These cute little heart shaped baskets are filled with small candies
and hung on the tree in Norway at Christmas time but we use them as cute
little Valentine's hearts. Slip a message or small candies inside
the pocket of your woven heart and give it to someone special!
Materials:
two different colors of paper (gift wrap or construction paper
both work)
scissors
Instructions:
Stack the two pieces of paper on top of one another and fold them
in half.
Cut a large U shape (so the straight part of the U is at the fold)
Unfold and make sure they look right.
Refold and hold in a heart shape to ensure you're happy with the
shape. Trim a bit if needed.
While still folded and stacked together, cut two slits starting at
the straight edge running about 2/3 of the way up the U shape
To sort out how far up to cut, imagine your U shape is a square
with a half circle on top. Cut up to where the half circle
starts
Now it gets a bit complicated:
Take the red and "open" the top loop. Take the white and stick the first end down inside the top red loop.
Now (on the same end) open the white loop and stick the second
red loop partially through.
Stick the white end through the last red loop.
Keep weaving the loops together to form the heart shape
Fill with candy and and a note to a loved one -- you can punch
holes and lace a ribbon through, tying a bow to hold the candies
in if you like.
