Paper Heart Garlands: Made From Recycled Magazines
Looking for a fun Valentine’s craft? These paper heart garlands are easy to make and only require a few supplies. Best of all, this is a project where you can recycle. (I love re-purposing items). You can create such unique items when recycling, and these paper hearts are just that, one of a kind!
I am going to show you how to make two kinds of paper hearts: a simple single heart and a double heart. You can use both types of hearts to create a vertical and horizontal garland.
You can watch the video tutorial below.
Paper Heart Garland Items & Materials
- magazine pages cut int strips 3/4 inches (2 cm)
- paper punch (small 1/4 preferably)
- stapler
- jute or ribbon to hang hearts
- paper cutter or rotary cutter
- 1/2 sheet card stock paper (cut into 3/4 inch x 1 1/4 inches) 2 cm x 3 cm
Heart Garland Instructions
Cut magazine pages into strips 3/4 inches wide
To make a single heart: cut a bunch of strips 4 inches long. (You’ll need two strips for each heart)
To make a double heart: cut a bunch of strips 4 inches AND some strips 6 inches. (You’ll need 2 short strips and 2 long strips)
Cut card stock into tabs measuring 3/4 inches x 1 1/4 inches.
Punch a hole at the top as indicated in the photo above.
Single heart
Cut a strip of ribbon or jute and make a loop for hanging the heart.
Place the jute between two short strips, lining up the edges. Staple in place. (Make sure to catch the ribbon)
Open up the strips and fold back.
Line up strip ends and staple them in place. This will form a heart. You can hang a single heart or make a vertical heart garland.
If adding more hearts below, place another strip on one side of the bottom of the heart and another on the other side.
Line up paper ends and staple them in place. Fold the ends down and staple them again to form another heart.
Continue this process until you have a garland your desired length.
Continue this process until you have a garland your desired length.
Double heart
To make a double heart, you’ll need 2 long and two short strips, and one card stock tab for each heart.
Place the strips in the order as indicated in photo. (short, long, tab, long, short)
Align the bottom of the strips and tab and staple about 1/4 inch from the bottom
(Make sure ends are lined up evenly).
Open up the strips and fold them over, so all ends meet at the bottom to form a heart.
Staple in place.
If adding more hearts underneath, add strips as indicated in the photo above.
To make a horizontal garland:
Simply string jute or ribbon through the hole you stapled in the tab. Add as many hearts as you want. Make a loop on both ends to hang the garland.
I hope you have as much fun making these paper heart garlands as I do.
Here are some other Valentine crafting projects to check out:
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