Paper Heart Wreath

Its that time of year again. Pink and White take over for the Christmas Red and Green, love is in the air... or bitterness... however you happen to feel about Valentines day. I came across this really simple and quick project that even the kids can get into. Plus its absolutely adorable hanging on the front door, or in flames in your wood stove.. what have you. :) All you need is:

Scissors
Pencil
Ruler
Glue Dots or Glue.
4 sheets of double sided 12X12ish scrapbooking paper(5 or 6 if you want a more ovular wreath)
String or yarn

I was able to make 4 wreaths out of the 4 sheets of paper I had. And Ill have you know right now before we start all of this, that I am officially on my third glass of wine waiting for my bestie Shae (of Shaeberries) to pick me up from the airport...weeeee!!!!

Start by measuring out 2 inch strips along the short side of you paper (if there is a short side).

Mark the strips out by using a ruler or something straight sided.

 

 

Cut along your marks to create the 2x12(ish) strips....duh....

 





You are doing to use two strips from each piece of paper. So sort them into piles so you can be sure which strips go to which wreath. The reason is that since this is two sided paper, each pattern will be both the inside and then the outside of a heart. You'll see what I mean. 

 

Now...fold each strip in half using one pattern on the outside and using that same pattern on the inside for the second strip. Like so..

 

 

 

Beautiful! Heres our little baby strips just waiting to be make into lovely little hearts.

 

Now,  bend the open sides so that the outsides are facing each other, and put glue dots (or regular glue of you like) creating a heart shape.

Go ahead and finish off all of your strips. You should have 8 hearts in all for 1 wreath.

Use a couple glue dots to start attaching the hearts to each other around the top of the curve.

Once you've completed the circle of hearts, you can thread some yarn, string or ribbon in-between a couple of the hearts to hang it. I used yarn since that happened to be all that I had. You can tie a knot at the end of the string to keep in in place and try to put at least two hearts between the places you put the string.

 

And WALLA! You are all done with your festive paper heart wreath! I hung mine on the front door, but it looks great anywhere really. You should still be able to make 3 more wreaths for your friends and family as your valentine gift! Enjoy!