A Christmas heart with a Christmas heart
I have made a template for a woven/pleated/braided Christmas heart with a Christmas heart in the middle.
It’s not a beginner’s heart because the little heart can be tricky.
If you want to start with something a little easier first, you will find the easy 3 tabs heart templates (and 4, 5, 6 tabs heart templates) here.
I have made a step-by-step photo guide of a red-white heart and a “How to” video of a purple-green heart.
- The video can be found here
- The step-by-step walkthrough with pictures and text here
- You can find a print-friendly instruction with text (and small images) here
- I’ve made a pdf with all the “Step by step” pictures, you’ll find it and and a picture of the template under the instructions
- The pdf files for a Christmas heart with a Christmas heart can be found here
Find den danske udgave her
I have made the hearts in versions that can be mixed and matched:
- A classic red and white Danish Christmas heart
- A red and white polka dot Christmas heart
- Red paper with dots – for your own woven Christmas hearts
And then there is the template for the Christmas heart with a Christmas heart that you can save as a picture and print in the size you want.
This Christmas heart is easier to weave if you know the basic technique – because you have to keep track of 3 large tabs and 3 small tabs.
New hearts
I have spent the last few weeks making new hearts.
Later you’ll have more paper colours to choose from – if red and white are a little too classic Danish…
Then you’ll find more templates for Danish hearts here.
I ran out of red and yellow toner for my printer – and the company I ordered from a few weeks ago only delivered two out of four colours – blue and black…
I’m still waiting for them to send the last two.
But the Christmas heart templates can’t wait any longer.
I have woven a lot of “grey and white” Christmas hearts (the only ones I can print right now), they are not so festive and Christmas-like, and that’s why there is non of my printed paper hearts in the pictures.
But there are hearts woven in glossy paper, gift wrap paper and bookbinding paper – types of paper you can use at home.
How to make a Christmas heart with a Christmas heart
© Christel Parby – danishthings.com
Make a more advanced Christmas heart for your Christmas tree, a Danish Christmas heart with a heart in the middle.
See an overall guide ready to print here .
You need:
- Printer
- Pdf file
- Scissor
- Glue stick
- Paper clips or paper binders
- Paper: copy paper, glossy paper, gift wrapping paper, handmade paper…
You can find paper for printing here: paper for Christmas hearts and free paper – the text is in Danish.
Optionally:
- Ribbon – or another type of paper for the handle
- Glitter, stamps, stickers, washi tape…
Print and choose paper
Start by choosing whether you want to print, cut, and weave a finished Christmas heart or whether you want to use the template and glossy paper, gift wrap paper or printed paper.
If you choose one of the Christmas hearts that I have made, click on the image, or link below, and come to a pdf file you can print…
Cut the paper with the heart template into 3 strips, corresponding to the handle and the two heart halves.
You do not have to cut them close yet.
If you choose other types of paper, you have to make sure that you have two pieces of paper, both twice as long as your template.
You also need material for a handle.
Fold
Fold the heart parts in the middle along the dotted line if there is one, or fold your paper in halves.
If you are using glossy or other delicate paper, turn the paper so the coloured side is facing up. (I did not do that with the red and white heart.)
Lay the two parts on top of each other, with the fold at the bottom.
The folds should match completely – see photo.
I assemble my parts with paper binders.
It makes it easier to keep the papers together, so both sides are the same.
You can also use paper clips.
I would not recommend tape.
Cut
Start by cutting the lines inside the heart.
It also makes it easier to get both sides the same.
The heart is easier to make if you cut the lines just like I’ve made them.
Be careful when cutting the small, curved part of the heart and the line below.
After cutting the lines inside the heart, cut the outline.
Ready – Steady
Turn the right side out (if you have had it inside out) and place the heart parts as in the picture.
The dominant paper is called “paper A” or A, the other is called “paper B” or B.
Make sure the arches that form the top of the little heart face inward on both halves – see the turquoise line.
Stay with me.
I call the large tabs for 1A, 2A and 3A, 1B, 2B and 3B.
The smaller parts you weave in the little heart are in the pictures called 2a, 2b, 2c.
In the text, I call them A2a, A2b, and A2c and B2a, B2b, and B2c – so you know which half you should weave.
Weave
Always start from the inside and work your way out.
Have paper A on the right when weaving if you are right-handed. If you are left-handed, do the opposite.
It does not matter what type of paper you use – the weaving method is the same.
First, weave the top tab – tab 1A, over tab 1B in paper B.
Then between the paper in tab 2B and over tab 3B.
Push tab 1A up to the top of the heart before continuing; there should be no slit to see at the top of B.
Continue with tab 2A.
Here comes the most difficult part to weave – the small parts of the little heart.
(You can also see the video).
First, tab 2A goes between the paper in tab 1B.
Part A2a goes over part B2a, make sure to get the small curved white parts inside, then A2a goes through B2b and over B2c.
You might want to put it through 3B now, or you can wait with that part until you have weaved the little heart.
A2b must go through part B2a, over B2b and through B2c.
Part A2c must go over part B2a, through B2b and over B2c.
Then you can take A2abc and get all 3 of them in through 3B.
Push the tabs up to the one at the top.
You weave the last tab 3A, almost like the first: over 1B, through the three small B2abc, over 3B.
Adjust the Christmas heart so that there are no dents in it.
Cut the handle out – or make it, depending on whether you use the printed paper, other types of paper, or fabric.
Glue the handle inside the heart, use a glue stick on the outer coloured ends of your handle, and glue them firmly inside the Christmas heart.
Let the handle dry before hanging the Christmas heart on your Christmas tree.
You can write your name and date in the heart.
Finding old Christmas hearts in the Christmas box is fun, especially when you have children.
