Learn how to make yarn wrapped hearts using cardboard shape cutouts and yarn. Turn these DIY yarn hearts into a garland or use in your decor.
Yarn is a fantastic craft supply. It can be made into anything from yarn pompoms to yarn tassels, it comes in nearly every color imaginable, and it can be very affordable.
Today, we are going to make yarn-wrapped hearts by cutting heart shapes out of cardboard, and wrapping yarn around them!
Here's how to make them!
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Why You'll Love This Craft
- Yarn is a craft staple in every craft room! It comes in so many different colors, thicknesses, textures, and materials. You can buy it at big box stores, craft stores, boutique yarn stores, or online retailers.
- This is the perfect kids' craft because it doesn't involve complex skills - the wrapping is fun for kids to do and it's pretty fool-proof!
- You can adapt this craft project for different occasions and seasons by changing up the cardboard shape you are wrapping. You could make Easter eggs, triangle trees for Christmas, or even stars for the 4th of July!
Craft Supplies You'll Need
- Cardboard - I keep the cardboard sheets that often come as packaging when I buy clothing or other items that get shipped to me. You want it to be sturdy cardboard because this is what you will wrap the yarn around.
- Scissors - To cut the cardboard hearts out with.
- Yarn - Choose your favorite colors! Medium-weight yarn works great for this project, and the best part is that is usually the cheap kind!
- Hot Glue Gun and Gun - To securely attach the glue to the cardboard before you start wrapping.
- Paper Heart Template - I drew a free-hand heart on some cardstock and used that as a template.
- Pencil - To trace the heart template onto cardboard.
How to Make Yarn Wrapped Hearts
Step 1: Trace your heart shape onto cardboard.
Step 2: Cut out the heart shapes.
Step 3: Hot glue yarn to the middle of the heart.
(Ignore the hole punched in the heart. It's not relevant.)
Step 4: Begin to wrap the yarn around the heart in a varied pattern, with the goal being to cover all the cardboard.
Step 5. Continue to wrap the yarn in different directions until you've covered up all of the visible cardboard.
Step 6: Once you've covered the whole cardboard heart with wrapped yarn, cut the yarn with a few inches to spare.
Tuck the yarn tail underneath one of the other yarn strands on the backside, and use hot glue to secure it.
Step 7. Repeat this same process for all of the hearts and yarn colors you've chosen.
Common Questions
The good news is the best type of yarn for this project is also what is usually the cheapest type! Medium-weight yarn seems to work perfectly for these yarn-wrapped hearts.
Medium-weight yarn comes in so many different colors; choose your favorite!
If you have thicker yarn or yarn with a texture to it, you can sure try wrapping your cardboard shapes with that. It would likely work fine but might look different than these medium-weight yarn hearts do.
There is no set number of times you need to wrap the yarn. It depends on the thickness of the yarn, the size of the cardboard heart, and how you wrap it.
The main thing to look for is that all of the cardboard heart is hidden by yarn.
You could use this same process with cardboard of any shape! You could try ovals for Easter eggs, stars for the 4th of July, and triangles for Christmas trees. You could even cut cardboard into letters and try wrapping yarn to create letters to spell a name or something like the word "Baby" for a baby shower.
All you need to make these adorable yarn-wrapped hearts is cardboard, yarn, scissors, and hot glue!
It's such a simple craft and can be adapted for many other seasons and holidays.
Wrap cardboard hearts in red, white, and blue yarn for the 4th of July, or cardboard triangles in red and green for Christmas.
You can even string them together to make a yarn-wrapped heart garland for the mantel.
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How to Make Yarn Wrapped Hearts
Materials
- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Yarn
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue
- Paper Heart Template
- Pencil
Instructions
- Trace your heart shape onto cardboard.
- Cut out the heart shapes.
- Hot glue yarn to the middle of the heart.
- Begin to wrap the yarn around the heart in a varied pattern, with the goal being to cover all the cardboard.
- Continue to wrap the yarn in different directions until you've covered up all of the visible cardboard.
- Once you've covered the whole cardboard heart with wrapped yarn, cut the yarn with a few inches to spare.Tuck the yarn tail underneath one of the other yarn strands on the backside, and use hot glue to secure it.
- Repeat this same process for all of the hearts and yarn colors you've chosen.
Notes
- Medium-weight yarn seems to work best for this project and bonus - that's usually the cheapest yarn option!
- Wrap the yarn in varying ways around the cardboard so the whole cardboard shape gets covered evenly.
- Change up the cardboard shape for other seasons or holidays like Easter, 4th of July, or Christmas!
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