How to make a heart with your own hands

You can always make a huge heart out of paper or a garland of felt hearts by yourself. Even if you do not consider yourself a creative person capable of creating masterpieces in the style of origami, you can rest assured that making a figure from the right material is not at all difficult. Of course, this is time-consuming, but as a result you will get a very beautiful product that can be added to any gift.

DIY paper hearts

If you decide to give someone a heart as a gift, and there is not much time left, then paper is the simplest and most suitable element for such a craft. It will be convenient for a beginner to work with thick paper: it does not deform, holds its shape and lends itself easily.

There are many options for making a paper heart.

First, pay attention to the simplest and most intelligible examples.

Create a valentine card with a voluminous heart. The first step is to draw a freehand sketch of your heart. If you are not sure that your heart will turn out symmetrical, then you can use the templates, which are enough on the Internet. You can print a suitable template on colored paper or cardboard.

Think in advance if you want to make a few large hearts or a lot of small ones. By the way, you can make both a postcard and a homemade picture from small hearts. An example is shown in the photo below.

You can only glue hearts with "roots". To do this, you must first bend each heart in half and apply a small drop of glue to the heart itself. If you apply glue to the canvas of the painting, then in the future it will probably be visible.

Since we work with small products, and the glued surface is small, it is better to use the glue moment in small tubes, so that you can easily adjust the amount of glue on the paper. In this case, the finished product will be very strong and neat.

When you start making a heart or several hearts, imagine what you want as a result: a postcard, a product that can become a collage or wall decoration, a pendant figure, or another format. In this case, it will be easy for you to apply your imagination and create, since from any number of hearts of any shape you can create something very airy and beautiful.

DIY garland of hearts

One of the most "airy" options for such a craft is a garland. You can make it long and use it to decorate a chandelier or window. You can also place the hearts more tightly together, as if creating a cloud shape. Such a garland will look beautiful, for example, on a lighted wall. The main thing is not to make the garlands very thin and long. Such garlands are usually confused and, as a result, short-lived.

Hearts can be of different sizes and colors, and perhaps your garland will consist of blanks of hearts of the same size. In this case, in order to save time, it is better to immediately draw or print the required number of hearts on paper, so that during the process you are not distracted by "drawing".

Garlands are usually attached to threads or fishing line. If your garland is "lightweight", then it is better to use transparent fishing line. If you want to make a kind of "New Year's wreath" of hearts, then such a product will stick very well to a wire or a circle made of thick cardboard.

DIY voluminous hearts

Volumetric hearts can become a separate piece of furniture. Bulky products of large sizes look especially impressive. Such a fake can become a bright accent in your living room or, if you make a voluminous heart small, decorate a greeting card.

The technique, which we will now talk about, has its own name.

Quilling is a paper-rolling technique, due to which your hearts will turn out to be very light.

You will need glue, scissors, and double-sided colored paper of any color. In fact, a paper heart of several colors passing into each other looks very beautiful. For example, the range from burgundy to pink. It all depends on your preference.

You can deform the paper with a regular pencil. By pressing the paper against the pencil and rolling it, you secure the paper's shape.

This fake does not require a preliminary layout. Instead, you take a piece of paper and cut it into equal strips. Wrap each strip on a pencil according to the above scheme. As a result, you will get a certain number of paper spirals.

Now you have to glue them together starting from the center. You choose the size yourself. Such volumetric paper hearts with their own hands can be a substitute for postcards or serve as an interior decoration.

DIY hearts made of fabric

You can not only make a soft, voluminous heart out of fabric, but also use fragrant fillers. For such a fake, you need a suitable fabric. On it, you draw a mock-up of the heart and cut it out in duplicate.

The larger the heart, the easier it will be for you to sew it. You put the sides of the future symbol of love to each other with the front side and sew with suitable threads along the edges. Be sure to leave a small hole in order to pour filler or foam into the resulting case. If neither is available, you can use leftover pieces of cloth or cotton wool.

Your heart is likely to be made of solid fabric. Perhaps you will sew decorative elements and ribbons on the heart. Show all your imagination. If you sew a small loop to your heart, then the heart can become a decoration for your man's car, and you will not need to pick up a gift for The 14th of February.

DIY felt hearts

Crafts made of felt, according to the principles of creation, are not much different from other materials. You can also sew a voluminous heart or create a garland. In addition, you can sew a whole blanket out of felt hearts! Such a fake will definitely be appreciated by your girlfriend or mother. It is enough to cut the required number of hearts and sew them on top of each other, leaving a little space between them. Such a product will be a wonderful decoration for a bedroom or living room.

The advantage of the material is that it does not crumble when cutting. Therefore, you do not need to sew every piece around the edges.

DIY heart box

In such a box, you can present a gift to your beloved friend. If you make a box of thick cardboard, then you can even store jewelry or small accessories in it.

Making a cardboard box is perhaps a little more difficult than a garland or a postcard. The box requires accurate calculations and minimal drawing skills.

For example, the photo below shows a not the most difficult version of a heart-shaped box. You can print the box diagram on a printer and quickly fold it along the ready-made lines.

DIY heart card

Postcards with voluminous hearts look very impressive.

You will need plain paper or scrapbooking paper. Different patterns will make your card very colorful. You can cut out the same hearts and fasten them with glue or threads on a postcard made of thick cardboard.

Hearts need to be attached two at a time, one on top of the other. The edges of the upper heart must be bent or pre-screwed onto a pencil. This will add dimension to your postcard.

DIY heart toy

The difference between a toy heart and a voluminous fabric heart, for example, is that different stripes and appliques are more appropriate here. If you are making a toy for a small child, then you can sew on the handles and legs of the heart. You can also use colorful fabrics and buttons to make your toy look bright and interesting. The main thing is that all materials should be soft and pleasant to the touch, and there should be more filler so that the product does not lose its shape during the game.

DIY origami hearts

Making origami hearts is one of the very first ways to turn sheets of paper into something voluminous and original. Origami-style hearts, although they have a rather complex folding and fold pattern, cannot become a full-fledged interior decoration.

Origami hearts are often used to decorate gift wraps or boxes.

DIY coffee hearts

This symbolic gift is made using coffee beans. If you want to present this to someone close to you, then use fresh coffee beans, then your craft will remain fragrant for some time.

You will need:

• paper;
• wire;
• coffee beans;
• cardboard;
• glue;
• a thread;
• iron can;
• jute thread;
• sponge;
• decorative flowers and ribbons;
• brown paint.

1. You need to draw a heart on paper, and then cut it out. To keep your heart symmetrical, you can draw it on the curve of a folded sheet of paper. Then the two halves will be exactly the same.
2. Then take a piece of cardboard and circle the heart. You will need two cardboard hearts. Cut them out too.
3. Next, you need a wire. Two long pieces of wire should be wrapped in paper. Better to fix the paper with glue.
4. Then glue the wire to the heart.

7. It remains to paint the heart with brown paint and paste over with coffee beans.

8. Next, you use a sponge and a jar. Insert the core of the resulting heart-shape into a sponge, then put it all in a jar. It remains only to decorate the jar. For this, you can use decorative stones, ribbons and fabric. The main thing is that everything looks harmonious and that the sponge, glue and wire are not visible. Wrap the wire with ribbons or thread.