How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts

03 February
Valentine's Day is right around the corner and I've been working on a couple of projects to decorate my home!


I have some old corrugated galvanized steel sheets that I found at the dump that I'm using in today's project.


How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



I have two sheets of this corrugated metal, they look like they have been through a fire or something but I like the patina.



See what else I made with them here: Antique Mall Booth Update - Artist's Supplies Addition



I know my dad thought I had finally lost it when I asked him to store them for me for a while!!



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



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Supplies to make your own



For this project, I just needed a small piece of metal.



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



You'll need a set of tin snips that have a straight cut, left cut, and right cut snip and a rasp file (there are other types of files that will work too, but this is what I used).



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



Make a pattern from a scrap of paper then use the straight snips to cut a small square large enough for the heart from the metal sheet. This will make it easier to handle when you are cutting out the heart.



Then use a pencil and trace the heart onto the metal.



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



Cut out each heart using a combination of straight, right- and left-angled snips. I'll be honest... this takes a little bit of effort with this kind of metal. I cut a total of eight hearts but I was pretty much over it at six 😂



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



The metal will be SHARP so be careful!! In fact, you really should wear gloves but that's not how I roll yo! 😎 Sorry, dad!



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



Once you get the hearts cut out, use the rasp to file down the edges and remove any sharp burrs.



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



You can erase any pencil lines that are left.



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



These are great to put in a wooden dough bowl or large glass jar just like this!



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



If you want to make your metal hearts into a garland, then use the Crop-a-Dile to punch holes in the top of each heart and used some jute twine to string them together into a garland.



How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts

How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts


Here is a large one that I cut out the same way.


How to Make Industrial Metal Hearts



If you want to recreate these, but don't have any of this kind of old corrugated metal, here are some ideas to get the same look:


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