A few weeks ago, my friends at the Elmira Community District Living day program made this for their Valentine's Day project! They LOVED using a foam roller brush to add Real Red ink over the wooden die cuts and skewers - all from the Dollar Tree. You could also use sponge daubers or blending brushes. Once the hearts were hot glued onto skewers, they were pushed into dry floral arranging foam inside the metal bucket. Tip: it helps to hot glue that foam into the base of the bucket.
Added some jewels with Stampin' Dimensionals to adorn the bucket and hearts. They loved this!