DIY LEGO Valentines

Make adorable LEGO Valentines for you or your little one’s classmates and friends.

Hello everyone, today I’m sharing details on my latest project: homemade LEGO Valentines! My friend Sarah over at The Created Home recently shared a tutorial for the most adorable thing ever: heart shaped LEGO Valentines. As soon as I saw the project I knew it was the one.  This post is less of a tutorial and more of a sharing of work in progress photos I took while putting together the Valentines. For complete details on how to make the LEGO Valentines, be sure to check out Sarah’s tutorial!

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Tools and Supplies

The following items are some of the tools and supplies I gathered to make the LEGO Valentines. For a complete list of everything you’ll need, visit the original tutorial here.

Tools

• Bandsaw
• Table saw
• Router with 1/4″ round over router bit
• Orbital sander

Supplies

• 1 Bag of 1000 Brick pieces
• 10 pack of 16 x 16 dots base plates
• Clear sticker paper
• Velcro squares with sticky back

I made 16 LEGO Valentines and was left with a TON of leftovers. I probably could have made another 16 with the remaining supplies. I had considered buying the bag of 500 pieces but I was worried I might run short on colors.

I bought the clear sticker paper and velcro at my local Michaels.

DIY LEGO Valentines

Here are a few work in progress photos I took while making the LEGO Valentines:

The only point where I deviated from the original tutorial was adding a round over to the edges of the wooden blocks. I rounded over each side. In hindsight I wish I did not round over the bottom edge. The round over on the bottom edge makes the blocks more prone to falling over.

My scrap wood hoarding paid off today. 🤣 I put a small dent in my scrap wood pile. 👌 I’m getting close to finishing up the little Lego Valentines. Rounding over the edges to the blocks. Next step: sanding! 😩 . #router #routing #roundover #scrapwood #rockler #benchcookies #scrapwoodhoarder #kreg #kregmobileprojectcenter #mobileprojectcenter #makita #makitatools #wood #woodworker #woodworking #woodwork #dowoodworking #mfpbehindthescenes #timelapse #maker #makeallthethings #makersgonnamake #legovalentine #crafts #diy #garageshop #alabama #sawdust #sawdustsaturday

A post shared by Ashley Grenon | Geeky Maker (@handmadewithashley) on Feb 10, 2018 at 3:58pm PST

 

I was a little worried about how the clear sticker paper would work with my laser printer, but it printed on the material just fine. I forgot to bump up the settings. My printer is defaulted to print in toner save mode so the text is not as crisp as it could have been.

I am very pleased with how the little LEGO Valentines turned out. <3 Special thanks to Sarah at The Created Home for the idea and tutorial!