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Heart Garland Tutorial

January 25, 2013 by Holly Gagnon 28 Comments

I have a Heart Garland that I made last year hanging up on a mirror in my bedroom.  It matches my bedroom colors and decor.  It’s held up well and I enjoy looking at it everyday.  My husband tells me to stop looking at it.  Pfft! I love it.  I decided to make another “year-round” Heart Garland to enjoy in my craft room.
How to make a paper heart garland out of strips of scrapbooking paper
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Heart Garland Tutorial

 

Supplies used to make Heart Garland:
  • 1″ wide patterned paper strips cut with paper trimmer
  • 1 inch Glue Lines®
  • Ultra Thin Glue Dots®
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Assorted Buttons
  • Hole Punch
  • String

Heart Garland Tutorial

 

Cut patterned paper into 1″ wide strips.
You will need 2-8″ strips, 3-6″ strips and 2-4″ strips to make one heart.
Lay out 7 strips of paper in this order: 8″,6″,4″,6″,4″, 6″, 8″.
Paper Heart Garland Tutorial. Glue Paper strips together into a shape of heart. So easy!
  • Apply 1″ Glue Lines® to the bottom of each strip and adhere together.
  • Starting with one side of the heart.  Choose the 4″ strip to bend and adhere with 1″ Glue Lines® to the center of the middle 6″ strip.
  • Choose the next 6″ strip to bend and adhere with 1″ Glue Lines® behind the 4″ strip
  • Choose the outer 8″ strip to bend and adhere with 1″ Glue Lines® behind the 6″ strip.

 

Heart Garland Tutorial
 Repeat the above steps to complete the other side of the heart.
Using Ultra Thin Glue Dots®, embellish the heart with various buttons.
How to make a Heart Garland for Valentine's Day

Punch a hole in top of heart and string together with other hearts.
Paper Heart Garland
Ooh, Ahh..so pretty and simple.
You know you want to make one now, right?.
Heart Garland

I made this Heart Garland a  few hearts longer than the one in my bedroom.  It looks great in my craft room too and hubby can’t say a thing about it.

 

Heart Garland made out of paper strips. Such a pretty Valentine's Banner idea.

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This post is written while participating as a member of the Glue Dots® Design Team.

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Filed Under: Home Decor, Tutorials, Valentine's Tagged With: Glue Dots, Home Decor, Tutorials, Valentines

Comments

  1. Rhonda Emery says

    January 25, 2013 at 1:21 pm

    love your hearts thanks for sharing. hugs

    Reply
  2. teachdanz says

    January 25, 2013 at 3:26 pm

    I love this Holly!! I am doing a Valentine’s party for my 10 year old and this would be a perfect project for them – not too difficult but super cute!! thanks!!
    http://teachdanz.blogspot.com

    Reply
  3. Shelly says

    January 25, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    Super cute Holly!

    Reply
  4. Karon says

    January 25, 2013 at 7:02 pm

    Fabulous banner Holly – how awesome are those hearts, just a wonderful quick idea:-) TFS

    Reply
  5. Mary Ann says

    January 26, 2013 at 11:50 am

    Very pretty,Love it,thanks for sharing…

    Reply
  6. Scrappin Rabbit Designs says

    January 27, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    Love your pretty heart garland. Thanks for sharing the details.

    Reply
  7. Jill says

    January 27, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    Very cute Holly!

    Reply
  8. K Coake says

    January 28, 2013 at 2:05 am

    It is so pretty! I love the colors and the paper you chose.
    KC

    Reply
  9. Laurie@SimplyCreatingHome says

    January 28, 2013 at 6:16 am

    What a sweet design for a garland! I love this and will be pinning. Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  10. Dorlene Durham says

    January 29, 2013 at 2:28 am

    Your garland is so cute! I love the colors and your tutorial was very easy to understand. Now to make mine…thanks for the inspiration!

    Reply
  11. apieceoflifespie.com says

    January 29, 2013 at 7:16 am

    how did I miss this? {LOVE}! Ok, I need one about 8 feet long! LOL!