We still have Christian’s old hearts from kindergarten.
(- and some of mine…)
To finish off
If you have not weaved a Christmas heart before, here are a few tips.
- It is IMPORTANT that you lay the template with the straight edge to the fold of your paper
- Print out a few sheets of the hearts I’ve made and practice on the easy ones, or practice on copy paper, food paper or baking paper before using your good paper
- ALWAYS weave from the inside out
- Be patient – the more complicated hearts, or those with many tabs may be a little tricky
- Glossy paper, glossy gift wrap, and glossy paper for bookbinding are easier to weave with than copy paper
It looks good if you cut the straight lines after a ruler with a scalpel instead of cutting with a scissor.
You can enlarge and reduce the templates, use Adobe Reader and set up your printout, or scale on a copier.
You can set the size before printing via your image viewer if you choose to print the photos.
A Christmas heart with a Christmas heart – for print
Click on one of the three photos of your preferred Christmas heart or the link below. It takes you to Google drive, and you can print from there.
If you do not want to download the files from Google Drive, you can use the photo of the half template or the images of the Christmas heart templates.
You’ll right-click on the images and save them on your phone/tablet/computer, and then you can print via your image viewer.
How to make a
Christmas heart with a Christmas heart
Redskaber - Equipment
- Printer
- Pdf file
- Scissor
- Glue stick
- Paper clips or paper binders
Ingredienser - Ingredients
Paper:
- Copy paper, glossy paper, gift wrapping paper, handmade paper…
Optionally:
- Ribbon or another type of paper for the handle
- Glitter stamps, stickers, washi tape
Instructions
Print and choose paper
- Start by choosing whether you want to print, cut, and weave a finished Christmas heart or whether you want to use the template and glossy paper, gift wrap paper or printed paper.If you choose one of the Christmas hearts that I have made, click on the image or link below and come to a pdf file you can print…
- Cut the paper with the heart template into 3 strips, corresponding to the handle and the two heart halves.You do not have to cut them close yet.
- If you choose other types of paper, you have to make sure that you have two pieces of paper, both twice as long as your template.You also need material for a handle.
Fold
- Fold the heart parts in the middle along the dotted line if there is one, or fold your paper in halves.If you are using glossy or other delicate paper, turn the paper so the coloured side is facing up. (I did not do that with the red and white heart.)
- Lay the two parts on top of each other, with the fold at the bottom.The folds should match completely – see photo.
- I assemble my parts with paper binders.It makes it easier to keep the papers together, so both sides are the same.You can also use paper clips.I would not recommend tape.
Cut
- Start by cutting the lines inside the heart, that makes it easier to get both sides the same.The heart is easier to weave if you cut the lines just like I've made them.
- Be careful when cutting the small, curved part of the heart and the line below.
- After cutting the lines inside the heart, cut the outline.
Ready – Steady
- Turn the right side out (if you have had it inside out) and place the heart parts as in the picture.
- The dominant paper is called “paper A” or A, the other is called “paper B” or B.
- Make sure the arches that form the top of the little heart face inward on both halves – see the turquoise line.
- Stay with me.I call the large tabs for 1A, 2A and 3A, 1B, 2B and 3B.The smaller parts you weave in the little heart are in the pictures called 2a, 2b, 2c.In the text, I call them A2a, A2b, and A2c and B2a, B2b, and B2c – so you know which half you should weave.
Weave
- Always start from the inside and work your way out.Have paper A on the right when weaving if you are right-handed. If you are left-handed, do the opposite.It does not matter what type of paper you use – the weaving method is the same.
- First, weave the top tab – tab 1A, over tab 1B in paper B.Then between the paper in tab 2B and over tab 3B.
- Push tab 1A up to the top of the heart before continuing; there should be no slit to see at the top of B.
Continue with tab 2A
- Here comes the most difficult part to weave - the small parts of the little heart.(You can also see the video).First, tab 2A goes between the paper in tab 1B.Part A2a goes over part B2a make sure to get the small curved white parts inside, then A2a goes through B2b and over B2c.You might want to put it through 3B now, or you can wait with that part until you have weaved the little heart.
- A2b goes through part B2a, over B2b and through B2c.Part A2c goes over part B2a, through B2b and over B2c.Then you can take A2abc and get all 3 of them in through 3B.
- Push the tabs up to the top.
- You weave the last tab 3A, almost like the first: over 1B, through the three small B2abc, over 3B.Adjust the Christmas heart so that there are no dents in it.
- Cut the handle out – or make it, depending on whether you use the printed paper, other types of paper, or fabric.
- Glue the handle inside the heart, use a glue stick on the outer coloured ends of your handle, and glue them firmly inside the Christmas heart.Let the handle dry before hanging the Christmas heart on your Christmas tree.
- You can write your name and date in the heart.
Notes
- It is IMPORTANT that you lay the template with the straight edge to the fold of your paper
- Print out a few sheets of the hearts I've made and practice on the easy ones, or practice on copy paper, food paper or baking paper before using your good paper
- ALWAYS weave from the inside out
- Be patient - the more complicated hearts, or those with many tabs may be a little tricky
- Glossy paper, glossy gift wrap, and glossy paper for bookbinding are easier to weave with than copy paper
Egne noter - private notes
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Sorry
I used a “How to template”, but somehow cups and grams get mixed in, and I can’t remove them, the word “Redskaber” or the Danish “Have you made the recipe?”.
Template and “how to”
The complete instruction pictures are also a pdf file, the white template is a picture.
Would you rather watch a video?
Then I made an instruction here.
If you are a beginner and want to follow me, go to YouTube, tap settings, tap speed, and slow down the video.
OR you can watch the video here and press pause sometimes.
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