Christmas Woven Heart

It’s the Christmas season and woven hearts are starting to appear everywhere. Jeremy made one in school from two different sheets of paper. Apparently those lovely ornaments are very popular in Scandinavia and are originally from Denmark. They were usually made of red and white paper and were designed to stimulate a sense of nationality. The first recorded paper heart was actually made back in 1861, by renowned Danish author and poet H.C. Andersen (he wrote "The Little Mermaid "and "The princess and the Pea" among others). The woven hearts are usually hanged in the Christmas trees and can be filled with candy.

Here’s a diagram if you want to have a go. They also make nice little favor bags for Valentine.

NB: Weave through the loops, not in-between the strips