Valentine’s Day Garden Heart Attack
Have you ever heart attacked someone? Like in the good way, not the medical emergency way? I used to do heart attacks by cutting out oodles of hearts and plastering them to someone’s door (like this). This time I wanted to figure out a way to do it a bit differently so I came up with this heart stencil that can be done on someone’s lawn. It’s super easy to do and is best seen from an elevated vantage point so if you can get some real estate below their window, even better!
Materials: flour, sifter, bowl, large paper, scissors, pencil
Step 1: Draw a large heart onto a piece of large paper (over 11×17″). I found that the bigger the heart the better it turned out. Smaller hearts don’t show up very well.
Step 2: Cut out heart.
Step 3: Pour a large amount of flour into the sifter over heart shape. Start with the edge of the heart and work towards the center.
Step 4: Use different shaped hearts to add more interest to the “attack”.
For bigger impact, heart attack the entire lawn. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Category: DIY projects, valentines
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This is genius!
Oh my word, this is crazy awesome!!! How on earth did you ever think of it???? Great job, and lovely photos!
oh my. this is the cutest idea. At first i thought it was spray paint and I was like “hm not sure I’d be to happy to find that on my lawn…” haha but gosh powdered sugar…doesn’t get much sweeter then that
GENIUS – i’m gonna do it to all my friends front lawns at night!!!!! – cant wait to spread the love and bliss!
this is SUCH a great idea!!
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This is simply brilliant! I never seize to be amazed by the creative inspiration coming from this blog. Thank you!
“Like in the good way, not the medical emergency way?” Hahah!
That’s so cute! I love that idea. This week I was sort of attacked: some friends covered my car with love notes and made a big heart in the snow with their footprints.
I like this idea better though. 
Beyond sweet… I love this!
you could do this also with a spray bottle of colored water for those who have snow-covered lawns
Timmi, that’s brilliant! Thanks for the idea. That green lawn is now snow so maybe I’ll try that. Thanks!
My Mom use to do this sort of thing for Easter morning. She would make bunny prints all over the house with baby power we would get such a kick out of it
Love the lawn idea. Thanks for the tip!
This is so creative! And the attack is so nonpermanent, just in case your attacker is not so happy of the attack. Thanks for posting. Have a great weekend and Valentine’s Day!
This is so sweet it sort of brings tears to my sleep-deprived eyes. Thank you for the inspiration! This is the loveliest “attack” I’ve ever heard of!!
Now let’s just hope there is not snow on the ground that day in my neck of the woods!
that is an awesome idea, thanks for sharing
funny!!!!!!!!!
I love this idea! I wish we could do this in Colorado but our whole backyard is already covered in snow! Maybe I’ll bird seed the yard with hearts for the birds!
Such an original and cool idea. I don’t really like Valentine’s Day or anything, but this really made is some more attractive ;p!
XO Aline
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This is adorable. Shame we have no lawn.
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I did this on our snowy lawn… inspired by the comments above, I sprayed hearts in the snow with beet root juice
Pictures here:
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I love this idea! I’ve shared your link on Twitter, thanks for the great idea!!
That is so cool that around here I would have to do this at night as I think that the homeowners would kill me as there are gangs in the area and not ready to leave this world over Valentines day but afraid of what there first reaction would be. Maybe in the country I would be ok with it but here in Houston these people are CRAZY!! Thanks for giving me ideas for next year ahead of time as I can start 3 to 4 days in advance.
I LOVE THIS!!!
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