Valentine's, in my house, is a holiday we never decorated before. Ever since I started getting more crafty, that all changed. Time to spread the love.
These ornaments can be made in any color (for any holiday really), any size and be put anywhere really. Make ten of them and put them in a bowl for a centerpiece. Add ribbon (like I did) and hang them. Add ribbon on the bottom as well and add the children's initials. The possibilities are endless really.
You will need scrap book paper (I picked four different sheets), glue (I used hot glue gun), pencil and scissors. Ribbon also if you would like to hang it.
Find something perfectly round to trace circles. I used a sweet tea glass, my ornament is about 6 inches tall. Depending on what size you want depends on what you use to trace the circles. Don't make them to small because there is folding involved. Get as many circles as you can get from each scrapbook paper. I traced on the back side so no pencil marks will be on the front. Cut all the circles out.
Next part is kinda tricky. Lot's of trial and error. The point is to get a triangle out of the circle, so each flap is sized evenly.
Make a stensil of your triangle. I would trace the triangle on the circle and fold three circles at a time with it. If your flaps are not evenly sized, then the ornament will not fit together properly.
Now fold all of the flaps up.
Glue the flaps together with the flaps sticking up. You will first start with a circle, there are five pieces in my first circle, then I went from there. There are twenty pieces to each of my ornaments. When it came to the last two I hot glued a looped ribbon in between the two flaps.
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