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Woven Paper Heart Basket

Age: 10–12 years · Time: 45–60 min · Level: Medium

The woven heart is an old Nordic Christmas decoration. It turns into a little basket you can fill with treats or nuts.

Materials

• 1 red and 1 white sheet of paper (letter size, glossy paper works well)
• a template: a rectangle 2 1/2 x 7 inches with one rounded end
• pencil and ruler
• scissors
• glue stick
• a paper strip, 1/2 x 6 inches, for the handle

Steps

1. Fold each sheet in half. Draw the template so the straight end lies along the fold.
2. Cut out both pieces. Then cut two straight slits from the fold, 3 inches long. Now each piece has three strips.
3. Hold the red piece to the left and the white piece to the right, so they meet at a right angle.
4. Weave the first white strip: slide it into the first red strip, then around the second and into the third.
5. Weave the next white strip the opposite way: around, into, around. Weave the last strip like the first.
6. Open the heart carefully. Glue the handle to the inside.