On Valentine’s Day eve, I realized that the Dumpling didn’t have a card for daddy… which really meant that I didn’t have a card for jigg. While it would be easy for me to cut and paste something together, I wanted the Dumpling’s involvement since the card would be from the both of us.
I still had a bag full of tissue paper tiles left over from my suncatcher project, so I re-purposed them into beads to make mosaic hearts.
Materials
- Tissue paper cut into approximately 2-3 cm tiles
- Glue
- Heart cutouts approximately 3-5 cm wide
- Plastic tray (optional)
Instructions
Step 1: Roll tissue paper into tiny beads
I made approximately 40-50 beads per heart, but the number would vary based on the size of the tissue paper tiles and heart cut out.
Step 2: Apply glue generously on one side of the heart
I spread a thin layer of glue onto a plastic tray and instructed the Dumpling to put the hearts in. Naturally she smeared them around so they picked up a generous amount of adhesive. I then quickly took the hearts out with the sticky side facing up and hid the glue.
Step 3: Cover the sticky side of the heart with tissue paper beads
I asked the Dumpling to pour the beads on the hearts.
Alternatively I placed the heart inside a plastic container with the beads, closed the lid, and asked the Dumpling to shake.
As always, I was on the sidelines filling in large gaps where the glue didn’t pick up the beads and making sure the Dumpling didn’t rip the tissue paper off once they were glued on. She actually was too busy pouring the beads from one container into another to pay much attention to the hearts at this point.
Once the hearts dried, I glued them onto a card. We love you, daddy! Happy Valentine’s Day.