DIY Cement Heart Place Card and Photo Holders

DIY Cement Heart Shaped Place Card Holders or Photo Holders: easy and inexpensive to make, perfect for your table, wedding, or Valentine’s Day.

I love the look of cement and thought it might be fun to make some little DIY Cement Heart Place Card and Photo Holders. There were simple to make and came out really well.

I used them for our Valentine’s Day Romantic Night In as place card holders, and then used them with some of my favourite pics of my little Valentines as photo holders. I think they’d be really great as table number holders for a wedding too, or to hold food labels for a dessert table…the possibilities are endless.

So here’s how I made them.

Materials:

Quick Drying Cement
Silicon Heart Muffin Tray
Baking Spray
Wire
Wire Cutters
Plastic Container
Something to stir with (like a paint stick)
Paint or Gold Leaf
Mod Podge

Method:

1. In a plastic disposable container (like an old ice cream container) combine your fast drying cement mix with water until you have a good consistency. Be sure to mix very thoroughly.

DIY Cement Heart Place Card and Photo Holders

2. Spray your baking tray (I picked mine up at the dollar store) with baking spray so that the cement won’t stick to the mould.

3. Cut lengths of wire, and wrap one end around a wooden spoon or dowel tightly three times to create the circle that will hold the paper. Squeeze together tightly. On the other end, make a large circle so that the wire will stand up, and won’t pull easily out of the cement when it is finished.

4. Fill the heart baking tray a little ways with cement, then add in the wire, and fill up some more. Use your mixing stick to press down the cement, and smooth out the top.

5. Allow to set over night.

6. Remove the cement hearts from the tray, and smooth out any rough spots on the top with a knife. Tape off a section and paint it or apply gold leaf. We did ours on a diagonal.