How to Make and Weave a Woven Heart Basket for Valentines Day

If you want to make this beautiful paper or felt woven heart basket, then you are in luck. Below you will find the instructions. You can bring this into school to hold all of your classroom friends’ Valentine’s day cards or you can fill it with flowers or treats to give to somebody you love. Enjoy.

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How to Make and Weave a Woven Felt or Paper Heart Basket for Valentines Day

Crafts Materials Needed

– Felt or Colored Paper of 2 Different Colors (7 inches x 2 inches)

– Scissors

Difficult Woven Heart (Easier One is Below)

Step 1

fold paper in half

Take the 2 pieces of paper (each 7 x 2 inches) and fold it in half as you see above so that it looks like the image below.

Step 2 (Do This Step Twice … One Time on Each Paper)

Step 2 : Weaving Paper Felt Hearts Craft Idea for Children

Now cut on the dotted lines…which means round the side that opens (while it is closed). On the creased edge, cut 4 slits, equally spaced out as you see in the diagram above.

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Step 3

Step 3 : Weaving Paper Felt Hearts Craft Idea for Children

Now this is the weaving part of the craft. Take strip ‘A’ on the yellow paper and weave it through the pink one. Notice that you don’t simply weave it…you slip the openings over the fingers (they look  like hands / fingers to me). Then after you have done this, go to letter ‘B’ and do the same thing, except this time go over number ‘1’. Take a look at the image below to see how it should turn out.

Step 4

How to Make and Weave a Woven Felt or Paper Heart Basket for Valentines Day

If you want a handle, then take a felt or paper strip of paper that is 7 inches by 1/2 inches long. Glue or staple this strip of paper to the top / back of the heart.

Easier Woven Heart

Step 1

Step 1 : Weaving Paper Felt Hearts Craft Idea for Children

Take the 2 pieces of paper (each 7 x 2 inches) and fold it in half as you see above so that it looks like the image below.

Step 2 (Do This Step Twice … One Time on Each Paper)

Step 4 : Weaving Paper Felt Hearts Craft Idea for Children

Cut on the dotted lines as you see in the paper above….so on the opening end (closed though) cut a rounded edge. On the creased edge, cut one slit down the center.

Step 6

Step 5 : Weaving Paper Felt Hearts Craft Idea for Children

Just weave yellow heart’s letter ‘A’ under red heart’s number 1 and then slip the loop over number ‘2’. Then take ‘B’ and slip the loop over number ‘1’ and under number ‘2’. Below is how it should look.

Step 7

This is what the easier heart should look like. You may put a handle on this one as well, if you want to. If you want a handle, then take a felt or paper strip of paper that is 7 inches by 1/2 inches long. Glue or staple this strip of paper to the top / back of the heart.

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  1. I love this craft. I was trying to do the the one with the more fingers but could not get the hang of it. Then I tried the smaller one and I found it so easy to do. So now I could make the bigger.

    Thanks for the initiative to show the smaller one. This craft is really great. I know my little kindergartens will be able to handle doing the smaller one.

  2. I’m so glad that doing the smaller craft helped you do the more difficult one. 🙂

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