Paper Christmas Hearts
Making paper Christmas hearts is a Danish tradition. The most common one is the one above in red and white resembling the colors of the Danish flag – the Dannebrog.
It is actually quite simple to ‘braid’ these hearts. You have 2 folded paper pieces in contrasting colors. Braid the 2 pieces and you get amazing hearts with different motifs on them. You cut the hearts just up to the point where the heart starts to curve.
The hearts come in many shapes. If you make an image search on Google for ‘flettede julehjerter’, you will get images for many heart templates, that show you how to cut the different paper hearts. See here.
Have fun with kids or grown ups to make these pretty Christmas hearts!
There is a video here on Youtube, that explains the technique. It’s in Danish, but it’s easy to comprehend what is going on.
