have one.  I have seen puzzle piece frames made with craft sticks, but I thought it would be cute to make a heart shaped frame with puzzle pieces for Valentine's Day.

First, paint the back of your puzzle pieces with red or pink paint.  We used acrylic paint.

Next, cut out a heart shape from a piece of cardboard and cover it with aluminum foil.

Hot glue your dry puzzle pieces around the perimeter of the heart.  I recommend that you take a minute to figure out where you want your pieces before you start gluing.

Attach a photo (or a few photos) to the center of your heart, and stick a magnet on the back. Here's another tip - always keep those free magnets; I use them for crafts.  I just hot glue them to the back of whatever I want to turn into a magnet.  You can cut them to whatever size you need.  For this heart, I used two business card sized magnets.  They work great.

Here is our finished Valentine on our refrigerator: