How to Make Easy Christmas Heart Ornaments
Make Christmas heart ornaments with a few simple materials and a little imagination. Children of all ages, as well as adults, can make a variety of heart-shaped Christmas ornaments to decorate their holiday trees, decorate gifts with or to give to friends, teachers and family members. Use supplies with a Christmas theme to create pretty decorations. Have a craft box handy to collect papers and materials that can be used to make heart Christmas ornaments.
Things You'll Need
- Scrapbook paper, Christmas themed, solid and printed
- Heart cookie cutter
- Pencil
- Fancy scissors
- Satin ribbon, red and green
- Stapler
- Bell, small
- Embellishments
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Instructions
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Lay Christmas-themed scrapbook paper on a work table, right side down so that the back, or the secondary side, is facing up.
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Hold a heart-shaped cookie cutter on the paper and trace the outline with a pencil. Repeat this step until six hearts have been traced.
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Cut the six hearts out with fancy scissors just inside the outline made in pencil.
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Fold each heart in half to make a crease. Open and align the six hearts together and staple them in the center on the crease near the top and near the bottom. Open the hearts to make the ornament with uniform sides.
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Cut a 12-inch strip of satin ribbon. Fold it in half and make a knot 2-inches from the center. With the knot on top, put the two hanging strips of ribbon on both sides of the stapled center of the heart ornament. Tie the ribbon on the bottom of the ornament.
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Tie on a small bell to the bottom of the ornament with the ribbon. Cut off any ribbon excess with scissors. Attach Christmas-themed embellishments, such as tiny holiday decorations or bows, around the top of the ornament with hot glue.
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Tips & Warnings
Heart templates in different sizes can be used as an option to cookie cutters.
Make heart-shaped ornaments in a variety of sizes.
Mix and match themed papers to make each ornament.
Collect embellishments that can be used for this project when they go on sale or clearance at craft shops to keep in the craft box, ready to use.
If a child is participating in this project, only an adult should use the hot glue gun.
References
- Photo Credit heart image by Shmakov Serge from Fotolia.com
