DIY The Sweetest Heart Lamps For Valentine's Day Decor

In winter, many homeowners love introducing pops of Valentine's colors like red, pink, and lavender into their homes with an abundance of Cupids, hearts, and kissing lips. Others opt for lacey and frilled Victorian-inspired accents that evoke romance and love. In the post-holiday season of 2025, you may also be looking for a way to recapture the soft glowing ambiance you lose when the festive string lights come down. For adorable budget-friendly Valentine's Day decor that evokes sweet candy and pop art hearts, look no further than Instagram's @vintageandgraceliving, who shows off an adorable DIY light sconce project that requires only some hot glue, a puck light, and two Valentine Red Heart-Shaped Bowls from Dollar Tree. The result is fun and flirty wall art that casts a cozy red glow, perfect for snuggling up with your sweetie. 

This cute lighting idea costs less than $5 to create, meaning it's the perfect match for a DIY budget-friendly Valentine's Day garland. They look adorable alone on a wall or in a group. Not only great to decorate the home for Valentine's Day, they would also make cute decorations at weddings or anniversary parties. Or just use them to adorn cheerfully colored rooms all year long. They also make an adorable accent for nurseries or child and teen bedrooms. 

To create this pretty heart-shaped light, affix a Wireless Mountable LED Light (which works with a remote) inside the middle of one of the bowls with a hot glue gun. Otherwise, you could use a Self-Adhesive LED Push Light. Run a bit of glue around the outside edge and add the second bowl over it, creating a three-dimensional heart shape. After it has dried, use some Command Strips (that you hopefully already have around the house!) on the back to hang it up. Since the back is flat, you could also display it flat or leaning against something on a table. Or attach some wire or fishing line with a dab of hot glue and hang it from the ceiling. These bowls come in classic red, but with a little paint, you could turn the bowls into any color you desire, including pink and cream for a more subdued palette. You can even add a coat of glitter spray or stick-on crystals for a little extra sparkle.

Making plastic serving bowls into light fixtures is actually possible with many different bowl designs available from Dollar Tree and elsewhere. Look for bowls like this Light Pink Wavy Plastic Bowl (that also comes in blue or purple) or this Decorative Clear Glass Bowl that would make a beautiful Victorian-inspired light when assembled with the same technique.