Learn how to make a yarn-wrapped heart garland using cardboard heart-shaped cutouts, rainbow-colored yarn, and twine!
All it takes to make yarn wrapped hearts is cardboard, yarn, scissors, and hot glue.
The results are adorable yarn-wrapped hearts in the colors of your choice, ready to be used as home decor or incorporated into another craft project.
Today, we're going to make a yarn wrapped heart garland by stringing the yarn hearts onto twine!
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Why You'll Love This Craft
- Yarn is a staple in every craft room; chances are you already have many colors available!
- Making yarn-wrapped hearts is surprisingly easy and fun! That's the foundation of this garland.
- It's also the perfect kids' craft because it's so easy to make. Kids love wrapping the cardboard shapes in yarn.
Craft Supplies Needed
- Cardboard - For the base of the yarn-wrapped hearts.
- Paper Heart Template - We cut out a freehand heart.
- Yarn - Medium-weight yarn works best for this project (and it's often the cheapest!)
- Twine - I love using twine as a hanging string for my garlands! You can use any type of string if you don't want to use twine.
- Embroidery Needle - The eye should be big enough to thread your string through.
- Scissors, Hot Glue Gun, and Glue - Craft room staples!
How to Make a Yarn Wrapped Heart Garland
Step 2. Cut them out.
Step 3. Wrap them in yarn until the cardboard is completely covered.
Step 4. Hot glue the yarn tail to the back of the heart to secure and finish it.
Step 5. Repeat for all of the hearts.
Cut a long piece of twine.
Step 6: Thread twine through an embroidery needle with a large eye.
Step 7: Thread the needle underneath a couple of strands of yarn on the top of the yarn-wrapped heart, in the middle.
Step 8: Continue threading yarn hearts onto the twine until all have been added.
Tie loops in both ends of the twine to make it easy to hang.
Your yarn heart garland is finished!
Common Questions
You can use any type of yarn, but it seems that medium-weight yarn works the best for easy wrapping and pretty-looking hearts. And the best part is medium-weight yarn is usually the cheapest option! Plus it comes in so many different colors, you'll be able to pick your favorite color(s) for your garland.
That's another good thing about yarn - you can find it in so many places! You can find yarn at craft stores, big box stores, dollar stores, boutique yarn stores, and of course, online retailers like Amazon down to Etsy and eBay sellers.
If you don't have twine or don't want to use it, you can use any other type of string for your garland. You can use yarn, embroidery floss, Baker's Twine, or cotton string. You just need to be able to thread it through the eye of your embroidery needle so you can get the hearts onto the string for your garland.
After you've made a batch of colorful yarn-wrapped hearts, string them up onto a length of twine to make a beautiful, rustic chic heart garland!
It's simple, cute, customizable, and so easy to make - perfect for a kid to help with.
We used rainbow yarn for our heart garland, but you can use whatever colors you want.
This would be extra perfect paired with a custom Happy Birthday banner or a wooden bead garland.
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How to Make a Yarn Wrapped Heart Garland
Materials
- Cardboard
- Paper Heart Template
- Yarn
- Twine
- Embroidery Needle
- Scissors, Hot Glue Gun, and Glue
Instructions
- Make yarn-wrapped hearts using our tutorial:Begin by tracing cardboard hearts.
- Cut them out.
- Wrap them in yarn until the cardboard is completely covered.
- Hot glue the yarn tail to the back of the heart to secure and finish it.
- Repeat for all of the hearts.Cut a long piece of twine.
- Thread twine through an embroidery needle with a large eye.
- Thread the needle underneath a couple of strands of yarn on the top of the yarn-wrapped heart, in the middle.
- Continue threading yarn hearts onto the twine until all have been added.Tie loops in both ends of the twine to make it easy to hang.Your yarn heart garland is finished!
Notes
- Medium-weight yarn works best to wrap around the cardboard shapes. (And it's often the cheapest!)
- If you don't want to use twine, you can use yarn, embroidery floss, Baker's Twine, or another type of string as your garland's hanging string.
- If you like this garland, you can do the same process with different cardboard shapes for other occasions or holidays (Easter eggs, shamrocks, stars for 4th of July etc.)
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