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    Home » Lifestyle » DIY Painted Heart Jeans

    DIY Painted Heart Jeans

    Published: Jan 7, 2021 by Andrea Howe · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Create these adorable heart jeans for yourself or your little girl. Full step-by-step tutorial shows how easy it is to DIY this fun heart craft! Just in time for Valentine’s Day!

    little girl standing in front of garage with heart jeansIt doesn’t look like brightly colored denim is going away anytime soon, especially for the little ones, and so I recently bought another pair on sale last week. I was struck by a bit of inspiration over today and decided to add some stenciled hearts to them. They’re great for Valentine’s Day, but of course ladies can get away with wearing hearts on their pants all year long!

    little girl in denim jacket and coral jeans standing in front of white wallSupplies needed for this heart craft

    • Heart stencil – you can create your own with some thick card stock or the cardboard from a cereal box
    • Fabric paint – I really like the Tulip brand
    • Sponge brushes
    • Denim jeans, or any piece of clothing you want to try this on!

    woman's hand painting coral jeans with white hearts

    How to DIY these Heart Jeans

    • Gather your supplies and cut out your heart stencil.
    • Hold your stencil firmly in place, then apply paint in a blotting motion. Don’t try to “brush” it on.
    • Lift your stencil up in one fell swoop and move to the next section you want to paint. This will prevent smudging.
    • You can eyeball your stencil placement, or plan it out perfectly. Try not to overthink it though!

    little girl with brown hair giggling next to heart garland

    Tips and tricks to for this DIY project

    • You’ll want to make 2 stencils because you’ll notice that after you complete the first leg, the paper will start to break down a bit from the moisture of the paint. This will cause some bleeding and smudging to occur, so try to swap out before this happens.
    • Keep a moist rag on hand for mess ups.
    • Use the stencil as the guide and place it corner to corner so you get somewhat even hearts.  If you notice, there are four rows of hearts just staggered but going straight down the entire length of the pant.
    • You can paint hearts on both sides, but it’s just as easy and cute to paint on the single front side.

    heart garlands taped on garage door next to brunette girlyoung girl wearing coral denim jeans Taylor is pretty much in love with her heart jeans, and I pretty much want a pair for myself now. Because honestly, the only thing better than faded neon denim, is faded neon denim with hearts painted on them. Am I right, or am I right? Enjoy, and please let me know if you follow this heart craft and make a pair!little girl wearing pink shoes and denim jacket and coral jeanslittle girl giggling holding paper garland

    Check out these other great DIY crafts!

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    About Andrea Howe

    Andrea Howe is the recipe developer and photographer of Howe We Live. She is also a seasoned home cook of over 20 years, for her family of 5. Andrea has spent over 10 years in the food industry, writing for various publications including Babble and Disney. Her work has appeared in Real Simple, Taste of Home, Yahoo, Buzzfeed and ABC News.

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    1. Daisy says

      March 24, 2013 at 2:10 am

      Lovely DIY! I definitely must try that!
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    2. Maribeth says

      March 16, 2013 at 9:49 am

      Has anyone tried this with a scarf? Also how does it do when you wash it? Fading? What is a good fabric if you want decorate something other than jeans? Thanks!

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    3. Adventures in Dressmaking says

      March 13, 2013 at 1:31 pm

      Sooo cute!! I did something very similar on a pair of jeans for me, although I used freezer paper to stencil so I had to cut a TON of them! http://www.adventuresindressmaking.com/2013/01/stencil-print-jeans-tutorial.html

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    4. Just Jaime says

      February 19, 2013 at 7:55 am

      Adorable! I want to make some for me!

      Reply
    5. Krissa says

      February 16, 2013 at 8:51 am

      Your daughter is adorable and I’m going to head out to Target to hopefully find some of these jeans for my daughter…she only agreed to wearing pants if they’re pink with hearts on them so your DIY is on my to-do list this weekend! Thanks for the tutorial and cute idea!

      Reply
    6. tereza says

      February 15, 2013 at 2:10 pm

      Such a cute idea!!

      Reply
    7. Robin says

      February 13, 2013 at 12:14 pm

      Love this idea! May want to this for myself, maybe on a pair of shorts!

      Reply
    8. amy Renea says

      February 11, 2013 at 3:14 pm

      OH MY GOODNESS are those adorable or what>!> I love them! and HER!

      Reply
    9. Jess says

      February 11, 2013 at 1:45 pm

      These are fabulous, what a great idea!

      Reply
    10. Heather @ Glitter and Gloss says

      February 11, 2013 at 12:37 pm

      SO cute! I love her entire outfit!!

      Reply
    11. Jules says

      February 11, 2013 at 10:54 am

      Stop. SO cute.

      Reply
    12. the Blah Blah Blahger says

      February 11, 2013 at 9:41 am

      Just like her mama!

      Reply
    13. kristen says

      February 11, 2013 at 8:29 am

      Something tells me you two girls had a blast with that photo shoot! 🙂

      Reply
    14. Rena says

      February 11, 2013 at 6:16 am

      Such a great idea and Taylor looks so adorable!!

      Reply
    15. Kathryn says

      February 11, 2013 at 5:24 am

      Super cute idea. I think I’ll try with a bleach pen (since that’s what I have around).

      Reply
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