I made these neutral color hearts to use for Valentine’s day decor. They turned out so cute, I wanted to share the process for DIY yarn wrapped hearts with you.
Obviously, you could use any color yarn for these. I just chose this neutral variegated yarn to fit my decor.
This particular yarn varies in color from ivory to a dark taupe. Some hearts turned out ivory, some were dark taupe and some had a variation of both.
Unfortunately, I lost the packaging for this yarn and haven’t been able to find the same one, but here is a similar yarn.

To make these yarn wrapped hearts, you will need a piece of paper (to make a pattern), a piece of cardboard or heavy cardstock, tape, scissors and yarn of your choice.
To begin, I folded a piece of paper in half and drew a shape of half of a heart, using the fold of the paper.



Next, I cut out the heart and traced it on to the cardboard. Then I cut out my heart shape.




Now it’s time to begin wrapping your heart. To keep the yarn secure, I taped the end of my yarn to the cardboard heart.
Then, you just start wrapping. Continue wrapping until you have completely covered the cardboard heart.


This is what your heart will look like when you are done. Cut the yarn, leaving a few inches to tie off.

To tie the yarn off, just loop it through itself and tie in a knot.

When you have tied your yarn in a knot, cut the remainder of the yarn off fairly short and tuck in the end.


The back of you heart will look like the photo above and the front will look like this…..

Next, you will want to make a loop for hanging, if you plan to hang your heart. I cut about a 10″ piece of yarn and folded it in half.

Pull the doubled piece of yarn through a piece of yarn at the top of your finished heart.
Pull the cut ends through the loop to secure. Then, make a knot in the yarn and tie off at whatever length you want your hanging loop to be.


And that’s it!! Super easy and quick Valentine’s day craft.
I made several and plan to hang them on a tree of Valentine’s decorations and also use a few at place settings paired with my book page tablerunner. These would also be cute strung side by side to create a garland or even just stacked in a bowl.
As I mentioned, I used neutral yarn because it fits my decor, but traditional pink, red and white ones would be so cute!!

I hope you enjoyed this DIY yarn wrapped heart tutorial and make some of your own. And as always, I would love to know if you do. I love hearing from you!
blessings,
michele
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What a cute idea! I love these and went and bought some red, pink and cream colored yarn and made them right away! So easy and didn’t take me long at all. My daughter wants me to make her a garland out of them so that is my next task. Thanks so much for the cute Valentines decor idea!
Oh, that’s great! So glad you liked this idea.
And the garland sounds SO cute!! Thanks so much for following along and commenting!
Simply adorable.
Easy steps and gorgeous photos.
Thank you!
Oh, thanks so much! So glad you liked it!
I really appreciate you following along and commenting!
Love these hearts. Thank you for sharing them.
Thank you so much for sharing my friend!!
I love this craft idea and look forward to trying it! A great way to add some texture to a tablescape 😁
So glad you like it! It is super easy and could be done in any color scheme.
I hope you get a chance to make some. Thanks so much for following along!!
So cute! I am going to make some, too. I love the garland idea.
Neutral for my neutral home and some pink red and white for a garland for my grand girl’s playhouse. Much better than candy! ♥♥♥
Super cute winter project! Thanks for sharing. I am tagging you with my project.
Oh, good!! Can’t wait to see!