Paper Heart Garland

Materials

Scrap paper. You can use book pages, junk mail, or any other scrap paper that you like!

Scissors

Stapler

Embroidery thread and a needle

Twine

Ribbon

Directions

Cut out 3 strips of paper that are 1/2" wide in varying lengths. Try 9", 10" and 11" to start.

Fold each piece in half.

Take the 9" strip, and nestle it inside of the folded 10" strip, then nestle both of those inside the 11" strip.

Hold the bottoms of the paper together in one hand, and use your other hand to gently press down on the paper where it's creased. You want to work the creases in between your fingers that are holding the bottom of the paper.

Garb your stapler, and put one staple through all of that paper to secure your heart in place.

Tie a knot in one end of a piece of embroidery thread, then use the needle to work it up through the staple, leaving you with a little tail coming out of the top of your heart.

Tie the tail to the twine, and tie a pretty bow on top where it connects, if you like.

Repeat steps 1-7 to create as many hearts as you like for your garland!

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 HEX NUT  BRACELET

You’ll need:

• 3 strands of cotton butcher’s twine cut into one yard pieces
  
• 18 small brass hex nuts
• a bit of dexterity!

Gather the 3 strands of twine and tie a knot at the top, leaving about 2 inches of slack. Start braiding. At about an inch of the way down, you’ll begin braiding in the nuts. Before you braid the far left strand over the middle strand, thread on a nut, push it against the base of the braid, and crossover. Depending on the thickness of the twine, you can wrap tape around the bottom tips to prevent the twine from fraying. 

Keep your thumb at the base of the braid, holding the nut in its place. Before you braid the far right strand over the middle, thread on another nut, push it against the base of the braid and crossover. Again, hold your thumb tightly against the base of the braid, keeping the nuts in place. Thread another nut onto the far left piece and crossover.

Repeat the steps, by threading the rest of the nuts to the outer pieces of twine before they are crossed over. Thread, cross, thread, cross. Finish the bracelet with another inch of braided twine and a knot.

The bracelet should wrap around your wrist at least two or three times. Trim it to your liking

Good Luck

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