DLTK's Crafts for Kids
3D Heart Paper Craft

This is a cute, simple paper Valentine's Day craft that results in a 3D heart decoration you can hang around the room.

Materials:

• printer,
• paper
• scissors,
• string, thread, ribbon or wool
• Optional:  crayons (or paint, markers, etc)

Instructions:

• Print the three dimensional heart template.
• If making the black and white craft, color or decorate the hearts 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:
  • red or pink 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 craft 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.

Craft Templates:

• 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).

Template  (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions