Snowflake heart bunting

Here's a quick and cheap little project that's ideal for Christmas.

It's my snowflake heart bunting.

What you will need:

Paper (Any, sheet music would look awesome)
Scissors
String or wool
A pen to mark out the heart shape
Any extra ribbons or embellishments if you wish.


Start by folding the paper in half and draw half a heart shape with the middle along the folded edge:

Cut out the heart shape and start folding:

When you have folded it as much as you can, start cutting pieces out:

Make sure you cut a small piece out fairly near the top for the string or wool to pass through.

If you plan on having all your hearts the same, then remember the pattern of the cuts you've made and repeat til you get as many as you want.

When I cut all my hearts out I put them under some heavy books for a while to flatten out all the folds.

When your hearts are ready, thread the string or wool through the small holes you made, taking care to make sure that the string is threaded behind each heart so that it is mostly hidden.

Space the hearts evenly and add any final embellishments, ribbon bows etc and hang!

You don't have to just have hearts either, regular snowflake shapes are great or instead of cutting a heart shape in step one, maybe a star or circle? A Triangle would give you a lovely traditional bunting triangle shape.

Have fun!

Love & craftiness!

Claire xx