Heart of Hearts

Find your special someone. Give him or her your heart of hearts.

Step 2

Cut out the ten pattern pieces by cutting on the black lines around the edge of each pattern piece including the half hearts. Also cut on the black lines between the two Flap B’s, Flap C’s, Flap E’s, and Flap F’s. If you want the optional message banners (see Photos 15 and 16), then keep Glue Flaps 15, 16, 17, and 18; if you do not want these optional message banners (see Photos 13 and 14), then cut off these flaps. The back side of the paper shows in this project, so I painted it pink after Step 1.

STEP 3

On all ten pattern pieces, fold all green lines as valley folds.

Step 4

Assemble the two Part 1’s. On each Part 1, glue Flap A to the other Flap A, Flap B to the other Flap B, Flap C to the other Flap C, Flap D to the other Flap D, Flap E to the other Flap E, and Flap F to the other Flap F. Note that Flaps B and Flaps E each have two parts and it may be easier to glue one part at a time.

Step 5

Connect each Part 2 to a Part 3. Glue Flap N on Part 2 to Flap R on Part 3 and glue Flap O on Part 2 to Flap S on Part 3. Note that Flaps N, R, O, and S each have two parts and it may be easier to glue one part at a time.

Connect each Part 4 to a Part 5. Glue Flap 3 on Part 4 to Flap 4 on Part 5 and glue Flap 5 on Part 4 to Flap 6 on Part 5. Note that Flaps 3 and 4 each have two parts and Flaps 5 and 6 each have three parts, and it may me easier to glue one at a time.

Step 6

Connect the two Part 1’s together. Glue Lap G on a Part 1 to the Flap G on the other Part 1.

Step 7

Connect the two Part 4-5 assemblies to the Part 1 assembly. Glue Flap K on the Part 1 assembly to Flap 2 on the Part 4-5 assembly and Flap L on the Part 1 assembly to Flap 1 on the Part 4-5 assembly. Do this for both of the Part 4-5 assemblies.

Step 8

Connect the two Part 4-5 assemblies to each other at the base of the heart. Glue each Flap 7 to a Flap 8 on the opposite side.

Step 9

Complete the Heart of Hearts project by adding the two Part 2-3 assemblies. At the top, glue each Flap T on a Part 2-3 assembly to a Flap J on the Part 1 assembly and each Flap P on a Part 2-3 assembly to a Flap H on the Part 1 assembly. At the bottom, glue each Flap Q on a Part 2-3 assembly to a Flap 9 on a Part 4-5 assembly and each Flap M on a Part 2-3 assembly to a Flap 10 on a Part 4-5 assembly.

Two More Examples

This example includes the optional message banners. After writing your message on the banners, glue the banner Flaps 11 to the project Flaps 15, the banner Flaps 12 to the project Flaps 16, the banner Flaps 13 to the project Flaps 17, and the banner Flaps 14 to the project Flaps 18. Note that the banners in the pattern are set up to write on the side of the paper that is on the inside on the rest of the heart.

For shiny paper, like this example, I find that tacky glue works better than normal white glue.