Hi friends,

These cute Gumball Canisters were available at Hobby Lobby in several colors a while back and I picked up a few to decorate for different holidays. You can find my Christmas Gumball Machine here and my Halloween Gumball Canister here. They are so fun to play with and you can decorate them any way you want! 😊

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I still had a red one in my craft stash and thought it would be perfect to decorate for Valentine’s Day! ❤️ I pulled out some unfinished wood heart cutouts along with some 1-inch red and white pom poms I had in my craft room to fill the canister. You should be able to find them at Hobby Lobby.

I forgot to take a picture, but I painted the wood hearts with red, pink, and white acrylic paints – 2 coats on each side. I painted 3 large hearts and 15 small hearts. After the hearts were dry, it was time to fill up my gumball canister. I crumpled up a couple sheets of tissue paper and added them to the canister to fill up the bottom. Then I simply added the hearts along with the pom poms to the canister. To finish it off, I tied 4 different Valentine themed ribbons in a knot around the canister. Super easy! ❤️

The Valentine Gumball Machine Canister adds a touch of whimsy and fun to your Valentine decor. I’m not sure if you can still find this type of canister, but I did see some smaller ones at Hobby Lobby in the seasonal section that had a little heart for the knob on the lid. They were so cute! You can make the same type of decoration just by using small hearts and smaller pom poms with the smaller canisters.

If you’re interested in the Crochet Heart Dishcloth in the photos above, you can find all the info in this post including a link to the free pattern. Somehow, when I made this a few years ago, my white border ended up being ruffly – not sure what I did but I like it. 🙂

Have fun crafting! ❤️

Anita