    Reply
  12. Emily says

    January 30, 2013 at 3:13 am

    Your garland is simply lovely. 🙂 I love the colors you used and the buttons really add a beautiful touch! I’m your newest follower!

    Visiting from Craft-o-Maniac.

    ~Emily @ Texas Life Blog

    Reply
  13. Christina at I Gotta Create! says

    February 2, 2013 at 2:45 am

    I love the garland! Happy colors and cute little buttons… I’d be looking at it every morning too 🙂

    Thank you for partying with the Wildly Original Crowd.
    <3 Christina at I Gotta Create!

    Reply
  14. Michelle Hargreaves says

    February 2, 2013 at 9:35 pm

    I love this! I think I’ll make one for my living room in teal and white patterns. So cute I’ll want to leave it up all year. 🙂

    Reply
  15. Christina at I Gotta Create! says

    February 7, 2013 at 1:23 am

    You’re a STAR tonight over at I Gotta Create! This little garland is so sweet.

    http://igottacreate.blogspot.com/2013/02/be-mine.html

    Thanks so much for linking up,
    <3 Christina

    Reply
  16. Khristina aka Khris says

    March 17, 2013 at 7:57 am

    Very cute..thanks for sharing. I have blogged about this post on Freebies For Crafters too.
    Hugs Khris

    Reply
  17. Tina Pippo says

    April 1, 2013 at 11:42 am

    Wonderful tutorial! I loved the outcome!
    Great post!! I included it in my post Βόλτα στη Γειτονιά #26 🙂
    Have a great week!!

    Reply
  18. jeannie says

    January 6, 2015 at 8:10 pm

    This is just beautiful! I can see why you don’t get tired of looking at it! may I ask what papers did you use? love the bright colors in it. almost looks like a Jillybean paper. thanks for sharing this.

    Reply
    • Holly Gagnon says

      January 7, 2015 at 7:15 am

      Thank you! This garland is a couple years old now but the paper was from an old K & C paper pack I picked up from Micheal’s. Holly 🙂

      Reply
  19. Patricia Yingling says

    January 11, 2015 at 5:07 pm

    Thank you so much, such a simple and quick idea! My house looks so sad without all of the Christmas decorations, this will be perfect. So kind of you to share the tutorial, I appreciate it!

    Reply
    • Holly Gagnon says

      January 12, 2015 at 10:24 pm

      Thank you so much Patricia, glad I inspired you. Holly 🙂

      Reply
  20. Di says

    January 13, 2016 at 9:59 am

    Super cute, quick & easy – trimmer, paper and glue at the ready!!

    Reply
    • Holly Gagnon says

      January 13, 2016 at 11:01 pm

      Thanks Diane. Yes, its an easy and fun craft to make! Holly 🙂

      Reply
  21. Carol Nagle says

    February 3, 2016 at 4:03 pm

    So cute! I am going to make and send to my 95 year old mom to put up in her nursing home room! Just one question: do you have to use double sided paper?

    Reply
    • Holly Gagnon says

      February 3, 2016 at 9:48 pm

      Hi Carol. What a great idea! You can use regular one sided paper or double. Doesn’t matter as long as you don’t mind one side being white. You could also stamp on the white side to add some color. Thanks again, good luck- Holly

      Reply
  22. tina says

    February 4, 2016 at 1:18 am

    I shared your heart garland idea and the link here: http://twinkleteaches.blogspot.com/2016/02/i-heart-it.html

    Love it!

    Reply
    • Holly Gagnon says

      February 5, 2016 at 10:06 am

      Thank you so much Tina! Holly 🙂

      Reply
  23. Bev says

    April 8, 2016 at 4:50 pm

    Drats, I just found your blog. I could have made one for Easter. Will be checking my paper supply, I don’t have many double sided designer paper or card stock. One thing for sure, I will be making one to hang in MY craft room. Thank you.

    Reply

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