Materials Needed:

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• Air clay
• Paint and paintbrushes
• Jute rope
• Wood beads
• Scissors
• Sculpting tools or butter knife
• Rolling pin

Heart Ornaments made with Air Clay

To start, place your air clay on parchment paper or craft paper to protect any surfaces. Roll out the clay to your desired thickness with a rolling pin.

Use a sculpting tool or butter knife to cut out a heart shape. You can use a piece of cardboard already cut into a heart shape as a template. Make them as small or large as you want!

You can leave your hearts smooth or add some textured designs. Use stamps, your fingers, a pen or play dough tools make lines, hearts, or write names.

Use scissors to pierce a hole near the top of the heart. This is where you will put your rope through. Let the clay hearts dry for at least 24 hours. Once dry, paint your hearts in your favorite colors.

Once the paint is dry, cut a piece of jute rope and insert it into the heart. Add a wood bead and tie a knot. Next add as many beads as you like and tie the rope again to form a loop.

Hang your heart ornaments and enjoy! The kids will love making their own heart decorations and you can make your own garland, gift tag or non-candy Valentine’s day presents for family and friends.

Looking for more heart crafts to make? Check out these 10+ Valentine’s day decorations, this easy lipstick art and these yarn wrapped hearts,

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I know red and pink hearts are perfect for Valentine’s day but black is my favorite color, so of course I had to make black yarn hearts. I also chose a maroon colored yarn to match the black. I really like how the colors matched each other.

All you need for these yarn wrapped hearts are 4 items:

• Cardboard
• Scissors
• Yarn
• Tape (optional)

Yarn Wrapped Hearts

Choose a thinner yarn, I don’t think the chunky yarn turned out as good. They are still cute but they turned out a bit thicker.

Start by tracing and cutting out cardboard hearts. You can make them any size and use cardboard instead of card stock or paper. You want it to be sturdy.

Start by taping the the yarn onto the cardboard heart. You can skip this step if you want because once you start wrapping the yarn will stay in place. But, I found it easier to start with the tape, and this is easier if you’re making yarn wrapped hearts with kids.

Wrap the yarn around the cardboard.

Keep wrapping in different directions. Wrap until the cardboard is covered and the heart is chunky looking.

Once done, loop the last piece with a secured piece of yarn and tie a knot. Cut off any excess yarn.

I know hearts are popular for Valentine’s day but with all the different types of yarn you can use these hearts can be used as decor year round.

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