DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
3D Heart
Paper Craft
This is a cute, simple paper craft that results in a 3D ornament
you can hang around the room.
Materials:
- printer
- paper (I prefer construction paper as it's a bit sturdier)
- scissors
- OPTIONAL: crayons (or paint, markers, etc)
- string, thread, ribbon or wool
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Instructions:
- Print template and color as desired
- Cut out the template pieces (may require adult assistance and can
be done before hand.
- Cut on one of the dotted lines right up to the center.
- Pick out the two matching hearts (this is good practice for young
children!)
- Slide the hearts together, top to bottom
all I have is the snowflake image to show you how it's done
- Glue a ribbon or thread onto the top (or hole punch a small hole
and tie a ribbon through (I used a thread and it worked really
well)
Options:
- instead of simply coloring the template, here are some thoughts
for alternatives:
- silver sparkles or sparkle glue
- Salt Drip
- 3 parts flour
- 1 part salt
- food coloring (red would be nice)
- water
Mix together 3 parts flour, 1 part salt, food
coloring, and enough water to make a dripping consistency but
not too runny. Use a popsicle stick to drip onto paper
shapes. Will dry hard and sparkly.
- grated chalk (take a piece of sidewalk or chalkboard chalk and
rub it with course sandpaper to get chalk dust. Pour the dust
over glue covered paper. Pink chalk would be nice.
Notes:
- There are some brief instructions written right on the template
- If you want your hearts to be two-sided, print two templates out
and glue matching hearts together back to back. Do everything
else as directed. This is what I did in the photo above.
- Close template window when done printing to return to this screen.
- Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template
on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
Printable Version of these instructions
